number 7

The reason for this photo is twofold.  First, because I put those maps up at 3 am Sunday night and damnit I'm happy with them.  Second, to show off my desk (the acquisition of which was #7 on the list).  It's a bit small, but I'm kind of in love with it.  Not bad for a $50 craisgslist find (even if I did have to drive through a tropical storm to get it).  The wall calendar was a cheap-o Walmart buy, and I sort of hate it, but it serves its purpose and thus it stays, for now.

buenos aires journal

So, this is a belated entry to say the least. I know, I know. I was distracted! Anyway, as you might recall, one of the items on the list (which is coming along pretty well, I think) was to put together a travel journal I could be proud to look back on. Since the family trip to Buenos Aires was right around the corner, I figured it was a good opportunity and picked up a class 8x5 Moleskine notebook and, on a whim, got a PoGo to really punch up my journal. Since I can't draw, I figured that photographs were the next best thing. Anyway, here are a few pages of the journal, in no particular order. If you're really interested, I would be happy to scan the rest!

25 things

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Hallo! I know that I have been sort of absent of late, and it's partially because I've been brewing something. I am not a very adventuresome person, which is not to say that I do not enjoy adventures--I do! I simply do not often seek them out. This makes me sad. In that spirit, I decided to take a big ole page right out of the hula seventy book and come up with 25 things to accomplish before I turn 25. This gives me a little over a year, until June 28, 2010. I'll be keeping track of them here. So! Here we go...

1. Take a photo drive down route 1
2. Get my 120 mm film developed
3. Take a train
4. Make a blurb book
5. Make my 6 crafts
6. Explore Eastern Market
7. Find a desk
8. Go blueberry picking at Mt Olympus
9. Visit R&E in St. Louis
10. Keep a plant alive
11. Take behind-the-scenes tour of The Whalehead Club
12. Visit Newark and Autumn
13. Go somewhere with a boardwalk
14. Sing karaoke
15. Have a slumber party
16. Take a photography class
17. Hike at least part of the Billy Goat Trail
18. Stand in the rain until I'm soaked to the skin
19. Be on a boat
20. See a play
21. Eat something I never, ever have before
22. Keep a travel journal
23. Spend a day with the bro
24. Ride a ferris wheel
25. Splurge on something

Aaaaaaaand go.

**photo from the fantastic Rodney Smith