day five hundred and seventy-nine

i totally forgot that i accomplished the print screen t-shirt goal a few months ago (#57) -- whoops! back in the days of unemployment and with too much time on my hands i followed through on a vague threat to make a somewhat insulting t-shirt for jake. in fact, i'm not totally comfortable posting the picture of it here because it's mildly nsfw. but rest assured it was awesome (i created the image using a google celebrity pic search, a series of carefully orchestrated copy+paste commands, and the crop tool in microsoft paint -- told you it was awesome). and he even wears it, but i'm pretty sure only as an undershirt. still, success!

now for some amendments, starting with #86. i don't have a problem planning meals to take with me to work and making sure i eat most dinners at home. what i do have a problem with is shopping -- more specifically, online shopping. when i'm gainfully employed i can justify almost any purchase. but, my closet is too small, and my wallet is about to get real thin, and it's just stupid to pay shipping fees just to try something on, so... new goal is to go a full month without buying any clothing or accessories (scarves, hats, belts, etc). as i write this i'm seven days in!

i also need to eliminate what was one of my favorite goals when i first designed the list -- going a month without facebook (#82). beyond checking up on old friends and making snarky comments on recently posted photos, i've used facebook as an admin for several pages as part of my political work. it's becoming a more and more important tool for campaigns and nonprofits to grow and succeed, not to mention small businesses. and since i'm embarking on a new professional adventure in a couple of months, now is not the time to abandon facebook. i anticipate that it will play a major role in my future success, so i'd be doing myself a disservice to give it up. i'm working on an equivalent goal to replace this one and thinking i should try to abstain from engaging in some other undesirable behavior. probably drinking. i just need to commit to a timeframe that's challenging but not absurd. but then again summer's coming up... maybe i could give it up for the month of october when the weather turns sour again. but my birthday's in october. so november then...