Day 148: This is a Thought Garden

Well it is now 2012. Scary right? And I am going to start by apologizing for not doing a page in like forever! And forgetting to post anything. Life is busy. You know.

Today's page instructed me to plant a garden of idea. Things I want to accomplish. I also took it as dreams, which is very fitting because this is my year of dreams. I didn't take a picture because some of them are more for myself. But here is a few of the ones that I selected:

1. More Gluten-Free (I know I say it all the time)
2. Speak at Graduation (goal)
3. Go Home more. (sorry mom, i'm busy)
4. Higher Ed? Who knows! (the future...so hard to predict)
5. Honors (graduation again) (its the year of graduation so its a big one)

There were more, but this should get me started. I can always add more later.

Hopefully writing this page will help me to do more pages. There are still a lot left. Got to keep going. I only have until May.

Anna :)

Day 86: This is Repetitive Motion

Well....doing a page everyday has clearly stopped. I just am too busy to do a page a day. Or simply I forget. So I am just trying to do two or three week. That way, I will not run out. Because I am a little worried that I will run out.

Well today's page is about a repetitve motion. I choose to draw stars all over the page. Partly because I really like stars and also because they are really easier. It was fun. But it took more than a day because I got tired. So yeah. And I got high off of sharpie because I decided to use a purple sharpie. So yeah. Here is the picture.

So I am going to tell you a little story now about me and Starbucks holiday cups. So...if you are not aware it is November. Which we all know is the month before December. Well I am upset with all the holiday stuff this year. It is out WAY TO EARLY. So with that I am made about Starbucks holiday cups. Because frankly it is not the "holidays" yet. I mean if they have turkey cups then I would be all for it. But they don't. I mean can we just let the turkey have his month? I mean I thought Santa was nice? Why is he stealing on the turkey's holiday? So yeah. Today I am going to Starbucks and I am going to ask for a non-holiday cup. I want to see what they say. I mean they are all for customer service right? So I will keep you posted. I just wish people cared about Thanksgiving. It is a awesome holiday and just because we don't have to but presents and decorate the whole house does not make it a bad holiday. Just saying. :)

Alright...getting off my soap box.

See you on Monday

Anna :)

Day 83: This is a Dare

"Write a list of things you would like to try in your lifetime."
Ride in a hot air balloon
Scuba Dive
Skydive (either inside or outside)
Visit all 50 states
Master's Degree
Work in a low income school
Polar Plunge
Visit another country (or two or three)
Olympics
Surf
Tomatoes (it would be my dream to try them without the risk of dying)
Meet the President
Vegas
Visit a strip club

This was really fun. I am assuming that I will continue to add to the list as the book continues. I really like bucket lists. I did present a top 11 program at IACURH on them of course! They rock. And everyone should have one.

What is on yours?

Start creating! I cannot wait to hear about all the amazing things you come up with!

Anna :)

Day 82: This is a Set of Directions

So....sorry I have not updated for a while. I was really busy getting ready for IACURH and well I hurt my back and never got around to it. So this week I will make sure to post everyday!

Today, I did page 44. It asked me to complete a set of directions. It was easy, which was nice because I am tired and in pain. But here is the picture:

Here were the directions:
1. Get a writing utensil
2. Choose a starting point
3. Draw a straight line in any direction; stop before you get to the edge of the page.
4. Draw a curvy line in the opposite direction.
5. Add a square. Color it in.
6. From one of the corners of the square draw a dotted line on a diagonal. About two inches long.
7. At the end of the dotted line draw a circle.
8. Inside the circle write the name of the last person you spoke to.
9. From the circle draw a line to one of the corners of the page.
10. Fold the corner down and color it in.
11. From that corner draw a very fat line to the middle of the page.
12. Draw the moon here.
13. Sign your name.

Well, I honestly don't like the page...oh well.

But I should share that I took my book to IACURH and shared my story with the everyone who attended my program. They LOVED it! Many of them signed the book and so now I have nearly covered the entire page with signatures. I am really good at promoting the book. Maybe I should get compensated for promoting the book???

See you tomorrow.

Anna :)

Day 75: This is a Group Activity

So this blog is for Friday. I forgot to do a page on Friday but then I forgot to blog about it.

For this challenge, I was asked to do a challenge with a group of friends.  They were:
Kelsey Odom
Zach ( I do not know his last name)
Rachel Stoller-Lee
Emily Nass

Task 1: Balance This is Not a Book on some part of the body (not the head) for the longest period of time. We chose the shoulder. Here are the results.
Zach: 3.6 seconds
Kelsey: 1.6 seconds
Me: 3.8 seconds
Rachel: 4 seconds
Emily: 16 Seconds. WINNER

Task 2: See who can walk the farthest with This is Not a Book between their legs. The winner was Rachel, who walked across the entire 3rd floor and half the second floor. But here are some videos. WARNING: language may not be appropriate.

Well the movies are taking forever to load. And I am in pain and do not want to wait. I will try and post them tomorrow. Sorry.

Oh and no page today. I kind of forgot and I am tired and don't feel good. 

See you tomorrow

Anna :)

Day 74: This is an Annoyance

GRRRRRRROOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

My hands are really sticky thanks to today's page. I was instructed to make it "annoying". It suggesting making it sticky, writing an insult. So naturally I did both. I started by gluing the paper with a glue stick. Then I determined that the glue would dry and then would no longer be sticky. So the next logical thing that game to my mind was honey. Yes honey. NOT SMART. Put honey on it, and then well then the disaster began. I put too much on. So I used a paper towel to move it around. Then, I decided to move to use a wet paper towel to "decrease the stickyness" because it was out of control. Then I add more glue, I was trying to "seal" it. And then well...I frebreezed it. Cause it smelled funny.

Then I added the insult. Which was "You suck, and now you are sticky!" Not clever but it works.

Now I am sticky, my desk is sticky, and my book is sticky. To round up today's page, I would say STICKY!!!

See you tomorrow!

Anna :)

Day 73: This is an Accident

Usually accidents happen expectantly. Well this accident was kind of planned through the book. Today I made an "accident" in my copy of "This is Not a Book." I chose to cut out small pieces of paper and drop them onto the book and glue them EXACTLY (or really close) to where they land. It was hard to glue them exactly where they landed, so they are really close. Here is the pic.

I can't figure out how to adjust it. So here you go.

See ya later alligator!

Anna :)