Thursday, February 4, 2010

Word

A great set is just as unimportant as a bad set. When you wake up the next day you're still a comedian, the world's still turning, and you've still got work to do.
-Patton Oswalt, GQ Interview

Monday, January 25, 2010

I'm With CoCo

“All I ask is one thing, particularly of young people that watch. Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism. It’s my least favorite quality. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard, and are kind, amazing things will happen.”
-Conan O'Brien 1-22-10

Friday, January 15, 2010

Day Zero Project

I had been considering making my own list a dayzeroproject.com for awhile, but in typical Micaela fashion, I procrastinated. Maybe I should have put that on my list, but I didn't. Anyway, for those unfamiliar, Day Zero Project is a site where you can make a list of 101 goals for 1001 days. I like the thought of giving myself more than a year to accomplish goals and had a harder time coming up with 101, but I'm happy with the results.

If you're interested in making your own, or just seeing mine, you can go here:
ElaEuphoria's List

1) Build a snowman
2) Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
3) Attend a roller-derby match
4) Go vegetarian for a month
5) Send a secret to PostSecret
6) Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the Alphabet
7) plant a tree
8) Put away $25 for every goal completed
9) get a new tattoo
10) Publish a novel
11) Attend a Murder Mystery
12) Join a book club
13) Go to New York City
14) Go see an opera
15) Take a cooking class.
16) Make pasta from scratch
17) Send Christmas cards
18) Make bread from scratch
19) Attend a Convention
20) Write all my bad memories on paper, burn this paper afterwards
21)Watch 10 movie "classics" I haven't seen before
22) Host a board game night
23) Grow my hair out
24) Plant a garden
25) Take a writing class
26) Visit Australia
27) Sky dive.
28) do a pub crawl
29) Volunteer.
30) Have dinner by candlelight
31) Use last minute deals to take a weekend/short vacation
32) Take at least 5 photos a day for a month
33) Take more pictures.
34) Learn how to play an instrument.
35) Get more organized
36) Write a love letter
37) Read 10 Classic Books
38) have a photo shoot
39) don't talk for a whole day
40) Send someone flowers for no reason
41) research my family tree
42) Go see a movie by myself
43) Go to an observatory
44) Pay off my credit cards.
45) Exercise at least 3 times a week for a month
46) Visit the Winchester Mystery House
47) Own something from Tiffany's
48) Visit Spain.
49) Attend a music festival.
50) Make tiramisu
51) Perform poetry at an open mic
52) Blog more.
53) Live in the moment
54) Go back to Europe.
55) Learn to say no and not feel guilty.
56) Tell people I love them more often.
57) Move to Sacramento.
58) Get paid to do stand-up!
59) Get on a mainstage show at SCS.
60) Take more classes at UCB.
61) Spend more time with my nieces.
62) Get comfortable in my own skin.
63) Be less self-critical.
64) Get healthy, at whatever size that may be.
65) Finally learn French.
66) Learn a craft.
67) Complete a script.
68) Find a new signature scent.
69) See more of the US.
70) Take a trip without any plans.
71) Wear red lipstick for a week.
72) Realize my strengths.
73) Realize my weaknesses.
74) Spend a day with out any electronics.
75) Get over past pains.
76) Keep a savings account
77) Do theater again.
78) Wear a dress every day for a week.
79) Reconnect with old friends.
80) Audition for American Idol
81) Make cupcakes from scratch.
82) Celebrate a year anniversary.
83) Enter a trivia bee
84) Try a new recipe every month.
85) Throw a fancy dinner party for my friends.
86) Submit a piece to a magazine
87) Plan a Girl's Weekend/Spa trip with friends
88) Create an Etsy Store with things I made
89) Write my friends hand-written letters accentuating their positives
90) Go sleeveless in public
91) Go to a winery in Napa Valley
92) Create a tradition with each of my family members
93) Perform stand-up in a new city
94) Apply for my dream jobs, even if I have no shot
95) Buy a Polaroid camera and take lots of pictures!
96) Try out for The Amazing Race
97) Improve posture.
98) Put myself first.
99) Love the me now while working on the me I want to be
100) By a bold item of clothing or accessory and ROCK IT!
101) Say 'yes' to more opportunities!