Some stuff I want to do/make:

1. A Claes Oldenburg-style food object couch. I first got the idea at MoMA, from the slice of cake sculpture. It's just so awesome and gets better every time, and I want one in my house. I might make it a slice of cake, pie, or pizza; or maybe an oblong shape like a hotdog or chili dog would be better suited to being used as furniture, I don't know yet. But I get excited every time I think about it, and it'll be so much fun to make!

2. Go to Southeast Asia. I have been putting off travel all of my adult life until I had the money and opportunity to travel without guilt or massive disruptions to my life, and now these conditions have finally been met. It's more important than just visiting a new country; it's about exercising my agency in my own life instead of continuously accommodating other people's needs and expectations.

3. Travel clothes for SE Asia. This would consist of very few pieces, each optimized for comfort, long wear, SPF, weight, quick drying and photo opps! An entire collection! Granted I have to get started yesterday but what could be cooler in 30 degree C weather than awesome built to purpose clothing?

4. Learn Actionscript. Okay, this is one of my year's resolutions, but I can't stand not knowing a programming language any longer so I'm including it here. It's starting to really drive me nuts and I've got it in my head that it's the key to greater professional fulfillment. Maybe all it'll do is prove that I'm absolutely not suited to programming, but it's the only way to find out. I'm just waiting for my CS4 upgrade so I can rightfully order books and get reimbursed.

5. Learn intarsia knitting. Julie is such an inspiration with her knitting zeal! I totally want to make cool scarves and a sweater vest with awesome one of a kind designs and a little jumper for baby Thomás. In fact I want to have at least one piece to wear by next winter.

6. Gluten-free pastéis. It's such a cliché and I don't even technically fit into it, but there's got to be some deep secretly Japanese-Brazilian part of me that misses pastéis more than any other food from my childhood. I don't know how this came to be, but I have to figure out how to get that hard, flat, crumbly water cracker texture out of alternative flours. That alone can be my contribution to the gluten-free lexicon and I'd be proud.

7. While we're on the subject of dough, gluten-free dumplings would be awesome. After having that incredible soy/vinegar/chili/scallion dipping sauce at Sunny's the questing desire to discover a plyable, adherent alternative to wheat flour wrappers has been reignited within me.

8. Date men casually. For me at least, this is a whole lot harder than it sounds. As a serial monogamist with autistic tendencies not becoming instantly attached may be the single hardest thing I'll ever have to learn. But the stakes are very high and I can't afford another six year nearmiss, so this is a skill I need to acquire in order to get on with my life and pick someone suitable to partner with.

9. And since we're on the topic of human relationships, make one more friend. Forget tier one versus tier two, I just need one other person in the Boston area I can do stuff with. Maybe I can apply my newfound Myers-Briggs recommendations to assist me in conjuring a new platonic friend out of thin air.

10. Quit Wellbutrin. I just had another nasty mood crash today. They're so totally insidious because they come on 24, 48 hours after the lapsed dose, I can't even remember. The major trepidation is the prospect of a return to clinical depression, which terrifies me, but this is the quintessential scenario where nothing can be gained without something being ventured.