They say I should have some resolutions

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1. Finish The Printer's Daughter
2. Start a rejection collection (i.e. send short stories to publishers)
3. Become a paid writer
4. Learn how to dance
5. Write a musical
6. Learn how to play a complete song on the piano
7. Go outside some night and just look at the stars with a friend for a few hours
8. Take a road trip with someone new
9. Skip school for a good reason
10. Stop biting my nails (it had to be on there for old time's sake)
11. Memorize more poetry
12. Write more poetry
13. Abolish the distinctions between literary and genre fiction
14. Go to the east coast
15. Elect Barack Obama
16. Work in a bookstore
17. Do something big without asking for permission or directions