{"id":773,"date":"2003-01-05T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-06T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatemussolini.com\/cm\/default.asp?n=35"},"modified":"2008-12-19T14:45:35","modified_gmt":"2008-12-19T20:45:35","slug":"the-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/?p=773","title":{"rendered":"The List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Internet:<\/p>\n

I’m a habitual list-maker and rule-follower (my own rules, at least; I’m not so great with others’). So, as expected, I’m pretty into New Year’s resolutions. Here’s the list for 2003:<\/p>\n

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1. Pay off debt <\/dt>\n
This one graduated from last year’s list. It’s going to happen this year. Really.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n
2. Do something good with the front yard <\/dt>\n
No yard butts, no dumbass decorative flags for every minor holiday. I’m talking buying a copy of Time-Life’s Decks, Porches, and Patios<\/em> and going to town. Or at least asking my dad to do it while we stand around making helpful comments.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n
3. Complete one major house project <\/dt>\n
Now you’re thinking I’m Martha Stewart, right? Totally. We’re redoing the kitchen. New floors, new countertops, new fridge. So much stainless it’ll blind us when we flip on the lights.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n
4. Buy a bed <\/dt>\n
This one’s already taken care of. It’ll be here Wednesday morning, if you want to stop over and try it out.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n
5. Stop complaining so much <\/dt>\n
Now we get to the real challenge. I’m trying, I swear.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n
6. Read a book a month <\/dt>\n
It’s stupid to have to schedule reading time, but that’s what I have to do. Honestly, I feel guilty about sitting and reading. But if I don’t, my brain will entropy. Even more than it has.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n
7. Keep up with yoga <\/dt>\n
I don’t think this will be a problem, because I really dig it. And you know what? Great flexibility = great sex. That’s all you need to know.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n
8. Buy a bike <\/dt>\n
I want to ride my bike to work, since it’s only three miles and it will allow me to avoid the new Best Buy headquarters<\/a> that will soon be pissing me off every single day as I drive by it. I’m a little worried that my too-suburban office building doesn’t have bike racks, though. Don’t worry, I’ll complain about it if they don’t. Oh, wait. #5. Right.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

So, there it is. Now that you know, I expect you to hold me to it.<\/p>\n

Thanks.
\nJenni<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Internet: I’m a habitual list-maker and rule-follower (my own rules, at least; I’m not so great with others’). So, as expected, I’m pretty into New Year’s resolutions. Here’s the list for 2003: 1. Pay off debt This one graduated from last year’s list. It’s going to happen this year. Really. 2. Do something good …read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-list"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/po9qt-ct","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}