mikao's world

the friday five

i don't usually do the friday five, and it's not even friday, but i liked the questions this week.

1. List five things you'd like to accomplish by the end of the year.

okay, nothing profound, but here goes:

a) figure out what i'm doing in january. (ha ha).
b) finish making Christmas gifts for my family.
c) finish all my course assignments from my last two classes.
d) start my MRRP research.
e) have a happy holiday.

2. List five people you've lost contact with that you'd like to hear from again.

hmm.... good question.
a) levana, a good friend from kindergarten to grade 5. i think she lives in saskatoon.
b) sharlie drieger, a good friend of mine from grades 8-12. i haven't talked to her since december 1996. i heard she got married. i hope she's doing well.
c) melanie gall. she was a friend of mine i met at the students commission national youth conference in ottawa in 1993 and saw her again in 1994. we found each other on the internet in 1997 and then i went to visit her while i was in edmonton that Christmas. i think we emailed a few times after that but i haven't heard from her in a long time.
d) justin friesen. he was a friend of mine from grades 5-12. i still hear what he's up to through my friend jessica, but i haven't seen or talked to him since grad... june 1996.
e) my second cousin once removed from australia. i talked to her once online on icq in 2000. i've never met her. she's my age though. when i was a kid i always thought she'd be super cool. well, i still think she'd be super cool, golly, she's related to me after all. ;) her name is jill provins.

3. List five things you'd like to learn how to do.

a) make lithographs. i have done linocuts, they're cool, but i think lithographs would be cooler.
b) parallel park. this i have learned before, and i sort of know the logistics, but i need to learn it again.
c) fly. i might be too wimpy to actually accomplish this one though.
d) run a marathon. i was thinking this the other day actually, it would be cool to run one. to have the stamina to run for that long. i think however, it might take more discipline than learning, more physical training than knowledge. so does that actually count as an answer?
e) knit mitts. i think that homemade mittens are the coolest. i really really want to learn how to make them. i can knit scarves like crazy, knit cable patterns, etc., but i haven't got a clue how to knit mitts. and i think i could make money off of them, people love mitts. well, here in the barren cold winter they do. i don't know about my new zealand readers though. ;)

4. List five things you'd do if you won the lottery (no limit).

a) pay of my student loans. and the student loans of my sisters.
b) build my parents a new house. but on their land because they like it there. and i'd furnish it too if they wanted.
c) sponsor a bunch of missionaries i know who do not have enough financial support, give money to missions in general.
d) i would go on a random vacation somewhere. i want to do this even if i don't win the lottery. i've never been on a vacation.
e) umm... go shopping and get some new clothes and shoes. i could really use some new shoes. have you seen my shoes lately?

5. List five things you do that help you relax.

a) drink tea.
b) lie in bed in the morning for longer than is neccessary.
c) paint. i don't do this very often any more though.
d) make cards for people.
e) go for a walk.