Let's just make it to 25..

So! Without further ado, may I introduce to you my other works in progress?

~Drink as much wine as financially and physically possible while obtaining all relevant information about said wines.  Now don't think I'm some alcoholic or anything.  In fact, if you knew me, you would know that "as much wine as physically possible" actually only means about two gulps because goddamn my asian super liver, I can't digest alcohol to save my coolness!  But the biggest point of that project is just to learn as much as I possibly can about all the different kinds of wine out there.

Some empty, some unopened, all cheap :P

~Stay on top of my physical fitness by committing to a schedule and working the program accordingly.  So far, what I'm focusing on is using my pilfered TURBOFIRE workouts as my HIIT/cardio routine three days a week and hitting the weights at the gym three days interspersed between the cardio.  On Sunday I go and Zumba with my mom which is always more of a fun day than a "training" day.  I'm going to try to keep a weekly log of my progress in terms of keeping to my schedule.  I'm thinking accountability will keep away the lazy dizeaze.

~Take photos with my dinky digital camera and make the most of what I got.  My town has amazing opportunities for taking photos every morning and evening because the sky here becomes a mixture of colors that I am sure has never been seen anywhere else in the world.  The problem is, my camera cannot handle said colors so until I can capture these hues and gradients the way my heart sees them every day, I will make do with photographing... other... things.  My goal is to upload five of my favorite shots once every week.

{sigh} It really is a pity that a day only has 24 measly hours, especially since I have to sleep 9 of them :( well lately that's another thing I've been working on.  Two weeks and I've gone with whatever sleep I can get and still wake up at 7 in the morning.  Sometimes that means 5 hours with a two hour nap during the day, or passing out at 10 pm and catching some serious zzz's till 7.

~Videos.  I want to start creating videos of some things.  I think maybe I will combine my "Do-it-yourself" section with my video experimentation.  I love making things by hand.  Everything I love I'll try to find a way to make the home version of it.  With food, it's so much healthier, with beauty products it's way more natural, with everything else it's just way awesomer.  You know what I'm talking about. Or if you don't, I'm sorry, because you are seriously missing out on some good shit.  Now, I want to create a DIY section with videos of how to make things.  Who knows, maybe this idea dies down and I just start posting video as opposed to writing.  But then that would be the ultimate laziness, so maybe not.

~Foodage.  I'm going to make and document one recipe a week.  I'll be cooking way more than that but the problem is I've made about 50 recipes, which would have me way further along on that particular bullet of the bucketlist, and I rarely pull out the camera.  I wish I had a cameraman just follow me around ready to photograph when I'm cooking!  bah whatever... so I'm going to be doing all that good stuff.

Ok, well that's all for now I guess... I'll be making updates about the bucketlist soon because I've been working on.... some things..... oooooooo mysterious~~~

"Reduces appearance of cellulite... Protects against signs of aging... Soothes irritation and redness..."  And smells so darn freakin' good!
Article Source: http://www.livestrong.com/
Benefits of Cayenne Pepper:
"Cayenne actually can raise the body temperature a bit, as it stimulates circulation and blood flow to the skin... You can use cayenne peppers topically as a pain-relieving muscle rub and joint liniment. The source of the heat is capsaicin, the fiery phenolic resin found in most hot peppers. Capsaicin causes nerve endings to release a chemical known as substance P. Substance P transmits pain signals from the body back to the brain."
Article Source: http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/
Benefits of Salt:
Just one question- where is salt NOT beneficial?!  I think enough said.


So how can you too achieve this scrub of wonders?  This dirty, Dirty Scrub?
Mix together in a large bowl:
1 cup oatmeal ground very fine in a processor
1 cup sugar (white sugar for bigger grain, brown sugar for softer grain)
1 cup salt 
1/2 cup ground coffee beans
1/4 cup instant coffee ground to powder in a processor
3 tbsp. cayenne pepper
1/4 cup of oil (I used grapeseed oil, but you can use any oil from baby oil to almond oil to olive oil, etc.)
     ***you may not need all of the oil depending on the ingredients you use.  Be careful you don't you too much oil because you don't want the oily feeling to overwhelm the squeaky clean feeling of sloughing off dead cells and unclogging pores while you exfoliate!  I didn't need to use the whole quarter cup of oil.***
Transfer to a cute little jar with a lid to prevent drying out.  
Place next to your sink and use as necessary! 
Don't forget to rinse the oil off with facewash after using the scrub.
Go ahead, try it.  The smell will leave you feeling wide awake and the scrub will leave you looking ready to take on the universe!

and voila!

You know your skin better than I do so I encourage you to experiment with different ingredients!  And don't forget to let me know what you come up with!