"We all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun." ~John Lennon: Alice Resolves (2016):

In 2016 I want to:

~*~ Read 10 books (19/10) - Carrie by Stephen King, Heart & Brain by The Awkward Yeti, You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost): A Memoir by Felicia Day, Charnel House by Fred Anderson, The Winner by David Baldacci, Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult, Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult, Mary by Janis Cooke Newman, Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue, Forrest Gump by Winston Groom6, Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass, Flesh & Bone (Body Farm Novel Book 2) by Jefferson Bass, The Devil's Bones (Body Farm Novel Book 3) by Jefferson Bass, Bones of Betrayal (Body Farm Novel Book 4) by Jefferson Bass, The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling, The Bone Thief (Body Farm Novel 5) by Jefferson Bass, The Bone Yard (Body Farm Novel 6) by Jefferson Bass, Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen, Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn
~*~ Send 50 Postcrossing cards (12/50)

~*~ Send 50 letters to current pen pals (13/50) - BJ - Massachusetts (5/12/16), GJ - New Zealand (6/16/16), MM - Belgium, PF - Greece, SR - Italy (7/6/16), RF - Scotland, MN - Czech Republic, HH - South Dakota, JJ - England (7/12/16), PG - France, HM - Germany (7/13/16), CJ - Isle of Man, WC - Hong Kong (7/14/16)

~*~ Send 15 autograph requests (15/15) - Lesli Margherita, Mel Brooks, Hayao Mizayki, Sir Patrick Stewart, Tim Minchin, Eddie Izzard, J.K. Rowling, Harrison Ford, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Jack Nicholson, Nathan Fillion, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Maggie Smith, Ian Holm
~*~ Send 5 Love Letters (0/5)
~*~ Send 5 letters to my adopted soldiers (0/5)
~*~ Send 1 care package to my adopted soldiers (0/1)
~*~ Send 1 care package to a friend (0/1)
~*~ Try 5 recipes from Pinterest (0/5)
~*~ Make 3 things with my sewing machine (0/3)
~*~ Visit S & J's restaurant twice (0/2)
~*~ Have Christmas gifts ready to ship by December 1, 2016
~*~ Have Christmas cards ready to mail by December 1, 2016 (Cards addressed, stamped & sealed 10/17/16//)
~*~ Start working towards weight loss
~*~ Keep up with 2016's photo album (bought album 10/11/16, ordered pictures 9/7/16)
~*~ Get a will set up
~*~ Get a tattoo or industrial piercing (left Daith [industrial won't work with my anatomy] 2/19/16)
~*~ Finish 10 things on my 101 in 1001 list (5/10)
~*~ Visit HersheyPark and/or Knobels
~*~ Fix peeling ceiling paint in the living room
~*~ Visit the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
~*~ Go to the National Aquarium 5 times (2/5)

Bold = Completed
Italics = In Progress
~~Strike through~~ = Not happening

Quotes of the moment:

"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be." ~Shel Silverstein

"We're all given a little spark of madness. We mustn't lose it." ~Robin Williams

“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!” ~Dr. Seuss

"We ain't what we should be, we ain't what we gonna be, but at least we ain't what we was." ~Miss Minnie - Designing Women

"Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly, always trying to understand all things as a part of nature." ~Carl Sagan

"Women are not dying because of diseases we cannot treat. They are dying because societies have yet to make the decision that their lives are worth saving." ~Prof. Mahmoud Fathalla, MD, PhD

"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints; the sinners are much more fun." ~Billy Joel

"Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It's basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating." ~Simon Pegg

"The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages." ~Banksy

"Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I have found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love." ~Gandalf

"When you can't run anymore, you crawl, and when you can't do that anymore you find someone to carry you." ~Firefly

"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones." ~Marcus Aurelis

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." ~Oscar Wilde

"Mostly I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world everyday. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head all the time. Can you understand?" ~John Coffey - The Green Mile

"I want you to listen to me very carefully, Harry. You're not a bad person. You're a very good person, who bad things have happened to. Besides, the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters. We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are." ~Sirius Black - Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix

"Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt." ~John Muir

"We all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun." ~John Lennon

Alice Resolves (2016):

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