10 posts tagged “destined for greatness and failure”
I know, pathetic, right? But it's 15 better than I started with, and perhaps more importantly: It allows me to cross off one of my 101 goals! Hooray!
I'm still push upping with the best of 'em. Entering week 3 and nervous as it has a reputation of being hard.
Well, I just took the starter test. Eleven push-ups! I got to level 2! Better than expected! Admittedly, these are knee push-ups. And I didn't collapse in a sweaty heap, but I was no longer doing "consecutive good-form push-ups".
Anyway, I've decided that I will do a six-week remedial course (knee push-ups all the way!), since my arms seem to be made of only skin and bone. I will say that grunting like a ridiculous weight-lifter kind of helped! After that, maybe I'll do a full-on six weeks of REAL PUSH-UPS.
BRING IT! I WILL HAVE ARM MUSCLES!
In honor of my wee chicken arms, I put a goal on my list to be able to do 20 push-ups. Seriously, folks, this is a big goal. I had made some haphazard efforts towards it, but check out this training program:
Learn to do 100 consecutive push-ups! In only six weeks!
I don't think I will get to 100 push-ups in six weeks, as I am likely starting in the wimpiest of all categories. I think I will probably have ... six weeks of remedial push-up training and six weeks of actual push-up training. But who cares!
In other news, probably the biggest difficulty I have with 101in1001 is my tendency to pick up new hobbies like other people buy socks. I keep thinking that if I work on my cross-stitch, I can cross it off the list...except...I totally can't. Because I didn't do cross-stitch then. I knitted. So knitting is on the list. DANG. But, relatedly, I have an idea for a tattoo.
Seriously. Maybe you hoped and dreamed that I had forgotten. Actually, if you hoped and dreamed that you wouldn't have to read about it, maybe you should read someone else's blog.
As of August 1, I will be 365 days into the allotted 1001, 36.5% done.
Newly Completed Items
I finished it! I expanded it a bit from its original format (restaurants only), because the spirit of the thing was to learn about new local businesses that deserve my cash. There are still 41 restaurants I'd like to try, but it's officially done. Particularly delightful discoveries (I am or will be or wish I could be a repeat customer):Try 50 local restaurants/stores I haven't tried before. (50/50)
- Welna II Hardware on Franklin
- Common Roots
- Namaste Cafe
- Hard Times Cafe
- Victor's 1959 Cafe
- Lentil as Anything (Melbourne)
Chicago was easy and I'm going back this weekend. I had no idea which new country I'd be visiting, but I'm sure by now my choice is obvious. Australia hadn't even been in consideration, but dang! It wins! I had a great time! I still haven't edited any of my photos! And now I own a tent.Go to Chicago.
Go camping (with a tent).
Travel to a new country.
Travel outside of North America.
Total completed: 18 (17.8%)
In Progress
Let's face it. I am running behind. Thankfully a number of the items left are quick one-offs. But here are things I am chipping away at:
The PlanGet 10 massages. 20%
Read 17 nonfiction books. 24%
Contact 10 friends whom I have "lost touch with". 50%
Write 2 complete pieces. 50%
Finish 3 knitting projects. 66%
Write a poem a month. 6%
Make a list of 20 fiction books I've been wanting to read and finally read them. 5%
See 25 non-dance concerts 64%
Read all the books I own but haven't read, or give them away.
Make ice cream six times. Technically 0%, but I have ingredients.
Write six letters when something goes wrong. 83%
A lot of these goals go together, so I'm going to try to concoct a plan that combines some of them. Hmmm...plans. I love plans!
I leave on Saturday morning. I know that on a Wednesday morning,
slouched over a keyboard, Saturday seems as far as death, but today,
for me, Saturday is terrifyingly close.
I'm in just a little tiny panic. Just a little one about what to pack, how to carry it, why the eff do I not own the perfect, respectable, roomy backpack? Is this the craziest idea I've ever had? Do I really have to go back to REI? Is my performance in Melbourne really going to happen? Etc. You know. It's hard to pack up life for a month and not worry. There is a lot to wrap up...at work, at home, in Mad King Thomas land. Consequently I've been a bit of a wreck lately, in that annoying way where you don't realize how grouchy you are until you yell at Paul when he offers to bake your favorite cake in a (clearly futile) attempt to cheer you up.
I underestimated this trip just a touch. My last (and so far, only) long sojourn, when I studied in Mongolia, was significantly different. You have to panic about things like bringing enough Immodium AD. I had to have my gallbladder removed before I went (no joke). I had to get an AIDS test that no one ever asked to see, about six different immunizations, a visa, traveler's checks. I had to pick out the ten CDs that I was interested in listening to for the next five months. A phrasebook. I had to learn Cyrillic. I was in school.
This time...my visa took about five minutes and is entirely
digital. Uh...they have pharmacies. I have no currently malfunctioning
organs (at least as far as I know). They speak English. But even in
the five years since I went to Mongolia, things have changed. I've got
an iPod. Traveler's checks are a non-entity. I have to pay to check
my luggage. I have a job that I have to come back to, so I have to get
sleeping pills to force my body into nocturnal obedience. Oh, the
American economy is crashing. You know. Stuff like that.
I'm trying to organize MKT performances through sheer force of will
(maybe when it's all over, I'll detail for you exactly what happened
and what I had to do to get it to happen--assuming it DOES happen).
And I have to figure out how to make a dance film.
But I have a blog now, so I won't have to send
out brutally long emails to everyone I know. And I'll be able to share
pictures way way faster.
The second part of the good news is that I get to say: It doesn't matter if my tires are a little flat, it doesn't matter if I need a new belt, etc. None of these things matter until July! Utter respite from stupid daily concerns!
Plus I will have a great excuse to wear dramatic sun hats for an
entire month. And I get to have a balmy winter solstice. And see
little penguins. And other great stuff. We're going to see Australian
Rules Football and rugby, and we're riding roller coasters, and living
on a boat, and couch surfing, and ... It's going to rule.
Ultimately it's going to be a Truly Excellent Adventure.
- Try six recipes from the Spicy Food Lover's Bible (6/6).
- Peppered Croutons
- Ginger curry pumpkin bisque
- Dal curry (sweet Jay it was hot)
- Broccoli Mustard Soup (wow, white pepper seriously smells like the giraffe house at the zoo)
- Black Beans and White Rice with Cuban Sofrito
- Garlic ginger green beans
The book is a bit fussy and occasionally unclear. I am still a bit of a baby chef and I am also a bit finicky about having clear recipes. These are mostly clear, with some unfortunate troubles. It also calls for lots of (to me) hard-to-find ingredients, which means I have to plan ahead and there are few recipes in the book that I can whip up with what I have on hand. It also means that the more I cook from it, the more likely I am to have the ingredients.
If you like spicy food (or want to learn to like spicy food), try it. The recipes here are delicious and unusual, if a little work-intensive. These folks know their spices and want to help you understand what the heck is going on, too. As with all my 101in1001 goals, this was just a quantifiable method of achieving a goal (to use the Spicy Food Lover's Bible more) and it has succeeded. I feel more comfortable with the ingredients and I'm sure I'll be turning to it in the future...especially since I have about twenty more recipes marked.
- Take a language class*.
I have definitely fallen behind on my study of the German language, but the good news is that my computer at work was updated and now I can listen to my German lessons while I work. Hooray!
Alternative Travel Writing is my class of choice for now. I struggle with it, but I think it will be good: The teacher is highly focused on getting published and I would very much (for my ego's sake) like to move beyond that line. Even if "getting published" means getting a byline in the community newspaper that nobody reads.
- Take a writing class.*
I have my wee little hands on it! I will become Le Graphique Designaire.
Buy PhotoShop/similar product.
- Download, save, print all my old journal entries in some kind of archival format.*
Ugh. I have stalled out significantly. SO MUCH TO PRINT. You try spending a bunch of time with your emo, 17-year-old self and tell me if it's something you look forward to.
- Don't purchase any new clothing or books or music for 3 months (used only).*
(3/1/08-6/1/08)
I don't really buy clothes, books or music that often, but it is certainly a category that falls prey to impulse shopping. I don't shop very often, between being on the bike and having a lot to do (therefore not a lot of time to spend in stores). ANYWAY the point is that I have been looking at this book:
for three weeks as I go to my writing class, and it's hard not to justify it--it's a novel written by a Mongolian, AND it's a small local press. I forgot about the above commitment and picked it up last night. I have no buyer's regret though--I just have to start over.
Save $1 per day.* (1001/1001)
I have done this! The question is: Do I still have to have it all saved by the end of the 1001 days? I think the answer is no, primarily because I have to fund my trip to Australia soooomehow.
- Make yogurt 6 times. (0/6)
- Try six recipes from the Spicy Food Lover's Bible (5/6).*
This week I will finish with the cookbook and ALSO make yogurt. I win!
It occurred to me today that I have 9.9 days per goal. I have RIDICULOUSLY over-committed when I look at it that way. I mean, the number of books alone is insane (read all the books I own?! Plus 43 other books?). Oh well. It is good to set goals. It makes me feel good that I have to mend all my clothes, even if I'm not doing it right now. Or that I have to give away the books I don't read. I think that, in particular, will be a much-needed purge. I pick up books like I'll never see another one again. Random 1000-page tome on business etiquette, written in the 1950s? Sure, I need that. Book on how to cook using ration coupons from WWII? Definitely useful today. Le sigh.
Completed: 10 (10.1%)
I've broken into double digits!! YES!
Inspired by Angelar, I'm trying to refocus on my 101in1001 goals instead of making resolutions. If I hadn't had such a ridiculously Grinchy Christmas, I probably would have been on the New Year's boat as usual but dang it was just too much to get this stuff together.
Okay, stuff I've finished:
- Enter and finish a bike race/large organized bike ride.
- Visit Trista on her birthday.
- Get a library card for the Minneapolis Public Library.
- Own a plant that I like. (Oh, poor dead plants. When the apocalypse comes, I guess I’ll just eat meat since I can’t seem to grow anything.)
- Finish this effing list of 101 things to do.
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Attend an NFL game.
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Plus two secret ones.
Well, that was sort of depressing. 7.9% finished, and one FAILED. In that spirit, here is the list of things I’m working on:
- Body fat below 30%.*
- Try 50 local restaurants I haven't tried before. (14/50)
- Take a language class. (German at livemocha.com)
- Contact 10 friends whom I have "lost touch with". (1/10)*
- Finish 3 knitting projects. (0/3) One scarf and a pair of wrist-warmers in the works.
- Make a list of 20 fiction books I've been wanting to read and finally read them. (1/20) Reading the freaking Wheel of Time series has totally derailed this one.
- Get curtains. (And hang them.) They are purchased. They are sort of hung. This project MUST be finished!
- Investigate buying a house*. I’ve investigated it a little bit, but I need to talk to someone about my specific situation. Le sigh. It is hard!
- Go to Boston. I’m planning to go in March or April with Paul. Anybody live there? Wanna party? Joe, I'm looking at you. Sternly!
- Save $1 per day.* (771/1001) Ahead of schedule!
- Pay off unconsolidated student loan debt.*
- Write 6 letters to congresspeople, newspapers, crappy stores, etc. when something goes wrong. (1/6) United is getting a mean one today!
- For every incomplete task on the list at the end, donate $10 to kiva.org. I donated $25 in anticipation of failure.
There are entries that make me think: WTF was I thinking? It costs $10 to fail, and some of them are so hard that $10 is a low, low price to absolve myself of guilt.
Some things aren’t on the list that I want to have on there, like starting a money market account. Or cleaning out my closets. But I cleverly remembered the concept of goals and rewards. God, it’s like being in Kindergarten again. So, to get Katamari, I need to give away 3 paper bags of clothing (or more, if I can’t get everything to fit), AND I need to organize all my closets and drawers. Katamari is totally worth it.
Here’s the remaining list, for perusal:
Health/Physical
- Obtain 5th kyu rating.
- Bike somewhere far away (overnight trip?).
- Bike 50 miles at one time.
- Get a pedicure.
- Learn to perform basic maintenance tasks for my bike (change a flat, patch a tube, clean the chain, adjust the brakes).
- Install fenders, pumps, lights, racks, etc. on my bikes.
- Get a new saddle for my bike.
- Be able to do 20 baby push-ups, no cheating, all the way down.
- Be able to do the splits in at least one direction.
- Be able to do 100 situps and 100 lower ab situps.
- Get a tattoo.
- Eat out no more than twice per week for 8 weeks (lunches included).
- Go to the damn dentist already.
- Get 8 hours of sleep every night for three weeks.
- Get 10 massages. (0/10)
- Keep my regular weekly log of weight/measurements/mileage for one year.
- Sign up for one session of ballet
- Sign up for one session of contact improv
- Sign up for one strengthening/stretching class
- Keep a record on fitday.com for 64 days in a row.
Educational
- Read Weatherford's Genghis Khan book
- Take a drawing class.
- Actively pursue the study of Mongolian--weekly for 8 weeks, 1.5 hour study sessions.
- Take a singing class.
- Take a writing class.
- Take a sewing class.
- Get TEFL training.
- Read 17 nonfiction books. (1/17)*
Siberian Dawn, Jeffrey Tayler- Freakonomics
- Three Cups of Tea
Familial
- Visit mom on her birthday.
- Call my parents and sister every week for 8 weeks in a row.
- Call Grandma Wilma and Grandpa Claude and Grandma Betty every two weeks.*
- Ask Grandma Wilma to do an oral interview/oral history.
- Ask Grandpa Claude and Grandma Betty to record an oral history.
- Send 2008 New Year's cards to extended family, friends, and those I have lost touch with (0/infinity).
Creative
- Write two pieces of fiction. (0/2)
- Complete 3 freelance design projects. (0/3)
- Rent a writer's studio for three months.
- Organize and back up my photographs.
- Submit a story for publication at least 10 times or until someone publishes it. (0/10)
- Do Rosanne's Creative Process for 64 days straight (preferably more). (0/64)
- Put a Mad King Thomas video on the internet.
- Keep an illustrated journal for a month.
- Write a poem a month. (0/33)*
- Enter a photograph into a contest, or attend a portfolio review at MN Center for Photography.
Material
- Buy a computer.
- Buy PhotoShop/similar product.
- Don't purchase any new clothing or books or music for 3 months (used only).
- Clean out my filing cabinet at home.
- Practice one-thing-in-one-thing-out for two months.
- Organize data on old computer.
- Back up data on old computer.
- Donate/recycle old computer.
- Consolidate all music (CD/digital) on one computer.
- Back up my data on work computer/Paul's computer.
- Decorate apartment with all those things I haven't put up.
- Get my paintings from Mongolia framed. (0/2)
- Download, save, print all my old journal entries in some kind of archival format.
- Empty out that box of mending and get it mended!
Travel
- Go to Seattle.
- Go to Chicago.
- Go To Mexico.
- Go to Canada.
- Go camping (with a tent).
- Travel to a new country.
- Travel outside of North America.
Fiscal
- Quit my job.
- Get a new job.
Miscellaneous
- Go to MN Center beginner's zazen 7 times. (0/7)
- Meditate 31 days in a row.
- Play Devil's Horsemen. And Genghis Khan on the NES
- Go one day without speaking.
- Go on a minimum three-day, Tara-only retreat.
- See The Man Who Fell to Earth.
- Make the next list of 101 things to do.
- Make yogurt 6 times. (0/6)
- Make ice cream 6 times. (0/6)
- Try six recipes from the Spicy Food Lover's Bible (0/6).
- Donate blood.
I'm a sucker for lists and memes and organized systems, so yeah, I bought into this one. I haven't posted lately because I've been trying to get this list done. But I can't think of 101 tasks yet, so I'm going to post it to the public and start it today!
Start date: August 1, 2007
Last possible day to check off tasks: April 27, 2010
* = in progressstrike-through = completed
Health/Physical
The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as new year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.Some common goal setting tips:
1. Be decisive. Know exactly what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it.2. Stay Focussed. Any goal requires sustained focus from beginning to end. Constantly evaluate your progress.
3. Welcome Failure. Frequently, very little is learned from a venture that did not experience failure in some form. Failure presents the opportunity to learn and makes the success more worthy.
4. Write down your goals. It clarifies your thinking and reinforces your commitment.
5. Keep your goals in sight. Review them frequently, and ensure that they are always at the forefront of your thinking.
- Obtain 5th kyu rating.
- Bike somewhere far away (overnight trip?).
- Body fat below 30%.
- Bike 50 miles at one time.
- Get a pedicure.
- Learn to perform basic maintenance tasks for my bike (change a flat, patch a tube, clean the chain, adjust the brakes).
- Install fenders, pumps, lights, racks, etc. on my bikes.
- Get a new saddle for my bike.
Be able to do 20 baby push-ups, no cheating, all the way down. (Achieved 8/27/08)- Be able to do the splits in at least one direction.
- Be able to do 100 situps and 100 lower ab situps.
- Get a tattoo.
- Eat out no more than twice per week for 8 weeks (lunches included).
- Go to the damn dentist already.
Try 50 local restaurants/stores I haven't tried before. (50/50)Common RootsYay beer!YummyUm, and wow.True ThaiYUM--but freaking slowSoHo Cafe-- pretty good late night pizzaRed Sea Bar & CafeIt was LAME. The food was fine, but the atmosphere was pretty weak and the service wasn't very good either. Plus it's near the U, which makes it a pain.Atlas GrillExcellent mojitos and eggplant appetizerCliquot Club CafePretty okayRestaurant MiamiGood steak salad, painfully awkward atmosphere.Salsa a la Salsa-- good banana dessert, fine foodNamaste Cafe-- Great chai. Order the food a bit spicy. Everything we had was so tasty!Galactic PizzaYeigh for tasty hippie pizza delivered by superheroes!CamdiYummy cheap Vietnamese.Red Stag Supper ClubI wholeheartedly love this place. Classy, eco-friendly, and best of all--delicious.Duran's Station(Albuquerque) Great tortillas!Maria's(Santa Fe) Good food, atrocious service.Breckenridge Brewery(Denver) Generic food, decent beer.That random Celtic place in Denver next to Delaney'sPretty okayJay's CafeSmall and kind of cute, I think I prefer Signature
Red DragonNot as toxic as you might expect!Liquor Lyle'sNot as toxic as you might expect, either.Cafe LatteEh.Black SeaNOM NOM NOMLa Puerta Azul.Bad service, but the food is okay. The beans are great!Blue Mountain Stone Bead Co.I totally got suckered into spending WAY too much money.
That crazy store that sold dragonsUm, they sold dragons and gave me this CRAZY beaded Santa Claus wall hanging thing.Mead's Department Store100% pure awesome. Cheap Chuck TaylorsCat-man-doEhBoca ChicaEhShishTasty and TONS of food.Dixie'sOpen Book's CafeGlobal VillageWhite people can be seriously annoyingHard Times CafeSuper good fresh hashbrownsDubliner(no food?!)Great Waters BreweryPretty good beer, big and tasty dessertDuplexover-priced and a little too pretentiousItalian Pie ShopehBirchwood CafeThe muffin I had was good, but they skimped on the bike commuter breakfast! C'mon we are HUNGRY!Welna II HardwareAwesomeZ103 Bar and Grill (Fergus Falls)You know you're in trouble when the guy who takes your order is confused by requesting green onions on a baked potato (chives seemed like a stretch)Jazzy Fox (Fergus Falls)SO GOOD and so not at all frequented by the locals. Lovely live piano playing and really good food.Victor's 1959 CafeLentil as Anything (Melbourne)Rattle and Hum (Cairns)Miss India (Brisbane)Bough House (Yulara)Amerikagar (Singaporean in Melbourne)C.C. something (Melbourne, near Dancehouse)Bakery near Trista's apartment (Brisbane)Mango Jam (Port Douglas)Garden Valley Family Restaurant and Cocktails (Mauston, WI)- Band Box Diner
- Moscow on the Hill
- Safari Restaurant
- Ecopolitan
- Taste of Thailand (Minneapolis)
- Manana
- La Brasa
- Bulldog in NE
- Heartland
- Bombay to Deli
- Amazing Thailand
- Marla's Indian/Caribbean
- Seward Cafe
- Cliche
- Calhoun Vacuum
- Bobby Bead
- Heartbreaker (is this even local?)
- Little Szechuan Chinese Cuisine
- JunBo Chinese
- Christos
- Little Tijuana
- Bombay Bistro
- Lucia's
- Broder's Southside Pasta Bar
- Town Talk Diner
- Shiraz Fireroasted Cuisine
- Steeple People
- Tatters
- Everyday People
- Via's Vintage
- Re-Cycle
- A Baker's Wife
- Hyderabad House
- Cafe Levain
- Barbette
- 112 Eatery
- Cosmos (dessert)
- Sea Salt
- Southtown
- Ted Cook's 19th Hole BBQ
- Scott Ja Mama's
- Three Seasons
- Peppermint Twist
- Get 8 hours of sleep every night for three weeks.
- Get 10 massages. (2/10)
at workin Port Douglas with Trista- Keep my regular weekly log of weight/measurements/mileage for one year.
- Sign up for one session of ballet
- Sign up for one session of contact improv
- Sign up for one strengthening/stretching class
- Keep a record on fitday.com for 64 days in a row. (34/64 on Sep 30 2008)*
Enter and finish a bike race/large organized bike ride.Minneapolis Bike Tour, baby!
- Read Weatherford's Genghis Khan book
- Take a drawing class.
- Take a language class*.
- Actively pursue the study of Mongolian--weekly for 8 weeks, 1.5 hour study sessions.
- Take a singing class.
Take a writing class.- Take a sewing class.
- Get TEFL training.
- Read 17 nonfiction books. (4/17)*
Siberian Dawn, Jeffrey TaylerIn A Sunburned Country, Bill BrysonCold Beer and Crocodiles, Roff SmithAll-New Square-Foot Gardening, Mel Bartholomew- Wild Mind, Natalie Goldberg
- Freakonomics
- Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson
- A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
- A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson
- God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Christopher Hitchens
- The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
- The Diary of Anais Nin, Anais Nin
- How to Live Well without Owning a Car
- Dharma Punx, Noah Levine
- Brecht on Theater: The Development of an Aesthetic, Bertold Brecht
- Rebels and Radicals
- Martha Graham's autobiography
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn
- Do You Speak American?
- The Art of War, Sun Tzu
- Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond
Familial
- Visit mom on her birthday.
Visit Trista on her birthday.- Call my parents and sister every week for 8 weeks in a row.
- Call Grandma Wilma and Grandpa Claude and Grandma Betty every two weeks.
- Ask Grandma Wilma to do an oral interview/oral history.
- Ask Grandpa Claude and Grandma Betty to record an oral history.
- Send 2008 New Year's cards to extended family, friends, and those I have lost touch with (0/infinity).
- Contact 10 friends whom I have "lost touch with". (5/10)*
Holly!Alex T.!Natasha!KimBrittany
Creative
- Write two complete pieces. (1/2)*
S.C. Article- Complete 3 freelance design projects. (0/3)
- Wendy's Project*
- Cinema Rev project
Finish 3 knitting projects. (3/3)Crocheted washclothCrocheted washcloth part deux (is this cheating?!)Scarf- Rent a writer's studio for three months.
- Organize and back up my photographs.
- Submit a story for publication at least 10 times or until someone publishes it. (0/10)
- Do Rosanne's Creative Process for 64 days straight (preferably more). (0/64)
Post in my vox/somewhere on the internet twice per week for a month.Put a Mad King Thomas video on the internet.- Keep an illustrated journal for a month.
- Write a poem a month. (7/33)*
just write a poem -- 08.7.25empty my head -- 08.07.29annie hall looks like my mom 2008.8.11oatmeal 2008.08.28nothing happens 2008.08.29Every other night / at home on my dirty beige carpet 2008.09.02I love AT&T 2008.09.11- Enter a photograph into a contest. (This could also be fulfilled by going to a portfolio review at the MN Center for Photography.)
Material
- Buy a computer.
Buy PhotoShop/similar product.- Don't purchase any new clothing or books or
musicfor 3 months (used only). - Clean out my filing cabinet at home.
- Practice one-thing-in-one-thing-out for two months.
- Organize data on old computer.
- Back up data on old computer.
- Donate/recycle old computer.
- Consolidate all music (CD/digital) on one computer.
- Back up my data on work computer/Paul's computer.
Get curtains. (And hang them.)- Decorate apartment with all those things I haven't put up. (Remaining items: Family photos, Rock On, Aussie stuff)
- Get my paintings from Mongolia framed. (0/2)
- Download, save, print all my old journal entries in some kind of archival format.*
- Investigate buying a house*.
- Empty out that box of mending and get it mended!
Get a library card for the Minneapolis Public Library.
- Go to Seattle.
Go to Chicago.- Go To Mexico.
- Go to Boston.
- Go to Canada.
Go camping (with a tent). (Port Douglas, Uluru)Travel to a new country. (Australia)Travel outside of North America. (Australia)
- Quit my job.
- Get a new job.*
- Pay off unconsolidated student loan debt.*
Save $1 per day. (1001/1001)
- Go to MN Center beginner's zazen 7 times. (0/7)
- Meditate 31 days in a row.
- Play Devil's Horsemen. And Genghis Khan on the NES
- Make a list of 20 fiction books I've been wanting to read and finally read them.
- Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson
- Catch-22, Joseph Heller
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein
- Lord of the Flies
- The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
- The Once and Future King *
- Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
- Naked Lunch, William Burroughs
- Invitation to a Beheading
- The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
The Eye of the World, Robert Jordan- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
- One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides *
- High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
- Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley *
- Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers
- Love in the Time of Cholera
- The Corrections, Johnathan Franzen
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Phillip K. Dick
- Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
- For Colored Girls..., Ntozake Shange
- Read all the books I own but haven't read, or give them away.*
- See 25 non-dance concerts. (19/25)
Balls Cabaret with MVIt's a Meaningless LifeClaude Wampler,PERFORMANCE(Career Ender)The Crimes and Confessions of Kip Knutson, A Hockey Way of Knowledge, Deke WeaverRockstar Storytellers: Tore My Heart off my SleeveLucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles (Filk 'n Waffles!)Global Harmony ChorusExerciseEXORCISERomeo Castellucci and the Societas whatever they were called, Hey Girl!Bedlam Romp (February Bleeding Hearts)Bedlam Romp (March Semi-Formal)When We LookMarc Bamuthi Joseph's the break(s)Maximum Verbosity, Alice in BiffylandLady DayMila VocalAll Rights Reserved: A Libertarian RageThe Gypsy and the GeneralDerive 2- Go one day without speaking.
Attend an NFL game.- Go on a minimum three-day, Tara-only retreat.
Own a plant that I like.Finish this effing list of 101 things to do. (101/101)- See The Man Who Fell to Earth.
- For every incomplete task on the list at the end, donate $10 to kiva.org.
- Make the next list of 101 things to do.
- Make yogurt 6 times. (0/6)
- Make ice cream 6 times. (1/6)*
Raspberry ice creamTry six recipes from the Spicy Food Lover's Bible (6/6).Peppered CroutonsGinger curry pumpkin bisqueDal curry (sweet Jay it was hot)Broccoli Mustard Soup(wow, white pepper seriously smells like the giraffe house at the zoo)Black Beans and White Rice and also Cuban SofritoGarlic ginger green beansDonate blood.- Write 6 letters to congresspeople, newspapers, crappy stores, etc. when something goes wrong. (5/6)
Requested funding for the 26th Ave N Greenway from Mayor RT Rybak.Complained to United Airlines for Flight from Hell.Wrote to Minneapolis Public Schools re: scary/mean busdriver.Wrote to MetroTransit re: unreliable busesLetter re: private family situation
Completed: 20
Suggestions? Comments? Ideas?
I'm gonna get crackin'!
Ideas for replacement goals:
Finish 5 craft projects that have been stymied/not started and sitting around 4evar.
Don't bring any new plastic bags into the house for three weeks.
Develop and practice 3 new recipes for food that I usually eat at restaurants or cook from a can/box/etc. (aloo gobi, spanish rice, x)