Week 41 Update
1. Keep track of this list and update goals weekly, even if I’ve been bad and haven’t done anything. (40/143)
2. Read 75 books, not including texts for school. Keep track and write a brief review/summary for my own reference. (20/75)
1. Utopia by Thomas More - Finished 03/2009
2. Fool On The Hill by Matt Ruff - Finished 03/2009
3. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - Finished 04/2009
4. Basilica by R.A. Scotti - Finished 04/2009
5. Lamb by Christopher Moore - Finished 05/2009
6. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk - Finished 05/2009
7. 1984 by George Orwell - Finished 05/2009
8. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - Finished 07/2009
9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - Finished 07/2009
10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - Finished 07/2009
11. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - Finished 07/2009
12. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling - Finished 07/2009
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling - Finished 08/2009
14. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling - Finished 08/2009
15. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling - Finished 08/2009
16. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams - Finished 08/2009
17. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams - Finished 09/2009
18. Coraline by Neil Gaimen - Finished 09/2009
19. Don't Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor - Finished 09/2009
20. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson - Finished 11/2009
3. Read all books on my 2009 tentative reading list in 2009. (8/8) DONE 07/04/2009
Utopia by Thomas More
Fool On The Hill by Matt Ruff
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Basilica by R.A. Scotti
Lamb by Christopher Moore
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
1984 by George Orwell
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
4. Read all the Harry Potter books. (7/7) DONE 08/18/2009
5. Read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
6. Read the bible cover to cover.
7. Read something every day. (281/1001)
8. Do not buy more than 33 books (one per month), excluding those for school. (28 books left)
9. Get into a school psychology program. DONE
10. Move out of my parents’ house.
11. Gather a book of recipes I can actually cook.
12. Lose enough weight to fit into my Toronto hippie skirt.
13. Keep a planner and actually use it.
14. Get an actual address book and keep it updated.
15. Become proficient in Spanish, work on fluency.
16. Avoid elevators whenever possible and reasonable.
17. Go to New York (city).
18. Go to Washington, DC.
19. Go to 3 new states, or states that I have not been to in last 10 years. (1/3)
Tennessee 06/28/2009
20. Go to Cedar Point. DONE 07/14/2009
21. Bike trip extreme.
22. Visit the high point of one state.
23. Go to Antigo, leave flowers on Grandma Jerry’s grave.
24. Go somewhere by train.
25. Do a circle tour of one of the Great Lakes.
26. Donate hair to Children with Hairloss twice. (0/2)
27. Adopt an animal.
28. Donate to Toys for Tots every Christmas (0/3).
29. Donate 500,000 grains through www.freerice.com (31,600/500,000)
30. Donate 150 trees through www.answer4earth.com (14/150)
31. Donate blood. DONE 07/04/2009
32. Donate $2 for each item on this list not completed.
33. Watch 50 movies I’ve never seen. (35/50)
1. The Rainmaker - 03/03/2009
2. Nancy Drew and the Secret Staircase - 03/05/2009
3. Mildred Pierce - 03/13/2009
4. The Whole Town's Talking - 03/15/2009
5. John Tucker Must Die - 04/05/2009
6. Spellbound - 04/12/2009
7. Transformers - 04/19/2009
8. Dodgeball - 04/29/2009
9. Angels and Demons - 05/16/2009
10. Paul Blart Mall Cop - 06/15/2009
11. A Streetcar Named Desire - 07/10/2009
12. Catch-22 - 07/17/2009
13. Mamma Mia! - 07/19/2009
14. Coraline - 07/22/2009
15. 27 Dresses - 08/07/2009
16. Orphan - 08/20/2009
17. I Love You, Man - 08/20/2009
18. Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone - 08/22/2009
19. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 08/22/2009
20. Fight Club - 08/28/2009
21. Lolita (1962) - 08/29/2009
22. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - 09/27/2009
23. The Crow - 10/01/2009
24. Wicker Man (1973) - 10/02/2009
25. Beatles Anthology Six - 10/09/2009
26. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 10/12/2009
27. The Proposal - 10/19/2009
28. Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - 10/23/2009
29. Soylent Green - 10/24/2009
30. Michael Jackson's This Is It - 10/31/2009
31. Sunshine Cleaning - 11/07/2009
32. New Moon - 11/20/2009
33. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 11/21/2009
34. My Sister's Keeper - 11/27/2009
35. Old School - 12/10/2009
I had seen parts of this movie before, but never the whole things. We watched it after dinner on my dad's birthday... yay family movie night!
34. Watch 15 movies on Turner Classic Movies. (9/15)
1. The Rainmaker - 03/03/2009
2. Nancy Drew and the Secret Staircase - 03/05/2009
3. Mildred Pierce - 03/13/2009
4. The Whole Town's Talking - 03/15/2009
5. Spellbound - 04/12/2009
6. A Streetcar Named Desire - 07/10/2009
7. Gone With The Wind - 07/30/2009
8. Lolita (1962) - 08/29/2009
9. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 10/12/2009
35. Go to 7 concerts or shows. (7/7)
1. Fleetwood Mac - 03/08/2009 (concert)
2. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - 04/23/2009 (play)
3. John Fogerty - 05/29/2009 (concert)
4. Blue Oyster Cult - 07/08/2009 (concert)
5. Gordon Lightfoot - 07/24/2009 (concert)
6. Foghat - 08/21/2009 (concert)
7. Guster - 11/05/2009 (concert)
36. Get my money’s worth from all of my memberships every year.
(Year One: The Henry Ford (69/79, Detroit Institute of Art 68/80)
(Year Two: The Henry Ford (0/79, Detroit Institute of Art 0/80, and Detroit Zoo 0/60)
(Year Three: The Henry Ford (0/79, Detroit Institute of Art 0/80, and Detroit Zoo 0/60)
37. Go churching.
38. Go cemeterying. DONE 11/06/2009
39. Try 15 new beers. (15/15) DONE 06/28/2009
1. Sam Adams Cherry Wheat
2. Czechvar
3. Yuengling Lager
4. O'Hara's Irish Red
5. Spaten Lager
6. Stroh's
7. Framboise
8. Hoegaarden White
9. Owosso Wheat
10. 2nd Ave Pilsner
11. Paradise Beach Ale
12. Wild Blue
13. Magic Hat
14. Blue-Eyed Blueberry Blonde
15. Amber Bock
40. Try 40 new restaurants. (41/40) DONE 10/09/2009
1. Niki's - Detroit, MI
2. Polonia - Hamtramck, MI
3. Cass Cafe - Detroit, MI
4. Bangkok 96 - Dearborn, MI
5. Jacoby's - Detroit, MI
6. Evie's Tamales - Detroit, MI
7. The Blarney - Toledo, OH
8. Olympia - Detroit, MI
9. Woodward Coney Island - Detroit, MI
10. The Peanut Barrell - East Lansing, MI
11. International Buffett, Greektown Casino - Detroit, MI
12. Stevi B's Pizza - Woodhaven, MI
13. Tudor's Biscuit World/Gino's Pizza - Ansted, WV
14. Traffic Jam & Snug - Detroit, MI
15. P.F. Chang's China Bistro - Dearborn, MI
16. El Comal - Detroit, MI
17. R.P. McMurphy's - Wyandotte, MI
18. Zeff's Coney Island - Detroit, MI
19. Cheeseburger in Paradise - Canton, OH
20. Chick-fil-A - Canton, OH
21. The Village Pump - Kelley's Island, OH
22. Portillo's - Chicago, IL
23. Nuevo Leon - Chicago, IL
24. Laikon Cafe - Detroit, MI
25. Mighty Taco - Buffalo, NY
26. Church Brew Works - Pittsburgh, PA
27. Jack In The Box - Nashville, TN
28. Anchor Bar - Detroit, MI
29. Amani's - Dearborn, MI
30. Mack Daddy's - Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
31. Monterrey Cantina - Royal Oak, MI
32. Popeye's Chicken - Detroit, MI
33. Red Flannel Saloon/Little Falls Inn - Paradise, MI
34. Sugar Bowl Restaurant - Gaylord, MI
35. Nemo's - Detroit, MI
36. Sala Thai - Detroit, MI
37. La Senorita - Traverse City, MI
38. Grizzly Peak Brewing Company - Ann Arbor, MI
39. The Melting Pot - Ann Arbor, MI
40. Honest John's - Detroit, MI
41. Elmhurst Taproom - Dearborn, MI
41. Visit a planetarium. DONE 11/06/2009
42. Go to a sporting event in another city. DONE 05/10/2009 - Tigers vs. Indians, Cleveland, OH
43. See something at the Michigan Theater (Ann Arbor), State Theater (Ann Arbor), and Main Theater (Royal Oak). (1/3)
44. Go to a midnight showing of a movie. DONE 11/20/2009
45. Try a fondue. DONE 09/21/2009
46. Go on the Ford Rouge Factory Tour. DONE 10/09/2009
47. Go on a walking tour in Detroit.
48. Take a tour of the Fox Theatre.
49. Do the Labor Day Bridgewalk across the Mackinac Bridge twice. (1/2)
50. "Run" half of the Detroit Marathon.
51. Take a picture every day for 6 months (approximately). Put all into a photo album.
52. Put 3 pieces of jewelry I made on craigslist. If I sell any of them, put more up.
53. Make my bottle cap table.
54. Re-teach myself to play piano.
55. Color. DONE 08/01/2009
56. Make a scarf.
57. Make a t-shirt for myself.
58. Make t-shirts for an event.
59. Finish one of my theoretical art projects.
60. Make something cool out of safety pins.
61. Frame a piece of my artwork.
62. Make 5 things out of The Big-Ass Book of Crafts. (0/5)
63. Learn to use a sewing machine and make something.
64. Put together a large puzzle and frame.
65. Fix my red watch.
66. Do a cross stitch.DONE 03/15/2009
67. Frame 2 of my favorite pictures. (0/2)
68. Make a collection of crazy/funny Meijer stories.
69. Send 30 cards, letters, or postcards, not related to birthdays or holidays. (3/30)
70. Go to see the Tigers, Red Wings, Pistons, and Lions play. (2/4)
Tigers - 05/10/2009
Lions - 11/01/2009
71. Do something with one of my siblings 35 times, not counting large scale family events. (11/35)
72. Give 10 “just because” gifts. (4/10)
73. Win a game of euchre.
74. Thoroughly clean my car once a month. (6/33)
75. Make my iTunes library accurate, with proper song titles, artists, and albums. Maybe artwork too.
I have been working feverishly on this. I have 133 songs left to name properly, then will be adding artwork for complete albums.
76. Organize all the random stuff I have on my computer.
77. Give my room a good thorough cleaning (and maintain).
78. Organize my books (this may include getting more shelving). DONE 05/16/2009
79. Organize my jewelry (mine and my stuff to sell).
80. Buy a bicycle. DONE 03/18/2009
81. Complete biking goals leading up to bike trip extreme (List item #20).
82. Fly a kite. DONE 06/18/2009
83. Go skiing.
84. Go ice skating.
85. Go camping, maybe just for a night.
86. Go to a drive in movie.
87. Have a sleepover. DONE 07/10/2009
88. Go on a picnic.
89. Make real lemonade, no powder crap.
90. Go to a winery. DONE 08/11/2009
91. Buy new summer shoes. DONE 05/16/2009
92. Get new glasses. DONE 05/12/2009
93. Go to Houghton Lake at least once every summer. (1/3)
94. Nail maintenance every month, before they get too long and start to crack. (8/33)
95. Paint my fingernails and toenails a random wild color twice each summer. (2/6)
96. Watch Planet Earth.
97. Use all of the gift cards I have been carrying around for so long.
98. Beat one of the old video games I bought. DONE 03/02/2009
99. Learn the dance to Thriller.
100. Get a poster of at least one of my favorites from the DIA.
101. Make a new list before the completion of this one.