My 101 in 1001
Okay, so here it is. It's taken me two nights of brainstorming and organizing and here is the sparkly list of the things that I've been wanting to do and am pretty confidant I can do in a little under three years. It will be perfect because the deadline is 6 days before my 30th birthday.
That's about all for the intro. My brain is like, so dead right now I'm almost cross-eyed.
::EDIT:: I'm going to put in italics what I'm currently working on and strikeout what I've already accomplished.
101 in 1001
1. Have one night a week that it's just us doing fun stuff, i.e. going to the zoo, watching movies with popcorn and hot chocolate, building 'tent city' and just hanging out with them, etc.
2. Try to have more patience with Steven when he tells me his seven minute long versions of things. Austin used to do that, too, and now I would give anything to hear him do that again. Be thankful Steven can articulate so well.
3. Try to at least forgive my mother.
4. Help my Dad find a place of his own and get him back on his OWN two feet so he can do for himself once again.
5. Ahem. Stop being a douche to Scotty. He's 18. I have officially made his life a living hell long enough. Now it's time to focus on building a strong connection to my only brother. And not just my-fist-to-his-face connection, either, though those are always fun.
6. Keep up on the search for my Hungarian ancestry.
7. Get on a plane and actually fly somewhere cool.
8. Go snowboarding
9. Cool my temper down. I don't want to be a rage-aholic.
10. Start a savings account. CD.
11. Make a budget and STICK TO IT
12. Try not to overdraw my checking account anymore. Really.
13. Try to pay off at least half of the debt that I owe. Much easier considering that the debt collecting company that deals with my unpaid medical bills from years ago is taking me to court!
14. Start making conscious buying decisions instead of getting swept away by retail reverie. (I should totally copyright that.)
15. Before going to Costco and spending $500, try Grocery Outlet or, gulp, Marketplace. Stop being such a goddamned grocery store snob! I'm getting pretty good at not just going to Costco and loading up. I shop around for deals a lot more and just generally remember that money is actually money, not some imaginary substance that never runs out.
16. Start looking at Ads in the newspaper.
17. Go to Forks and take pictures. Do a tour if they have one.
18. Write a work of fiction in 55 words or less
19. Take 100 pictures of strangers. Post them as a journal entry when I'm done.
20. Travel A-Z. Start at A and travel to different cities.
Alturas, CA
Brooks, OR
Canby, NV
Doyle, NV
Ellensburg, WA
Reno, NV
Oakridge, CA
21. Go to a ballet- Just bought tickets to see 'Jewels' at the Pacific Northwest Ballet Theatre on 5Fevrier!
22. Buy a geocaching GPS and start geocaching.
23. Find out more about geocacheing I found out that you pretty much have to have a very pricey GPS system to start doing it. Maybe down the line in the future, but right now I don't have $300 to drop on something as a hobby.
24. Donate 2 million grains of rice freerice.com 9230/2000000
25. Slide down a mountain on one of those sledding things.
26. Go ziplining
27. Spend an entire day blindfolded
28. Have a Harry Potter Movie Day with the family and watch all the movies consecutively.
29. Buy Finnegan's Wake and attempt to read it
30. Steven wanted me to quit smoking, put the money I would spend on cigarettes in a savings account for him I started smoking again. I know, I know. A lot easier said than done. I'm not giving up on quitting, though. I need to set a quit date.
31. Make time to have quality time with Austin
32. Eat Vegetarian for a day, then a week, then a month. I went vegetarian for eight months straight!
33. Have a Potluck Night with friends
34. Take at least 2 drum lessons. Keep up on it if money/time allow
35. Try to find a kung fu dvd to practice with at home All the DVD's I found were really stupid looking and cheesy. I think I'll just have to find somewhere around here to learn.
36. Get personalized license plates LVL UP I have the form to send in to Olympia and I checked the database and LVL UP is available! Now, about mailing that form...
37. Get a tattoo of something meaningful and not tacky I am having a very talented artist design a phoenix tattoo for me. This January I am getting it tattooed on my back! I'm very excited!
38. Put my Learn Hungarian CD in the car and start listening to it and learn some Hungarian already!
39. See all of IMDB's top 250 movies 84/250
40. Have an Island of Misfit Toys party after Christmas
41. Go see an opera
42. Take Ghetto Pictures with Dani at the B&I and any other willing participants. Velour tracksuits, wigs, and door knocker earrings required. Grill optional.
43. Go see Sara & Brent get married in Reno
44. Go to Canada with Mike and our friends
45. Take the family to Disneyland
46. Take a road trip to a far away place.
47. Buy a bicycle and be able to bike through the Five Mile Drive at Pt. Defiance after my 1001 days is up.
48. Get a pair of old-skool roller skates
49. Teach Scotty to cook for himself
50. Take tasteful nude pictures and DO NOT post them on myspace!
51. Get an actual penpal
52. Participate in ADIML
53. Go to a psychic
54. Get my aura photographed
55. Take a ballroom dancing class with Mr. Mike
56. Learn how to juggle
57. Go to the Cheescake Factory, fer chrissakes!
58. Start a zine.
59. Crochet at least 10 scarves and donate them to the homeless shelter
60. Go see a concert by a band or artist I'm really passionate about, once a year. This year I'm going to see Fleetwood Mac on May 16th!
61. Do something constructive with my beads. Learn how to make pretties.
62. Keep taking my zoloft regularly so it actually works.
63. Get married to Mr. Mike :) We're engaged! August 29, 2010!
64. Go to college at some point.
65. Submit a postcard to PostSecret.com
66. Volunteer at least 20 hours a year
67. Go to a foam party
68. Write a letter to one Tom Robbins.
69. Go through the laundry pile that is threatening to become it's own entity and donate 101 items from it to a battered woman's shelter.
70. Have a day once a month that's just for me. Bring my camera, camcorder, notebook, ipod, and pens. Create something.
71. Stay sober for a year.
72. Visit a Buddhist temple.
73. Lose some major weight. 0/120 lbs.
74. Walk over the new Narrows Bridge.
75. Buy a laptop.
76. See the Vagina Monologues
77. Go to the lawyers and write a will. Don't forget Xanax.
78. Meet Todd in person, come hell or high water
79. Take a Girls Vacation...no boys allowed!
80. Camp out on the Oregon Coast
81. Pick berries in the summertime
82. Buy a really nice camera and start learning photography.
83. Participate at least once in Project 365
84. Write and illustrate a children's book
85. Go to First Night in Downtown Tacoma.
.86. See a play
87. Go to Gay Pride in Seattle
88. Go on the Seattle Underground Tour.
89. Don't cut my hair for 1001 days.
90. Take a nap in a hammock.
91. Go to the swapmeet.
92. Visit a therapist once. Go back if I leave the office crying or wanting a drink.
93. Make a cookbook with all of my recipes in it.
94. Make more magnets.
95. Buy a book and practice drawing caricatures.
96. Find a MonkeyShines.
97. Make a quilt.
98. Go to the Burning Man Festival
99. Go to the Penny Arcade Expo
100. Travel on a train
101. Play in a pile of leaves.