THE LIST
I've grouped everything into categories, but they'll be completed in random order. I apologize for all the long-winded parenthetical commentary.
Completed tasks are in bold
Tasks in progress are in italics
The rest are tasks I haven't started yet.
START DATE: October 27, 2007
END DATE: July 23, 2010 (I think.)
Last updated: November 25, 2007
NARCISSIST
1. Get down to 145 pounds. (That's about the top of healthy BMI range for my height)
2. Develop a walking or other exercise regimen.
3. Take swimming lessons. (I can swim, but I'd like to learn proper stroke techniques.)
4. Groom my eyebrows. (Seriously, we're approaching Martin Scorsese territory here.)
5. Go to doctor for a physical.
6. Try out the gym at my condo complex.
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
7. Pay off student loan.
8. Create a monthly budget.
9. Repay the amount I've withdrawn from savings. (Hence the dire need for the previous entry!)
10. Set up savings subaccounts.
11. Write up an unofficial will. (I tend to be secretive about my finances, so at the very least I've got to leave behind some info on my accounts and where they are.)
12. Organize my financial statements and shred whatever I don't need.
13. Apply for credit card rebate.
14. Make a habit of using The Club every day. (Why is this under "fiscal responsibility?" Well, it'd be a pretty big hit to my finances if my car suddenly disappeared one day...)
15. Get security screws or a plate cover or something so my license plates don't get swiped again. (Not really a big financial hit, but it was a major pain in the ass.)
KEEP BRITAIN TIDY
16. Pick up a vacuum and mop at least once a month. (I'm such a slob...)
17. Sweep out the patio regularly. (I HATE living on the first floor!)
18. Hang all the framed pictures currently leaning against the wall.
19. Put up those little corner shelves I bought ages ago.
20. Fix the recliner. (The footrest was out of alignment.)
21. Put all of my photos into albums.
22. Catalog all of my CD-Rs.
23. Weed out my magazine collection and sell or dispose of the rest.
24. Organize my Playbill collection.
25. Organize my iPod playlists.
26. Get the dead centipede out of the kitchen light fixture. (I know, I know. EWWW!)
WORKER BEE
27. Archive all my zip discs. (...while I still have a working zip drive!)
28. Organize the documents on my hard & virtual drives.
29. Learn some SQL.
30. Get business cards.
GOODY TWO-SHOES
31. Volunteer at an animal shelter.
32. Donate X dollars per month to charity. (No, I'm not telling you how much. Nyah!)
33. Go to the cemetery and pay my respects.
34. Memorize the relevant locations in the cemetery so I can get there by myself.
FRIENDLY GESTURES
35. Email eight former professors/bosses who were very supportive of me.
36. Go to one of my niece's music recitals.
37. Write up a birthday & anniversary list.
38. Make a habit of replying to all emails/messages within 1 week of receipt. (This could possibly be the task that will be hardest for me to accomplish.)
39. Look into Italian birth/marriage records for Mom's genealogy search.
40. Look up my sisters' high school softball clips on microfilm.
41. Fulfill the favor I promised to a friend.
WORLD TRAVELER
42. Get my passport.
43. Visit the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus.
44. Spend a day in Red Bank, just for the hell of it. (Seriously, Red Bank rocks.)
45. Take a train out of state (Manhattan does't count).
46. Go back to Central Park. (Ten minutes in Strawberry Fields was certainly not enough.)
47. Go to the Fest for Beatle Fans in Chicago.
CULTURE VULTURE
48. Go to a comedy show.
49. Go back to the Museum of Natural History.
50. Go to an event at the Museum of TV & Radio. (I've got to get on their mailing list somehow. I never learn about the cool events until they've already taken place!)
51. Get my Rutgers alumni library card.
52. Get a New York Public Library card.
53. Visit the Newark Riots exhibit at the NJ Historical Society.
54. Attend an event at the new Prudential Center in Newark.
55. Successfully complete my two Spanish audiobooks.
56. Learn 3 chords.
57. Make an attempt to learn piano, via my "learn to play piano" book.
GOOD EATS
57. Organize my recipe collection.
58. Go through all my recipe books and mark down things to try.
59. Learn Mom's sauce, stuffing, & eggplant parmesan recipes.
60. Grow my own herbs.
61. Try Alton Brown's rib recipe.
62. Make homemade guacamole.
63. Taste a Guinness.
64. Eat a knish from a street cart.
WEB GURU
65. Update website: summary, photos, sounds, about me, and store pages, and overhaul the menu navigation.
66. Clean up the website's "images" directory.
67. Delete old college web page.
68. Set up a web portfolio.
69. Visit Beatlelinks at least once a week.
70. Clean out the fans on my laptop.
71. Wipe the hard drive of my old laptop and sell it.
72. Finish cleaning out old email account, and notify friends of the new address.
73. Write one blog entry per day for a month.
74. Delete all my old emails off hard drive.
COUCH POTATO
75. Read 100 books. (That's about 2 books every 3 weeks. I know there are people who can easily do 100 books in a year, but...eh, I'm a slow reader.)
76. Go through "Book Lust" and select some titles to read.
77. Watch the entire Beatles Anthology on DVD.
78. Watch all 3 seasons of Taxi on DVD.
79. Watch "Lord of the Rings," just to see what all the fuss was about.
SHOPAHOLIC
80. Recliner
81. Bathrobe
82. Desk chair
83. Toaster oven
84. VHS/DVD burner
85. Decent carry-on luggage
86. Watch
87. Cordless drill
88. Messenger bag
89. iPod case
90. Motion sickness wristbands
91. Dark Horse T-shirt
92. Cool bookends (then return the ones I stole from work.)
93. Librarian action figure! :-D
94. Something...naughty.
RANDOM RANDOMNESS
95. Listen to all of the O&A broadcasts I have archived.
96. Write the Beatle fanfic that's been bouncing around in my head for 5 years.
97. Use up the blue soaps I have, or get rid of them.
98. Bet money on a horse race.
99. Buy myself flowers, just because.
100. Go to an NJYL (New Jersey Young Librarians) event.
101. Contact Beta Phi Mu and figure out what my status is.
Completed tasks are in bold
Tasks in progress are in italics
The rest are tasks I haven't started yet.
START DATE: October 27, 2007
END DATE: July 23, 2010 (I think.)
Last updated: November 25, 2007
NARCISSIST
1. Get down to 145 pounds. (That's about the top of healthy BMI range for my height)
2. Develop a walking or other exercise regimen.
3. Take swimming lessons. (I can swim, but I'd like to learn proper stroke techniques.)
4. Groom my eyebrows. (Seriously, we're approaching Martin Scorsese territory here.)
5. Go to doctor for a physical.
6. Try out the gym at my condo complex.
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
7. Pay off student loan.
8. Create a monthly budget.
9. Repay the amount I've withdrawn from savings. (Hence the dire need for the previous entry!)
10. Set up savings subaccounts.
11. Write up an unofficial will. (I tend to be secretive about my finances, so at the very least I've got to leave behind some info on my accounts and where they are.)
12. Organize my financial statements and shred whatever I don't need.
13. Apply for credit card rebate.
14. Make a habit of using The Club every day. (Why is this under "fiscal responsibility?" Well, it'd be a pretty big hit to my finances if my car suddenly disappeared one day...)
15. Get security screws or a plate cover or something so my license plates don't get swiped again. (Not really a big financial hit, but it was a major pain in the ass.)
KEEP BRITAIN TIDY
16. Pick up a vacuum and mop at least once a month. (I'm such a slob...)
17. Sweep out the patio regularly. (I HATE living on the first floor!)
18. Hang all the framed pictures currently leaning against the wall.
19. Put up those little corner shelves I bought ages ago.
20. Fix the recliner. (The footrest was out of alignment.)
21. Put all of my photos into albums.
22. Catalog all of my CD-Rs.
23. Weed out my magazine collection and sell or dispose of the rest.
24. Organize my Playbill collection.
25. Organize my iPod playlists.
26. Get the dead centipede out of the kitchen light fixture. (I know, I know. EWWW!)
WORKER BEE
27. Archive all my zip discs. (...while I still have a working zip drive!)
28. Organize the documents on my hard & virtual drives.
29. Learn some SQL.
30. Get business cards.
GOODY TWO-SHOES
31. Volunteer at an animal shelter.
32. Donate X dollars per month to charity. (No, I'm not telling you how much. Nyah!)
33. Go to the cemetery and pay my respects.
34. Memorize the relevant locations in the cemetery so I can get there by myself.
FRIENDLY GESTURES
35. Email eight former professors/bosses who were very supportive of me.
36. Go to one of my niece's music recitals.
37. Write up a birthday & anniversary list.
38. Make a habit of replying to all emails/messages within 1 week of receipt. (This could possibly be the task that will be hardest for me to accomplish.)
39. Look into Italian birth/marriage records for Mom's genealogy search.
40. Look up my sisters' high school softball clips on microfilm.
41. Fulfill the favor I promised to a friend.
WORLD TRAVELER
42. Get my passport.
43. Visit the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus.
44. Spend a day in Red Bank, just for the hell of it. (Seriously, Red Bank rocks.)
45. Take a train out of state (Manhattan does't count).
46. Go back to Central Park. (Ten minutes in Strawberry Fields was certainly not enough.)
47. Go to the Fest for Beatle Fans in Chicago.
CULTURE VULTURE
48. Go to a comedy show.
49. Go back to the Museum of Natural History.
50. Go to an event at the Museum of TV & Radio. (I've got to get on their mailing list somehow. I never learn about the cool events until they've already taken place!)
51. Get my Rutgers alumni library card.
52. Get a New York Public Library card.
53. Visit the Newark Riots exhibit at the NJ Historical Society.
54. Attend an event at the new Prudential Center in Newark.
55. Successfully complete my two Spanish audiobooks.
56. Learn 3 chords.
57. Make an attempt to learn piano, via my "learn to play piano" book.
GOOD EATS
57. Organize my recipe collection.
58. Go through all my recipe books and mark down things to try.
59. Learn Mom's sauce, stuffing, & eggplant parmesan recipes.
60. Grow my own herbs.
61. Try Alton Brown's rib recipe.
62. Make homemade guacamole.
63. Taste a Guinness.
64. Eat a knish from a street cart.
WEB GURU
65. Update website: summary, photos, sounds, about me, and store pages, and overhaul the menu navigation.
66. Clean up the website's "images" directory.
67. Delete old college web page.
68. Set up a web portfolio.
69. Visit Beatlelinks at least once a week.
70. Clean out the fans on my laptop.
71. Wipe the hard drive of my old laptop and sell it.
72. Finish cleaning out old email account, and notify friends of the new address.
73. Write one blog entry per day for a month.
74. Delete all my old emails off hard drive.
COUCH POTATO
75. Read 100 books. (That's about 2 books every 3 weeks. I know there are people who can easily do 100 books in a year, but...eh, I'm a slow reader.)
76. Go through "Book Lust" and select some titles to read.
77. Watch the entire Beatles Anthology on DVD.
78. Watch all 3 seasons of Taxi on DVD.
79. Watch "Lord of the Rings," just to see what all the fuss was about.
SHOPAHOLIC
80. Recliner
81. Bathrobe
82. Desk chair
83. Toaster oven
84. VHS/DVD burner
85. Decent carry-on luggage
86. Watch
87. Cordless drill
88. Messenger bag
89. iPod case
90. Motion sickness wristbands
91. Dark Horse T-shirt
92. Cool bookends (then return the ones I stole from work.)
93. Librarian action figure! :-D
94. Something...naughty.
RANDOM RANDOMNESS
95. Listen to all of the O&A broadcasts I have archived.
96. Write the Beatle fanfic that's been bouncing around in my head for 5 years.
97. Use up the blue soaps I have, or get rid of them.
98. Bet money on a horse race.
99. Buy myself flowers, just because.
100. Go to an NJYL (New Jersey Young Librarians) event.
101. Contact Beta Phi Mu and figure out what my status is.