mission101 list
I recently completed my list for mission101 (join, it's fun!), so I'm cross posting it here.
Start date: March 2, 2008.
End date: November 28, 2010.
in progress.
completed
1. Go back to school.
2. Create something under the influence of psychedelics. (May 2, 2008; various doodles drawn on LSD)
3. Leave town for a week and tell no one.
4. Regain fluency in French.
5. Stay in London.
6. Stay in Paris.
7. Try out for at least one more play.
8. Taste real champagne.
9. Smoke a whole cigar.
10. Memorize Allen Ginsberg's Howl.
11. Weigh 120 pounds.
12. Swim in Bethesda fountain.
13. Take a ballet class.
14. Recite my original poetry in front of an audience comprised mostly of strangers.
15. Grow a plant from a seed.
16. Use an entire roll of film on pictures of people I don't know.
17. Register as an organ donor.
18. Have my tattoo retouched.
19. Beat Portal.
20. Run a mile in under 7 minutes.
21. Get or make a stash box of my own.
22. Buy a Lomo. (May 30, 2008 bought a Holga)
23. Move out of Florida.
24. Write 5 short stories. [0/5]
25. Go to a goonmeet (Gooncon preferably?).
26. Buy another minidress even if I am way too tall for them.
27. Dance on a grave.
28. Dance on a table.
29. Get a professional massage.
30. Try sake.
31. Invest in a high quality matching lingerie set.
32. Get drunk somewhere (or somewhen) it's perfectly legal.
33. Get high somewhere it's perfectly legal.
34. Have dinner with my mother alone.
35. Smoke Salvia divinorum.
36. Buy a new copy of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
37. Write 20 poems. [2/20] (March 18, 2008 wrote 2 poems which can be found here.)
38. Buy a Vaporgenie.
39. Try ten beers I've never had. One must be Guinness. [2/10] (March 17, 2008 drank Guinness Draught and Longhammer India Pale ale)
40. Apply for Mensa membership.
41. Beat at least 2 songs on level 35 in Pop'n Music. [0/2]
42. Beat at least 2 songs on level 5 in IIDX. [0/2]
43. Beat at least 2 songs with 7 stars or more on Pump It Up. [0/2]
44. Beat at least 2 songs with 5 1/2 stars or more in freestyle mode on PIU. [0/2]
45. Beat 5 songs at level 9 in In The Groove. [0/5]
46. Beat Max 300 on Difficult.
47. Fill a little book with sketches and doodles.
48. Make 10 drawings I am proud of in MS Paint. [0/10]
49. Try the mixed drinks that most intrigue me (Mojito, White Russian, Gin Martini). [0/3]
50. Donate plasma.
51. Fill a whole journal rather than abandoning one and starting another.
52. Purge my iPod and put everything I actually want on it.
53. Actually celebrate a birthday (doesn't have to be a party).
54. Beat Mario Galaxy.
55. Read 75 fiction books. [3/75]
56. Read 25 non-fiction books. [0/25]
57. Read 20 poetry books. [0/20]
58. Paint a lighter for myself and one for a friend. [0/2]
59. Learn to drive a stick shift.
60. Make a plushie.
61. Be sober for a week just because.
62. Make weed brownies for the end of that week.
63. Color a whole coloring book.
64. Clean Gera's room and prepare him something else as a surprise. (March 11, 2008-cleaned the room, fixed dinner for him after he got off work)
65. Have a day full of guilty pleasures-gossip rags, trashy tv, chocolate in some form, terrible catchy music, and a bubble bath.
66. Subscribe to Nylon.
67. Sing in public (don't have to be sober, haha).
68. Buy a piece of art I like.
69. Take in all store-bought skinny jeans so they're actually fitted on my chicken legs (leave straight-legs alone).
70. Make thank-you cards for Gera & his parents and my dad.
71. Try the Ring, switch if I like it more than the Pill.
72. Try Chanel Inimitable mascara.
73. Buy a nice piece of luggage that's not a duffel bag.
74. Save $3000. [0/3000]
75. Get a credit card for emergencies and to build credit.
76. Buy 5 more vinyls. [0/5]
77. Buy something from a diffusion line of a designer I like (GO International does not count), preferably Marc by Marc Jacobs or See by Chloe, but any will do.
78. Watch a French film without subtitles.
79. Buy a laptop.
80. Buy a Polaroid camera.
81. Go through my entire wardrobe and get rid of everything I don't like or wear.
82. Go to MOSI with Gera.
83. Complete a jigsaw puzzle.
84. Get a poodle. :]
85. Fit a size 2.
86. Use a teeth whitening kit.
87. Take photobooth pictures with a friend.
88. Donate 1,000,000 grains of rice on freerice.com (it's so addicting!) [11,480/1,000,000]
89. Have a bra fitting.
90. Buy a pair of red pumps.
91. Get a cute beret.
92. Buy a piece of clothing or an accessory that's just a little much to actually wear.
93. Wear it anyway.
94. Pay Gera back in full before May 08.
95. Get an apartment and actually decorate it this time.
96. Make a self-portrait in 3 different media. [0/3]
97. Try caviar.
98. Finally learn how to do a cartwheel.
99. Buy and read an untranslated Rimbaud book.
100. See a therapist again, at least one session.
101. Make a new 101 in 1001 list.
Start date: March 2, 2008.
End date: November 28, 2010.
in progress.
completed
1. Go back to school.
2. Create something under the influence of psychedelics. (May 2, 2008; various doodles drawn on LSD)
3. Leave town for a week and tell no one.
4. Regain fluency in French.
5. Stay in London.
6. Stay in Paris.
7. Try out for at least one more play.
8. Taste real champagne.
9. Smoke a whole cigar.
10. Memorize Allen Ginsberg's Howl.
11. Weigh 120 pounds.
12. Swim in Bethesda fountain.
13. Take a ballet class.
14. Recite my original poetry in front of an audience comprised mostly of strangers.
15. Grow a plant from a seed.
16. Use an entire roll of film on pictures of people I don't know.
17. Register as an organ donor.
18. Have my tattoo retouched.
19. Beat Portal.
20. Run a mile in under 7 minutes.
21. Get or make a stash box of my own.
22. Buy a Lomo. (May 30, 2008 bought a Holga)
23. Move out of Florida.
24. Write 5 short stories. [0/5]
25. Go to a goonmeet (Gooncon preferably?).
26. Buy another minidress even if I am way too tall for them.
27. Dance on a grave.
28. Dance on a table.
29. Get a professional massage.
30. Try sake.
31. Invest in a high quality matching lingerie set.
32. Get drunk somewhere (or somewhen) it's perfectly legal.
33. Get high somewhere it's perfectly legal.
34. Have dinner with my mother alone.
35. Smoke Salvia divinorum.
36. Buy a new copy of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
37. Write 20 poems. [2/20] (March 18, 2008 wrote 2 poems which can be found here.)
38. Buy a Vaporgenie.
39. Try ten beers I've never had. One must be Guinness. [2/10] (March 17, 2008 drank Guinness Draught and Longhammer India Pale ale)
40. Apply for Mensa membership.
41. Beat at least 2 songs on level 35 in Pop'n Music. [0/2]
42. Beat at least 2 songs on level 5 in IIDX. [0/2]
43. Beat at least 2 songs with 7 stars or more on Pump It Up. [0/2]
44. Beat at least 2 songs with 5 1/2 stars or more in freestyle mode on PIU. [0/2]
45. Beat 5 songs at level 9 in In The Groove. [0/5]
46. Beat Max 300 on Difficult.
47. Fill a little book with sketches and doodles.
48. Make 10 drawings I am proud of in MS Paint. [0/10]
49. Try the mixed drinks that most intrigue me (Mojito, White Russian, Gin Martini). [0/3]
50. Donate plasma.
51. Fill a whole journal rather than abandoning one and starting another.
52. Purge my iPod and put everything I actually want on it.
53. Actually celebrate a birthday (doesn't have to be a party).
54. Beat Mario Galaxy.
55. Read 75 fiction books. [3/75]
56. Read 25 non-fiction books. [0/25]
57. Read 20 poetry books. [0/20]
58. Paint a lighter for myself and one for a friend. [0/2]
59. Learn to drive a stick shift.
60. Make a plushie.
61. Be sober for a week just because.
62. Make weed brownies for the end of that week.
63. Color a whole coloring book.
64. Clean Gera's room and prepare him something else as a surprise. (March 11, 2008-cleaned the room, fixed dinner for him after he got off work)
65. Have a day full of guilty pleasures-gossip rags, trashy tv, chocolate in some form, terrible catchy music, and a bubble bath.
66. Subscribe to Nylon.
67. Sing in public (don't have to be sober, haha).
68. Buy a piece of art I like.
69. Take in all store-bought skinny jeans so they're actually fitted on my chicken legs (leave straight-legs alone).
70. Make thank-you cards for Gera & his parents and my dad.
71. Try the Ring, switch if I like it more than the Pill.
72. Try Chanel Inimitable mascara.
73. Buy a nice piece of luggage that's not a duffel bag.
74. Save $3000. [0/3000]
75. Get a credit card for emergencies and to build credit.
76. Buy 5 more vinyls. [0/5]
77. Buy something from a diffusion line of a designer I like (GO International does not count), preferably Marc by Marc Jacobs or See by Chloe, but any will do.
78. Watch a French film without subtitles.
79. Buy a laptop.
80. Buy a Polaroid camera.
81. Go through my entire wardrobe and get rid of everything I don't like or wear.
82. Go to MOSI with Gera.
83. Complete a jigsaw puzzle.
84. Get a poodle. :]
85. Fit a size 2.
86. Use a teeth whitening kit.
87. Take photobooth pictures with a friend.
88. Donate 1,000,000 grains of rice on freerice.com (it's so addicting!) [11,480/1,000,000]
89. Have a bra fitting.
90. Buy a pair of red pumps.
91. Get a cute beret.
92. Buy a piece of clothing or an accessory that's just a little much to actually wear.
93. Wear it anyway.
94. Pay Gera back in full before May 08.
95. Get an apartment and actually decorate it this time.
96. Make a self-portrait in 3 different media. [0/3]
97. Try caviar.
98. Finally learn how to do a cartwheel.
99. Buy and read an untranslated Rimbaud book.
100. See a therapist again, at least one session.
101. Make a new 101 in 1001 list.