Idea from 101 in 1001: (
http://www.triplux.com/1001/otherlists.asp)
Start: Monday, January 1, 2007
End: Monday, September 28, 2009
Fully Completed: (20/101):
1. Visit WA (June 1, 2007) -- no Ravenclaw ties...very disappointing!
2. G (July 28, 2007) -- the tale of which SaintJuneBug will never let me live down!
3. 1 (July 28, 2007) -- this counts whether I want it to or not!
4. Vegas, Baby! (August 7-9, 2007)
5. See Alan Rickman in a play (hey, it worked when I put Ralph Fiennes on a list and the good Lord only knows how
much of an impossibility that was!) -- Ok, he's not Alan Rickman but I did get to see Sir Ian McKellan in King
Lear so, if I don't get to see Alan by the end of this, Ian's counting! (October 19, 2007)
6. Visit Mexico (December 28-30, 2007)
7. Donate Blood (January 17, 2008)
8. Sing a solo in front of a group of people (February 11, 2008) -- OMG! I actually did this! It may have
been "Rockband" but it still counts and it was buco awesome!
9. HCM, Spring 2008 -- obtained Intership but unable to accept =-( Considered completed due to
circumstances.
10. ISHP, Spring 2008 -- NW,BPL
11. Thesis! (June 14, 2008)
12. Graduate (June 14, 2008)
13. Disneyland (August 22, 2009)
14. Take a ballroom dancing class (Salsa, Summer 2009)
15. Professional Networking (will manifest itself by: going to professional events such as conferences, dinners, talks, workshops)
1) Sayer's Lecture, February 2007
2) ISHP WKSHP, February 2007
3) RORA, Spring 2007
4) GenTech Conference, April 2007
5) Service Learning at CRC, April-May 2007
6) Became FL, May 22, 2007
7) Archive Project @ FAL, October, 2007
8) QS Conference, October 20, 2007
9) CLA, October 26-28, 2007
10) Sayer's Lecture, February 2008
11) ALA Conference, June 2008
16. Make friends with my professors like SaintJuneBug
1) Sayer's Lecture, February 2007
2) Became FL, May 22, 2007
3) IS Retreat, September 2007
4) Thesis Committee
5) Dept. party
6) Sayer's Lecture, February 2008
17. "Catch-up" on reading
1. Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett
2. Dispatches from the Edge by Anderson Cooper
3. I am America (and so can you) by Stephen Colbert
4. Things I've Learned from the Women Who've Dumped Me by Ben Karlin
5. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
6. Halloween Night by R.L. Stine
7. Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
8. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
9. The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
10. The Last Victim: A True Life Journey Into the Mind of a Serial Killer by Jason Moss
11. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
12. Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbach
13. The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
14. Bread Alone by
15. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
16. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
17. The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
18. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
19. Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
20. Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
21. Dewey: the small town cat who touched the world by Vicki Myron?
22, The Hundred Dresses
23. Shopaholic Takes Manhatten by Sophie Kinsella
24. The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
25. A Thousand Splendid Sunsby Khaled Hosseini
26. A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
27. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
28. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
29. Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman (picture)
30. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
31. The Fifth Horseman by James Patterson
18. Watch one new movie a week
~ 2007 ~
1. The Pursuit of Happyness (Saturday, January 6, 2007)
2. Maria Full of Grace (Friday, January 12, 2007)
3. The Good Shepherd (Saturday, January 13, 2007)
4. Breakfast on Pluto (Saturday, January 20, 2007)
5. Marie Antoinette (Friday, January 26, 2007)
6. Gangster No.1 (Monday, January 29, 2007)
7. Naked (February 1, 2007)
8. Sherrybaby (February 15, 2007)
9. Pan's Labyrinth (February 17, 2007)
10. Music and Lyrics (February 18, 2007)
11. Before Sunset (February 23, 2007)
12. The Departed (March 11, 2007)
13. 300 (March 17, 2007)
14. Carrington (March 20, 2007)
15. Wild Hogs (March 25, 2007)
16. The Chumscrubber (March 27, 2007)
17. Blades of Glory (March 30, 2007)
18. The Lookout (April 4, 2007)
19. Eroica (April 10, 2007)
20. Fracture (April 18, 2007)
21. Wall Street (April 26, 2007)
22. In the Land of Women (April 27, 2007)
23. Pride & Prejudice (April 28, 2007)
24. Judgement at Nuremburg (May 3, 2007)
25. Spiderman 3 (May 5, 2007)
26. Enough (May 12, 2007)
27. Night at the Museum (May 12, 2007)
28. Fail-Safe (May 14, 2007)
29. Shrek the Third (May 19, 2007)
30. Jesus Camp (May 20, 2007)
31. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (May 28, 2007)
32. Jonestown (May 30, 2007)
33. Ocean's 13 (June 10, 2007)
34. Breach (June 20, 2007)
35. The Queen (June 27, 2007)
36. Freedom Writers (July 7, 2007)
37. Ratatouille (July 8, 2007)
38. Sicko
39. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix (July 11, 2007)
40. Notes on a Scandal (July 18, 2007)
41. An American Haunting (August 4, 2007)
42. House of Wax (August 5, 2007) -- I never in my life thought I'd be watching this one day
43. Vera Drake (August 15, 2007)
44. Blood Diamond (August 18, 2007)
45. Miss Potter (August 22, 2007)
46. Superbad (August 26, 2007)
47. Trekkies 2 (August 29, 2007)
48. Death at a Funeral (September 2, 2007)
49. Lawrence of Arabia (September 10, 2007)
50. Little Children (September 14, 2007)
51. 3:10 to Yuma (September 14, 2007)
52. Garfield: The Movie (September 15, 2007)
53. Snow Cake (September 19, 2007)
54. Play Misty for Me (September 29, 2007)
55. Raise the Red Lantern (October 12, 2007)
56. 40 Year Old Virgin (October 13, 2007)
57. Strangers with Candy (October 31, 2007)
58. American Gangster (November 22, 2007)
59. Knocked Up (November 24, 2007)
60. Amazing Grace (December 7, 2007)
61. Catch Me If You Can (December 23, 2007)
62. Home Alone 2 (Decemebr 24, 2007) <= what my little cousin gets me to do!
63. Charlie Wilson's War (December 25, 2007)
64. The Prestige (December 27, 2007)
65. Capote (December 31, 2007)
~ 2008 ~
1. P.S. I Love You (January 1, 2008)
2. Atonement (January 2, 2008)
3. Holy Smoke (January 2, 2008)
4. The Bucket List (January, 11, 2008)
5. The Last King of Scotland (January 13, 2008)
6. 27 Dresses (January 19, 2008)
7. Wordplay (January 25, 2008)
8. There Will Be Blood (January 26, 2008)
9. Cloverfield (January 27, 2008)
10. Capturing the Friedmans (February 7, 2008)
11. Land of the Blind (February 22, 2008)
12. No County for Old Men (March 1, 2008)
13. Desk Set (March 2, 2008)
14. Michael Clayton
15. Horton Hears a Who (March 27, 2008)
16. 21 (March 29, 2008)
17. The Sound of Music (April, 4, 2008) Where has this been all my life?
18. Adventures in Babysitting (April 13, 2008)
19. The Piano Teacher (April 19, 2008)
20. La Vie en Rose (April, 24, 2008)
21. All the President's Men (April 29, 2008)
22. Alvin and the Chipmunks (May 3, 2008)
23. Iron Man (May 4, 2008)
24. Baby Mama
25. Alexander
26. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (May 24, 2008)
27. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (May 31, 2008)
28. The Count of Monte Cristo (June 1, 2008)
29. The Strangers
30. Lars and the Real Girl
31. An American Crime
32. Bernard & Doris
33. The Great Debaters
34. In Bruges
35. The Happening (July 5, 2008)
36. Journey to the Center of the Earth (3-D) (July 12, 2008)
37. The Dark Knight (July 20, 2008)
38. Mamma Mia (July 27, 2008)
39. The Mummy 3 (August 3, 2008)
40. Near Dark (August 9, 2008)
41. Hellboy 2 (August 10, 2008)
42. The Golden Compass (August 10, 2008)
43. Hancock
44. Tropic Thunder (August 13, 2008)
45. The Devil Wears Prada (August 15, 2008)
46. Brideshead Revisted (August 16, 2008)
47. Traitor (August 31, 2008)
48. Mirrorss (September 7, 2008)
49. ll About Eve (September 10, 2008)
50. Righteous Kill (September 14, 2008)
51. Wanted (September 21, 2008)
52. The Cleaner (September 21, 2008)
53. Kung Fu Panda (September 22, 2008)
54. Munich (September 25, 2008)
55. The Fall (October 12, 2008)
56. W. (October 19, 2008)
57. The Nightmare Before Christmas (October 23, 2008)
58. The Mothman Prophecies
59. Beverly Hills Chihuahua
60. Untraceable
61. United 93
62. Wall-E (December 6, 2008)
63. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (December 11, 2008)
64. Milk (December 12, 2008)
65. Into the Wild (December 18, 2008)
66. Slumdog Millionaire (December 26, 2008)
67. The Times of Harvey Milk (December 30, 2008)
~ 2009 ~
1. The Duchess (January 4, 2009)
2. Gran Torino (January 27, 2009)
3. Frost/Nixon (February 5, 2009)
4. My Bloody Valentine (February 8, 2009)
5. The Reader (February 15, 2009)
6. The Wrestler (February 17, 2009)
7. Quarantine (February 19, 2009)
8. NBtT (February 21, 2009)
9. The Watchmen (March 8 2009)
10. I Love You, Man (March 2009)
11. My Bloody Valentine (original) (March 2009) --> I can't believe I agreed to watch this again!
12. Bedtime Stories (March 31, 2009)
13. Aliens vs Monsters (April 2009)
14. I Am Legend (April 25, 2009)
19. Socialize more
20. Reduce Reuse Recycle
"So" Close! (1/101)
1. Read all of Shakespeare again (I'm counting performances because it kind of is like reading it. I mean, it's not like they're leaving out any words...)
1. Othello (sometime at the end of June)
2. The Taming of the Shrew (September 13, 2007)
3. King Lear (October 19, 2007)
4. As You Like It (Summer 2009)
5. Richard III (September 2009)
Not Completed but for Good Reasons: (4/101)
1. Hike Half Dome
2. Marathon!
3. Bay to Breakers
4. Be a Tourist in my hometown
Considered completed: (25/101)
On Next Year's List
1. Ideal Weight
2. Baptism
3. Travel
4. Pedicure
5. Massage
6. Send a postcard to Postsecret
7. Write a song
8. Write a children's book
9. Write a piece of creative non-fiction
10. Write a novel
11. Write a screenplay
12. Participate in a chorus
13. Plant a Garden
14. Plant a tree
15. Sign up on a donor list
16. Go skiing
17. Go ice-skating
18. Go roller-skating
19. Learn HTML
20. Go to midnight mass with MQ
21. Start cooking
22. Start up "W" again
23. Learn how to ride a bicycle
24. Knit/Crochet for Babies
25. B
26. S
27. Knit/Crochet for animals
28. Be an extra in a movie (hee hee)
29. Participate in a play again
30. Learn a new language (French?)
31. Throw a dinner party
32. Learn how to play poker
33. Participate in a poker game
34. Journal everyday!
35. Write everyday!
36. Learn sign-language
37. Bible
38. A-Z Reading Challenge (starting 8/19/08)
39. YA 300
40. Read/Give Away Unread Books
41. Call friends every week
42. Organize Organize Organize
43. Debt-free!!!!
44. Take care of my car
45. Clean.The.House
46. Self-defense
47. The Range
48. Invest in stock market (or at least learn how to)
49. HOUSE!
50. Letter to CP
51. Letter to TT
52. Letter to MW
53. Letter to WG
54, Letter to HV
55. Write letters every month to family
56. Make a 5-year plan.
Other:
100. Complete as much as I can of this list by September 28, 2009
101. Begin a new list on September 29, 2009 starting with all of the items on this list that I did not get done