My 101 Things in 1001 Days

25 10 2007

I found this on the web and decided to join in. You can join the fun too, here.

The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on your part).

My Start Date: Thursday November 1, 2007
My End Date: Thursday July 29, 2010

So onto my list.

Educating:

1. Start College
2. Continue my study of French
3. Begin to study German
4. Become conversationally fluent in Icelandic slowly accomplished through out the past 9 months
5. Learn how to drive/get drivers license
6. Learn how to drive stick
7. Learn how to ride a bike (a.k.a. get over my phobia of falling off of a bicycle)
8. Learn how to snowboard/ski/both
9. Take flying lessons
10. Take tap dance lessons
11. Take art classes
12. Learn how to knit 21.02.08

Reading:

13. Read all of the books on the Rory Gilmore Book list (7/120)
14. Acquire and read 5 books from my Amazon Wish List (3/5)
15. Read a novel that is not written in my mother tongue
16. Read the newspaper back to front once a week
17. Re-read all of Jane Austen’s novels (3/6)
18. Finish Saiyuki and then read Journey to the West

Traveling:

19. Travel to a continent that I’ve never been to before (i.e. not N. America, Europe, or Asia)
20. Go somewhere with Projects Abroad
21. Visit exchange friends after exchange has ended
22. Visit all of the Top 10 Adventures: Iceland (7/10)
23. Visit Machu Picchu
24. Visit a state that I’ve never been to before
25. Climb (some of) the Great Wall
26. Visit Quebec City again
27. Go to the beach with my Mom
28. Take my Mom to Disney World (and visit Faye while I’m at it)
29. Go to Denmark 31.12.07

Food:

30. Eat a Danish in Denmark
31. Eat at the Hard Rock Cafe in Reykjavik It was shut down in 2005
32. Try Korean Barbecue
33. Eat Poutine
34. Have a picnic
35. Learn how to prepare 3 Asian dishes (0/3)
36. Learn how to prepare 3 Mexican dishes (0/3)
37. Get the recipe for Kanilsnuður
38. Throw a Tea Party
39. Keep a Food Journal for a month
40. Go out to lunch with friends 08.06.08

Watching:

41. Watch all of the IMDb’s Top 250 Films (as of 01.02.0 8) (68/250)
42. See all of the Ghibli Films (5/17)
43. Go to the theater
44. Go to a drive-in movie
45. Go to a midnight movie
46. Attend a film festival

Listening:

47. Attend 5 live music events/concerts/festivals (2/5)

  • 3.11.07 - Klassart & Hjálmar @ Andrew’s Theater: Keflavik, Iceland
  • 11.4.08 - Haffi Haff, Bloodgroup, & DJ Lazer @ Sjallinn: Akureyri, Iceland

48. Acquire all of the albums (and listen to them) on my Must Listen list (0/20)
49. Go to the opera
50. Go to a musical on Broadway
51. Go to Aldrei Fór Ég Suður and visit Rebecca 21.3.08

Writing:

52. Send a postcard (through postcrossing or just because) once a month (8/33)
53. Update my personal blog at least once a month (7/33)
54. Participate in a traveling notebook
55. Mail a secret to Post Secret
56. Write more snail mail
57. Participate in NaNo WriMo
58. Buy and fill a Moleskine journal
59. Send a message in a bottle
60. Get a personalized wax letter seal
61. Keep in touch with my relatives
62. Buy a fountain pen (and use it)

Self Image:

63. Get my BMI down to 22-23
64. Get an authentic Henna tattoo
65. Get my hair cut at a fancy professional salon
66. Get a new pair of glasses
67. Pierce my nose
68. Get a tattoo
69. Fight the Freshman 15 (for when I’m actually a college freshman)

Cultural Discovery:

70. Go to 3 art exhibits: photography (0/3)

71. Go to 3 art exhibits: painting (2/3)

  • 6.02.08 - Daði Guðbjörnsson: Dance of the Elements @ Duus: Keflavík, Iceland
  • 29.3.08 - Gabríela Friðriksdóttir: Streymið/La Durée @ Listasafn Íslands: Reykjavík, Iceland

72. Go to 2 museums (0/2)
73. Participate in a Gimme Your Stuff exchange
74. Learn about different religions
75. Visit MoMA
76. Celebrate the Chinese New Year

Just Because:

77. Do the Flickr Project 365 challenge (0/365)
78. Become an organ donor
79. Get a job
80. Identify 100 things that make me happy
81. Go to a Con
82. Register to vote
83. Try fencing
84. Go dog-sledding again
85. Spend an afternoon lying in the grass and watching the clouds
86. Document one day with photographs (min. 1 photo/hour)
87. Take a bubble bath
88. Meet up with SDF and have a FLCL night
89. Watch the sunrise 13.4.08
90. Watch the sunset (preferably at Angkor Wat)
91. Make 1000 paper cranes and send them to Sadako’s memorial in Hiroshima
92. Attend my friends’ graduation
93. Take an actual trip on a train
94. Partake in 10 touristy things whilst in Chicago (0/10)
95. Buy a new laptop
96. Find out my blood type
97. Always have a flower/plant in my room
98. After completing goal #12 knit myself a really long scarf
99. Participate in one 26 Things
100. Have a disconnected day (no tv, computer, radio, phone, etc.)

And Finally:

101. Make a new 101/1001 list when this one has reached it’s deadline