I had a really, really interesting conversation last night with a girl who went to Indie Rocker’s college, but was a member of my same sorority there. Her first name’s even the same as mine. We started talking because over the course of a few weeks, one of the other hashers had talked to Bubbles, and he’d mentioned that I had tried to get him to come hashing and he was familiar with the concept. Well, since there are two hasher girls with the same name and we both know Bubbles, the other girl was trying to figure out who had talked to him. Hence, we finally got it all straightened out and the other CC and I met last night. She’s quite cool, and it’s always a little surreal to talk to someone who has had a very similar experience to you and is around the same age. She and I were talking in our little sorority code (well, what I could remember. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been to Chapter!) and reminiscing a little bit. How surreal to be able to reminisce with someone you’ve never met before.
Hashing was lots of fun last night and I am covered with blackberry scratches. Damned shiggy. Why do I do this to myself again? Oh yeah. It’s fun. And some of the guys were starting to brainstorm names for me. I’m a lot scared, to be honest!!
Quote of the Day: “People say that your dreams/are the only things that save ya./Come on baby in our dreams,/we can live our misbehavior.” Rebellion (lies), The Arcade Fire.
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Chick Surf 2005
Chick Surf Weekend 2005 went off without a hitch this weekend, which I am thrilled about. We had a cute little house, amazing food, wayyy too much beer again, a cute baby, a totally dorky surf instructor and some sunshine that made us all a little tanner and a little blonder.
I made the drive over with Bumbershoot, Minnie and our new friend Mello-cee. WE managed to fully raid Freddy’s before we went and had a full-scale debate over whether or not to buy beer. It was hilarious. In the end, we bought the beer, managed to stuff the food into the already fairly overstuffed car and head merrily on our way to the coast. I spent a bunch of the time on the phone with Marshall, until we lost cell service.
Upon getting to the coast, we felt the need to hit the pizza place in Cannon Beach before heading to the house as we were ahead of the snack car. So we stopped, got yelled at by Joy for not being at the house yet and enjoyed some slices before heading on our merry way. The house was cute this year and reminded me of a ship in the sense that it was really tall and the kitchen was very galley-like. However, there was lots of room, which made everyone pretty happy. We settled in and started claiming beds. I ended up sharing the king downstairs with Bumbershoot and Minnie, which aside from the noise factor, was a comfy bed. We never did use the Jacuzzi though. Damn.
We allowed one boy in the house for something like 30 minutes, but only because it was Mock and he was only staying until NP got settled and he could take the absolutely preciously adorable BabyGirl with him. I got to hold her for quite some time and she loves me. It’s totally mutual, but when she gets fussy, I’m perfectly happy to hand her back! WMD kept pestering me to hold her and I kept telling her no. Hee! Mock left eventually since BG was getting tired anyway. NP was hilarious—she flopped back on the couch, seized her drink and said, “OK, let’s party! I’m free now!!”
The other girls—Joy, Type A, and Sprite—came back from their little adventure in Manzanita and came home to drink and devour more food. Redhead and her coworker Curl showed up later and we all sat around and hung out until we ran out of beer and went to bed.
Surfing the next day was terrific. We managed to go to the surfshop in waves, so that they weren’t all overwhelmed and then we headed for the beach. After conquering the long walk down, we set up camp on the beach and hurried into our wetsuits, eager to get in the water. Minnie had taken a lesson in Mexico, so she was doing great and Curl picked it up just like Strong Draught—the girl was a total natural. In the afternoon, we took a lesson from this hilarious guy who was kind of a dork, which made it easier to pepper him with questions that we’d be embarrassed to ask some super-suave, cute surfer boy. However, he did help us a lot and we all had fun. I ran into some hashers on the beach and lounged in the sun, which finally came out. It ended up being a gorgeous day, which didn’t suck at all!
Once we got back to the house, we took turns in the shower, walked down to the super-windy beach to check it out and then Windy set out this fantastic antipasto spread for us to devour while we waited for the dinner girls to get back. One perk to traveling with girls—the food absolutely rocked. After dinner was great—all the girls just hung out, talked up a storm and then slowly drifted off to bed one by one. We started the laundry and got things organized.
It took us longer than we wanted to get out of the house, but luckily some of the girls who had to head back to town took care of the last bits of cleaning for us. That was awesome, and so helpful! The weather and surf left a little bit to desire, as the surf was choppy, we were tired and then it started to rain! I did run into my friend Architect from Seattle, which was a lot of fun. He’s a pretty good surfer for a beginner!
Either way, it was a great weekend, a terrific opportunity for a bunch of really cool chicas to hang out and the kickoff of a surfing kind of summer!
Quote of the Day: “We’re going surfing/we’re going surfing/you take your car to work/I’ll take my board/and when you’re out of fuel/I’m still afloat/all along the undertow is strengthening its hold/I never thought it would come to this/now I can never go home.” Surf Wax America, Weezer.
I made the drive over with Bumbershoot, Minnie and our new friend Mello-cee. WE managed to fully raid Freddy’s before we went and had a full-scale debate over whether or not to buy beer. It was hilarious. In the end, we bought the beer, managed to stuff the food into the already fairly overstuffed car and head merrily on our way to the coast. I spent a bunch of the time on the phone with Marshall, until we lost cell service.
Upon getting to the coast, we felt the need to hit the pizza place in Cannon Beach before heading to the house as we were ahead of the snack car. So we stopped, got yelled at by Joy for not being at the house yet and enjoyed some slices before heading on our merry way. The house was cute this year and reminded me of a ship in the sense that it was really tall and the kitchen was very galley-like. However, there was lots of room, which made everyone pretty happy. We settled in and started claiming beds. I ended up sharing the king downstairs with Bumbershoot and Minnie, which aside from the noise factor, was a comfy bed. We never did use the Jacuzzi though. Damn.
We allowed one boy in the house for something like 30 minutes, but only because it was Mock and he was only staying until NP got settled and he could take the absolutely preciously adorable BabyGirl with him. I got to hold her for quite some time and she loves me. It’s totally mutual, but when she gets fussy, I’m perfectly happy to hand her back! WMD kept pestering me to hold her and I kept telling her no. Hee! Mock left eventually since BG was getting tired anyway. NP was hilarious—she flopped back on the couch, seized her drink and said, “OK, let’s party! I’m free now!!”
The other girls—Joy, Type A, and Sprite—came back from their little adventure in Manzanita and came home to drink and devour more food. Redhead and her coworker Curl showed up later and we all sat around and hung out until we ran out of beer and went to bed.
Surfing the next day was terrific. We managed to go to the surfshop in waves, so that they weren’t all overwhelmed and then we headed for the beach. After conquering the long walk down, we set up camp on the beach and hurried into our wetsuits, eager to get in the water. Minnie had taken a lesson in Mexico, so she was doing great and Curl picked it up just like Strong Draught—the girl was a total natural. In the afternoon, we took a lesson from this hilarious guy who was kind of a dork, which made it easier to pepper him with questions that we’d be embarrassed to ask some super-suave, cute surfer boy. However, he did help us a lot and we all had fun. I ran into some hashers on the beach and lounged in the sun, which finally came out. It ended up being a gorgeous day, which didn’t suck at all!
Once we got back to the house, we took turns in the shower, walked down to the super-windy beach to check it out and then Windy set out this fantastic antipasto spread for us to devour while we waited for the dinner girls to get back. One perk to traveling with girls—the food absolutely rocked. After dinner was great—all the girls just hung out, talked up a storm and then slowly drifted off to bed one by one. We started the laundry and got things organized.
It took us longer than we wanted to get out of the house, but luckily some of the girls who had to head back to town took care of the last bits of cleaning for us. That was awesome, and so helpful! The weather and surf left a little bit to desire, as the surf was choppy, we were tired and then it started to rain! I did run into my friend Architect from Seattle, which was a lot of fun. He’s a pretty good surfer for a beginner!
Either way, it was a great weekend, a terrific opportunity for a bunch of really cool chicas to hang out and the kickoff of a surfing kind of summer!
Quote of the Day: “We’re going surfing/we’re going surfing/you take your car to work/I’ll take my board/and when you’re out of fuel/I’m still afloat/all along the undertow is strengthening its hold/I never thought it would come to this/now I can never go home.” Surf Wax America, Weezer.
Monday, June 27, 2005
Ngh.
I'm having one of those days where I cannot be motivated to do a damned thing. Seriously. This is kind of ridiculous.
I've done something like 2 productive things and it's almost noon. This can't be a good sign for my week!!
Quote of the Day: "Ignorance is bliss, my friend. Don't burden yourself with the secrets of scary people." Carmine Falcone (Tom Wilkinson), Batman Begins.
I've done something like 2 productive things and it's almost noon. This can't be a good sign for my week!!
Quote of the Day: "Ignorance is bliss, my friend. Don't burden yourself with the secrets of scary people." Carmine Falcone (Tom Wilkinson), Batman Begins.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Smash It Up
I had the most frustrating day on Tuesday and now that I’ve gotten some distance and some repair done, I think that I can talk about it.
Basically what happened is that I was tired, had a terrible day at work, went to a rushed dinner with a friend of mine where the waiter repearedly messed up my bill and then went to the grossly underattended event that I had helped to plan with a local political nonprofit. To top that off, after the event we loaded the extra supplies, including several untouched half-racks of PBR into the back of my car, which was parked in the venue parking lot and happened to abut the Burnside Skatepark. I went back upstairs with the other organizer to finish getting everything and thank the owner of the venue. When we got back to the parking lot, I hopped into my car and turned it on. I suddenly realized that the car was louder than normal, looked back and saw that it was because I no longer had a back window. I shut the car off and jumped out to look at the remains of my completely smashed back window only to discover that the only thing gone was the beer.
Total damage? $491.25
Total worth of stolen goods? $35
Fuckers. I didn’t see them, but the other organizer noticed some skate punks making noise and they were gone when we got back. So that’s who we think it was. Skateboards would be a handy blunt object to smash in a window with. If I’d known they were going to do that, I would have left the damned door open. Argh!!
Disclaimer: I don’t have anything against skaters, the Burnside Skatepark or skateboards. I used to skate a little until I got a concussion doing it. Half of my friends have boards and I might consider using them again. This particular incident I chalk up to a few bad eggs ruining it for everyone.
On the bright side, the hash last night was so much fun and Chick Surf Weekend starts tomorrow. Awesome.
Quote of the Day: “Hey, hey don't pay no mind/you're under 18/you won't be doin' any time/hey, hey come out and play" Come Out and Play, The Offspring.
Basically what happened is that I was tired, had a terrible day at work, went to a rushed dinner with a friend of mine where the waiter repearedly messed up my bill and then went to the grossly underattended event that I had helped to plan with a local political nonprofit. To top that off, after the event we loaded the extra supplies, including several untouched half-racks of PBR into the back of my car, which was parked in the venue parking lot and happened to abut the Burnside Skatepark. I went back upstairs with the other organizer to finish getting everything and thank the owner of the venue. When we got back to the parking lot, I hopped into my car and turned it on. I suddenly realized that the car was louder than normal, looked back and saw that it was because I no longer had a back window. I shut the car off and jumped out to look at the remains of my completely smashed back window only to discover that the only thing gone was the beer.
Total damage? $491.25
Total worth of stolen goods? $35
Fuckers. I didn’t see them, but the other organizer noticed some skate punks making noise and they were gone when we got back. So that’s who we think it was. Skateboards would be a handy blunt object to smash in a window with. If I’d known they were going to do that, I would have left the damned door open. Argh!!
Disclaimer: I don’t have anything against skaters, the Burnside Skatepark or skateboards. I used to skate a little until I got a concussion doing it. Half of my friends have boards and I might consider using them again. This particular incident I chalk up to a few bad eggs ruining it for everyone.
On the bright side, the hash last night was so much fun and Chick Surf Weekend starts tomorrow. Awesome.
Quote of the Day: “Hey, hey don't pay no mind/you're under 18/you won't be doin' any time/hey, hey come out and play" Come Out and Play, The Offspring.
Monday, June 20, 2005
This is me and Jimmy Vasser, who is a famous race car driver and really, really nice guy. Aren't you all just totally jealous now?
Thursday, June 16, 2005
About A Boy
Indie Rocker and I went and checked out Nick Hornby’s reading downtown last night. It was really cool for several reasons, namely that both of us have read most of his books (all, in Indie Rocker’s case) and have seen some of his films. He’s a great, great author with a wicked sense of humor. We were laughing quite a bit and I’m definitely going to purchase his new book. Ordinarily when I go to readings I get the book autographed then, but Indie Rocker isn’t the most patient person in the world and the line was astoundingly long. So we bailed and ran some errands.
I’m not having the most exciting life right now due to the fact that I am swamped at work and not able to get into as much trouble as usual. However, after this weekend, I’ll have more to write as I’m going to the Champ Car races with the folks and Indie Rocker. Since I have all the tix tomorrow, we’re taking Ty Webb as well, since he loves Champ Car as much as I do.
I just found out that some of the website maintenance for my department is up for grabs and I might be assigned to a portion of it. That rocks for several reasons, namely that I would get to learn DreamWeaver and that would look oh-so-good on a resume. Plus, I might actually learn some HTML and make this blog look less weird. And that’s one more thing off the list!
Quote of the Day: “Well, I've been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, and frankly speaking, I've come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains." Rob (John Cusack), High Fidelity.
I’m not having the most exciting life right now due to the fact that I am swamped at work and not able to get into as much trouble as usual. However, after this weekend, I’ll have more to write as I’m going to the Champ Car races with the folks and Indie Rocker. Since I have all the tix tomorrow, we’re taking Ty Webb as well, since he loves Champ Car as much as I do.
I just found out that some of the website maintenance for my department is up for grabs and I might be assigned to a portion of it. That rocks for several reasons, namely that I would get to learn DreamWeaver and that would look oh-so-good on a resume. Plus, I might actually learn some HTML and make this blog look less weird. And that’s one more thing off the list!
Quote of the Day: “Well, I've been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, and frankly speaking, I've come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains." Rob (John Cusack), High Fidelity.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
News Flash! Not really...
I hate my job. Not that this is news to anyone who knows me. Today was particularly hideous and it's only Tuesday. In fact, it was so hideous that I immediately started thinking on the way home that I should totally make a new blog about how much I hate my job and invite my friends to participate and talk about how much they hate their jobs and how great it's going to be and such a relaxer and venting is fun! and then I realized that it was the dumbest idea ever.
So I decided to take all that energy and start devoting it to finding a new job. Really, someone can only bitch about one particular thing before all of their friends start yawning and saying, "So, when are you going to do something besides complain about this All. The. Damn. Time?"
Besides, my job is making me mean. I'm generally a pretty nice person. I don't kick animate objects, I shower, I say please and thank you, and sometimes remember people's birthdays (not always. I'm so sorry that I forgot a bunch this year.) and can behave like a fairly normal human being in society. However, I had the reather horrid realization today that I've been really, really grumpy for the better part of two weeks and that I've been taking it out on all the wrong people. Good thing Indie Rocker has a really thick skin or I'd be screwed. Argh.
So instead of being all cranky, I hopped online and started job hunting. I'll let you know how it goes. So far, I found 4 or 5 jobs that interest me and I'm applying for one tonight. Wish me luck!
Quote of the Day: "'Cause it's easy when you know how it's done/you can't stop now/you've already begun/you can feel it rushing through your bones/then you jerk it out." Jerk it Out, The Caesars.
So I decided to take all that energy and start devoting it to finding a new job. Really, someone can only bitch about one particular thing before all of their friends start yawning and saying, "So, when are you going to do something besides complain about this All. The. Damn. Time?"
Besides, my job is making me mean. I'm generally a pretty nice person. I don't kick animate objects, I shower, I say please and thank you, and sometimes remember people's birthdays (not always. I'm so sorry that I forgot a bunch this year.) and can behave like a fairly normal human being in society. However, I had the reather horrid realization today that I've been really, really grumpy for the better part of two weeks and that I've been taking it out on all the wrong people. Good thing Indie Rocker has a really thick skin or I'd be screwed. Argh.
So instead of being all cranky, I hopped online and started job hunting. I'll let you know how it goes. So far, I found 4 or 5 jobs that interest me and I'm applying for one tonight. Wish me luck!
Quote of the Day: "'Cause it's easy when you know how it's done/you can't stop now/you've already begun/you can feel it rushing through your bones/then you jerk it out." Jerk it Out, The Caesars.
Friday, June 10, 2005
Trust me, really.
Confidential to Little Bird:
So that necklace you gave me in high school, the one that reads “Trust” with the little gold disk that got replaced by an actual 5 yen from a friend in college, remember it? I’ve been wearing it again for the past couple of months and have been getting tons of attention for it. Just wanted you to know!
Not-so-confidential to everyone else:
The reason the necklace was given to me in high school was my “issues with trust.” After some consideration, I largely believe that my adolescent mind thought it was very dramatic and somewhat romantic to claim that I was hiding behind all these “walls” and “held people at arm’s length,” which was actually a claim that survived well into my early twenties, for reasons unknown to reality.
Truth be told, I trust easily. Probably too easily, if some of my last few relationships are any example. Actually, they’re kind of a perfect example: I want people to be good people and I want them to be good for me even when it is absolutely clear to everyone that they are not. This mostly applies to men I’ve dated, but has also applied to friends, both men and women in the past.
Mr. Stupidhead was a perfect example. Despite red flags a-waving all over the place, I doggedly stuck with it until he ended it because either I had some weird need to be with someone or I just didn’t want to admit that I had picked a loser. Sneaker loser, excuse me.
Roche and I had a long discussion a few weeks ago about becoming friends and how things went so awry with the two of us. He explained that he just knew things weren’t going to work out and while we agreed that way he went about explaining that to me was completely f***ed up, I found myself envying his clarity of thought. He had the ability to figure out that things weren’t going to work and cut his losses. I probably would have stuck with it until an even bitterer end. Must be the Taurus in me. Argh.
I’m not sure where all this introspection is coming from—perhaps it’s the recent realization that things can be good and normal and that my trust is being placed in someone who deserves it. It’s a nice change, really. Well, on the relationship front at least. My friends have always kicked ass.
Quote of the Day: “High up above or down below/when you're too in love to let it go/but if you never try, you'll never know/just what you're worth/lights will guide you home/and ignite your bones/and I will try to fix you.” Fix You, Coldplay
So that necklace you gave me in high school, the one that reads “Trust” with the little gold disk that got replaced by an actual 5 yen from a friend in college, remember it? I’ve been wearing it again for the past couple of months and have been getting tons of attention for it. Just wanted you to know!
Not-so-confidential to everyone else:
The reason the necklace was given to me in high school was my “issues with trust.” After some consideration, I largely believe that my adolescent mind thought it was very dramatic and somewhat romantic to claim that I was hiding behind all these “walls” and “held people at arm’s length,” which was actually a claim that survived well into my early twenties, for reasons unknown to reality.
Truth be told, I trust easily. Probably too easily, if some of my last few relationships are any example. Actually, they’re kind of a perfect example: I want people to be good people and I want them to be good for me even when it is absolutely clear to everyone that they are not. This mostly applies to men I’ve dated, but has also applied to friends, both men and women in the past.
Mr. Stupidhead was a perfect example. Despite red flags a-waving all over the place, I doggedly stuck with it until he ended it because either I had some weird need to be with someone or I just didn’t want to admit that I had picked a loser. Sneaker loser, excuse me.
Roche and I had a long discussion a few weeks ago about becoming friends and how things went so awry with the two of us. He explained that he just knew things weren’t going to work out and while we agreed that way he went about explaining that to me was completely f***ed up, I found myself envying his clarity of thought. He had the ability to figure out that things weren’t going to work and cut his losses. I probably would have stuck with it until an even bitterer end. Must be the Taurus in me. Argh.
I’m not sure where all this introspection is coming from—perhaps it’s the recent realization that things can be good and normal and that my trust is being placed in someone who deserves it. It’s a nice change, really. Well, on the relationship front at least. My friends have always kicked ass.
Quote of the Day: “High up above or down below/when you're too in love to let it go/but if you never try, you'll never know/just what you're worth/lights will guide you home/and ignite your bones/and I will try to fix you.” Fix You, Coldplay
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Best Friend Semantics
I realized the other day that I use the phrase “best friend” somewhat loosely these days and I think I always have. When people, typically girls, are younger, the concept of a “best friend” somehow develops great importance. We grasp onto them and bestow unto them this title that may or may not be the desired outcome of the relationship.
In the third grade, I had two best friends and we even went so far as to go to Claire’s and buy one of those three-part best friend heart necklaces. It lasted a whole week before we decided that it was more trouble than it was worth and that we were getting into more fights with each other than with our siblings. Problem.
Fast forward to junior high, where I moved cross-country to a brand new town, school, the works. I had actually started to like the old place, so this move was particularly brutal. Argh. Either way, I started school and quickly acquired another best friend. She was very nice, very quiet, and seemed to put up well with me. We remained close friends until our sophomore year of high school, when a rather dramatic split took place and she became best friends with a girl who detests me to this day. Seriously. We were fifteen. I know! Fortunately for me, the lovely Miss M moved to town right around that time and we became inseparable for the rest of high school and the better part of college. In fact, I was actually over at her house last night, introducing her to Indie Rocker.
Miss M and I have an interesting relationship insofar as since we’ve graduated, we have this remarkable ability to largely live in the same state, talk every so often, but almost psychically still know what is going on with the other one. Blogs help, but sometimes you just know something’s going on and call anyway. Or drop into work. Or whatever, really.
It’s cool that way.
I keep calling several of my friends my best friend, and one of my coworkers actually insisted that I clarify the other day, since she couldn't figure out who I was talking about. It was kind of funny, actually.
I met someone last night who dropped the term “best friend” even more than I did and I realized then that “best friend” isn’t singular anymore. I mean, how can it be? Nothing’s as cut and dried as it was when I was 8 and as the story above demonstrates, even at age 8 we screwed it up.
Quote of the Day: “What if there was no time/And no reason or why?/What if you should decide that you don’t want me there by your side?/That you don’t want me there in your life?/What if I got it wrong/And no poem or song/could put right what I got wrong/or make you feel I belong?/And What if you should decide that you don’t want me there by your side/That you don’t want me there in your life?” What If, Coldplay.
In the third grade, I had two best friends and we even went so far as to go to Claire’s and buy one of those three-part best friend heart necklaces. It lasted a whole week before we decided that it was more trouble than it was worth and that we were getting into more fights with each other than with our siblings. Problem.
Fast forward to junior high, where I moved cross-country to a brand new town, school, the works. I had actually started to like the old place, so this move was particularly brutal. Argh. Either way, I started school and quickly acquired another best friend. She was very nice, very quiet, and seemed to put up well with me. We remained close friends until our sophomore year of high school, when a rather dramatic split took place and she became best friends with a girl who detests me to this day. Seriously. We were fifteen. I know! Fortunately for me, the lovely Miss M moved to town right around that time and we became inseparable for the rest of high school and the better part of college. In fact, I was actually over at her house last night, introducing her to Indie Rocker.
Miss M and I have an interesting relationship insofar as since we’ve graduated, we have this remarkable ability to largely live in the same state, talk every so often, but almost psychically still know what is going on with the other one. Blogs help, but sometimes you just know something’s going on and call anyway. Or drop into work. Or whatever, really.
It’s cool that way.
I keep calling several of my friends my best friend, and one of my coworkers actually insisted that I clarify the other day, since she couldn't figure out who I was talking about. It was kind of funny, actually.
I met someone last night who dropped the term “best friend” even more than I did and I realized then that “best friend” isn’t singular anymore. I mean, how can it be? Nothing’s as cut and dried as it was when I was 8 and as the story above demonstrates, even at age 8 we screwed it up.
Quote of the Day: “What if there was no time/And no reason or why?/What if you should decide that you don’t want me there by your side?/That you don’t want me there in your life?/What if I got it wrong/And no poem or song/could put right what I got wrong/or make you feel I belong?/And What if you should decide that you don’t want me there by your side/That you don’t want me there in your life?” What If, Coldplay.
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
101 update!
I managed to cross my very first item off the list.
32. Subscribe to Surfer completed 6/7/05. This was actually partially so that I would remember to reinstate my Surfrider membership, since I am a big, fat slacker. So it's not entirely just subscribing to a magazine, for the record.
32. Subscribe to Surfer completed 6/7/05. This was actually partially so that I would remember to reinstate my Surfrider membership, since I am a big, fat slacker. So it's not entirely just subscribing to a magazine, for the record.
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
101 in 1001
It’s good to have goals. So here is my 101 things I want to do in the next 1001 days, which puts me at finishing on February 27, 2008. I’ll be 28 years old—what a weird thought. I totally stole this idea and loved it. Here goes. Please feel free to add suggestions, but only encouragement, OK?
There are some rules, apparently: Tasks must be specific (i.e. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (i.e. represent some amount of work on my part)
Here goes:
1. Start a savings account Completed 1/17/06. I finally did it! I opened a savings account! I am so freaking proud of myself!!
2. Get a new job Completed 7/25/06. I accepted a position with a local nonprofit fund development organization. I think it's going to be a great situation and a much better work environment for me. Plus, it's off the Hill and that's mostly what I wanted. Even better, I did it on my own, and that thrills me more than anything.
3. Fix my bike and make it a commuter. completed 7/14/05. I did it! I rode my fixed bike (fixed by Indie Rocker on 7/09/05) to work today! I got my first commuter punch, took my first shower on campus, and made it to work with tons of time to spare.
4. Buy a surfboard. Completed 12/25/06. Indie Rocker paid for part of it as a birthday gift, but I paid off the rest and I cannot wait to use it. My friend Bryan at Seven Surfboards is awesome, and I can't wait to ride my new board. Woo!
5. Replace my windshield. Completed 12/04/07. This is a little embarrassing that it took me this long to do it. However, I'm sure it will be really nice to actually be able to see through my windshield. I might even get new wipers.
6. Visit several friends in LA/Santa Monica. I’ve been promising to do this for years, and I really ought to get around to doing it.
7. Go to Vegas
8. Purchase a matching set of furniture, even if it’s from IKEA.
9. Have enough in savings to last more than a month if I find myself unemployed.
10. Spend an entire ski season somewhere besides Mt. Hood Meadows.
11. Play an entire season of lacrosse for Portland Winded, including practices. Completed 5/1/06. I'm considering this one done, since I did go to a bunch of practices and even traveled with the team. Ergo, I did it. Certainly moreso than I ever did in the past.
12. Attend an opera performance
13. Go to Coachella/Bonnaroo/Austin City Limits (one, not all) or some such multi-day, mega-band festival once. Bumbershoot doesn’t count, as I’ve gone, like, five times. Completed 5/27-28, 2007. I went to the Sasquatch Music Festival this year, so I'm calling this one done. I mean, it was written up in Spin and Rolling Stone as a major summer festival to check out, so as far as it required travel, I had to stay there overnight and it had to be a significant show, I'm thinking I'm good.
14. Go surfing in Bali
15. Go surfing in Hawaii Completed 11/12/07. Indie Rocker and I surfed Waikiki. I'm counting this because I did actually stand up on the board. Mushy waves are a bitch. Additionally, Indie Rocker, Furry Thing and I surfed Ho'okipa on Maui just four days later. Woo!
16. Ski with my sister wherever she is working/living in the winter Completed 3/1/07-3/4/07. I flew down to Tahoe and spent four days skiing with Speedy, Marshall, State, and Redhead. So yeah, it pretty much rocked.
17. Spend a girls weekend with the HS crew, either at a spa or wherever we decide to go.
18. Participate in a triathlon
19. Join a gym that has a swimming pool and use it. Completed 6/2/06. I joined this gym something like 6 months ago. I finally used the pool for a 35 minute swim!!
20. Clean out my closet and take the things I haven’t worn in over a year to Goodwill/Buffalo Exchange completed 7/10/05. I actually started this over two weeks ago when I had Chitown come help me go through my Goodwill pile. He went through my entire closet, I made $30 at Red Light and took the rest to Goodwill.
21. Take a cooking class at Sur la Table. Completed 9/27/05. Mom and I took the class from Pixie, who taught us cool recipes from her restaurant, which rocked. Plus, Mom bought me a bunch of fun stuff for the kitchen that we needed. yay!
22. Take the motorcycle riding class at PCC that I’ve been talking about taking for about four years.
23. Learn enough HTML to make the blog somewhat cool-looking. Or enlist a friend to do it in exchange for something.
24. Buy ski pants that aren’t made by Spyder Completed 1/21/08. I bought a pair of Cloudveil pants. Which now means that I actually don't have to steal my pants from MHM to go on my ski vacations this year. Good times!
25. Take the GRE and GMAT Completed 5/15/07. I took the GMAT today and kept my scores. I don't need to take the GRE, so I'm calling this one done since I have no interest in wasting $200+ on a test I don't need to take. That's just idiotic!
26. Eat dinner at El Gaucho
27. Either suck it up and learn to knit or stop talking about it. Completed sometime between May and November 2007. I haven't talked about this in months, and I know it's never going to happen, so good riddance.
28. Nurture Presents... for the Bus Project into a self-sustaining program that I can hand off to someone else Completed 1/18/06. I've largely figured out that since the ball is now rolling, somebody else can take this over. Both because I don't want to anymore and also because it appears that they don't need me. So, good times either way.
29. Figure out if there is a grad program that I want to enroll in. Completed 9/15/06. Mom found out that there's a Willamette U. MBA program here in Portland. It's spendy, but I think it's a good idea. Dad actually talked me into doing a "night" program, since it'll end up better long-term.
30. Apply to said grad programs Completed 6/27/07 when I emailed my essay to PSU's MBA+ grad program. I'm hoping that my letters of recommendation came through, and I assume PSU will tell me soon if they didn't. However, my end of the application bargain is done. Woo!
31. Attend Black Tie & Tennies once
32. Subscribe to Surfer completed 6/7/05. This was actually partially so that I would remember to reinstate my Surfrider membership, since I am a big, fat slacker.
33. Plan and take an actual vacation, complete with airline reservations and hotels Completed 11/10-18/07. While we didn't actually stay at hotels, I did make plane reservations, rental car reservations and actually negotiated crash space with friends which can be an even touchier subject than hotels. So, awesome trip to Hawaii, thanks for knocking this one off the list!
34. Buy a bathing suit from somewhere besides Old Navy completed 4/7/06. I bought two Aaron Chang suits at the Longboard Grotto in Encinitas. They are so awesome. One of the bottoms doesn't fit right, but the top matches both of my boardshorts and the suits were so cheap that I bought both anyway.
35. Grow out my nails long enough to get a manicure that doesn’t look ridiculous Done 6/10/2006. My nails are definitely long enough that the manicure that Mom gave me for my birthday doesn't look ridiculous. It looks pretty cool, actually.
36. See Coldplay live Done 8/17/2005. Got the good seats and everything and got to see "Clocks" live. Awesome.
37. Pay off my credit card Done 1/7/2008. I meant to actually do this at the end of the month, but I screwed up and did it early. Oh well! Good on me anyway--I was really tired of looking at that bill!!!
38. Purchase a laptop Done 10/7/07. Technically, Dad purchased it, but I wrote the reimbursement check, transferred everything from the old laptop to the new one, and returned the old one to Mom and Dad. Ergo, I'm considering this one done.
39. Visit New York City
40. Buy groceries at a farmers market. Completed 6/29/06. I went to the farmer's market at Ecotrust last week with Scienziata and decided that I'd come back and pick up dinner stuff this week. And I did. Plus, last Sunday in Seattle, I bought groceries at Pike Place Market. So I doubly did this one!!
41. Take a sailing lesson
42. Take a horseback riding lesson
43. Get back in touch with Tintin and go visit her in Chicago. This gets an italic note because I got back in touch with Tintin on 8/11/05. Now I need to go see her, which would kick ass.
44. Take a class on radio or find out how to submit something to NPR. Basically the goal of this task is to do something with this interesting voice I’ve been given aside from accepting very nice compliments from strangers and enduring endless mockery from my friends. Completed 2/19/08. I think this one may have been about getting on the radio somehow, but I did figure out how to submit something to NPR. They have a segment called "This I Believe" and once I finish my purpose statement for one of my current classes, I plan on sending it in. So this one is essentially completed, since I did figure something out.
45. Purchase a case of wine from a winery (Ultimate goal? Drouhin. Reality? Something a little less expensive)
46. Send a girlfriend or two to the wine class at Square Deal and tell Indie Rocker’s aunt about it beforehand. It’s a joke, really.
47. Get a hash name. Completed 9/21/05. Be careful what you wish for...I've been dubbed "Red Wings" for taking a digger and bleeding all the way through the hash. For the record, it was my knee that was bleeding.
48. See a Timbers game Completed 9/8/05. The Timbers kicked some ass, too. The score was 6-1.
49. Go to New Orleans
50. Visit the Aussie fam in Shanghai. Preferably with Bumbershoot. Well, this one isn't going to happen because they moved back to the States. However, I haven't seen their place in Seattle yet, so maybe I'll consider this one done when I do that.
51. Find, obtain and live in an apartment that isn’t one step up from a college hovel. Dishwasher optional, but hardwood floors and screens on the windows are not. Basically, I want it to look like the apartment I moved into shortly after moving back to Portland from Eugene, but without the emotionally unstable roommate. completed 9/4-6/05. Obtained, paid first and last, moved all my stuff in, purchased a new couch set, and spent my first night sleeping there. It has hardwood floors, screens on every window, a dishwasher and disposal, a fireplace, a covered front porch and beautiful built-ins, plus enough closet space for a small army. Awesome.
52. Find a yoga or Pilates studio that I like and take classes for at least two months Completed 1/20/08. I'm calling this one good, mainly because one of my friends teaches yoga on Sunday nights at my gym, and I've been going off and on for six months+. In the sense that I've been doing more yoga, which was the idea behind this one anyway, this one's done.
53. Frame the last few posters I own that I would like to not ruin
54. Buy a blanket that actually fits my bed Completed 12/25/05. Mom actually bought the blanket, but it's Egyptian cotton and queen-sized. Sweet.
55. Find a Laundromat and do my laundry there at least twice completed 10/11/05. The whole point of this one was to stop doing my laundry at my parents' house. I've used the washer and dryer in the basement of my apartment building for two separate laundry days now, so I'm calling it good.
56. Invite my parents over and cook for them, including dessert and wine Completed 6/29/06. I invited Mom and Dad over, made a salad, made a main dish (pork chops with blueberry sauce), made dessert (Tillamook ice cream covered in fresh raspberries) and even though Dad brought the wine, they said it counted. Woohoo! Mom actually even said that mine was a little better because I had bought fresh herbs at the farmer's market and it really does make a difference. So yeah, I kick ass.
57. Purchase and use a larger memory card for my digital camera Completed 10/27/05. Although I didn't technically buy it, I did put it to good use in Costa Rica. Thanks, Indie Rocker!! Scratch that, I paid Indie Rocker back. So I did it for real!!
58. Climb Mt. Hood. All the way, this time.
59. Once I move into a new apartment, hang the posters/pictures that I do have framed. Completed 9/15/05. I had to get everything hung up before the party, but I did it!!
60. Buy a matching set of really great underwear and actually wear it.
61. Come up with a menu, grocery shop and cook for myself for an entire week.
62. Watch all of Wes Anderson’s movies. Completed 12/11/07. Indie Rocker took me to see "The Darjeeling Limited" tonight and I liked it. At this point, I've only not seen the 10 minute short of Bottle Rocket, and I kind of don't want to bother. So I'm going to call this one good.
63. After that, if I still like them, own all of Wes Anderson’s movies
64. Learn to telemark ski
65. Write to my congressperson
66. Use all the rest of the gift certificates I have squirreled away and probably forgot about.
67. Ski at a resort I’ve never been to. Completed 3/1/07 when I skied Sugarbowl and then really, really completed 3/2/07 when we skied Squaw Valley.
68. Backcountry ski at least once. Completed 3/1/07 with the Lake Run, wherein we strapped on the transceivers, packed shovels and probes, hiked for almost half an hour and were then rewarded with nearly two hours of waist-deep, untracked powder. Yeah, baby.
69. Take a climbing trip to Smith Rock
70. Live by myself
71. Sustain a healthy relationship with a boy for over six months without wigging out completed 8/12/2005. This is actually quite the milestone for me, and Indie Rocker as well. It's a cool feeling, that's for sure.
72. Watch the entire first season of “The OC”
73. Get recertified in First Aid and CPR. I got recertified in CPR on 12/6/05. However, I didn't renew the First Aid. So I think I'll go do both when the CPR regulations change this summer.
74. Maintain certification in both
75. Give blood
76. Get a tattoo
77. Repierce my ears
78. Revise and finish the novel I’ve already started
79. Let somebody read it
80. Clean out the 18 pounds of magazines I have and get rid of the ones I’m never going to read again Completed 7/9/05. I must have trucked a two-foot stack of magazines down to the recycle bin. I had Outside Magazines from 2001! And they've had Lance on the cover ever damned year. Swear to God.
81. Subscribe to Spin. Completed 5/5/06. I finally paid for this. I suspect this sounded like a better idea than it actually is. I daresay I will probably not renew this particular subscription. We'll see.
82. Subscribe to Vanity Fair Completed 5/5/06. I finally mailed out the payment for this and have discovered that I am incapable of sitting down and reading one of these in one sitting. Seriously.
83. Help my mother clean out my old room and the basement in their house
84. Let my father teach me everything he wants to about my car
85. Go sledding for the sake of sledding
86. Watch the movies that Mom and Dad keep bugging me to watch
87. Learn how to apply makeup Completed 9/9/06. I inexplicably developed the ability to do my makeup while in Cali for my cousin's wedding. Perhaps I just needed to get over my fear of it and just do it. Either way, I was even giving Mom tips on her eye makeup and getting compliments. Sweet.
88. Go to Oregon’s Homecoming
89. Learn to make a foofy cocktail
90. Own a kitchen appliance that isn’t a hand-me-down
91. Buy a tent, preferably three season convertible
92. Brush up on enough French and Italian to watch “La Cite Des Enfants Perdu” and “La Vita E Bella” without subtitles.
93. Surf Santa Cruz without getting yelled at or threatened. Taking a local would be a good idea. Bonus points, really
94. Buy my sister the magazine subscription that I owe her
95. Launch and land a slopestyle jump
96. Master an alley-oop in the pipe
97. Participate in the Hood to Coast
98. Let Marshall teach me how to do something with my hair
99. Attend a concert where I know every word to every song Done 8/17/2005, as I knew every word to every Coldplay song, even when they covered Johnny Cash. We also saw one song of the opening band, who was covering the Stones and I knew the words to that too. Ha-ha!
100. Visit a house I used to live in
101. Get a facial Done 6/10/2006. Mom gave me a while bunch of cool things for my birthday, including a manicure, a facial, a cut and color, several meals and a shopping spree. Needless to say, it rocked, and I'm stoked that the 101 list benefitted as well.
Quote of the Day: “Do or not do. There is no try.” Yoda (Frank Oz), The Empire Strikes Back.
There are some rules, apparently: Tasks must be specific (i.e. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (i.e. represent some amount of work on my part)
Here goes:
1. Start a savings account Completed 1/17/06. I finally did it! I opened a savings account! I am so freaking proud of myself!!
2. Get a new job Completed 7/25/06. I accepted a position with a local nonprofit fund development organization. I think it's going to be a great situation and a much better work environment for me. Plus, it's off the Hill and that's mostly what I wanted. Even better, I did it on my own, and that thrills me more than anything.
3. Fix my bike and make it a commuter. completed 7/14/05. I did it! I rode my fixed bike (fixed by Indie Rocker on 7/09/05) to work today! I got my first commuter punch, took my first shower on campus, and made it to work with tons of time to spare.
4. Buy a surfboard. Completed 12/25/06. Indie Rocker paid for part of it as a birthday gift, but I paid off the rest and I cannot wait to use it. My friend Bryan at Seven Surfboards is awesome, and I can't wait to ride my new board. Woo!
5. Replace my windshield. Completed 12/04/07. This is a little embarrassing that it took me this long to do it. However, I'm sure it will be really nice to actually be able to see through my windshield. I might even get new wipers.
6. Visit several friends in LA/Santa Monica. I’ve been promising to do this for years, and I really ought to get around to doing it.
7. Go to Vegas
8. Purchase a matching set of furniture, even if it’s from IKEA.
9. Have enough in savings to last more than a month if I find myself unemployed.
10. Spend an entire ski season somewhere besides Mt. Hood Meadows.
11. Play an entire season of lacrosse for Portland Winded, including practices. Completed 5/1/06. I'm considering this one done, since I did go to a bunch of practices and even traveled with the team. Ergo, I did it. Certainly moreso than I ever did in the past.
12. Attend an opera performance
13. Go to Coachella/Bonnaroo/Austin City Limits (one, not all) or some such multi-day, mega-band festival once. Bumbershoot doesn’t count, as I’ve gone, like, five times. Completed 5/27-28, 2007. I went to the Sasquatch Music Festival this year, so I'm calling this one done. I mean, it was written up in Spin and Rolling Stone as a major summer festival to check out, so as far as it required travel, I had to stay there overnight and it had to be a significant show, I'm thinking I'm good.
14. Go surfing in Bali
15. Go surfing in Hawaii Completed 11/12/07. Indie Rocker and I surfed Waikiki. I'm counting this because I did actually stand up on the board. Mushy waves are a bitch. Additionally, Indie Rocker, Furry Thing and I surfed Ho'okipa on Maui just four days later. Woo!
16. Ski with my sister wherever she is working/living in the winter Completed 3/1/07-3/4/07. I flew down to Tahoe and spent four days skiing with Speedy, Marshall, State, and Redhead. So yeah, it pretty much rocked.
17. Spend a girls weekend with the HS crew, either at a spa or wherever we decide to go.
18. Participate in a triathlon
19. Join a gym that has a swimming pool and use it. Completed 6/2/06. I joined this gym something like 6 months ago. I finally used the pool for a 35 minute swim!!
20. Clean out my closet and take the things I haven’t worn in over a year to Goodwill/Buffalo Exchange completed 7/10/05. I actually started this over two weeks ago when I had Chitown come help me go through my Goodwill pile. He went through my entire closet, I made $30 at Red Light and took the rest to Goodwill.
21. Take a cooking class at Sur la Table. Completed 9/27/05. Mom and I took the class from Pixie, who taught us cool recipes from her restaurant, which rocked. Plus, Mom bought me a bunch of fun stuff for the kitchen that we needed. yay!
22. Take the motorcycle riding class at PCC that I’ve been talking about taking for about four years.
23. Learn enough HTML to make the blog somewhat cool-looking. Or enlist a friend to do it in exchange for something.
24. Buy ski pants that aren’t made by Spyder Completed 1/21/08. I bought a pair of Cloudveil pants. Which now means that I actually don't have to steal my pants from MHM to go on my ski vacations this year. Good times!
25. Take the GRE and GMAT Completed 5/15/07. I took the GMAT today and kept my scores. I don't need to take the GRE, so I'm calling this one done since I have no interest in wasting $200+ on a test I don't need to take. That's just idiotic!
26. Eat dinner at El Gaucho
27. Either suck it up and learn to knit or stop talking about it. Completed sometime between May and November 2007. I haven't talked about this in months, and I know it's never going to happen, so good riddance.
28. Nurture Presents... for the Bus Project into a self-sustaining program that I can hand off to someone else Completed 1/18/06. I've largely figured out that since the ball is now rolling, somebody else can take this over. Both because I don't want to anymore and also because it appears that they don't need me. So, good times either way.
29. Figure out if there is a grad program that I want to enroll in. Completed 9/15/06. Mom found out that there's a Willamette U. MBA program here in Portland. It's spendy, but I think it's a good idea. Dad actually talked me into doing a "night" program, since it'll end up better long-term.
30. Apply to said grad programs Completed 6/27/07 when I emailed my essay to PSU's MBA+ grad program. I'm hoping that my letters of recommendation came through, and I assume PSU will tell me soon if they didn't. However, my end of the application bargain is done. Woo!
31. Attend Black Tie & Tennies once
32. Subscribe to Surfer completed 6/7/05. This was actually partially so that I would remember to reinstate my Surfrider membership, since I am a big, fat slacker.
33. Plan and take an actual vacation, complete with airline reservations and hotels Completed 11/10-18/07. While we didn't actually stay at hotels, I did make plane reservations, rental car reservations and actually negotiated crash space with friends which can be an even touchier subject than hotels. So, awesome trip to Hawaii, thanks for knocking this one off the list!
34. Buy a bathing suit from somewhere besides Old Navy completed 4/7/06. I bought two Aaron Chang suits at the Longboard Grotto in Encinitas. They are so awesome. One of the bottoms doesn't fit right, but the top matches both of my boardshorts and the suits were so cheap that I bought both anyway.
35. Grow out my nails long enough to get a manicure that doesn’t look ridiculous Done 6/10/2006. My nails are definitely long enough that the manicure that Mom gave me for my birthday doesn't look ridiculous. It looks pretty cool, actually.
36. See Coldplay live Done 8/17/2005. Got the good seats and everything and got to see "Clocks" live. Awesome.
37. Pay off my credit card Done 1/7/2008. I meant to actually do this at the end of the month, but I screwed up and did it early. Oh well! Good on me anyway--I was really tired of looking at that bill!!!
38. Purchase a laptop Done 10/7/07. Technically, Dad purchased it, but I wrote the reimbursement check, transferred everything from the old laptop to the new one, and returned the old one to Mom and Dad. Ergo, I'm considering this one done.
39. Visit New York City
40. Buy groceries at a farmers market. Completed 6/29/06. I went to the farmer's market at Ecotrust last week with Scienziata and decided that I'd come back and pick up dinner stuff this week. And I did. Plus, last Sunday in Seattle, I bought groceries at Pike Place Market. So I doubly did this one!!
41. Take a sailing lesson
42. Take a horseback riding lesson
43. Get back in touch with Tintin and go visit her in Chicago. This gets an italic note because I got back in touch with Tintin on 8/11/05. Now I need to go see her, which would kick ass.
44. Take a class on radio or find out how to submit something to NPR. Basically the goal of this task is to do something with this interesting voice I’ve been given aside from accepting very nice compliments from strangers and enduring endless mockery from my friends. Completed 2/19/08. I think this one may have been about getting on the radio somehow, but I did figure out how to submit something to NPR. They have a segment called "This I Believe" and once I finish my purpose statement for one of my current classes, I plan on sending it in. So this one is essentially completed, since I did figure something out.
45. Purchase a case of wine from a winery (Ultimate goal? Drouhin. Reality? Something a little less expensive)
46. Send a girlfriend or two to the wine class at Square Deal and tell Indie Rocker’s aunt about it beforehand. It’s a joke, really.
47. Get a hash name. Completed 9/21/05. Be careful what you wish for...I've been dubbed "Red Wings" for taking a digger and bleeding all the way through the hash. For the record, it was my knee that was bleeding.
48. See a Timbers game Completed 9/8/05. The Timbers kicked some ass, too. The score was 6-1.
49. Go to New Orleans
50. Visit the Aussie fam in Shanghai. Preferably with Bumbershoot. Well, this one isn't going to happen because they moved back to the States. However, I haven't seen their place in Seattle yet, so maybe I'll consider this one done when I do that.
51. Find, obtain and live in an apartment that isn’t one step up from a college hovel. Dishwasher optional, but hardwood floors and screens on the windows are not. Basically, I want it to look like the apartment I moved into shortly after moving back to Portland from Eugene, but without the emotionally unstable roommate. completed 9/4-6/05. Obtained, paid first and last, moved all my stuff in, purchased a new couch set, and spent my first night sleeping there. It has hardwood floors, screens on every window, a dishwasher and disposal, a fireplace, a covered front porch and beautiful built-ins, plus enough closet space for a small army. Awesome.
52. Find a yoga or Pilates studio that I like and take classes for at least two months Completed 1/20/08. I'm calling this one good, mainly because one of my friends teaches yoga on Sunday nights at my gym, and I've been going off and on for six months+. In the sense that I've been doing more yoga, which was the idea behind this one anyway, this one's done.
53. Frame the last few posters I own that I would like to not ruin
54. Buy a blanket that actually fits my bed Completed 12/25/05. Mom actually bought the blanket, but it's Egyptian cotton and queen-sized. Sweet.
55. Find a Laundromat and do my laundry there at least twice completed 10/11/05. The whole point of this one was to stop doing my laundry at my parents' house. I've used the washer and dryer in the basement of my apartment building for two separate laundry days now, so I'm calling it good.
56. Invite my parents over and cook for them, including dessert and wine Completed 6/29/06. I invited Mom and Dad over, made a salad, made a main dish (pork chops with blueberry sauce), made dessert (Tillamook ice cream covered in fresh raspberries) and even though Dad brought the wine, they said it counted. Woohoo! Mom actually even said that mine was a little better because I had bought fresh herbs at the farmer's market and it really does make a difference. So yeah, I kick ass.
57. Purchase and use a larger memory card for my digital camera Completed 10/27/05. Although I didn't technically buy it, I did put it to good use in Costa Rica. Thanks, Indie Rocker!! Scratch that, I paid Indie Rocker back. So I did it for real!!
58. Climb Mt. Hood. All the way, this time.
59. Once I move into a new apartment, hang the posters/pictures that I do have framed. Completed 9/15/05. I had to get everything hung up before the party, but I did it!!
60. Buy a matching set of really great underwear and actually wear it.
61. Come up with a menu, grocery shop and cook for myself for an entire week.
62. Watch all of Wes Anderson’s movies. Completed 12/11/07. Indie Rocker took me to see "The Darjeeling Limited" tonight and I liked it. At this point, I've only not seen the 10 minute short of Bottle Rocket, and I kind of don't want to bother. So I'm going to call this one good.
63. After that, if I still like them, own all of Wes Anderson’s movies
64. Learn to telemark ski
65. Write to my congressperson
66. Use all the rest of the gift certificates I have squirreled away and probably forgot about.
67. Ski at a resort I’ve never been to. Completed 3/1/07 when I skied Sugarbowl and then really, really completed 3/2/07 when we skied Squaw Valley.
68. Backcountry ski at least once. Completed 3/1/07 with the Lake Run, wherein we strapped on the transceivers, packed shovels and probes, hiked for almost half an hour and were then rewarded with nearly two hours of waist-deep, untracked powder. Yeah, baby.
69. Take a climbing trip to Smith Rock
70. Live by myself
71. Sustain a healthy relationship with a boy for over six months without wigging out completed 8/12/2005. This is actually quite the milestone for me, and Indie Rocker as well. It's a cool feeling, that's for sure.
72. Watch the entire first season of “The OC”
73. Get recertified in First Aid and CPR. I got recertified in CPR on 12/6/05. However, I didn't renew the First Aid. So I think I'll go do both when the CPR regulations change this summer.
74. Maintain certification in both
75. Give blood
76. Get a tattoo
77. Repierce my ears
78. Revise and finish the novel I’ve already started
79. Let somebody read it
80. Clean out the 18 pounds of magazines I have and get rid of the ones I’m never going to read again Completed 7/9/05. I must have trucked a two-foot stack of magazines down to the recycle bin. I had Outside Magazines from 2001! And they've had Lance on the cover ever damned year. Swear to God.
81. Subscribe to Spin. Completed 5/5/06. I finally paid for this. I suspect this sounded like a better idea than it actually is. I daresay I will probably not renew this particular subscription. We'll see.
82. Subscribe to Vanity Fair Completed 5/5/06. I finally mailed out the payment for this and have discovered that I am incapable of sitting down and reading one of these in one sitting. Seriously.
83. Help my mother clean out my old room and the basement in their house
84. Let my father teach me everything he wants to about my car
85. Go sledding for the sake of sledding
86. Watch the movies that Mom and Dad keep bugging me to watch
87. Learn how to apply makeup Completed 9/9/06. I inexplicably developed the ability to do my makeup while in Cali for my cousin's wedding. Perhaps I just needed to get over my fear of it and just do it. Either way, I was even giving Mom tips on her eye makeup and getting compliments. Sweet.
88. Go to Oregon’s Homecoming
89. Learn to make a foofy cocktail
90. Own a kitchen appliance that isn’t a hand-me-down
91. Buy a tent, preferably three season convertible
92. Brush up on enough French and Italian to watch “La Cite Des Enfants Perdu” and “La Vita E Bella” without subtitles.
93. Surf Santa Cruz without getting yelled at or threatened. Taking a local would be a good idea. Bonus points, really
94. Buy my sister the magazine subscription that I owe her
95. Launch and land a slopestyle jump
96. Master an alley-oop in the pipe
97. Participate in the Hood to Coast
98. Let Marshall teach me how to do something with my hair
99. Attend a concert where I know every word to every song Done 8/17/2005, as I knew every word to every Coldplay song, even when they covered Johnny Cash. We also saw one song of the opening band, who was covering the Stones and I knew the words to that too. Ha-ha!
100. Visit a house I used to live in
101. Get a facial Done 6/10/2006. Mom gave me a while bunch of cool things for my birthday, including a manicure, a facial, a cut and color, several meals and a shopping spree. Needless to say, it rocked, and I'm stoked that the 101 list benefitted as well.
Quote of the Day: “Do or not do. There is no try.” Yoda (Frank Oz), The Empire Strikes Back.
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