Book Update + Stuff

I finally finished another book! For my birthday, my friend Gwen gave me a copy of The Summoning, by Kelly Armstrong. I read the prologue that night, but only just started reading it actively some time last week.
I finished it this morning, and I really liked it. I haven't read a book in a long time where I was bargaining with myself over going to bed. "Just one more chapter, then I'll go to bed. Ok, maybe one more..." It was nice. I would happily read the sequel (especially since this one left off at a cliffhanger!) once I have enough money to buy it.

In other news, I think that I'm going to change/replace several goals on my 101 List. I've got a couple on there that I just added because I couldn't think of anything else, or it was something that I thought it would be neat to do/learn, but wasn't actually interested in. I'll post with a fully up-to-date list as soon as I change it.

Edit
The following goals have been replaced:
25 - Watch/read 10 movies/book in German
52 - Learn CPR
53 - Learn how to tie a tie

With the following:
25 - Replace all of my VHS tapes with DVD versions
52 - Replace my Intous 3 with an Intous 4, when the time comes
53 - Save up for and buy a better TV

Coming Up:

My 365th day is coming up soon: October 4, to be exact. I plan to post on that day with all kinds of fun crap, but that day is not today. So, here's some other stuff:

Yesterday, I completed goal #36: Give blood.
My school had a blood drive all day yesterday. I signed up last week, and was super nervous all morning. I've donated both blood and plasma before, so I knew it wouldn't be that big of a deal. I am, apparently, a "hard stick." (I really want a button telling everyone so. x) ) My veins are small and fairly deep, so the nurses always have a hard time locating them. Which, if they're.. less than experienced, can hurt. A lot. And usually does. This time, I gave through Memorial Blood Centers, which I would highly recommend. Seriously, I've had sewing classes that hurt more than yesterday.
They had a really hard time finding my vein, though. The checked both arms multiple times, and nearly gave up. I told them, from the start, that I'm a right-arm giver. The first nurse checked it, then checked my left arm, and decided that she liked that one better. So she was searching, but couldn't find anything. So, she called over her superior (who was the one to stick me, in the end), and she looked, and didn't find anything. Then they called over the head nurse, who also couldn't find anything in my left arm. After a few minutes, she asked if they'd checked my right arm, and the original nurse said that she had. The head nurse poked my right arm, and went, "Oh. Right there." So, they set me up with my right arm, and I was finished up like 10 minutes later. They seriously spent more time looking for a vein than I actually spent giving.

Then, I had to run off pretty quick after I was given a bandage. Being a moron, I just grabbed a bunch of cookies and a Coke and walked off to my club. About 15 minutes later, I really regretted that. I nearly fainted, but I was able to save myself by sitting and eating delicious Oreos and lemon cookies. Om nom nom.

Goal 081: Complete!

Yesterday I went to a Twin's game with my knitting group. In total, it was me, Ginger, Kat, Amanda, and Emily, plus Ellie tagged along and knitted with us. I got a ticket with Joe Mauer on it. <3 He's my Twin's boyfriend, according to Kat.
Yesterday was the Stitch n' Pitch event, so you were supposed to bring your knitting to the game. I worked on my kitty-ear'd hat.

It was really fun, and I'm really looking forward to next year.

Cinema History

I started college the other day, as my last post said. One of the classes I'm taking is Cinema History, and we're watching a fair number of films.

So far, in that class, we've watched:

-The Great Train Robbery

-Intolerance

-The General

-Steamboat William Jr.

Next week, we're starting to watch Charlie Chaplin. I haven't ever actually seen anything by Chaplin, so I don't know if they're shorts or actual movies or what.

I'm also watching The Hulk right now, with John, so that'll be another movie I get to add.

Learning

I've completed my first learning goal: Get enrolled in college!
I'm going to Minneapolis Community and Technical College, in downtown. It has, so far, been wonderful. I love being back in school. It's really nice to talk to people I don't know, get out of the house, and, of course, learn stuff.
I'm taking Algebra, Cinema History, Human Geography, Future Shock and Survival, and Strategies for College.

Cinema History has actually lead me to seeing two new movies: The Great Train Robbery, and Intolerance. Both of these films were made in 1916 or earlier. I think Train Robbery was made in 1906 or something? It's only seven minutes long, but I count it as a movie because of its importance. It was one of the first films shot on location, and it was amazing for its time.

I'm doing a little bit of an overhaul on this blog. I want to make it look better, basically. We'll see how that goes.

More Movie Nights

So, since the last time I wrote about a girl's night, I've had another girl's night, plus we had a Star Wars marathon. So basically I've now seen 31/50 movies, and 3 of 6 Star Wars movies (we watched 4-6). The Star Wars movies count towards my 50, too.

27 - A New Hope

28 - The Empire Strikes Back

29 - Return of the Jedi

30 - Dirty Dancing: Havannah Nights

31 - 300

Apart from that, I counted the other day--23/101 completed, 20/101 in progress (I think).

Day 365 is coming up, too: October 4th.

Movies

I had a girl's night with a couple friends last night. Officially called a "chick flick night." We watched four movies, three of which I had never seen before:
Mamma Mia, Ten-Inch Hero, and The Holiday.

I really liked all three of them, particularly Ten-Inch Hero. It's pretty low-key, with a really sweet story. It also has Jensen Ackles in it, which is always a bonus. (Dean from Supernatural, for those who don't know.)

The other movie we watched was 10 Things I Hate About You, if anyone's interested.

Bluh. The "Move Out" goal is looking more and more appealing. My family is kind of terrible.

CONvergence, 2009

I got home from CONvergence 2009 yesterday afternoon.

Aside from rocking out loud, the con helped me work on a couple of goals:

I wore a skirt on the first day. And if a convention isn't public, I don't know what is.

I also saw two movies I hadn't seen before: Young Frankenstein, and Beetlejuice. I'm not certain of the spelling of the latter--I'm just using what the con wrote in the little grid.

I'll make a post soon saying exactly what is completed and in progress, by the way. I've made quite a bit of progress. :)

NaBloPoMo!

Today, I completed NoBloPoMo--National Blog Posting Month. Not quite as official as NaNoWriMo; it happens every month. But I completed it! Which means that goal #82 has been completed!

I also finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the other day. A re-read, but very good. Now I'm on to American Gods, by Neil Gaiman.

I also changed up a couple more goals, so my major disadvantage. I took out a couple of goals that I had "in progress," and replaces them with goals that haven't been started yet.
The new goals:

47: Learn to throw a frisbee properly (replaced: Learn to read Tarot cards quickly and accurately)
51: Learn to start and maintain a campfire
52: Learn to Cross Stitch and complete a (small) project (replaced: Learn to recognize 10 local bird calls)
53: Learn to whistle with two fingers (replaced: Learn to recognize 10 constellations/stars)

Also, as of today, I have:
21/101 goals completed
23/101 goals in progress
57/101 goals not started at all yet.

I'm proud of myself.

Watchmen

I just realized that I didn't count Watchmen as a book when I finished it in March.
So... yeah. I'm adding that now. :)

Joy!

Joy! I just learned that the MacBook Pro that I'm saving up for (goal #56) not only went down in price, but the default RAM doubled! It's now 4gig instead of 2gig, and it starts at $1,699, rather than $1,999! This makes the goal much more reachable. I'm very excited.

I'm also going through and updating my list after I finish posting this. :3

Updates and figures

So, I've done a bit in regards to 101 in the last few days.

I went and saw Star Trek the other day, with John. I might have already written about this, but just in case, that's movie 17/50 for goal #22.
I also figured out how much it'll cost me to buy a brand-new Macbook Pro. With Apple Care, and minus the discount from my boyfriend's sister, it'll be about $2,136. Which is.. a lot. That's figuring in tax, too. I emailed my dad earlier today, asking him about matching me to help me pay for it, since it'll be great for school etc. No answer yet, but my fingers are crossed. If he does, I'll only need to pay $1,068. Which would be.. awesome. That goal (#56) is now in progress, by the way--I put 100$ towards it.

I also finished goal #101, think of 200 options for my next 101 in 1001 list. If you look over there ---->
{under February) you can see a link to it. Tell me what you think of it all.

Also, TimeToast was being a jerk and not letting me in. Hopefully it's working now. I'm going to go check now.

Unexpected goal time!

I completed an unexpected goal!
Goal #16, beat John at a first-person shooter.
He's teaching me how to play Time Splitters, a shooter for the Game Cube. A few weeks ago, he taught me the basics--how to move, aim, shoot, etc. Today, he had me practice some more, learn to use new weapons, and to use their specialties.
I won the first round, but only because he let me, basically. He taught me how to shoot by letting me shoot him. And then when I was one kill from winning, he started playing all-out, killed me like four times, until I finally got the last one.
In the next round, we played to 15 kills again. He let me have two kills, I think, but I got the other 13 by myself. He only killed me six times, I believe. So I won! I won when we were both honestly playing each other.

I'm very proud of myself.

Updates and Counts

Hello! Just a general update.

As I posted, I finished The Golden Compass. I'm most of the way through The Subtle Knife, but not quite. Once I'm done with that, it'll be the first book for my 'Read 5 banned books' goal.

I also watched Les Miserables, which counts towards my 50 previously unseen movies, and I watched Goodbye, Lenin!, which in in German, for anyone who doesn't know. This means that my 'watch/read 10 books/movies in German goal' has officially started. I'd seen it once before, though, so it doesn't count towards my 50 movies goal.

I counted it all up earlier today, and I found that I've got 13 goals completed, and 25 in progress, leaving only 63 completely untouched!
I'm very proud of myself. :3

The Golden Compass

I'd forgotten how awesome this book is. I just finished it for the second time ever; the first being when I was 12 or 13 or so.

This brings my book count up to eight, but it doesn't count towards the five banned books, since I'd read it once before. The next two, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass, will.

Day 200?!

I just realized that today is day 200 out of my 1001 days.
What does this mean?
It means that I am 20% done with my 1001 days.
It means that I should be done with 20 of my 101 goals. Or close to done, I suppose?

I'm actually done with... twelve. But! I have 24 in progress.
I calculated it out, and the following goals only require me to do one thing. Not necessarily in just one day, but just one thing:

1 - Get a new piercing
2 - Wear a 2-piece outside
18 - Read a trashy romance novel
20 - Buy merch from a webcomic I like
31 - Visit a chiropractor
33 - Move out
36 - Give blood
37 - Volunteer at HotB
38 - Go to a local concert
63 - Cover the front walk in chalk drawings
73 - Have a candlelit meal
76 - Kiss under mistletoe
77 - Go camping with friends only
78 - Go to a con outside MN
79 - Go to a con outside the midweat
80 - Go to a Wild’s game
81 - Go to a Twin’s or Saint’s game
85 - Go on a picnic
86 - Send a postcard to Post Secret
87 - Watch the sunrise with someone I love
88 - Watch the sunset with someone I love
89 - See the ocean
90 - Skinny dip
93 - Go indoor rock-climbing
94 - Be a secret santa
95 - Go bowling
97 - Visit a new state
99 - Go to RenFest
100 - Bake a Layered Cake

So maybe if I get a move on and just do some of these, I'll be more on track! I have a number of goals in progress that are so close to done. The ones I can think of off the top of my head are 'Keep a job,' and 'Update Loser Corner twice a week for six months.'
Some of them, I'm a little bit further off. I need to watch 38 movies still, for example. I need to read 43 books. Just.. for example.
I feel like I'm doing pretty well, though, all things considered.

Dancing!

This past weekend was Anime Detour! I had a table in the artist alley, and I had a lotta-lotta fun. Sold some stuff, and I broke even!
But the point of this post is that on Saturday night, me, John, Gwen, and Anna all went down to the dance/rave thingy. We had a lot blast, dancing and jumping around for a couple of hours. n__n Gwen threw me at John, my boyfriend.
This would render goal # 60 (go dancing/clubbing with friends) complete. :)

War for the Oaks

Ooooh!
I finished War for the Oaks earlier today. It was beautiful! I nearly cried at the end. >.<
The Phouka is so adorable! I really love him! I think it's a combination of word choice and the voice I gave him in my head. Also possibly because I imagined him looking somewhat like John, but darker and with black hair...?

Anyway.
Go read this book! It's great! Especially if you live in the Twin Cities!

RENT

Holy crap, y'all.
Rent was AMAZING.

I went and saw it tonight with my little sister. It was wonderful.
We had balcony seats, center-stage. We were fairly far back, but we had binoculars and such. Anthony Rapp was there! <3 Caps lock can not express my fangirly joy.
We waited by the stage door after the show, but neither Anthony nor Adam Pascal came out. Ellie and I did get our picture taken with the guy who played Angel.

I've.. gotta sleep now. Assuming I can.

I Capture the Castle

I finished I Capture the Castle last night. It was pretty good. The ending was pretty nice. I really liked the writing style. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for something to read.

Locks of Love and reading

Grr. I just went and checked the Locks of Love website, to look at the requirements for donating hair. It looks like it's gone from eight to ten inches at minimum, which is slightly frustrating. But the real frustrating thing is I just found out they can't take hair that's been treated with bleach, even if it's been colored over.
Which...mine has.

I'm going to cut my hair soon--probably after Detour. I'm gonna cut all the blond off. Or.. all the "light" off. It isn't blond anymore, because I dyed over it. But then I'll have to wait for it to grow out again. Thing is, I don't know if I'll be able to grow my hair ten inches in time. Arrrrrgh. :/


In other news, I've been reading I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith (who apparently wrote 101 Dalmatians, I guess?). I like it so far. I'm between 3/4 and 4/5 done with it. I got the book when I was about 10 or 11, and this is my first time through it. :3
My boyfriends sister loaned me a copy of War for the Oaks or War of the Oaks or something. I can't remember the exact title, but it's set where I live, which is pretty cool. I've been told that the final encounter takes place at First Ave, so that sounds neat. I may put off reading it, though, because my little sister seems to have brought Dracula into the house, and I haven't read that, either.
I need to look into banned books. The only ones I know off the top of my head are Harry Potter, and His Dark Materials. The Golden Compass series, ne?

Watchmen

Holy crap. .___.
Yesterday, I both finished reading and saw Watchmen. I got tickets to a midnight showing with my boyfriend. It was really cool. It was a really good book, I really liked it. And the movie! Wow. It was so PRETTY. Though they certainly didn't skimp on the "graphic" part of "graphic novel." Lots of goo. Also sex. That sex scene was freaking long. Especially when you're next to not only your boyfriend, but also his sister and brother-in-law. >.<
In any case, two thumbs up. Though you should really read it before you see the movie. It'll make a little more sense.

Two New Movies!

Yesterday, I went over to the boyfriend's house, and I saw not one, but two movies I hadn't seen before.
First we watched Transformers (I know, please don't kill me! There are more important movies I haven't seen yet!) I really liked it. I just can't get that image of Monkey-Optimus Prime out of my head. From one of the TV versions of it from when I was a kid.
Then we ate some food and stuff. Then we watched Groundhog's Day. Which was actually pretty neat. It made the Supernatural episode of the same title more funny.

This makes my goal #9 (See 50 new movies) 10% complete!

FAFSA is a bitch

I just completed and submitted my FAFSA form. (Goal #27 is to get enrolled in school.) It was long and complicated and strange. But I did it! Hopefully they'll deem me poor enough to pay for my schooling. Or part of it, at least.

I was actually accepted to Minneapolis Community Technical College! (Herein "MCTC") But I haven't taken my placement tests, and I haven't chosen classes, so I'm not 'enrolled' yet. D:

I hope that, when we do move out, it's in Minneapolis. Maybe that'll make it easier to get to MCTC. I need to take like three buses, as is.

February General Update

I'm aware that February isn't quite over yet. But I partly love doing updates, and it's partly that I've got nothing else to do, and also that February is so gorram short.

Completed this month:
I participated in 'A Day in my Life' (goal #55)

In progress this month:
I typed up two of my ten quotes books (goal #8)
I saw four new movies - Ironman, Lady in the Water, Transformers, and Groundhog Day (goal #9)
I learned how to make homemade pizza (goal #29)
I've posted bi-weekly comics on Loser Corner, my webcomic. (goal #54)
I participated in Hourly Comic Day 2009 (goal #57)
I made/tossed homemade pizza (goal #88)
I bought tickets to see Rent live (complete with Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal!) (goal #92)
I've been finding ideas for my next 101 list. (goal #100)
Read a complete book (goal #93)
That book happened to be a Douglass Adams book (goal #95)

Not too terrible, if I say so myself.

Total progress bar:

27 / 101 (25.0%)

200 ideas for my next 101 in 1001

Edit: Apparently I'm crazy, and have decided that I need to make an endless list. So there are now more than 200 goals on this list. :)

Ones in bold are ones I really like and will very probably use for my next list.

1 - Collect all 50 state quarters
2 - Update my LJ x times per week
3 - Redecorate my room
4 - Go to Europe
5 - Complete an issue of a comic I (help) make
6 - Learn to walk in heels
7 - Get a comic book subscription at The Source
8 - Improve my writing
9 - Improve my CD collection
10 - Improve my DVD collection
11 - Try 10 new restaurants
12 - Go to Comic Con
13 - Host a rad Halloween party
14 - Get an external hard drive for my .PSDs and .AVIs
15 - Finish x TV series/anime
16 - Find a good way to organize my earrings
17 - Get a costume for RenFest
18 - Go to a strip club (with John)
19 - Do a time capsule
20 - Wear earrings every day for x days
21 - Buy a proper cosplay wig
22 - Look into getting contacts
23 - Get nice costume fangs
24 - Clean up folders on my computer
25 - Learn how to say "Hello, my name is Bekka." etc in x languages
26 - Go to National Karate--get through my 3rd belt
27 - Learn to draw animals properly
28 - Save up for and buy a vespa
29 - Get my driver's license
30 - [personal]
31 - Seriously consider getting a tattoo
32 - Keep a dream notebook by my bed
33 - Get a pet
34 - Visit NYC, Miama, Austin, LA, etc [one of them]
35 - Find a "drink" I enjoy
36 - Get a "cosplay body"
37 - Keep my bank account positive for x days
38 - Look into/get Netflix
39 - Complete a cross-stitch
40 - Buy all of Supernatural
41 - Buy all of Reaper
42 - Buy all of Beauty and the Geek
43 - Get a road bike
44 - Get presents for all of my siblings for their birthday (including Brian and Aaron)
45 - Pay for John's Warhammer once
46 - Become proficient in that phonetic alphabet
47 - Buy all of Evangelion
48 - Say "No, I don't want/like/agree with that" x times
49 - Cover the car behind me at a drive-thru
50 - Read Les Miserables
51 - Get a BFF tattoo with Anna
52 - Get a tattoo for Muishka
53 - Get on birth control
54 - Grow a plant
55 - Visit Canada
56 - Visit Mexico
57 - Keep a food diary
58 - Road Trip!
59 - Do ADiML x times
60 - Go to a spa
61 - Do x sit ups a night
62 - Go swimming x times
63 - Keep a hand-written journal
64 - Go to the zoo
65 - See the cherry get put back up
66 - Download all the songs on Clearchannel's 'banned' list
67 - Read all of Narnia
68 - Buy all of The Mighty Ducks
69 - Buy every Classic Disney movie on DVD
70 - Buy x new DVDs
71 - Go ice skating
72 - Watch all of Friends
73 - Decide of I want to buy all of Friends
74 - Get my own digital camera
75 - Post a wall calender every year
76 - Make breakfast in bed for John
77 - Reread all of the Harry Potter series
78 - Have a bitchin 21st birthday party
79 - Throw a 101 completion party
80 - Get up by x in the morning for y days
81 - Make a good Kaylee cosplay
82 - Retry three foods that John likes and I don't
83 - Participate in a Rec. sport
84 - Sing at a karaoke bar
85 - Get a Go-To card
86 - Update/start my floofy skirt collection
87 - Go to Geek Prom
88 - Drink eight glasses of water a day for x days
89 - Take Kathy and Paul (my Godparents) out to dinner
90 - Invite Jakey to hang out with us
91 - Look into LASIK
92 - Get a YMCA membership
93 - Set up a portfolio
94 - Finish a jigsaw puzzle IRL
95 - Go to the dentist
96 - Own the "10 Hair Care Products Every Woman Needs"
97 - Get a manicure
98 - Get a nice perfume
99 - Complete a Sudoku book
100 - Get perscription sunglasses
101 - Buy/play The Sims
102 - Get a digital photo-frame
103 - Eat tomatoes I grew myself
104 - Buy myself new glasses
105 - Visit the graveyard on 11/2 and 12/15
106 - Get a hypo-allergenic cat
107 - Go to a midnight movie show
108 - Replace all my VHS tapes (Including "Sweet Children," a home video) with DVD versions
109 - Get a full wax job done
110 - See a stand-up comic live
111 - Go see x movies in the thearer
112 - Save a dollar for every day
113 - Keep a change jar
114 - Play in every round of vampire tag once
115 - Buy a corset for cons/renfair
116 - Try 10 new flavors of ice cream
117 - Learn to start/maintain a campfire
118 - Visit a boardwalk/pier
119 - Go through quotes; turn x number into LC's
120 - Get a complete map of the Cities and mark it with bike/bus routes
121 - See Into the Woods
122 - Plan a surprise party
123 - Make a snowman
124 - Participate in a snowball fight
125 - Modernize a classic fairy tale and make a comic out of it
126 - Update every track in my iTunes with track name, artist, album and genre
127 - Get my own inhaler
128 - Buy a new Nintendo DS
129 - Go on x dates with John
130 - Get an 'old-timey' photograph taken
131 - Collect change for 1001 days
132 - Re-create my '16 Book' for the 1001 days**
133 - Take pictures at 80% of the events I go to
134 - Put effort into my Etsy
135 - Get a new hairstyle
136 - Fly a kite
137 - Help Jo knit seriously (if she's still interested)
138 - Learn how to make x drinks
139 - Knit a hat with a pattern
140 - Make a video equivalent of a '16 Book'
141 - Have a girl's night out
142 - Take a bubble bath
143 - Go to the BWCA
144 - Go kayaking
145 - Learn to properly throw a frisbee
146 - Play every song in all the DDR games I own
147 - Knit something for someone else [or for myself; whichever I do less]
148 - Get henna done
149 - Splurge and buy Ben & Jerry's ice cream
150 - Buy nice 'jammas/lounge pants
151 - Play a drinking game
152 - Get prints of good photos--organize them all into albums
153 - Wear my hair down every day for x days
154 - Watch and buy x classic horror movies
155 - Subscribe to a Podcast and listen to it
156 - Put together a recipe book
157 - See x "classic" movies I haven't seen before (Pulp Fiction, V for Vendetta, Apocalypse Now, etc)
158 - Eat breakfast every day for x days
159 - Have a smoothie for breakfast
160 - Get something bigger than a twin bed
161 - Save up and get a Cintiq
162 - Organize my art supplies
163 - Host Thanksgiving or Christmas
164 - Put together an official, complete address book (on paper)
165 - Write an end-of-the-year/holiday letter for mail to family
166 - Have a movie/series marathon
167 - Make a list of theme songs/important songs to my life
168 - Learn to whistle with two fingers
169 - Get actual DVD racks
170 - Go through and throw out broken/old socks and undies
171 - Get x number of "old" digital photos printed (from 2006-2008ish)
172 - Subscribe to a magazine
173 - Write out a complete filmmaker's resume
174 - Work on my speaking skills by reading poetry aloud
175 - Actually go to the Festival of Nations
176 - Have a fire down by the Mighty Mississippi
177 - Memorize the five phone numbers I call most often
178 - Go rollerskating (for my birthday?)
179 - Go to my five-year high school reunion
180 - Have a Firefly/Serenity marathon
181 - Go into and buy something from an "adult" store
182 - Watch all of one Star Trek series (i.e. all of TNG, or TOS, etc.)
183 - Play softball on my mom's team
184 - Regularly use a day planner for work/school
185 - Visit an out-of-state friend at school
186 - Do a big latch-hook project
187 - Learn to play an ocarina
188 - Replace all my DVDs that "went missing" (Donnie Darko, Day After Tomorrow, Princess Mononoke, etc)
189 - Go to the Redmond family reunion, like when I was a kid
190 - Try "real" Czech food
191 - Watch all of The X Files
192 - Grow my hair as long as I can stand it
193 - Go to a "real" school, not a career school
194 - Get a DeviantART subscription
195 - Go to an SCA event
196 - Make a "money cushion" of $1000 +
197 - Spend the weekend away with John
198 - Learn to make chili
199 - Find x number of new bands I like
200 - Do something for my mom to show her how much I love and appreciate her

Note: I apologize for any goal repeats. This is a lot of goals, and I might not notice.

201 - Try vlogging
202 - Write a short story
203 - Keep a one-sentence journal
204 - Buy myself a pair of nice sandals
205 - Buy myself a pair of nice boots
206 - Send flowers to a friend who's stressing out
207 - Go on walks x times a month
208 - Make cupcakes and bring them to game
209 - Visit Gramma Dorthy's birth town
210 - Visit the House on the Rock (with John)
211 - Go on vacation and use my travel journal
212 - Go to a batting cage
213 - Get a tan
214 - Take a figure drawing class
215 - Floss every night for x days
216 - Track progress of my list online weekly (blog or 101 community)
217 - Knit at least half of an afghan
218 - Win NaNoWriMo
219 - Subscribe to Cosmo
220 - Go to a drive-in
221 - Actually play Tales of Symphonia
222 - Make my own corset
223 - Gather all my recipes and put them into one book etc
224 - Move into a duplex/townhouse(/house?!) with John (Something bigger than an apartment)
225 - Host x game nights
226 - Host x movie nights
227 - Make food for a LAN party
228 - Read my height in books
229 - Wedding A-Z?
230 - Cook or bake for game x times
231 - Go stargazing with John
232 - Spend an entire day in bed with John, having a movie/video game marathon
233 - Buy three lingerie outfits
234 - Make an iTunes for each playlist for each season for a year
235 - Do karaoke with John
236 - Do all of the timed “creative challenges” I know of for a full year (Project 365, Script Frenzy, NaNoMango, NaNoWriMo)
237 - Make candy


**A '16 Book' is something I did for my 16th year. Basically, take a book. Fill it with thoughts, photos, memories, anything, from that year. I didn't let anyone see mine until my 17th birthday, but that's up to you. Basically, it's an ongoing journal/scrapbook thing.

In Progress goals

-Sell at an alley that is not Detour
The Anime Central Alley has been confirmed. This goal should be complete at the end of May.

-Earn 400 fitness credits
(12/400) (158/546

Completed Goals!

None yeeeeet~~

List-ho!

My new finishing date is September 28, 2013. I just started on the 1st. :D So, here is the new list:

Crafting

-Redecorate my room

-Do/attempt self-imposed-sock-of-the-month-club

-Knit/crochet 10 things for someone else

-Knit/crochet 10 things for myself

-Knit/crochet 100 projects to completion

-Make/start a quilt

-Knit at least half of an afghan

-Get and use a sewing machine

-At least start the World Map afghan

-Reduce my yarn stash by 50%, at least

-Have a plan for the remaining 50%, even if it’s just “scrapghan” or “trade/gift”

-Knit a sweater

Drawing/Writing/Etc

-Modernize a classic fairy tale and make a comic out of it, at least through the thumbnail stage

-Draw from life in a public place 10 times, and fill the page!

-Win NaNoMango

-Win NaNoWriMo

-Visit Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art school

-Redraw LJ mood themes

-Draw a sketch a day for three months

-Draw from life every day for a month

-Sell at an Alley that is not Detour - ACen table confirmed. Goal will be complete at the end of May

-Make five hourly comic day comics

Vanity

-Wear earrings every day for 30 days

-Get a manicure

-Entirely update my wardrobe

-Get some sort of body modification (tattoo, piercing, etc)

For Others

-Make breakfast in bed for John

Geeky

-Get a costume for RenFest/CON

-Get a corset for CON/Renfair

-Actually play Tales of Symphonia

-Try vlogging

-Post to my knitting blog twice a week for two months

-Post to my art blog twice a week for two months

Being a grown up

-Get my driver’s license

-Get on birth control

-Host Thanksgiving or Christmas

-Obtain enough underclothes to wear something new and clean every day for at least a week without having to do laundry

-Graduate, or take substantial steps to getting there

-Clean my stupid room

-Move out

-Save up for/plan out in detail a new desk arrangement w/ desktop computer

Purchases

-Buy every classic disney movie on DVD that comes out of the vault during my mission

-Improve my DVD collection by 10 every year (TV seasons count as 2)

-Update/start my floofy skirt collection by 5

-Get perscription sunglasses

-Watch and buy 10 good horror movies

Bettering Myself

-Go to National Karate and get through my 3rd belt, at least

-Retry three foods that John likes that I don’t

-Go kayaking

-Have a (healthy) smoothie for breakfast/a meal 10 times

-Memorize the five numbers I call most often (mom, Hannah, John, Mike, Ellie?)

-Declutter my room in five steps: clothes, bookshelves, closet, under the bed, desk

-Get down to 160-170 lbs and stay there for three months (give or take 5lbs) (207.5/170)

-Earn 400 fitness credits (12/400 158/546)

-Perform the Sun Salutation 20/30 days one month

-Go at least one month without caffeine (but not necessarily soda)

-Go at least one month without soda (but not necessarily caffeine)

-Take a dance class

Social

-Have a girl’s night out

-Play a drinking game

-Have a movie/series marathon

-Spend the weekend away with John

-Spend the day in bed with John, having a movie/video game marathon

Food

-Learn to make chili

-Make cupcakes/etc and bring them to game

-Make noms for a LAN party

-Attempt 100 new recipes and save the good ones

-Bake fresh bread

Other

-Do a time capsule

-Get prints of all my good photos and organize them into albums

-Read 50 books

-Place 100 posties with things that make me happy

-Stargaze, preferably with a friend and a starbook

-Read at least one previously unread book by 26 different authors, one for each letter of the alphabet

-Do something holiday themed for every major holiday (New Year’s, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas), but not necessarily in the same year

You may have noticed that there are only 75. I'm going to fill in the last 26 over the next 300 days or so.

One Time Goals

Goals that I can complete by doing one thing

1 - Get a new piercing

2 - Wear a 2-piece outside

9 - Alphabetize manga

16 - Get a higher score than John at a FPS game

18 - Read a trashy romance novel

20 - Buy merch from a webcomic I like

21 - See a professional musical live

31 - Visit a chiropractor

33 - Move out

39 - Get enrolled in college

46 - Learn to juggle

47 - Learn to throw a Frisbee properly

51 - Learn to whistle with two fingers

52 - Replace my Intous 3 with an Intous 4, when the time comes

53 - Learn how to tie a tie Save up for and buy a better TV

54 - Save up for a Wii (0/250)

55 - Save up for Wii Fit (0/140)

56 - Save up for a macbook

57 - Finish LJ mood themes

59 - Completely fill a sketchbook

63 - Cover the front walk in chalk drawings

68 - Participate in A Day in my Life

70 - Participate in hourly comic day

71 - Do karaoke with Ellie

72 - Go dancing with friends

73 - Have a candlelit meal

74 - Kiss John at midnight on New Year’s

76 - Kiss under mistletoe

80 - Go to a Wild’s game

81 - Go to a Twin’s or Saint’s game

85 - Go on a picnic

86 - Send a postcard to Post Secret

87 - Watch the sunrise with someone I love

88 - Watch the sunset with someone I love

89 - See the ocean

90 - Skinny dip

93 - Go indoor rock-climbing

94 - Be a Secret Santa

95 - Go bowling

96 - Make homemade pizza outside the Shoppe

97 - Visit a new state

99 - Go to RenFest

100 - Bake a Layered Cake