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?