Birthday and 101 in 1001

Last week was JV's birthday. He turned 33 on Thursday. We had a great weekend out in Uppsala, but I'd like to celebrate in a small way here:

"I Love You More Than Scary Movies" card by HopSkipJumpPaper

Genuine NES Controller Wall Art by RandomID

Aren't they cool? Happy (belated) birthday to my favorite man!

Anyway, on to my list:


In progress:

I'm still biking towards Rivendell. (6 - 1) I'm at 415 kilometers!

Another post and comment. (1 - 3) (7 - 3)

I finished another nonfiction book, A History of Histories. (9 - 2) Very dense, but a very interesting read and I'd recommend it to anyone with a fondness for history and politics. He also includes a selected bibliography of recommended historical works, which might become part of a future 101 list.

I finished another WhatCulture article and have started on another. (10 - 16) I have two more to pitch stewing at the back of my brain.


Completed:

 I'm embarrassed to say that it took me so long to finish A History of Histories that it qualified as an "owned for over a year" book. (2 - 12) Any other book I've owned for over a year is currently packed up in a box across the Atlantic Ocean, so that's the end of my "book backlog" goals for this list. Still, I read more this time around than I did the first list, so that's a promising trend!

I also brushed my teeth every night for two weeks. (6 - 6) I'm not sure if it's a habit now because I live with someone, or if it's a habit because of the goal; I think both are factors, to be honest.

Failed:

None!

The entire list is after the jump.

1. Self Reliance and Actualization
1. Finish 101 list (22 / 25)
2. Revise every 6 months (3 / 5) (Next one due: 1 July, 2014)
3. Post weekly updates (81 / 143)
4. Learn 500 Korean words (285 / 500)
5. Finish Talk to Me in Korean up to at least level 4 (30 / 40)
6. Read three chapters of "Doktor Glas" in Swedish. (1 / 3)
7. Get my Swedish ID card.

1 / 7


2. Earthly Delights and the Root of All Evil
1. Finish Project Rae
2. Finish Project Rae-inspired bracelet
3. Make at least one new piece of jewelry every month (27 / 33)
4. Finish 3 books I've owned for over a year but haven't read yet (3 / 3)
5. Close account at Shinhan bank
6. Collect pension
7. Wire money home
8. Get jeans hemmed
9. Acquire three new "nice" tops. (3 / 3)
10. Find a replacement for my brown palazzo pants.
11. Finish 5 books I've owned for over a year but haven't read yet. (5 / 5)
12. Finish 7 books I've owned for over a year but haven't read yet (7 / 7)

11 / 12


3. Local Places and Ideas
1. Go to Penn's Cave
2. Go to Secret Caverns
3. Read everything off the TIME Top 100 Novels list (75 / 100)
4. Go on a Uijeongbu photo safari
5. Go to Jeju
6. Go to Gwangju
7. Go to Atlantic City
8. Go to Suwon Fortress

5 / 8


4. Family
1. Find out Tess's maiden name
2. Email Mom-mom (5 / 12)

1 / 2


5. Entertainment and Creativity
1. Clean out music library
2. Organize music library
3. Watch the IMDB Top 100 Movies (fetched in October of 2009) (60 / 100)
4. Catch up on Community (18 / 18)
5. Finish IT Crowd (8 / 8)
6. Watch every MST3K episode (110 / 198)
7. Finish outlining screenplay
8. Write at least 45 pages of the screenplay (20 / 45)
9. Finish outlining novel
10. Write at least 25,000 words of the novel (23,624 / 25,000)
11. Participate in all available NaNoWriMos (2 / 3)
12. Watch every Star Trek TOS episode (80 / 80)
13. Watch every extant episode of the first two Doctors (26 / ?)

4 / 13


6. Health
1. Cycle to Rivendell (415 / 737)
2. Weight train 2x a week (1 week)
3. Weight train 2x a week (2 weeks)
4. Weight train 2x a week (4 weeks)
5. Brush teeth every day (1 week)
6. Brush teeth every day (2 weeks)
7. Brush teeth every day (4 weeks)
8. Go to the dentist
9. Eat fresh produce every day (1 week)
10. Eat fresh produce every day (2 weeks)
11. Eat fresh produce every day (4 weeks)
12. Do morning calisthenics every day (1 week)
13. Do morning calisthenics every day (2 weeks)
14. Do morning calisthenics every day (4 weeks)
15. Complete the 30 day plank challenge.

7 / 15


7. Relationships
1. Give feedback on "Pug in a Slingshot"
2. Give feedback on Bryan's newest script.
3. Comment on one other Mission 101 blog per week (84 / 143)
4. Give feedback to Kat on "Familiar."

2 / 4


8. (Cleaning Out) Heavy Stuff
1. Private! (1 / 3)
2. FB purges (2 / 3)
3. Write my will

0 / 3


9. Broadening Horizons
1. Go to Cambodia/Philippines/Thailand (just one)
2. One non-fiction book a month (20 / 33)
3. Outline thesis argument
4. Find one good thesis source
5. One foreign movie a month (21 / 33)
6. One documentary a month (13 / 33)
7. Listen to, and take notes on, 60 episodes of "The History of Rome." (7 / 60)
8. Listen to, and take notes on 12 episodes of "The Ancient World." (0 / 12)

0 / 8


10. Professionalism
1. Make Etsy about page
2. Get a FB page photo
3. Update FB daily 1 week
4. Update FB daily 2 weeks
5. Update FB daily 4 weeks
6. Blog 3x a week 1 week
7. Blog 3x a week 2 weeks
8. Blog 3x a week 4 weeks
9. Register a proper domain name
10. List a new item on Etsy daily 1 week
11. List a new item on Etsy daily 2 weeks
12. List a new item on Etsy daily 4 weeks
13. Get a blog header
14. Write 3 articles a day, once.
15. Write 5 articles for WhatCulture (5 / 5)
16. Write 10 articles for WhatCulture (8 / 10)

6 / 16


11. Politicking
1. Vote in one local election (if possible)
2. Vote in one presidential election

0 / 2


12. A Helping Hand
1. Donate cast-off Korea clothing to Isaac's House.
2. Finish volunteer stint at the Great Vision school with only five or fewer absences.
3. Donate $100 in microloans ($104 / 100)
4. Donate $2 to a literacy charity for every unread book on the TIME Top 100 List
5. Donate $2 to the OLL for every unwatched movie on the IMDB Top 100 List
6. 30,000 more grains on FreeRice (30,000 / 30,000)
7. 70,000 grains on FreeRice (56,000 / 70,000)
8. Send 5 surprise packages. (6 / 5)

5 / 8


98 / 101 written, 3 undecided.

41 / 101 finished!

5 / 101 failed!