Sunday, December 2, 2012

101 in 1001: Update


Wow, I've neglected to update about this here! I've been so caught up in my vacation and leaving Korea, I guess. Well, now I'm home, so there's no excuse.

In progress:

I finished a book from the TIME Top 100 list, Lucky Jim. (3 - 3) It was pretty good, though not the most mind-blowing thing I've read on the list so far. On the other hand, definitely not the worst. I also started reading Cry, The Beloved Country.

I also emailed my grandmother for Thanksgiving. (4 - 2)

I watched a North Korean "documentary" on Western propaganda. I use the word documentary very loosely, but they still make some unsettling points. Of course, whether or not it's actually North Korean can't really be verified, but I'm still going to count it both as a documentary and as a foreign movie. (9 - 5) (9 - 6)

Completed:

I sent my moderately-sized pile of money home, including my pension. (2 - 6) (2 - 7)

As you've seen from my posts and pictures, I also went to Gwangju. (3 - 6)

I went to the dentist and got a few cavities filled. (6 - 8)



Failed:

None since the last update.

21 / 101 completed!

1 / 101 failed!


1. Self Reliance and Actualization
1. Finish 101 list (9 / 24)
2. Revise every 6 months (5) (Next one due: 1 January, 2013)
3. Post weekly updates (20 / 143)
4. Learn 500 Korean words (285 / 500)
5. Finish Talk to Me in Korean up to at least level 4 (30 / 40)

0 / 5


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 (5 / 33)
4. Finish 3 books I've owned for over a year but haven't read yet
5. Close account at Shinhan bank
6. Collect pension
7. Wire money home
8. Get jeans hemmed

5 / 8

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 (61 / 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

4 / 8

4. Family
1. Find out Tess's maiden name
2. Email Mom-mom (3 / 12)

0 / 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) (59 / 100)
4. Catch up on Community (18 / 18)
5. Finish IT Crowd (8 / 8)
6. Watch every MST3K episode (107 / 198)
7. Finish outlining screenplay
8. Write at least 45 pages of the screenplay (6 / 45)
9. Finish outlining novel
10. Write at least 25,000 words of the novel (10,000 / 25,000)
11. Participate in all available NaNoWriMos (1 / 3)
12. Watch every Star Trek TOS episode (41 / 80)
13. Watch every extant episode of the first two Doctors (23 / ?)

3 / 13

6. Health
1. Finish C25K
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)

4 / 14

7. Relationships
1. Email Rudolfo
2. Give feedback on "Pug in a Slingshot"
3. Give feedback on "Camilla of Uijeongbu"
4. Comment on one other Mission 101 blog per week (20 / 143)
5. Give feedback on "A Picture of France Nyuen."

1 / 5

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


9. Broadening Horizons
1. Go to Cambodia/Philippines/Thailand (just one)
2. One non-fiction book a month (8 / 33)
3. Outline thesis argument
4. Find one good thesis source
5. One foreign movie a month (10 / 33)
6. One documentary a month (5 / 33)


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

1 / 13

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


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
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)

3 / 6


85 / 101 written, 16 undecided.

21 / 101 finished!

1 / 101 failed!

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