ok, so i may have been little ambitious in my list making. i now realize how hard it is to say you will do something ‘every day’ or ‘every week.’ below is the revised list that is more doable for an actual human person (!!!= new or revised entry–i only changed 17–not bad) and it shows i’ve made some progress–the **starred stuff has been done already, or is in process.
My List (to be completed by 9.27.2010)
1 Visit The Garden of Eden in Lucas, KS (http://www.garden-of-eden-lucas-kansas.com)
2 Read all the books I bought at the Lawrence Library Sale
3 Read all of the Bukowski Letters
4 ** Watch Band of Brothers
5 Read Pride and Prejudice
6 ** See 15 films at Liberty Hall (1 down)
7 Attend 15 concerts
8 ** Upload all my CDs to itunes (1/2 way there–14 gigs and counting)
9 ** Blog twice a week (so far)
10 Travel outside the US
11 !!! Listen to more hours of music each week than TV I watch
12 !!! Write more letters
13 Learn to cook something gourmet
14 Go to Chicago to visit Jen and Kyle and Jonny K.
15 Work out AT LEAST 3x a week, every week
16 !!! Have dinner with Alex at twice a week
17 ** Take a multivitamin everyday
18 Read 25 Young Adult Novels
19 !!! Write more poetry
20 Go to Vegas with Alex, Ben, and Erin
21 ** Rediscover my natural hair color
22 !!! Get to where I can walk 5 miles on the walking trails in Lawrence
23 Buy a GOOD pedometer
24 Cook on weekends for food all week
25 Watch the sunrise over Clinton Lake
26 Watch the sunset over Coronado Heights
27 Attend a wine tasting
28 Visit the Kemper Museum
29 Visit the Nelson Atkins Museum
30 ** See Ebert’s ‘102 Movies You Must See’ (made the list of the ones I haven’t seen)
31 Go to Rolling HIlls Wildlife Refuge
32 Watch Apocalypse Now
33 Reread all Tom Robbins novels
34 Go hiking with Brandon
35 Take more pictures
36 Take the Boulevard Brewing Co. Tour
37 Staff 3 Lovewell Sessions
38 Learn to write grant proposals
39 Take a class with my mother
40 Participate in a 5k
41 !!! *** Rearrange my classroom
42 Learn to love exercise
43 Eat more fruits and vegetables
44 Volunteer on a political campaign
45 Direct a play
46 Be in a play/musical
47 Get “We All Shine On” tattoo
48 Learn to draw a cool tree
49 ** Buy new eyeglasses
50 Teach a Creative Writing class
51 Use my shit detector more often–Jason, this means you
52 Talk to or hang out with Teryn once a month
53 Spend a long weekend with Lisa, John, and Alex
54 Whiten my teeth
55 Visit Nicodemous, KS (http://www.legendsofamerica.com/OZ-Nicodemus.html)
56 Visit the Lake of the Ozarks
57 Spend a long weekend in Omaha
58 See The Cure in concert
59 See James Taylor in concert
60 See Ani again now that we are both older and wiser
61 Get a real pair of cowboy boots
62 Stop smoking when I drink
63 Swim in the ocean again
64 Drink at least 64 oz of water every day
65 !!! Become more comfortbale with my body
66 Get a dog
67 Buy a house
68 Wear a size 12 dress to Alex’s law school graduation in May ‘08
69 Read “Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker”
70 See all of David Mamet’s films
71 !!! Beat a video game without cheating
72 Take a long, hot bath once a week
73 !!! Go on more walks with my mom
74 !!! ** Stock my school fridge with healthy snacks each wek
75 !!! Be at least 1 week ahead in my lesson plans
76 ** Visit the Hunger Site 3x a week (www.thehungersite.com)
77 Write a book (at least 150 pages)
78 Save $10/week
79 Go to California
80 Go dancing at least 3x a year
81 See 6 professional plays or musicals
82 Go to a hockey game
83 Go to a KU basketball game with my dad
84 Have dinner at some chichi place on the Plaza (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chichi)
85 ** Throw out/donate/sell 100 things I don’t need (in my trunk, waiting to be dropped off!)
86 !!! Color more often
87 Create an art piece to hang on the wall
88 Burn incense 3x + a week
89 Attend the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Summer Teacher’s Institute
90 !!! Read more poetry
91 !!! Take a roadtrip with Alex
92 Watch all of Kate Winslet’s films
93 Buy and watch entire season of Flight of the Conchords
94 Watch AFI’s Top 100 films
95 Create my own Top 100 films
96 Make a list of MUST READ books for my friends
97 ** Try a new food every month
98 !!! Limit impulse shopping
99 !!! Write down all purchases in checkbook
100 Get a neoprene case for Stella
101 !!! For each incomplete task after 1001 days, donate $2 to Democratic Party (I I realized I could never live with myself if I gave money to the Republicans, no matter what the reason)
Your list is super-fantastico! I’m gonna stick with donating to the Republicans. It’s the only way to keep myself motivated. Besides, if I don’t support old rich white people, who will?
Fascinating list, Shannon. Did you know that Tom Robbins’ next novel is coming out under Bukowski’s publisher’s imprint? How is the Robbins reread going?
dale, i’ve visited your site for years–how cool that you left a comment here. no, i did not know about the bukowski tie in with robbins
the reread begins in a couple of weeks, once i finish lesson planning for spring1