Start date: 24 November 2008
End date: 22 August 2011
Things Completed: 4
Things In Progress: 11
Books and TV:
4. Read all Jane Austen books that I haven’t already read (basically everything except Pride and Prejudice): Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Persuasion.
5. Read all Harry Potter books back to back. (0/7)
11. Read the Bible.
16. Read ‘The Return of the King’.
17. Watch all episodes of Green Wing in close proximity to one another. (0/18)
37. Watch ‘What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?’
38. Watch ‘Goodbye Pork Pie’.
39. Watch ‘2000 Maniacs’.
40. Read ‘The Bone People’.
46. Watch every episode of Dawson’s Creek. (16/128)
61. Read Phillip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy. (0/3)
62. Watch the BBC ‘Pride and Prejudice’.
63. Read the other two ‘Little Women’ books (Little Men and Jo’s Boys). (0/2)
69. Watch ‘Love, Actually’ and count the number of times each character says ‘actually’.
Education:
15. Attend services at three different religions’ ‘houses of worship’. (0/3)
23. Learn Maori, enough to be able to have a decent conversation with my aunt and cousin.
35. Learn NZ sign language.
47. Learn some Russian.
48. Learn some Irish Gaelic.
64. Complete a General Knowledge crossword in the Sunday Star-Times without looking at the answers (research tools, eg Encyclopaedias, dictionaries allowed, but not internet.)
65. Be able to name all NZ Prime Ministers.
86. Learn all the words to ‘Te Harinui’.
Entertainment:
18. Go to a Southern Steel game at Stadium Southland.
19. Go to a Silver Ferns game at Stadium Southland.
20. Go to a netball world cup final (pref one that involves NZ).
21. Go to the ballet.
25. Have a SingStar night.
36. Given the chance, go to another Missy Higgins concert.
41. Go to a gay bar.
54. Sing karaoke (singstar doesn’t count).
60. Download/burn every Spice Girls song that I don’t already have.
66. Get a palm/tarot reading and see how spectacularly wrong they get me and how full of woo they are.
77. Go to a concert by a NZ artist (pref. Gin).
88. Go to ‘Scared Scriptless’ at least once every three months. (1/11)
97. Compete in a pub quiz.
Food:
29. Make a Christmas cake without breaking the wooden spoon.
45. Learn to make good curry.
72. Try magic fruit.
87. Make an apple pie.
92. Make paneer.
99. Eat a frozen Milky Way bar.
100. Introduce someone to Violet Crumble.
General Life Goals:
1. Move out of home.
2. Get my driver’s licence.
6. Own a motorised vehicle.
7. Travel somewhere outside NZ.
8. Adopt a dog from the SPCA.
33. Get first aid certificate.
59. Buy a house.
Health/Activity/Body:
3. Take a ballet class.
13. Lose 5-10kg and/or get in shape.
14. Get involved with netball again.
24. Get the Gardasil vaccine.
28. Stop biting my nails!
52. Eat no junk food for seven consecutive days. (0/7)
56. Get a molecheck.
70. Eat vegan for a month.
74. Be able to do 50 press-ups (not girl ones).
75. Be able to do 50 sit-ups.
76. Get my hearing tested properly.
80. Get hair trimmed regularly (once a month). (0/34)
84. Buy mouthwash and use it regularly.
Projects/Creativity:
22. Do project 365.
26. Find out about glacier ring. If possible, get one made. Wear it regularly and DON’T lose it.
31. Write something I really love and keep loving.
42. Repaint my old white bookshelf, or just sand paint off and varnish. Also put a back on it.
49. Put all old movies onto DVD.
50. Make something creative with the canteen bandannas that I don’t wear anymore.
53. Make a blanket to send to Project Linus.
67. Consolidate my writings into a clearfile, all typed, etc.
68. Enter the Sunday Star-Times short story competition every year during the 1001 days. (0/3)
71. Write a story/poem for O and maybe make it into a book.
81. Organise storage system for crafty stuff.
85. Make/decorate 5 photo frames. (0/5)
91. Give surprise balls to five people for birthday presents. (0/5)
94. Press kowhai every spring during the 1001 days. (1/3)
Random Stuff/Personal:
12. Ask someone out successfully.
27. Obtain poster/copy of poster from wine shop.
30. Own an iPod/other MP3 player.
32. Write to my grandma on a regular basis (at least one letter a month). (1/34)
43. Own a beanbag.
44. Replace my old and battered watch with something I love just as much.
51. Own gumboots.
55. Buy two of something that I really like, so that when one wears out I have another.
57. Wear different coloured contact lenses.
58. Once quit biting nails, get a manicure.
73. Blog about all completed goals.
78. Obtain a new bookcase.
79. Resist temptation to dye/cut hair, or get a fringe.
82. Convince at least one person of the fact that ‘youse’ should be added to the English language as a second person plural pronoun.
83. Write a letter to the editor.
89. Try to find out about X.
93. Play a game of chess on the giant set in the square.
95. Every month, write down my top five name combos for each sex. (1/34)
98. Get a new ID card.
101. Buy a colouring book and colour in all the pictures.
Service/Giving:
9. Give blood regularly (at least 3 times a year). (0/9)
10. Sponsor a child (with a non-religious organisation).
34. Find out about volunteer paramedics. If possible, volunteer.
90. One year, give everyone a different Christmas decoration for Christmas.
Cone Head since you don’t like having your photo taken I am looking forward to the array of objects and people that you will photograph for Project 365 . Hmm the Ferns don’t play at Stadium Southland very often so you will have to take the chance if it comes up .
Good luck with your list .
Luke: When I did Project 365 (ok so I’m officially still doing it this year, but I hardly bother taking photos anymore) I hardly took any photos of myself. I have a couple of self portraits, but they’re mostly of other stuff/people.
Maybe I’ll do it again next year and challenge Brooke to take more pictures than me!
Fair enough . Admittedly if I did Project 365 I would run out of anything remotely interesting to photograph in a short space of time .
11. I’ll do this with you! I think we should start at the beginning of next year and do the Brio challenge thing`
15. Buddhism, Judaism and Destiny Church FTW!
21. This is one of mine too! Snap!
41. LOL! Are there any gay bars in Chch? That could be really amusing!
66. This will be hilarious! You should lie to them and see if they pick up on it.
88. Christmas Scriptless FTW!
2. I can sit my restricted in 3 weeks! THAT is how long I have had my learners for…and no…I still don’t know how to drive!
8. Please don’t let me come with you when you do this, I WILL leave with a new furry friend…or several.
3 & 13. I think these could go together. Canterbury Ballet has adult classes. I investigated it last term but it clashed with uni.
28. So how long do they have to get before you consider the biting “stopped”?
52. HAH! HAHAHAHAH!
22. YAY! I’m going to do it next year too, and I WILL take decent photos!
81. Inspiration: http://scrapbook.com/gallery/scraproom/0/-1.html
91. This idea is so cute, although I reckon it’d be hard to find nice stuff little enough to be wrapped up. Hmm.
32. Isn’t this also in progress now?
101. Hehehe! Fun! Winnie the Pooh FTW!
You haven’t updated the top bit! It still says 0 are completed!
I just realised I completed another one of mine too, I has a photo with Santa Claus. I think. Is it cheating if the Santa Claus also happens to be your father?
@ Holly: now I have! I also wrote a letter to my Grandma today, so that’s another one in progress.
Lol it definitely counts if your dad is Santa!
Haven’t you done #44 now? Don’t you have a new watch?
this is awesome! i think i want to do something like this now
Great list!
Good luck!
Tara
http://dayzero.ning.com
Awesome list you make me want to do one too