Chimeraville, v2.0: 08/01/2006 - 09/01/2006

Thursday, August 31, 2006

35. Buy a new bed

I don't know that I've ever looked forward to going to bed quite this much.

Err, well, let's say I haven't looked forward to going to bed alone quite this much. Also, whew, I almost didn't have a single thing checked off in the month of August.

Sidenote: August is also now my least favorite month EVAH.

Name: Jim

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The Mission (as seen on Triplux):
Complete 101 tasks in 1001 days.

45 down, 56 to go

~~Post this list publicly~~

~~Rip my entire CD collection to mp3 format~~

Read the Silmarillion

Stay in a 5-star hotel

~~Buy a new car (new to me, in any event)~~

~~Vote~~

Hike to a waterfall

~~Drink 8 cups of water every day for a month~~

Learn to juggle

Serve breakfast in bed to a beautiful woman

Send 20 thank you notes (0/20)

~~Buy 10 Lottery tickets~~

Fly a paper airplane off a tall building

~~Be debt free~~

Renew my library card

~~Go to the San Diego Comicon~~

~~Make it through my Netflix queue~~

Buy (or receive) a $100 bottle of Scotch

~~Buy an original piece of art~~

~~Make a list of my 101 favorite movies~~

~~Clean my apartment~~

~~Host Christmas morning~~

~~Donate 25% of my clothing to charity~~

NOT work retail for the holidays

~~Watch the Perseids out in the country~~

~~Donate blood~~

Go to three concerts (2/3; Tenacious D, Acoustic Alchemy)

~~Go all-in with a 7/2 off suit~~

~~Put up Christmas lights~~

~~Stop drinking caffeine for a month~~

Watch 5 sunrises (0/5)

Watch 5 sunsets (0/5)

~~Bring Krispy Kreme doughnuts for my staff on a busy day~~

~~Get rid of the mammoth computer desk~~

~~Buy a new bed~~

~~Watch every episode of Stargate: SG-1, in order (at least, the MacGyver episodes)~~

~~Update my address book with current phone/address. Backup on computer.~~

Lose 30 lbs

Lose 20 more lbs

~~Shave every day for a month~~

Send Christmas cards

Win a game of Monopoly

No TV for two weeks

Make a list of 101 things that make me happy

Have my fortune read

Catalog every expense (however small) for two weeks.

~~Go to a soccer/football match~~

Test drive an Audi TT

Learn 5 useful opening chess strategies

Learn 3 card tricks

See the northern lights

~~Read three non-fiction books (3/3, David Remnick's Lenin's Tomb), Rick Atkinson's An Army at Dawn, David Shenk's The Immortal Game~~

~~No fast food for one month~~

Maintain a chia pet for one month

Attempt to join MENSA

~~Go to a shooting range, shoot guns~~

Buy a PS3

Go spelunking

Donate $500 to charity ($50/500)

Take a refresher First Aid course

Do 100 push ups in a row

Do 100 sit ups in a row

~~Make $1000 on eBay ($1000/1000)~~

~~Upgrade my computer~~

~~Make every effort to track down Soren~~

Take a class (any topic)

Two words: Magic Mountain

~~Go to a film festival premiere~~

Practice Tai Chi every day for two weeks

Fly first class

Inventory my collectibles/toys

Sell half of that inventory

Buy a fish from the Pike Place Market

~~Go to an NHL game~~

Finish collecting all Akira Kurosawa films

~~Bring my lunch to work every day for a week~~

~~Go to a fancy fireworks show~~

~~Get a new watch I like~~

~~Throw a snowball~~

~~See a stage play~~

~~Play through the original Legend of Zelda in one sitting (no cheating!)~~

Make a doctor's appointment and have a thorough checkup

Visit 3 different countries (1/3; Canada)

Make a gingerbread house

Go geocaching

Inventory comic books, sell/donate 75%

~~Beat five new video games~~

Stay at a Bed and Breakfast

Join a gym

Host a LOTR:EE movie marathon

Host a Star Wars movie marathon

Show three people the glory of NetHack (0/3)

~~Post a journal entry every day for a month~~

Move out of apartment dwellings and into a house

~~Take a road trip~~

See a stand-up comic live

~~Go camping~~

~~Drink green beer on St Patrick's Day~~

Volunteer for worthy causes for a net 24 hours (0/24)

Set aside $2 a day, for all 1001 days

Spend that $2002 on something frivolous, on the last day