tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50315922011-04-21T13:45:56.915-07:00Chimeraville, v2.0Rambling, free-association, and all that good stuff.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-14117671416511864652008-06-04T23:30:00.000-07:002008-06-04T23:35:57.678-07:00Day 5Fun fact re: camera --using the USB plugdon't charge battery.Learning this hard waymeans I cannot take sweet picof 80's CD.But fortunately,still have three hundred sixtydays to get it. Yay!Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-58604661388894970192008-06-03T23:26:00.000-07:002008-06-04T23:30:17.478-07:00Day 4Best film thought ever:Hal Jordan vs. Voltron.They'll prob'ly team up.(I'm actually amused by this idea, and kind of want to geekily expound on it, but I'm probably better off leaving it alone.)Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-12880487978930756472008-06-02T23:22:00.000-07:002008-06-04T23:25:59.002-07:00Day 3It's probably worth noting that I haven't intended to necessarily take the time to post each picture each day, but I plan on updating every few days. For the record.Today's entry:Here's what it looks likewhen you don't renew your tabs.Tempting fate, bad news!Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-22666550419464252202008-06-01T23:36:00.000-07:002008-06-01T23:46:21.761-07:00Day 2...and here's the problem with the Project 365 thing for me. I'd even considered this as an issue, but had more or less figured I'd "creative" my way out of it -- my life? Kind of dull. Today, did some cleaning, played some Crackdown on the 360, went grocery shopping.I even took my camera with me to the grocery store, and was debating taking a picture of some flowers or something. MainlyJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-62205036955617782492008-05-31T00:00:00.000-07:002008-06-01T01:46:28.138-07:00Dunzo.So. I've been pretty much done with the 101/1001 thing for a while. The point at which it became abundantly clear that I would not complete a decent number of these (I'm looking at you, 24, 67, 83 and 94) I kind of lost interest in pursuing the rest of them.There's still some degree of interest in doing this again -- had it not been for #74, there would have been no St Paddy's Day road Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-41250294472448286702007-12-02T22:22:00.000-08:002007-12-02T22:33:10.700-08:0017. Make it through my Netflix queue; 79. Throw a Snowball; 80. See a Stage Play; 93. Post a journal entry every day for a monthA few general updates. I've been through with #17 for a while, just haven't gotten around to updating. It's definitely good that I established a set number; when I first started, I had 95 or so movies in my queue. Now that I've made it through 100, I have about 120 inJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-71168801206232973922007-09-20T23:20:00.000-07:002007-09-20T23:25:57.994-07:0025. Watch the Perseids out in the country; 97. Go campingLittle late on the updating, sad to say. I started a draft of this back when it was fresh news, didn't possess the attention span to finish it, and it sat in drafts for over a month. But as a wise man once said, "know thine enemy." It's not specifically applicable, but it's good advice, regardless.But I digress.So, Jason and I went Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-14813235562526782262007-08-18T00:04:00.000-07:002007-08-18T00:05:24.012-07:0065. Make every effort to track down Sorenfail...or did i?mua.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-24465207427765637442007-08-08T22:38:00.000-07:002007-08-08T22:43:04.781-07:0023. Donate 25% of my clothing to charityI completely forgot I did this when I moved a few months ago. Easy!Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-45563763801454836782007-08-06T20:05:00.000-07:002007-08-06T20:10:42.704-07:0014. Be Debt FreeOkay, so I've pretty much all but ceded that I'm not going to finish this list, but this one seems worth the effort. If I'd have to pick one thing that I didn't think was going to happen, this was pretty much a pie-in-the-sky goal. But ISU has been history for over a year, and all the older negative bits on my credit report have been resolved and have lapsed off. Now, I Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-80678737647978173332007-04-21T00:38:00.000-07:002007-04-21T00:49:58.896-07:0065. Make every effort to track down SorenSigh. So I'm finally ready to cross this one off, but not with any sort of positive result. I've done pretty much every bit of interweb sleuthing that I could come up with, to no avail. Hell, I even sprung for one of those net websites that have a list of known addresses. In this case, I got a list of 8 different addresses, at least two of which I knowJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1167211190179943492007-03-19T02:00:00.000-07:002007-03-19T02:52:22.383-07:0074. Go to an NHL game, 95. Take a road trip, 98. Drink green beer on St Patrick's DayI realize after a long absence of updates on these lists, one is supposed to avow that one has neither forgotten nor forsaken one's commitment to completing said list of tasks in 1001 days. Fact is, though, that I haven't really been paying close attention to the list, nor actively pursuing completion. Really, Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1174294447034439322006-12-27T01:52:00.000-08:002007-03-19T02:54:07.036-07:00[NOTE: I sorta fucked up and overwrote this post; fortunately, I had an old one cached in a past tab. So I haven't restored the html and images and whatnot, but at least the text is still present and accounted for.]21. Clean my apartment, 22. Host Christmas morning, 29. Put up Christmas lights, 34. Get rid of the mammoth computer deskThe first three are all tied together, ultimately. First of Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1163578291640467042006-11-15T00:09:00.000-08:002006-11-15T00:11:31.640-08:006. VoteI lost my "I Voted!" sticker. :(Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1162714722640053832006-11-04T23:47:00.000-08:002006-11-05T00:18:42.653-08:0052. Read three non-fiction booksFirst, I quote myself:One down, two to go. Finished reading David Remnick's Lenin's Tomb a little bit ago. Seriously, my brain actually feels bigger. There could actually be something to this whole "Non-Fiction" nonsense. In fact, I watched the film Everything is Illuminated a few days ago (which takes place mostly in the Ukraine), and it actually... gave me Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1160808804018709602006-10-13T23:36:00.000-07:002006-10-13T23:53:24.030-07:0019. Buy an original piece of artWaaaaaaay back in July, there was this fun little convention called the "San Diego Comic Con". While there, I wasn't really looking to spend a lot of money (failure!), and the only item I was really looking for was a cool piece of Green Lantern art. Maybe a high end sketch, or something along those lines. There was also a really nice Alex Ross print coming out Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1158628765909535372006-09-18T17:36:00.000-07:002006-09-18T18:19:25.960-07:0036. Watch every episode of Stargate: SG-1, in order (at least, the MacGyver episodes), 37. Update my address book with current phone/address. Backup on computer.First of all, yes, I realize the image is from the movie, not the show. I spent roughly three minutes looking for a good picture of the gate (just the gate), and gave up. Plus, I still really like the movie. And it's a cool poster. Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1158298963640826922006-09-14T22:24:00.000-07:002006-09-14T22:50:37.876-07:0078. Get a new watch I likeLuff. The only real problem with my new watch is it actually is much dressier in real life than it looks in the picture. Makes me think I should look into getting another watch, as an every-day type watch. But for some reason, I'm almost obsessively picky when it comes to this sort of thing (my old watch died like a year and a half ago, and it took me this long to Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1157093138890734862006-08-31T23:40:00.000-07:002006-09-14T22:52:33.593-07:0035. Buy a new bedI 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.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1153770439312119302006-07-24T12:39:00.000-07:002006-07-24T12:48:09.603-07:0016. Go to the San Diego Comic-Con, 26. Donate bloodMan, San Diego sure is hot this time of year. Maybe more writing over on the other journal later. For now, suffice to say, two more down. :)Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1153759766728362912006-07-24T09:31:00.000-07:002006-07-24T11:07:51.910-07:0047. Go to a soccer/football matchOkay, so I'm a little late on posting this one. Such is life. So, on the 8th of July, a contingency of us went to see an exhibition game played between the Seattle Sounders and Club America. Well, not so much a game as a brutal, savage beat-down. To my reasonably untrained eye, it seemed like about the first 30 minutes or so represented a fairly solid matchup.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1152245118906725692006-07-06T20:31:00.000-07:002006-07-07T00:32:14.530-07:0056, 7756. Go to a shooting range, shoot gunsWent to Wade's over in Bellevue last Saturday with Jason and Paul. They've got a large range of weapons for rental; we ended up shooting a 9mm, a .45 and a .357. The above target was my first round with the .45; not at all impressive. Yes, there are five holes on the paper. Yes, there are eight rounds in the clip. S'nice.Anyway, of the three guns, Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1150776995486530952006-06-19T19:45:00.000-07:002006-06-19T21:35:41.360-07:0068, 87, a few updates68. Go to a film festival premiereI never dreamt I'd process this thought, but... Woody Harrelson is a genius. Seriously. So a group of us got ahold of some tickets for what the SIFF was billing as "a midnight sneak peak at an animated film by..." blah blah mysterious (they were being relatively coy as for which film was going to be shown, with a few simple clues probably Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1148203841194412132006-05-21T02:26:00.000-07:002006-05-21T11:48:09.706-07:005. Buy a new car (new to me, in any event)"New to me, in any event"? Fuck that.No, let me rephrase that. Fuck that.That's better.It was perilously difficult to drive back from Portland, at nighttime, in this car, and keep my speeding to the definition of "excessive", versus "ridiculous" or "insane". This car is quick.Some details here.Did I mention it was quick?Addendum: For the record, this Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1145339205179662492006-04-17T22:44:00.000-07:002006-04-17T22:49:32.033-07:0012. Buy 10 Lottery TicketsA $265 Million jackpot seemed like as good a time as any to waste my money, y'know? Drawing's tomorrow; share in my misery as I realize I'll still have to report to work on Wednesday morning.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1142766142977275692006-03-19T02:48:00.000-08:002006-03-19T03:02:23.016-08:0028. Go all-in with a 7/2 off suitEasy as pie. And I do like pie.About once a month, everyone's favorite Comic Stop has an after-hours poker night for all the regular customers; it's been going on for about... hmm... six months, maybe? Usually there're about 20-30 people who show up to play, so there're preliminary tables, and whoever wins their table goes on to the much-ballyhoo'ed final table Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1141885534069451552006-03-08T22:23:00.000-08:002006-03-08T22:25:34.083-08:0064. Upgrade my computerIt's amazing how much a simple $35 chip of memory can boost one's computer's performance. Sweet! I feel like I can put off getting a new computer until the next 101 list.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1141199390560366802006-02-28T23:29:00.000-08:002006-03-01T00:14:37.116-08:00Yahtzee!The month of mayhem is done. And to be honest, some of these elements I think I'm going to be carrying with me, as lifestyle adjustments. But not:40. Shave every day for a monthSure, sure, it's nice to be relatively clean-cut. Whatever. But do you think I'll be shaving before going in to work tomorrow morning? Unlikely at best. As a "challenge", this was more just a pain.53. No fastJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1140990763844247042006-02-26T13:38:00.000-08:002006-02-26T14:00:25.670-08:002. Rip my entire CD collection to mp3 formatWOW time consuming. The thing that really sucked about this one, though, is that the first program I was using to rip the audio tracks, Audiograbber, spontaneously changed the bitrate it was converting to, from my preferred 192 to a paltry 56. And I didn't actually notice this, until I was down to my last five or six CDs. As a result, I essentially Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1139390196463420892006-02-08T01:06:00.000-08:002006-02-08T01:16:36.466-08:0063. Make $1000 on eBayI've been stuck at fricking $995 for a week, waiting for any one of four jackasses to actually pay their fricking tab for the items they bought. For the record, if you're a greasy Spainiard, please check the auction notes. My shipping costs are written right there. You don't have to send me multiple mails inquiring as to how much the shipping would be if you bought two Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1138604650706700032006-01-29T22:58:00.000-08:002006-01-29T23:04:10.706-08:00No news is... no news?Because, for various reasons best dealt with elsewhere, I need something that'll make me feel not quite as much like a worthless heel in life, I've decided to tackle a few long-term goals from the list, for the month of February (but I'm starting a few days early, so it doesn't feel like I'm cheating because Februrary is a shorter month). To wit, by midnight March 1, 2006, Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1136524693315171132006-01-05T20:55:00.000-08:002006-01-29T22:54:32.060-08:0020. Make a list of my 101 favorite moviesThis was perilously easy, actually. I've been Netflixing long enough, and they give you the ability to rate movies you've seen. After about 6 or 7 years, it seems like I have virtually every movie I've seen, listed on there with my rating. I feel kind of like I cheated, 'cause I just surfed down the list of everything I've rated 4-5 stars, and picked Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1136491775876587472006-01-05T11:59:00.000-08:002006-01-29T22:56:06.446-08:0081. Play through the original Legend of Zelda in one sitting (no cheating!)Pwnzed.Also finally beat the third Prince of Persia game, The Two Thrones. Best game I've played in a very long time. Highly recommended. So, #87 is at 1/5. I'm also modifying #17, Make it through my Netflix queue. I still want to be able to add things to the queue, and rearrange movies to what I have the most Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1134900004718226022005-12-18T01:47:00.000-08:002006-01-29T22:56:31.346-08:0033. Bring Krispy Kreme doughnuts for my staff on a busy dayDone, and done. I left home a bit early today to make a pilgrimage down to Krispy Kreme, and picked up 3 dozen doughnuts for my staff today. 2 dozen glazed, one dozen assorted. Unfortunately, my life wanted to try to unfold not unlike a sitcom today.See, there was really only one doughnut out of all 36 that I really wanted. I'm all aboutJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1134814397135671622005-12-17T02:05:00.000-08:002006-01-29T22:57:03.950-08:001. Post this list publiclyObviously, this is done. Basically, I thought this was important, because it creates in me some sense of accountability. If I'm the only one aware of my list, then it doesn't really matter if I drop it, does it? But if my friends, family, etc--if they know about it, and heck, are even encouraging and helping me work on it (I'm talkin' about you, #18), then I'm not going Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1134813803219548282005-12-17T01:58:00.000-08:002006-01-05T14:12:51.863-08:00The Mission (as seen on Triplux):Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.The Criteria:Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).Why 1001 Days?Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as newJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-1134813107560305642005-12-17T01:43:00.000-08:002005-12-17T01:57:55.383-08:00Three years later... Anyway, hi again. So I created this account a long time ago, ostensibly to play around with it and see if I liked blogger better than LiveJournal. Turns out I didn't really feel such a striking difference, that I was marginally inclined to change sites yet again. Obviously, I didn't. But lately a few friends had started up this "101 Things in 101 Days" dealies, and the Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031592.post-887677562003-02-08T12:26:00.000-08:002003-02-08T12:26:54.000-08:00So, this is a test right here. Yep.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608584847058603489noreply@blogger.com0