Adventure

I need an adventure. SRSLY!

I think I'm going to put a tandem skydive on the list. That would be really awesome. I need to save up the $300 though. What else is there? White water rafting on the Shubie river. Kayaking (I think I could do kayaking, as opposed to canoeing ... too hard on the foot). Climbing, although not now (foot). Skating. Any other suggestions?

A fail and a possibility...

My CD exchange potluck this weekend turned out kind of meh...only lovely Jsangspar brought a CD, so we just traded CDs! There were about six people there. So even though I technically accomplished this (I did host a CD exchange) I'm marking it not done.

My friend Rebecca may need an extra or even an actor this Saturday for a film shoot! PLEASE PICK ME!

Some more dones....

Most importantly, I saw whales! In person! Ryan and I took a trip to Brier Island this weekend and went on a whale watching tour, in a little boat with big ocean swells and a chill North wind. It was super awesome.

I also went to the exhibition! I patted a horse and rode on a new ride, the pirate ship.

Also, I got my blood pressure checked today and it was normal! Good news! I thought it'd be cycling out of control or something. So my weight loss efforts are already having their desired effect.

AFI's top 100

I added a new goal. I haven't figured out how I want to remove goals without keeping a record of them. I'd like to see how the list changes. Maybe I'll keep my original post static and change the list on the side.
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Movies.

Ryan and I rented two -- Sullivan's Travels and The Deer Hunter. Watched The Deer Hunter last night. Before I started this thing I'd seen 38. Now I've seen 39.

29 to go! I'll be watching the six of the top ten I haven't already seen (plus maybe the Wizard of Oz, it's been so long), so that leaves 23 to choose from the rest of the list. Recommendations accepted!

I'll bold the ones I've already seen.

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. Raging Bull (1980)
5. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
6. Gone with the Wind (1939)
7. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
8. Schindler's List (1993)
9. Vertigo (1958)
10. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
11. City Lights (1931)
12. The Searchers (1956)
13. Star Wars (1977)
14. Psycho (1960)
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
16. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
17. The Graduate (1967)
18. The General (1927)
19. On the Waterfront (1954)
20. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
21. Chinatown (1974)
22. Some Like It Hot (1959)
23. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
24. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
25. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
27. High Noon (1952)
28. All About Eve (1950)
29. Double Indemnity (1944)
30. Apocalypse Now (1979)
31. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
32. The Godfather Part II (1974)
33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
35. Annie Hall (1977)
36. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
39. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
40. The Sound of Music (1965)
41. King Kong (1933)
42. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
43. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
44. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
45. Shane (1953)
46. It Happened One Night (1934)
47. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
48. Rear Window (1954)
49. Intolerance (1916)
50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
51. West Side Story (1961)
52. Taxi Driver (1976)
53. The Deer Hunter (1978)
54. M*a*s*h (1970)
55. North By Northwest (1959)
56. Jaws (1977)
57. Rocky (1976)
58. The Gold Rush (1925)
59. Nashville (1975)
60. Duck Soup (1933)
61. Sullivan's Travels (1958)
62. American Graffiti (1973)
63. Cabaret (1972)
64. Network (1976)
65. The African Queen (1951)
66. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
67. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
68. Unforgiven (1992)
69. Tootsie (1982)
70. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
71. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
72. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
74. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
75. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
76. Forrest Gump (1994)
77. All the President's Men (1976)
78. Modern Times (1936)
79. The Wild Bunch (1969)
80. The Apartment (1960)
81. Spartacus (1960)
82. Sunrise (1927)
83. Titanic (1997)
84. Easy Rider (1969)
85. A Night at the Opera (1935)
86. Platoon (1986)
87. 12 Angry Men (1957)
88. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
89. The Sixth Sense (1999)
90. Swing Time (1936)
91. Sophie's Choice (1982)
92. Goodfellas (1990)
93. The French Connection (1971)
94. Pulp Fiction (1994)
95. The Last Picture Show (1971)
96. Do the Right Thing (1989)
97. Blade Runner (1982)
98. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
99. Toy Story (1995)
100. Ben-Hur (1959)

Progress, at last!

Well, here we are

5. Fix foot --> Got new sneakers, thanks to miracle GST cheque. THEY ARE SO COMFORTABLE. Also sent my orthotics away today to be adjusted. Side note: my orthotist actually knows my boyfriend and his friends very well, as he used to be neighbours with Ryan's best friend! Small city.

15. Go back to being veggie --> I started this last Wednesday and it's going very well so far.

31. Clean room --> Did six enormous loads of laundry and put it away. That's a good start.

63. Go to an exhibition --> DONE! Went to the Maritime Fall Fair. It wasn't too long on animal or craft displays (boo!) but I got to see dog tricks and pat a workhorse AND I rode on the Pirate Ship, which I have never done before.

66. Bring someone flowers ---> DONE! Brought flowers to my parents for Thanksgiving dinner.

73. I lost four pounds in the past month, which is pretty good for me!

Next week's whale watching trip is still on.

SNEAKERS!

Finally! I found some! They're black and hot pink and look cute and are water-repellent and hopefully won't smell to high heaven.

Ryan is giving me a lesson on driving standard this weekend. That should totally be on the list so I'm going to put it there.

More progress

The great Google Clean-up is next weekend, October 13 and 14. I won't be signing up, but it's inspired me to get in practice for my beach cleanup by bringing a pair of gloves and garbage bag on our whale-watching trip next weekend. At least I could pick up some roadside litter or shore debris while we're walking.

Sneaker shopping on my way to a free movie with my friend Colleen tonight.

Hosting a CD exchange!

Moving right along....

Yes! I am already accomplishing some things!

• 63. This weekend, I am DEFINITELY going to the Maritime Fall Fair. Which is totally an exhibition. I mean, they have pig races and a petting zoo.
  

• 32. Next weekend, Ryan asked me if I wanted to go whale watching at Brier Island! Which is basically the coolest thing ever!
  

• 73. I think I've been losing weight but my pants size seems to be exactly the same as it ALWAYS is (I never change sizes, never have since I gained 35 pounds and lost 20 of them in frosh year). But my bras are looser. Weird.
  

• 56. This list finally motivated me to call my landlords and tell them that if the place next door (with a deck) opens up, I'd love to have a crack at it. The apartments are slightly more $ than mine but way bigger and hello, deck! If I do get one, I'm going to treat myself to painting it. I'm tired of living in a land of beige and white.

• 5. My foot's been worse lately. So, I decided to take my Visa payment for this week and buy a pair of comfy sneakers, finally. I'd been holding out for a hott pair, but they have NOT shown up at my door, so I'm going for comfortable. Also, I made an appointment with my orthotist to get my orthotics adjusted. So there you go. Next step: arch-strengthening exercises.
  

Beach cleanup

rose on Halifaxlocals wrote about my goal Do a beach clean up:

You can get your cleanup stuff for free & pool your results with international marine debris data to be used by the Ocean Conservancy. Their resources also make it ridiculously easy to get one together if you're including an unlimited amount of strangers.

COOL!

The deadline to register is August 31 and the cleanup takes place the third week in September.

A bit more about the project...

My end date is July 29, 2010.

One of my problems in coming up with this list is that I often have already done things I'd like to do. I'm impulsive like that. And not a big dreamer, apparently.

Also, please note: This list is subject to change. Also, financially, I don't think I could do all these things in 2.7 years, but I could plan for a few of them, at least. I went poking around the internet for other people's lists and ideas, and I did take a few, but I was also amazed at how much crazy overlap there was between lists.

I asked my boyfriend if he'd like to do anything on the list and he said: 4, 6, 9, 12, 13, 20, 21, 86, 91.

Anything you'd like to do with me?

So it begins

Trying out this new project -- 101 things to do in 1001 days. I've enjoyed myself composing this list, now let's see if I enjoy myself crossing things off of it!

I got the idea from Morgoid through Audra Williams. The main point of the exercise for me is to do some goal setting and some mid-to-long term planning.

Here are my goals, also repeated on the right:

101 in 1001

1. Visit New Mexico.
2. Visit the Okanagan.
3. Go back to the Royal Ontario Museum...with more time to spend.
4. Go camping.
5. Fix my foot.
6. Drive around the Cabot Trail.
7. Go back to school and/or find a career I like.
8. Go SCUBA diving.
9. Hike to the top of a mountain and watch the stars.
10. Pay off my Visa and overdraft.
11. Ride a horse.
12. Watch the sun rise on a beach.
13. Have a really great rockabilly party.
14. Eat an apple right off the tree.
15. Go back to vegetarianism.
16. Go to Smiley's Creek to look at the autumn leaves.
17. Bake a pie from scratch.
18. Learn to play five guitar songs well enough to perform for others.
19. Go kayaking.
20. Go canoeing.
21. Cook a deliciously fancy multi-course meal for my friends.
22. Bake a loaf of bread.
23. Go spelunking. And hopefully meet a BAT!
24. Ride on a big scary roller-coaster.
25. Learn how to make soups.
26. Watch 30 of AFI's top 100 movies, including the top 10.
27. Contribute to Kiva.org.
28. Buy or otherwise legitimately acquire a piece of art.
29. Go on a beautiful picnic with great food.
30. Sing a song at Karaoke.
31. Clean my room and organize every single last little thing in it.
32. See a whale (in person).
33. Go sailing.
34. Make and send a beautiful gift to my three college gal pals: Meghan, Angelina, and Sarah.
35. Go on a 100km bike trip.
36. Somehow acquire and fix up a camper or old motorhome.
37. Host an evening tea where we read through a play.
38. Write another kids' book.
39. Submit my best book to a publisher (finally!).
40. Get a volunteer job that involves teaching or reading to kids.
41. Go skinny dipping.
42. Watch sea creatures in tidal pools.
43. Go to a bonfire.
44. Have or attend a corn-boil.
45. Make something out of clay.
46. Surround myself at home with color and fun things.
47. Get myself a bouquet of gorgeous flowers.
48. Pare my books down to two bookcases' worth.
49. Go back to the library.
50. Visit Cuba.
51. Plant a tree or ten.
52. Plant fall bulbs to enjoy in the spring.
53. Go to McNab's Island or whichever island you can take a boat out to.
54. Go on a South Shore Frenchy's tour again.
55. Do yoga twice a week for at least a month.
56. Move into an apartment with a deck.
57. Make a nice big sand sculpture.
58. Make up a delicious fruity cocktail and name it after myself.
59. Eat smoothies at least twice a week for a month.
60. Eat one vegan supper, lunch, and breakfast a week for a month.
61. Visit a working farm.
62. Learn how to do minor/easy car repairs.
63. Go to an exhibition! The farm kind.
64. Make something out of wood.
65. Throw a really great Motown/Tamla party.
66. Bring someone flowers.
67. Go to an open-air cultural event...play or concert.
68. Go tubing!
69. Go white-water rafting.
70. Drive, or at least sit in, a wonderful classic car.
71. Be a film extra!
72. Get my portrait done or my picture taken for art purposes.
73. Lose ten pounds (I know it's lame, but my blood pressure is still high!)
74. Contribute faithfully to my RSP.
75. Get involved in city planning.
76. Learn how to speak better Spanish. No me recuerdo mucho ahora!
77. Go to a park, any park, at least once a week for a month.
78. Hitch a ride on a motorcycle!
79. Stay in a cottage on a lake.
80. Do a beach clean up.
81. Go swimming in a lake.
82. Sing in Messiah from Scratch again.
83. Stay in my budget for Christmas presents for once.
84. Write, and stage a semi-public reading of, a funny, rhyming poem.
85. Wander alone through the streets of a new city, or a new neighbourhood in an old city.
86. Fire a gun.
87. Make some huge bubbles with string and coat hangers.
88. Sit in a hot tub in the winter. And roll around in the snow if there is any.
89. Dress up in formal attire to do something decidedly unformal, like go for coffee.
90. Take, print out, frame, and hang, a series of fun photos.
91. Have another CD exchange, either in person or through the mail.
92. Get a shoulder/neck massage.
93. Make my living space a gorgeous, fun, welcoming place that people compliment when they come in.
94. Read a book on hosting etiquette and so on, put at least 10 recommendations into place.
95. Go to a Unitarian service, drag a friend along.
96. Build a snow sculpture.
97. Listen to classical music when cooking dinner.
98. Sing along to an opera.
99. FINALLY see the Rocky Horror Picture Show, preferably at Hallowe'en.
100. Give meditation a serious try.
101. Learn how to drive standard.