8.10.2005

Let's try this again.

The point of this is to make 101 goals you intend to complete in 1001 days. If you read through all of them, you'll see that getting my blog up and running is goal number #88. My personal deadline is May 9th, 2008.

I'll be honest. The first 45 or so were a piece of cake. I started reaching towards the end of the goals, but I think that even the silliest ones on here will also be difficult to meet. (Look at #45- you'd think it would be so easy, but lately I've been forgetting to put any of that stuff on.)

I really hope my parents don't read this. (Isn't that sad? I'm 26 years old and afraid of the crap my parents might give me for a handful of the items on this list.)

Physical:

1- Quit smoking for good.
2- Take off at least 20 lbs.
3- Diligently wash face/remove makeup and brush teeth EVERY night, even if I'm exhausted.
4- Stop eating so much processed garbage.
5- Start exercising (pref. yoga).
6- Drink more water.
7- Limit caffenated beverages to twice a day.
8- Get at least one good, real massage.
9- Get microderm abrasion.
10- Get tested.
11- Get a gyno exam and get back on birth control.
12- Get a tubal (which will probably happen closer to the 1001 cutoff).
13- Try a Divacup.

Mental:

14- Read the books and magazines I've accumulated over the past few months.
15- Significantly cut down TV & internet time.
16- Let go of old grudges against ex-boyfriends.
17- I am a badass, awesome, sassy hot bitch who people love talking to. Start believing it.
18- Become a nicer person without losing my edge.

Creative/Artistic:

19- Expand music tastes again.
20- Learn how to silkscreen.
21- Make one piece of clothing that I could wear in public without embarassing myself.
22- Learn how to knit.
23- Make a piece of jewelry (can be simple or complex) that is both unique and appropriate for wearing out of the house.
24- Let my hair grow out one last time.
25- Learn how to make good graphics for drunkenatheist.com.
26- Take more snapshots.
27- Help make a silly movie about the pets.
28- Collaborate with Boyfriend on an artistic project of some sort.
29- DIY one piece of clothing and wear it out in public.
30- Tweak a piece of furniture. (i.e., repaint or stencil it, decoupage, etc.)
31- Have more snapshots taken of me.
32- Learn how to do more artistic makeup (i.e., high fashion type of stuff).

Interpersonal:

33- Stop picking arguments and overreacting about stupid shit because I'm feeling rammy.
34- Make at least two real life friends who share some common interests or ideologies with me.
35- Make at least one casual friend at Temple.
36- Contact at least one old friend from high school.
37- Hang out with a group of online friends at least once a year.
38- Make more out of internet time by commenting to/emailing/IM'ing e & real life friends.
39- Go to NYC at least once before the end of the year.
40- Go to Atlantic City, stay until at least 8 or 9 am and have mimosas with breakfast.
41- Go to Canada at least once before graduation.

Activism/Charity work:

42- Get involved with the Temple Feminist group.
43- Donate as much as I can to various charities.
44- Join at least one more organization whose mission appeals to me.
45- Do one thing a week for one of my causes, even if it's just wearing a button or a bracelet.
46- Get involved with at least one non-Temple related community/local group.
47- Make more vegan food for my parents.
48- Scrutinize food and clothing labels more carefully.
49- Carry mini "companies that don't test on animals" lists at all times.
50- Write Letters to the Editor and remember to actually send them.
51- Submit my story to ins.
52- Thoroughly research candidates for the upcoming elections so I can make the most informed decision possible.
53- Eradicate gendered slurs from my vocabulary. (This is going to be difficult because I'm so in the habit of letting "bitch" or "cunt" slip out that I don't even realize I'm doing it.)

Financial:

54- Make a budget and stick to it for longer than a week.
55- Ebay everything that must go.
56- Get my damn car fixed.
57- Keep up on all the regular maintenance for my car.
58- Bite the bullet and get a tattoo.
59- Plan Christmas shopping (all three years) as early as possible.
60- Go six months without coming within $100 of my Visa limit.
61- Double the money in my ING account with each financial aid disbursement.
62- Hunt at thrift stores until I find at least one cute thing.

Domestic:

63- Make daily, weekly & monthly cleaning schedules. Stick to them for longer than a month.
64- Start planning meals for every week. Cook and freeze meals on weekends.
65- Train Oswald to stop acting like a dominant little peckerhead.
66- Create or master at least 10 recipes that can be used at anytime.
67- Fix the fucking toilet.
68- Get organized.
69- Hang artwork, posters and full length mirror.
70- Paint the hallway.
71- Scrape off popcorn finish on upstairs and ceilings.
72- Get extra sets of keys made for the cars and the house.
73- Recaulk kitchen and bathroom.
74- Help my parents get their Ebay stuff squared away.
75- Sort all of my recipes and collect ones from Vegetarian Times.
76- Try one new food every month.

Academic:

77- Improve vocabulary and writing skills.
78- Bone up on French enough to take the CLEP and not fail miserably.
79- Get the Women's Studies/English double major.
80- Pick a minor and earn that.
81- Keep a GPA at or above 3.25
82- Get accepted into a MA/PhD program.
83- Secure a bangin internship.
84- Make at least one connection that will benefit me later down the road.
85- Keep on top of reading and studying instead of waiting to the last second.

Interweb/Computer:

86- Do memories/tags for feministThe Feminist Forum.
87- Update http://www.myneighborhoodsucks.com on a regular basis.
88- Make a public, but more introspective blog for http://www.drunkenatheist.com.
89- Utilize walkingbarefootmy abandoned writing journal again.
90- Get more content for Klaus and Oswald's websites.
91- Update http://www.drunkenatheist.com with real content instead of using it to host pics.
92- Get or make more usericons for my Livejournal.
93- Update abortion_infoAbortion Newsblog more often.
94- Learn how to use one program on Boyfriend's Mac.
95- Keep laptop and desktop as clean as possible. Organize files as often as possible and stop leaving crap all over the desktop.
96- Post at least one positive thing a week.

Miscellaneous:

97- Try at least one new thing every month.
98- Try one new restaurant every two months.
99- Work on my punctuality. Be on time for everything for one whole week.
100- Take a random car or regional rail/train trip to no real place for no real reason.
101- Go to a dog park with beagleface.

Now I am off to do a few of these things before bed.