101/1001: The list.

Start: 28/03/2009

End: 24/12/2011

1. take a train mostly, if not only, for the journey itself as opposed to the destination.
2. drink only water for five days. [0/5]
3. actually take back an item of clothing that i buy on impulse that either doesn’t fit or i don’t like.
4. learn to play a piece on the piano, or rather on my sister’s keyboard. this would preferably be moonlight sonata or similar, but let’s not get carried away.
5. actually read a novel by chuck palahnuik.
6. read 5 shakespeare plays. re-reads are okay. [0/5]
7. take my multi-vitamins every day for thirty consecutive days. [0/30]
8. watch a sunrise. actually watch it, not just be awake whilst it happens.
9. read a newspaper every day for a month. the metro doesn’t count. [0/30]
10. bake carrot cake from richard’s mum’s recipe.
11. complete the clockword in the metro ten times without cheating. collaborative efforts are okay. [0/10]
12. apologise when i’m wrong. just once.
13. apologise even if i know i was right. again, just once.
14. visit two countries i’ve never been to before. [0/2]
15. write a paper i’m really, truly proud of.
16. hug fifty different people. with reason. random, meaningless hugs do not count. [14/50]
17. read ten ‘classic’ novels. [0/10]
18. sleep under the stars. a balcony/patio/garden is fine.
19. purchase a plain, black hoodie.
20. watch five foreign films. [3/5]
21. be able to recite two poems by heart. [0/2]
22. build a snowman.
23. donate blood, should i ever weigh enough to do so. failing this, encourage someone else to and go with them to do it.
24. dance at a wedding.
25. sit/stand out in heavy rain in my underwear. (er, again..)
26. be okay with the fact that i’m short.
27. ditto the above for the fact that i have little boobs.
28. go camping. pitching a tent and sleeping in the garden doesn’t count.
29. monitor and record my weight every two weeks for six months. [0/12]
30. buy three skirts that i will actually wear. wear them. out. [3/3]
31. find a white wine i actually like.
32. visit caroline in leicester.
33. visit lottie in swansea.
34. pass my driving test.
35. take a self-defense class.
36. finish reading ‘the stand‘ by stephen king. the full, original, uncut edition that i’ve started at least three times. yes, that one.
37. watch all the seasons of buffy the vampire slayer. in order. [4/7]
38. watch at least season one of angel all the way through, to give it a fair chance.
39. go to the theatre.
40. take big-little sister to a gig.
41. take little-little sister to the zoo.
42. get re-fitted and buy three decent, well-fitting bras.
43. visit a capital city outside the uk.
44. go to the cinema fifteen times. [4/15]
45. send big-little sister some snail mail from uni.
46. send my ma a surprise present.
47. buy/beg/steal/borrow/somehow obtain a camera.
48. swim in the ocean without majorly freaking out about seaweed. minor freakouts permissible.
49. eat out at a restaurant on ten different occasions. i don’t do this nearly often enough. [2/10]
50. buy two pairs of jeans that are good and fit well. yes, two. hopefully this is not impossible. [0/2]
51. keep some kind of record of interesting/important things that happen in my life for at least six months.
52. do some kind of public speaking.
53. get “passione” and “verità” tattooed on the inside of my arms.
54. learn how to make brownies from scratch.
55. do something fun for my birthday at least once.
56. have a night out drinking without smoking.
57. sew something useful with my sewing machine.
58. have a picnic.
59. get my legs waxed.
60. paint a picture on canvas even though i fail at art.
61. have a water fight.
62. learn to crochet.
63. go caffeine-free for two weeks. [0/14]
64. dance by myself if no one will dance with me.
65. actually get my 5-a-day for one week. [0/7]
66. visit two castles. [0/2]
67. visit two abbeys. [0/2]
68. visit two cathedrals. [0/2]
69. try sushi.
70. try a fruit i’ve never eaten before.
71. try a vegetable i’ve never eaten before.
72. don’t watch any tv/dvds for two weeks. [0/14]
73. buy myself flowers. because i’m cool.
74. learn to eat with chopsticks.
75. say “yes” to ten things i’d usually say “no” to. [0/10]
76. take a walk, feed some ducks.
77. take some kind of dance class.
78. do something truly impulsive.
79. blame a creative mishap on my external genius.
80. thank my external genius for something that goes well.
81. get a professional manicure.
82. leave a note in thirty library books. [0/30]
83. use my sandwich toaster. to make a toasted sandwich. (obvious, perhaps, but i thought i should clarify.)
84. learn some basic first aid.
85. buy ten cds. [0/10]
86. buy ten dvds. [10/10]
87. stand up for myself.
88. get something pierced, if only my ears again.
89. obtain five new peacock-related objects. [3/5]
90. buy some perfume that i actually like. wear it often.
91. learn lorenzo’s speech about music from the merchant of venice. or at least the part of it i love.
92. use lorenzo’s speech in conversation.
93. make a mix cd (a playlist will do if making a physical cd is impossible) every week. label it with the date and keep a track listing for it. review periodically.
94. buy a really good eyeliner and mascara, since this is the only make-up i ever wear.
95. watch seven of these films.
96. read the bloody iliad since it’s been sat on my shelf forever.
97. cook five recipes out of any of my various cookbooks. [0/5]
98. compliment ten strangers. [0/10]
99. assuming i have a camera, take one picture per day for five months. [0/150]
100. cut out red meat for at least three weeks. [0/21]
101. do something to raise funds/awareness for the cystic fibrosis trust.

Completed : 20/101

In progress/planned: 11/101

Failed: 3/101