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I seriously thought I'd posted updates before now! I'm so falling down on my task. Lol. Anyways! Here is the updates on everything so far:

50. Paint & glue together Super Dungeon Explorers game

This one I suppose is not QUITE technically true, I've noticed we missed a few spots & I think there are 2 or 3 miniatures we haven't painted yet. But I'm gonna call it because you really can't tell they aren't painted. Took Cal & I way too many days in a row to do it, I know MY back was aching from the horrible hunched over position I was holding to paint the tiny things. I'll post a picture of some of the models a little later, the game is in my car for this weekend.

76. Watch a horror film all the way through 


I watched Woman in Black on the floor, cuddling Cal & a blanket WAY TOO CLOSE on the night of my anniversary. We had decided it would be a good one because it was supposed to be not all that scary (THEY LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIED!!!!) & it had Daniel Radcliffe. I don't think I would ever watch it again, but then, horror films freak me out terribly & I tried to cause permanent crushing damage to Cal in parts. But I made it all the way through!


87. Make bread

A common theme for our in house date nights is cooking new & kinda complicated things. Last month we made homemade cinnamon dessert bread. I'd heard horror stories of yeast not behaving & all kinds of things, so I admit, I was quite nervous. But it all turned out perfectly & was pull apart yummy. Since then we've also made cheese crackers....those were not as awesome....

91. Private


Completed, sorry! That's all you get.




In Progress:


5. Make a list of 101 quotes that are inspirational - I've been combing my quotation books, it's been a lot of fun actually!


23. Visit 5 cities I've never been to - On a recent trip I went to 3 new cities


52. Complete the main storyline in Skyrim - I'm level 41 now & still having a blast! I'm not sure I'm really anywhere near the main quest line, been doing the quest line for the Mage College (the Arch Mage just died....& I may or may not have TOTALLY raided his entire room >.>) as well as the Thieves Guild (just got accepted as a member). Plus a bunch of side quests, as usual.


73. Reorganize & catalog my books - Is the next major project after the craft room (which is also shaping up pretty good now)

74. Cowrite with Cal - We have plans to start hashing out the details tomorrow (as well as another kinda in my head scary idea)


77. Watch the alphabet in movies - I've actually been doing decently at this, though I apparently really like movies that start with D...


84. Make 2 wallpapers a month or equivalent number - I'm 2 behind at the moment, though September hasn't ended yet! So in theory I'll catch up in time. I may at the end of the challenge post a link to all the wps made. Though to be warned, lately it's been a WHOLE lot of Doctor Who.

2012-2015 101 Things List

June 1st, 2012 to February 2nd, 2015 is the time frame this time around! You'll see some repeats from last year, some are rephrased some are word for word. This time around I organized it a bit better by category so it's easier to find stuff (last year was a pest on that fact!)

This will be continually updated as I complete things or begin progress on them. Also, if you notice any typos or errors let me know (I do know that after 100 the list gets a little off kilter looking, I'll try to fix it later)

Completed
In progress

Without further ado, here's this go rounds list of 101 things!

Personal Development

1.       Find/create a job I enjoy most days
2.       Write myself a letter on the starting day of the challenge to be opened on the last day of the challenge
3.       Make a list of my fears & what I can do to face them
4.       Get married
5.       Make a list of 101 quotes that inspire me & turn them into posters/comp wallpapers/wallet cards, etc
6.       Write a living will
7.       Answer the 50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind
8.       Say “yes” to something I would normally not
9.       Score 4 food points a day for a month
10.   Wear make up for a week straight
11.   Create a Memory Jar
12.   Keep in better contact with far away friends (I MISS you & I’m terrible at keeping in touch….)
13.   Complete entire nightly ritual for 1 month
14.   Not be a worrywart for 1 day (when on vacation doesn’t count)
15.   Read my grandpa’s “biography”
16.   Keep my desk continuously clean for a month


Travel/Explore/Culture

17.  Go camping with Dan
18.  Visit Yosemite
19.   Have a picnic breakfast in Redwoods/Central Park/the beach/Golden Gate Park
20.   Explore 10 museums I’ve never been to before
21.   Go to Winchester Mansion on a Friday the 13^th or during their flashlight tours in October
22.   Do Old Sac’s underground tour
23.   Visit 5 cities I’ve never been to before
24.   Go to a con I’ve never been to (kinda aiming for Gen Con…)
25.   Go to the Six Flags
26.   Go to a Renaissance Faire
27.   See a play at Lake Tahoe’s Shakespeare Festival
28.   See an opera (going to the recorded version at the movie theater is acceptable)
29.   Sleep next to Cal once a weekend for one month

Work Out

30.   Create & maintain some sort of work out routine
31.   Run in a 5k/10k race
32.   Do yoga
33.   Take a dance class for a style I’ve never done before
34.   Learn to rollerskate well enough to do open scrimmage roller derby when it comes around again
35.   Buy a Bosu & learn to use it
36.   Run a mile in less than 10 minutes
37.   Bike 3 miles without dying
38.   Go swing dancing & know what I’m doing
39.   Find an outdoor activity/sport I enjoy doing & DO IT


Social

40.   Go to the Mermaid bar in Sacramento
41.   Host a murder mystery party
42.   Host a dinner party (well…cohost…I’ll certainly drag Cal into helping…)
43.   Start/join a book club (maybe online?)
44.   Create a scavenger hunt
45.   Plan an Arkham Horror Halloween party (complete with costumes, themed food & drink)
46.   Go to the club & dance/social
47.   Do karaoke without turning red
48.   Have a girls night out once a year
49.   Go out on a planned date once a month


Gaming

50.   Paint & glue together Super Dungeon Explorers game
51.   GM a table top game
52.   Finish main storyline at the very least to Skyrim


Business

53.   Tuck away $100 a year in studio account
54.   Teach a beginning knitting class
55.   Take a business/entrepreneurial class to get a better understanding of undertaking
56.   Make a mock business plan & theorize how many people actually want to co-own with
57.   Teach a jewelry making class
58.   Make a tutorial on something crafty & post it on my blog
59.   Attend SXSW


Clothes/Jewelry

60.   Find & buy a ring to balance left hand
61.   Get a custom corset
62.   Buy a dress from Pinup Clothing


Photography

63.   Take at least 1 new art style photo weekly
64.   Learn how to do studio lighting for photography
65.   Buy a telephoto lens
66.   Do a Star Trail photograph
67.   Enter a photography contest
68.   Sell one of my photographs
69.   Push myself to take pictures of you know…PEOPLE…


Writing/Reading

70.   Participate in NaNo WriMo
71.   Finish “Harry Potter Page to Screen”
72.   Read 5 banned books
73.   Re-organize & log all my books
74.   Co-write a short story with Cal
75.   Find 5 new online comics
76.   Watch a horror film all the way through (not the semi fluff ones like Cabin in the Woods)
77.   Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen so that I watch the entire alphabet

Craftiness

78.   Learn 101 new recipes (starting COMPLETELY over)
79.   Put together & quilt 3 quilts (rag quilts DO NOT count)
80.   Learn some new crafty thing each year
81.   Update my crafty blog twice a week for 6 months
82.   Make 5 homemade cards & send them to people just because
83.   Tweak/make my own template for BOTH of my blogs
84.   Make 2 new wallpapers a month (or make an equivalent amount)
85.   Make my Koi fish skirt
86.   Finish 1 of the i-bead bags
87.   Make bread

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The Doomsday List Revisted

I ended up completing 24 challenges, ALMOST a quarter of them. I  was working on (some of which I have lost interest in) 11 when the challenge ended. A few I was close to completing but most I wasn't remotely close at all.

I enjoyed having this list, though the way life went I really had no chance to achieve several of these. Which is okay, means I have more things to look forward to! I am planning on doing another list (otherwise I'd have no use for this blog nor continuing to strive to achieve goals and that would suck...) so expect another list up mid June/early July maybe? I'm traveling this summer so things may not fall in line.

1. Get a new job that I at least enjoy most of the time
2. Move out of parent's house
3. Furnish place well without breaking the bank
4. Pass all my classes on the first try at JC
   
5. Transfer to a university
6. Get wedding date down in stone
7. Get married
   
8. Learn 80 words in Japanese's romaji (3/80)
   
9. Be comfortable in my skin to enjoy being photographed
10. Take new photos biweekly for a year
    
11. Start a photo studio
12. Get my certificate for Web Publishing
13. Decide what state to live in
    
14. Ride in a classic car
15. Go camping again
16. See Yosemite
17. Create and maintain a regular exercise routine
18. Successfully sell jewelry on Etsy
    
19. Visit my cousin in Seattle without it being a "family production"
    
20. See Washington DC and visit the museums again
21. Host a murder mystery party with greater success
22. Watch the sunrise on a beach
23. Watch a sunset on a beach
24. Get in a food fight for the hell of it
25. Visit a spa
26. Give to a charity I believe in
27. Visit New York City
    
28. Halloween on Castro in San Francisco
29. Try snowboarding
30. Go to Winchester Mansion on Halloween
31. Try pottery making
32. Complete my novel
33. Try to get novel published
34. Learn swing dancing again
35. Learn salsa
36. Learn bellydancing
    
37. Visit Las Vegas
38. Do indoor parachute jump
39. Play paintball
40. Do rock climbing
41. Private
    
42. Move somewhere that has a pool (or at least nearby)
43. Do yoga on a more regular basis
44. Private
45. Private
    
46. Adopt a dog
    
47. Go to Universal Florida for the Hogwart's exhibit
48. Visit Chicago
49. Visit Disney World/Epcot
50. Relearn to play guitar
51. Dye my hair red again
52. Get another tattoo
53. Find a penpal from another country and keep them
    
54. Go to a restaurant on Valentines Day, pick a couple and pay for their meal
55. Use a reusable bag or no bag for every purchase for 4 months
    
56. Go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
57. See the last 2 HP movies at the midnight premiere
58. Watch the entire series of Farscape (on second season)
    
59. Collect at least 15 new pieces of art for my art wall
60. Write to Mercedes Lackey
61. Go to a book signing at least once a year (Just need to go to one next year)
    
62. Knit my wedding shawl
63. Go to Comic Con
64. Cosplay
    
65. Create a website for this project and maintain it
    
66. Learn how to use In Design
67. Try 5 different fruits I've never tried before (3/5)
    
68. Attend at least 2 plays a year
69. Keep my place clean for a month straight (when actually home, vacations and such don't count)
70. Go to Mardi Gra
71. Wear a bikini and not feel completely ridiculous or self conscience
72. Stay at a B&B in Napa Valley
73. Go to bed before midnight regularly for 6 months
    
74. Get 3 toons to level 80 on WoW (1/3)
    
75. Read 101 new books
76. Keep my journal for 6 months
77. Learn 101 new recipes
78. Go to at least 1 concert a year
79. Get a new laptop that can support Photoshop and WoW
    
80. Go rollerskating
81. Go bike riding (with a helmet no less!)
82. Get a manicure and a pedicure (on the same day)
83. Come up with a drinking game for The 10th Kingdom
84. Play said drinking game
85. Create and stick to a budget
86. Face some of the fears that I have
87. Put $5 into savings for every item completed and have it stay there
88. Go on a cruise
89. Stop picking at my nails for a month
90. Complete the quilt I started
91. Buy Advanced Photoshop or Digital Photography every month for a year
92. Buy 10 shirts from Threadless
93. Visit the Redwoods
94. Make an indoor tent out of tables, chairs, and blankets, hang out in said tent for most of a day
95. Have an actual party, party for my birthday
96. Actually get all the way through an RPG
    
97. Buy myself flowers, just because
98. Act like a kid, get in touch with the carefreeness of childhood
99. Donate 101k of rice from freerice
100. Give contacts another go (even though I've gotten used to my glasses and the easiness of them...)
101. Have a picnic breakfast in Redwoods/Central Park/the beach/Golden Gate Park
     

#77, The Close But Not Quite Achieved

Some of these recipes I still remember where I found them....some I do not...feel free to respond if you'd like one of the recipes. If I remember where I found it I can point you in the correct direction!

1. Alton Brown's lemon curd
2. Allrecipe's Ginger Cupcakes
3. Allrecipe's Chicken Kiev
4. Rachel Ray's Italian Chicken Chili
5. Alton Brown's Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
6. Mama's Rose's Mocha Chocolate Cake
7. Oreo Chocolate Cake
8. Allrecipe Garlic Chicken
9. Cook's Chocolate Chip Cookies
10. Marinated Ahi Tuna
11. Chocolate Meringue Bars
12. Alton Brown's Shrimp Ramen
13. Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
14. Breaded Pork Chops
15. Aunt Kathleen's Orange Chicken using honey & orange juice
16. Apple Cake
17. Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes
18. Sugar Cookies
19. Paprika Chicken with Pierogies Soup by Rachel Ray
20. Spaghetti Aglio e Olio by Ina Garten
21. Stuffed Pepper Stoup by Rachel Ray
22. Lemon Chicken by Ina Garten
23. Cous Cous With Toasted Pine Nuts by Ina Garten
24. Roasted Artichoke Hearts by Ina Garten
25. Irish Molten Cake
26. Cottage Cheese Pancakes
27. On the Fly Honey Chicken
28. Ina Garten's Chocolate Cake
29. Allrecipe's Country Quiche
30. Potatoes Au Gratin from Food Network
31. Allrecipe's Cheesy Garlic Biscuits
32. Parm Polenta by Ina Garten
33. Roasted garlic and chardonnay chicken
34. Ghirardelli's dark chocolate cupcakes with Bailey's chocolate frosting
35. Sticky Chicken from A Taste of Oregon
36. Mac n Cheese from Allrecipes.com
37. Maple Pork from Allrecipes.com
38. Roased Garlic Parmesan Mash Potatoes Allrecipes.com
39. Strawberry Sorbet by Ciao Bella
40. Mint Chocolate Chip Gelato by Ciao Bella
41. Creme Fraiche Gelato by Ciao Bella
42. Cinnamon Caramel Gelato by Ciao Bella
43. Chocolate Caramel Gelato by Ciao Bella
44. Hollandase Sauce by Allrecipes.com
45. Pork & Shrimp Tacos from Food Network
46. Hollandase  Sauce by Alton Brown (Neeeeeeever again, came out so nasty...)
47. Sweet potato, yam, apple casserole thingy
48. Allrecipe's make ahead mashed potatoes
49. Canuck nutella stuffed sugar cookies
50. Potato leek soup
51. Martha Stewart quinoa risotto 
52. Spicy brown sugar rubbed pork chops
53. Epicurious Mexican hot cocoa
54. Raley’s baked potato soup
55. Aunt Kathleen's orange, avocado, & red onion salad & dressing
56. Savor the Flavor's berry salad dressing
57. Freezer strawberry jam
58. Savor the Flavor's Oreo cheesecake
59. Carrot cake torte
60. Vodka marshmallows
61. Caramel marshmallows
62. Brown sugar chocolate chips

#60, 65, 68

60. Write to Mercedes Lackey

This one was a failed attempt, lol. I wrote to the publisher instead since I could not find an address to write fan mail to. However I have the distinct feeling that my letter didn't get passed on to her, but I'm okay with that. I'm sure I didn't say anything new or earth shattering. Just an expression of the fact I enjoyed her work greatly.

65. Create a website for this project and maintain it

Not sure how well I really maintained it since I kept forgetting to update promptly, but I DID post continued updates the entire time, which I say qualifies me for marking it as completed.

68. Attend at least 2 plays a year

Mom and I got season tickets to the Sacramento Theater for the last few years, which has been fun, though this year's plays have been so-so for the most part. Fun, yes, but with the exception of Wicked (which is later this evening) none have been exactly memorable. Theater is a continued enjoyment for me I'm glad to say. Even more glad both my mom and Cal enjoy it just as much as me, shared love of something is even better.

#57, 63

57. See the last 2 HP movies at the midnight premiere

For the very last movie I saw it in 3D at the local theater (mostly because non 3D was sold out….). I really did enjoy it & being in 3D didn’t take away from it as it does sometimes. It just gave things depth, no cheap tricks of things flying at you. I did enjoy it, & I presume most of the theater did as well judging by the complete silence except for the sniffling. It did differ greatly from the books, but since I only read the book once & that was when it first came out, most of the stuff I just don’t recall anymore. I do wish I had been able to see some of the other characters older…even though I really wasn’t all that impressed with it…I think mostly I’m just sad to see the Harry Potter “era” end, even though there’s a theme park (I’m really thinking of trying to convince Cal to have our honeymoon in Orlando….for Universal’s HP (there’s BUTTERBEER FOR FUCKS SAKE!!!) as well as Disney World) plus the books will always be around. But I think in a lot of ways the fervor for it will die down.

63. Go to San Diego Comic-Con

Oooooooooooh, it was a great time! I literally ran into Vyxen from the Amazing Race (they were nice & let me take a photo with them!). Plus I saw Patricia Briggs when I was leaving one of the days & she happily posed for a photo with me. How awesome was that!?! I got an award ribbon from Girl Genius for my costume. I loved my costume, but I felt so subpar when I looked at a lot of the other steampunk costumes. They were so much more elaborate & awesome…Cal did point out a valid point though, I made ours from scratch as much as possible while there’s were store bought since there were repeat items. I still really loved the guy who had the working telegraph machine for a backpack. That was ingenious & amazing & awesome!! I’m not sure if I want to go back though, I mean it was great & fun. But, it’s a TON of work & would definitely want to be on the free transportation line so I could come & go as I pleased. But mostly, I keep finding so many other conventions (sorta eyeballing Gen Con next…) that it just isn’t feasible to try & go to multiple cons when 1 costs everything saved up & we’ve only gone to the ones that are DRIVEABLE. Gen Con isn’t really driveable, nor is DragonCon. Well, I will see how things fall. It’d be great to be able to go back to Comic Con, but it may be years & years from now, or it may somehow miraculously be next year. Either way, I know I’ll still be working on my costume to make it better. First off is a cooler top hat!

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69. Keep my space clean for a month

I have for over a month, and you know, after the latest round of laundry & the weekend, the small amount of mess it made is driving me NUTS. Beyond belief nuts. I serious do prefer my room all neat and tidy now. Damn my goal of keeping my stuff cleaner and better organized!

80. Go rollerskating - April 26, 2011

Which I did if you count falling on my ass and gripping onto the fence and anything else within reach! I want to try out for roller derby but I have some serious obstacles I need to work on. Endurance (I still get tired over short amounts of time) and ability to skate without falling. Life is making things a little challenging to achieve on those ends, but I'm hoping that the tryouts for next season I'll be ready...or at least much closer to being ready, whatever city I'm in.