Ksauce's Pursuit of Awesomeness: 101 in 1001

Christmas gift updates

2009-12-31T15:48:00.003-06:00

With Christmas gifts, I get to update and cross off a few things!

I'll do one for now (since I'm strapped on time)

31. Get coffee beans and grind my own coffee

I got a coffee grinder and two bags of coffee - one Irish Cream and one Amaretto. So far I'm working on the Irish Cream, and I can definitely tell that the coffee is a bit better when I grind it and brew it fresh. I also set a new sort-of goal of making coffee every morning when I work (so 3-ish days a week) and bringing it in with the new coffee travel mugs I bought, and so far I've done it every day.

New music

2009-12-02T00:22:00.004-06:00

I've recently come across a lot of new music, so I should update my goal of getting new songs!

The Avett Brothers' I And Love And You (13 songs) - "Kick Drum Heart" is my favorite song right now, and I think my favorite song of the entire year.

Rodrigo Y Gabriela's 11:11 (11 songs) - I've always wanted more guitar-only music, and that's what they do, and they do it well.

Owl City's Ocean Eyes (12 songs) - He's from MN and "Fireflies" caught my attention too many times for me not to buy this CD, and it's good (even though it's a type of music I never though I'd enjoy).

Paramore's Brand New Eyes (11 songs) - Good but not great...not as good as their last one.

A Fine Frenzy's Bomb in the Birdcage (11 songs) - A bit different sound than her last album, but still good.

Pearl Jam's Backspacer (11 songs) - Solid PJ CD as always. "Just Breathe" is my favorite song on the CD.

Total of 69 new songs, to bring my total from 86/360 to ... ugh, math in my head...155/360? Yeah, 155/360. Almost halfway there!

Updates...omg, updates

2009-12-01T23:57:00.004-06:00

Alright, I've been putting this off for far too long. Time to update.

#4 - Play frisbee golf - I got some frisbee golf discs for my birthday in August, and sometime in I think September, Amanda and I went to the course in St. Cloud. It was fun, and I have to do it more next year.

#9 - Run 15k in races - I ran the Anoka Halloween 5k race. I put off training for far too long, but I managed to finish in 33 minutes. Horrible, yes, I know. But for the shape I'm in, I was happy just to finish, and to not throw up.

#17 - Buy a new pair of jeans - I've purchased two new pairs of jeans since I've updated this. I've looked for another pair, though I can't find the pair that's just perfect. I'm super picky when picking out jeans.

#22 - Get a digital camera - I'm cheating on this one, but since I got my new phone a few days ago, I think it'll suffice. It's got a 3 megapixel camera on it, and it takes really good pictures.

#26 - Get a new desk - Luckily I didn't say "buy a new desk," because I started using my old dining room table as my computer desk (it's a 3'x3' table that's well, about 3' tall), and I use my La-z-boy as my desk chair. It's freakin' sweet.

#27 - Get a new futon frame or sofa - I got a "new to me" sofa. It was free, and it does what a sofa should do.

#45 - Wake up before 7:30 a.m. at least 75 times a year - I'm doing some guesswork here, but to be on the safe side, let's just say I've done it 10 times since I last updated.

#53 - Do all my paper filing at work - this one's in progress...I made a huge step today at work and finished the first big hurdle of my paper filing, and I finished everything that I had let build up for the past 6 or so months...now I just have to finish the recent stuff.

#56 Fix 5 things with duct tape - I "fixed" my old pair of glasses, and even though there's duct tape holding them together, I wear them more than my other pair because I can see a ton better with them. I can barely make out my computer screen with my old crappy glasses.

#68 - Read 6 books - I've read all 7 Harry Potter books, some of them multiple times through now...so this one's complete.

#69 - Rearrange my room three times - I've done this probably 3 or 4 times actually...it's been fun. I have a pretty sweet setup right now I think. This one's completed.

#73 - Vacuum my room 18 times - I know I've vacuumed at least three times so far.

#77 - Watch 5 Timberwolves games a year - I've watched two so far...they're kind of painful to watch this season. :-(

#78 - Watch 8 Vikings games a year - I've watched somewhere between 6 and 8 games for sure. I'll say 6 to be safe. But I almost always watch them, they're very exciting this year and we have a good shot at the Super Bowl if Brett Favre stays healthy.

#79 - Win 3 free shirts - I won a free UFC t-shirt at BWW's when I went there for the Brock Lesner fight awhile ago. I "won" a free t-shirt at my new favorite bar, Lincoln Depot (or is it Lincoln Station? I always forget). Well, you get a free t-shirt for buying 2 of these Minnesota-made hard lemonades that weren't very good, but I'm counting it towards this goal.

Ok, there's all my updates. Hopefully I'll be updating more often than once every three-four months! >.< I still have to figure out if I can / how to post stuff on here from my phone, because I just got a phone with unlimited data stuff, so I'm finding out all the cool things that I can do now.

Paperless billing / AT&T Wireless annoyances

2009-08-21T10:20:00.000-05:00

I went to go pay my cell phone bill - and I'll start off on a positive note - I love how easy it is to do with AT&T to pay my bill. I get the bill in the mail, I log on, I hit "Make a Payment" then click "ok" or whatever and I take a screenshot and save it in case I need proof...done and done. Quite easy. Ok, now that I started off on a positive note, here goes with my rant.

How come every time I log onto any site dealing with bills or banking, right after logging on, they have to try and sell me on paperless banking/billing? I think paperless banking/billing is a good idea but I hate the fact that I have to reject it EVERY TIME. And maybe if they didn't try to sell it to me as a way to be more green and to save trees and crap, I'd do it. I know that the main reason they try to get me to do it is because it would save them money, so I reject it out of spite. If you want to do it to save money, give me something for doing it instead of trying to make me feel like I'm doing the "right thing" and being green. Give me a $0.25 credit toward my account each month, or $5 right now, or something. If you give me the option and it saves you money while I get nothing in return, why should I change what's already working for me?

Secondly, I hate how AT&T Wireless (and I have a feeling this will carry over to other cell phone companies) hides things from their customers. The last time I signed a 2 year contract, I practically had to beg them to let me onto a cheaper phone plan, because I didn't use even half my minutes, and they I finally got them to give me a cheaper, unadvertised plan only because I had been with them (as AT&T, then Cingular, then AT&T again) so long. Now that my previous 2 year contract is done, I have the distinct pleasure of having to do this again. I need to get a new phone and I need to ask about getting a better texting plan, as I tend to run over my plan (200 texts/month) by 10 or 20, so it would be nice to have 300 to 500 texts a month. However, they only advertise 200/month, 1500/month, or unlimited, which I have a feeling is exactly what they're going to say when I ask if they have a 500/month plan. I just wish they'd be more transparent with the available options, instead of only showing what likely will make them the most money.

2009-08-21T10:12:00.003-05:00

Updates

2009-07-27T15:55:00.002-05:00

6. Play volleyball

I played volleyball last Monday with 6 other people and we're trying to get together every week to do it now too, which I hope works out, because volleyball's a pretty fun game

10. Take Neilly for a walk 20 times a year (2/20)

Amanda and I took Neilly to a park for my grandma's birthday celebration and took her for a walk around while Amanda got to take some great pictures with her fancy camera and and finish off the roll of black and white film.

68. Read 6 books (5/6)

Just about an hour ago I finished up the fifth Harry Potter book - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I just wish I had the 6th book to read, but I'm asking for it for my birthday, so I'll be Harry Potterless for at least 6 more days. :-(

79. Win 3 free t-shirts (1/3)

A few weeks ago I went to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the Brock Lesnar UFC fight, and they had us fill out a little thing with our name on it for drawings, and I ended up winning a free UFC t-shirt. Sweet! Not that I'll wear it a whole lot, cuz I'm not so big of a UFC fan that I'd display it on a t-shirt, but it is comfortable and works well as an undershirt.

Wishlist

2009-07-27T14:20:00.005-05:00

Wishlist (in no particular order):

--Futurama - Season 2 DVD
--Punch-Out for the Wii (new or used)
--Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii (used)
--The new Mario Wii game?
--Metroid Prime 3 for Wii
--A new TV, 25"+ flatscreen
--A new computer, Dell only
--New sunglasses
--New glasses
--Digital camera
--A new coffeemaker - Kuerig one maybe?

Always wanted:
--Orbit Bubblemint or Stride Uberbubble gum
--Yoohoo
--Rockstar, Shockwave, Nos, or Rockstar/Monster coffee-energy drinks (half-juice varieties preferred, i.e. Rockstar Juiced)
--Gift cards for clothes - Kohls, JCPenneys, Target, Northtown mall, etc.
--Chocolate anything

No longer needed (either I bought it, got it somehow, or decided against it):
--Wired optical mouse with 4+ buttons (must be left-handed or either-handed, NOT right-handed)
--Harry Potter 1-5 DVD set (Widescreen)
--Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Year 6) book (new or used, paperback)
--Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Year 7) book (new or used, paperback
--Wii Sports Resort (new)
--A new computer monitor, 24" wide/flat-screen (something like this one)
--A new cell phone & a new cell phone plan w/ more texting and possibly internet
--Two (or four if they only come in a set of four) lowball (the straight glasses that are like 3-4" tall and about the same width) glasses - that hard unbreakable plastic if possible, otherwise glass
--Running shoes
--Okami for Wii
--Headset or new microphone for my computer (Logitech or Microsoft brand)
--CD wallet that holds 50-100 CDs
--Mousepad from Quirky.com
--Faster internet
--How I Met Your Mother Season 4 on DVD
--Camelback Podium Chilljacket water bottle
--Coffee grinder
--New file cases...gotta get a better filing system going
--Memory foam pillow
--An iron & ironing board
--Futurama - Season 3 DVD

Google Voice!

2009-07-17T16:17:00.006-05:00

Google Voice!

I heard about Google Voice (GV) 6 months or so ago, and I was hooked right then and there. Everything Google does seems to be amazing, so I signed up to be emailed when GV service became active. Well, they just started sending out invitations to those who signed up, and I jumped at the chance. I found the perfect phone number, which is what sold me from the starting gate - I got to choose my phone number out of tons of choices, and they let you search for certain strings of numbers to help you find the number you want. I couldn't imagine a better phone number than the one I got.

Features I like (FYI, I don't get phone reception where I work)

You get to pick your phone number
I know if I have voicemails while I'm at work
I can listen to voicemails while I'm at work
I know if I have text messages while I'm at work
I can send/receive/reply to text messages while I'm at work
I can send text messages for free (ones that won't count towards my monthly amount of texts I'm allowed under my plan), so this essentially gives me one and a half to two times the amount of texts I get per month, because a lot of my texting is done while I'm at home in my room because I don't get that great of reception there either
Cheap international calls if I ever need them (would have been nice for when Amanda was in Germany)
Gives me further incentive to be logged into Google all the time and use their programs - although this has been a shift that's been happening anyway with Gmail, Blogger, Docs, Calendar and now Voice...all great programs that do what they need to do
This phone number will stay with me no matter what - if I change cell phone numbers, or get a house phone, or get my own personal work phone number, I can add those as I want, but I'll always have my GV number and that's the main number other people need to know to get in contact with me

Things I don't like:

The hassle that comes with a new phone number and having to give it out to everyone (but don't get me wrong, I'm sooo happy with my new phone number)
The even bigger hassle of having to explain to people that this is a new number but it's not replacing my cell phone number, and that they need to put my GV number in as their main number but keep my cell phone number as a secondary number so that when I call/text them from my cell phone, I will still show up on their caller ID
The fact that nobody is sure what will happen in the future with GV - it's almost all free, and because of this there's not much revenue for Google, so they'll need to find ways to make money off of this. Some speculate that they could charge for phone calls made through GV, but most people are speculating that they'll be including targeted ads in at some point in the future instead

But yeah, if you can't tell, I'm wicked excited about Google Voice, and after playing around with it a ton for a day...so far so good.

Lots to update!

2009-07-14T11:34:00.008-05:00

Well, with me being too lazy to post a blog for this long, there's understandably lots to update! I've been keeping up on working towards completing my goals, I just keep putting off posting them on the blog. :-\ Anyway, here goes...

5. Play tennis once a year
8. Ride my bike to school or work 15 times
10. Take Neilly for a walk 20 times a year
19. Buy those elusive marker pens I love from work
45. Wake up before 7:30 a.m. at least 75 times a year
52. Find the perfect boxers, and buy 10 pairs of them
59. Get 10 new shot glasses
68. Read 6 books
75. Watch 20 Twins games a year
82. Go on a vacation out of the state
85. Go to a Twins in a state other than Minnesota
91. Get at least 360 new songs
97. Watch every Matrix movie

5. Play tennis once a year
Amanda and I went to play tennis at AR...we brought Neilly, it was fun and some good exercise on a hot day.

8. Ride my bike to school or work 15 times (1/15)
My car broke down, and the only way I could work was to bike there, so I dropped my car off at the shop and biked to work at 7:45 a.m.

10. Take Neilly for a walk 20 times a year (1/20)
I finally got Neilly out for a walk - after biking back home I walked her to the auto shop to pick up my car.

19. Buy those elusive marker pens I love from work
Amanda had a keen eye in Target in Kansas City and noticed they had the pens I love, so I bought 4 of the black ones.

45. Wake up before 7:30 a.m. at least 75 times a year (10/75)
Honestly I'm guessing that I've done this 7 times since my last post. I do this every Friday when I work, plus I did it once on our trip cuz I had a headache and couldn't get back to sleep all that well (well, I was in bed, but I was awake, and that totally counts). Anyway, I have a feeling that I'll be changing this goal because I don't like it anymore.

52. Find the perfect boxers, and buy 10 pairs of them (6/10)
I've found them, and I now own 6 of them. They're awesome.

59. Get 10 new shot glasses (1/10)
I bought a Kansas City shot glass from a souveneir shop at the city market place we went to.

68. Read 6 books (2/6)
I've been itching to watch all the Harry Potter movies because of the new one coming out, so I decided to dig up my Harry Potter books for the trip to KC - I read the first two and I'm about halfway through the third one now. I think I'm going to Netflix the movies as I read through the books, or maybe just buy the DVDs...I just have to get my hands on the last two books which I haven't read yet.

75. Watch 20 Twins games a year (6/20)
I saw one game in person in KC and one game on TV in the hotel in KC with Amanda and Taylor.

82. Go on a vacation out of the state
This vacation to Kansas City was sooooo needed, and I had a blast. The driving sucked (though it wasn't all that bad really), but it was great just having a few days to relax and get away from work and home and everything.

85. Go to a Twins in a state other than Minnesota
We saw the Twins play in KC. Their stadium was awesome. Seeing a game outside like it's supposed to be makes me really eager to see the Twins in our new stadium next year.

91. Get at least 360 new songs (86/360)
I got a bunch of free song download cards, and I got 68 new songs - something I needed desperately. Some of the new music includes: Taylor Swift (for Amanda), Kings of Leon, Modest Mouse, Incubus, and Keith Urban. All this new music has me craving more...there's a good 75 or 100 more songs I want to get now, but I'll probably put off because I don't want to spend the money on them and I don't want to illegally download songs.

97. Watch every Matrix movie
A few weeks ago or so, I was at Target and saw that they had a $10 DVD set for all the Matrix movies, so I bought it and watched all of them. I remember when I first saw them I was disappointed by the second and third movies because the first one was so good. On the second time around, my opinion didn't change - the first one was the best, but the second and third weren't as bad as I thought.

Best advice column ever

2009-05-21T12:53:00.003-05:00

http://www.slate.com/id/2218711/

I don't have any updates on the 101 in 1001, but I just read the single best advice column ever.

A reporter was on a company laptop that other people use and found explicit photos of her boss's high school daughter. She deleted the pictures and wrote in to the advice column asking if she should tell her boss. The advice column lady's response was overly nice, trying not to make the reporter feel like too much of an idiot, but basically tells the lady that she should look into going into a new career because she sucks at being a reporter. She randomly stumbled on what could have possibly been the news story of her career (what if there was something disturbing going on with her father?), and her first instinct is to delete the pictures? I lol'd.

Batman baskets, stereo in stereo sound finally, and Green Day sings the songs of my life

2009-05-20T15:23:00.004-05:00

#20 Get some sort of organizer for my remotes
I forgot I did this already - I went to Target after Easter to check out the clearance stuff, and I snagged an awesome Batman Easter basket for $5 that works perfectly for holding my remotes.

#57 - Fix my receiver/stereo situation so that it works right
My stereo situation was never really set up right when I bought a receiver a few years ago, and I realized a few months ago that my CD player was only playing through one speaker, even though my DVD player would play through both. So I overhauled my setup, decided to stop using the 2nd TV since I haven't really "needed" both of them at once in a long time, if ever. So I set it up right, and decided to not even bother with surround sound and just use my two main big speakers, and I ran everything through the receiver. It'll be annoying without a receiver remote for now, but I love it. It looks better too.

#91 - Get at least 360 new songs (18/360)
I bought the new Green Day CD after seeing them on SNL last weekend. All I can say is I love Green Day. I've never really thought of them as one of my favorite top 5 bands or anything, but they continue to make amazing CD's that I always love. There's so many good songs on here, but "Horshoes and Handgrenades" is the best song I've heard in a long time. Granted, part of me loves it purely because of the song title because I remember hearing the saying, "close only counts in horshoes and hand grenades" as a kid, I think from my dad.

Two more updates

2009-05-16T16:37:00.002-05:00

#69 - Rearrange my room three times (1/3)
I totally forgot I did this. I moved some stuff around, made way better use of the space in my room...namely, I decided that having the weight bench take up so much space when I use it maybe once a year is pointless, and I am now using it as furniture to hold up my coffee table, on which sits a chest of three drawers, on which sits an old tv stand that I use to hold random stuff like my Wii games, picture frames, and my alarm clock.

#89 - Beat 15 video games (1/15)
I did this a couple weeks ago...I downloaded Super Punch-Out on my Wii because I've been pretty excited that they're making a new one for Wii, and I beat it. It was actually pretty hard for a Super Nintendo game...I was stuck on Rick and Nick Bruiser for a couple days and it was frustrating. But I got 'em!

Updates!

2009-05-16T16:03:00.010-05:00

Lots to update...

#24 - Get a Kohl's credit card
I just went to my eye exam and got some new contacts and decided to go to Kohl's afterward...I went, and I had like $100 worth of stuff (long sleeve button up shirt, t-shirt, gray khaki pants & white-plad shorts for the summer) so I decided it was finally time to apply for the Kohl's credit card so I could get 15% off. Then I "won" a 20% off coupon for their current sale, so I got to use that instead, and the lady said I could save the 15% off coupon for the credit card, so that's awesome. Seeing as how I do 90 to 99% of my clothes shopping at Kohl's, I think getting a credit card there is pretty safe.

#40 - For two weeks, drink zero pop
I started this on Tuesday, 4/27/09. It wasn't even that hard, which is surprising because I was drinking a ton of pop - at least two cans a day...usually three, sometimes four or more! Anyways, I gave myself some leniency on this one. One day near the end of it I accidentally took a few sips of some Mello Yellow at Subway with Amanda, because it was my turn to buy the pop and chips/cookies when we went there for lunch one day. But I realized it and stopped drinking it. Plus I allowed myself to drink Four and Joose energy/alcohol drinks, and energy drinks, and sour (as in vodka sours, my drink of choice for the past 2-3 weeks)...so that helped. I did it though, and I'm happy, because pop is wicked bad for you, especially the way I was drinking it.

#45 - Wake up before 7:30 a.m. at least 75 times a year (3/75)
I made this goal in the hopes that it would get me to wake up early sometimes, even when I don't need to. I'm not really sure if I'll be able to do this one though. I at least get one of these every week because I work at 8am on Fridays, but that means I gotta find a way to do that 25 or so other days a year.

#48 - Weigh 225 lbs.
I'm not shooting for this one just yet. I'm just trying to be healthier first, then I'll go for the actual weight goals. Healthiness is more important anyway, this is just a way to put a sorta relevant number on it. I don't know how much I weigh, nor do I want to until I actually set out to lose weight.

#52 - Find the perfect boxers, and buy 10 pairs of them (2/10)
I'm pretty sure I've found them. They seem to be working quite well. They're from Target, cost like $5 each. I'm going to give the first 2 some more trial time before I decide that these are the right ones. :-)

#56 - Fix 5 things with duct tape (1/5, fixed my lanyard for my work ID)
Yep...my ID card lanyard wasn't working the way it should (it's hard to explain)...so I fixed it with duct tape.

#70 - Save $x money
I don't know what my goal is for saving money yet...might be $500, might be $5,000, might be $20,000...we'll see. I've been doing pretty well at this, although there are certain things I could do to save more.

#75 - Watch 20 Twins games a year (4/20)
I'm allowing myself to count the games I watched before I officially started this list, lol. Plus I watched the game yesterday. We lost, Joe Nathan blew the save. :-(

#93 - Watch Chuck season 1 (3 discs down, 1 or 2 to go - I'm netflixing them)
This show is pretty awesome - it may have cracked my top ten favorite tv shows list, and it's one of my favorites that is still on TV. One or two discs to go.

#55

2009-05-01T15:39:00.001-05:00

#55. Finish this list

Done!

That took embarassingly too long. But I wanted to take my time on it, make it last longer so I had to think about what I wanted longer so I could perfect my list.

Getting started

2009-05-01T13:09:00.001-05:00

Initially I wanted to have this done by April 1st...wow time flies. So I got it done by May 1st...that works. The basic idea for this is to make myself a better person, so I tried to focus on that... I want to be healthier, to be more independent, to be more organized, to have some better things, to be more rounded, etc., so these goals should reflect that.

I've been working on some of these goals already, and achieved a few already. However because I want this to be pretty legitimate and everything, I'm going to start officially as of now, May 1st, 2009. I may have to redo a few goals to accomodate this (such as get a new futon or sofa, since I already got a new sofa and obviously don't care about getting a new one anytime soon), but I should be good to go.

Some of the goals fit into several categories, but I categorized them as best I could. Some are easy, some are hard (I'm lookin' at you #36, #41, #42 and #45), some are short-term, some are long-term, some are to do something once, some are to do something a lot, but all of them are reachable. I think I'll for sure get 90 to 95, but a few are iffy. I'll try, but we'll see.

Good luck to me. :-)

Final list, finally!

2009-05-01T12:45:00.023-05:00

Done - In progress - Haven't started

Be more active:
1. Go fishing
2. Go snowtubing/sledding
3. Golf 18 holes a year (Wii doesn't count!)
4. Play frisbee golf
5. Play tennis once a year (Wii doesn't count!) (1/1)
6. Play volleyball
7. Play whiffleball
8. Ride my bike to school or work 15 times (1/15)
9. Run 15k in races (5k/15k)
10. Take Neilly for a walk 20 times a year (1/20)
11. Take Neilly for a walk in the rain
12. Take Neilly for a walk in the snow
13. Take Neilly to the dog park once a year

Buy or get this:
14. Buy a >$30 bottle of liquor
15. Buy a >$7.50 cigar
16. Buy a netbook
17. Buy a new pair of jeans
18. Buy clothes at a thrift store
19. Buy those elusive marker pens I love from work

20. Get (or make some sort of organizer for my remotes
21. Get a better coffeemaker
22. Get a digital camera
23. Get a DVD burner

24. Get a Kohl's credit card so I can get those 15% off discounts and whatnot
25. Get a new credit card (one with cash back)
26. Get a new desk
27. Get a new futon frame or sofa
28. Get a new remote for my receiver
29. Get a new TV
30. Get cable
31. Get coffee beans and grind my own coffee
32. Get faster internet
33. Get file folders and storage, and organize all my paperwork
34. Get new slippers

Change my life for the better:
35. For one week, eat breakfast every morning at home (sometime before 11am)
36. For two weeks, be on time to work and don't stay late
37. For two weeks, consume zero alcohol
38. For two weeks, do the Wii Fit test every day
39. For two weeks, drink one glass of red wine each night

40. For two weeks, drink zero pop

41. For two weeks, eat no fast food or take-out
42. For two weeks, get at least 8 hours of sleep every night
43. Get a new job
44. Move out of my parents' house

45. Wake up before 7:30 a.m. at least 75 times a year (20/75)
46. Weigh 205 lbs.
47. Weigh 215 lbs.

48. Weigh 225 lbs.

Do this:
49. Become friends with an old friend
50. Bring in a dozen donuts for work on a Friday morning
51. Do the 365 pictures thing

52. Find the perfect boxers, and buy 10 pairs of them (6/10)
53. Finish all my paper filing at work
54. Finish Christmas shopping by December 22nd once

55. Finish writing this list

56. Fix 5 things with duct tape (2/5)

57. Fix my receiver/stereo situation so that it works right

58. For one week in January or February, go without using a space heater
59. Get 10 new shot glasses (1/10)
60. Get an autograph from a famous athlete
61. Go to a garage sale
62. Know what I’m going as on Halloween and have the costume ready at least two days before Halloween
63. Make a new friend
64. Make a recipe book of everything I know and like
65. Make a rule in P&A
66. Make my super awesome Orange Julius 3 times
67. Put pictures in my big empty picture frame & put it up
68. Read 6 books (6/6)

69. Rearrange my room three times (moving out and arranging a new room counts towards this (3/3)

70. Save $x money (I haven’t decided how much yet, but I don’t want to publicize how much money I’d like to save)
71. Send in a mail-in rebate within 24 hours of buying whatever it was
72. Sleep somewhere different 7 nights in a row
73. Vacuum my room 18 times
74. Volunteer my time for something

75. Watch 20 Twins games a year (6/20)
76. Watch 3 Wild games a year
77. Watch 5 Timberwolves games a year (2/5)
78. Watch 8 Vikings games a year (6/8)
79. Win 3 free shirts (2/3)
80. Win a game of beer pong

Go here:
81. Go on a vacation out of the country
82. Go on a vacation out of the state
83. Go on a vacation to a beach
84. Go to a Timberwolves game
85. Go to a Twins in a state other than Minnesota
86. Go to a Vikings game
87. Go to a Wild or Gophers hockey game
88. Make a list of 10 places you really want to eat at, and go to all of them

Movies, TV, games & music:

89. Beat 15 video games (1/15)

90. Get a trial subscription to GameFly

91. Get at least 360 new songs (155/360)

92. Go to a concert at the Varsity Theater

93. Watch Chuck season 1

94. Watch Ed Season 1
95. Watch every Harry Potter movie
96. Watch every Lord of the Rings movie
97. Watch every Matrix movie
98. Watch every Star Wars movie
99. Watch Heroes Season 1
100. Watch the Academy Award winning Best Picture movies since 1983 that I haven’t seen yet (there's 15 of them)
101. Watch The Big Lebowski while drinking White Russians

update 7-14-09: changed formatting to bold/italics for completed/in progress because it's easier to update than colors

update 7-27-09: changed formatting back to colors because it was too hard to see the difference between italics, bold, and no formatting

Progress

2009-04-21T12:36:00.003-05:00

I haven't organized my list as I need to - I keep putting it off. I'm putting it on my in-my-head to-do list for today, tonight, or tomorrow.

But I've been getting a lot of things done, that's for sure:
-Finished my list
-Went to a Twins game
-Watched a Twins game
-Vacuumed my room
-Rearranged my room
-Played whiffleball
-I think I found the perfect boxers, bought 2 of them (I have 4 of them total now...its so nice not having to do laundry every 4 or 5 days so I can have my favorite pairs clean cuz I now have like 7 or 8 I like, lol)
-Got a new sofa to replace my futon (the frame was getting bent horribly, it was only time before it snapped)
-Saw the first 4 episodes of Chuck season 1, next disc is on its way (Netflix rules), might be one of my new favorite tv shows

I think that's all.

Oh and I realized that Ed (the tv show about a bowling alley-lawyer) is not on DVD, so I may not be able to do that one (or I'll just have to see about getting it via other methods).

The rest! 101 in !001 #6

2009-04-13T21:11:00.002-05:00

I finished numbering the ideas I had come up with, and came up with some more, and so I now have my 101. Hooray! Now I just gotta organize them a little bit better to come up with my final list...this is good because I think I've already got a few goals done so I get to mark them off. :-D

71. Buy a netbook
72. Eat at Al’s for breakfast
73. Find the perfect boxers, and buy 10 pairs of them
74. “Beat” 15 video games
75. Buy a >$30 bottle of scotch
76. Vacuum my room 18 times
77. Read 6 books
78. Get a trial subscription to GameFly
79. Watch the Academy Award winning Best Picture movies since 1983 that I haven’t seen yet (0/15)
80. Send in a mail-in rebate within 24 hours of buying whatever it was
81. Get an autograph from a famous athlete
82. Finish Christmas shopping by December 22nd once
83. Get a DVD burner
84. Go fishing
85. Go snowtubing/sledding
86. Ride my bike to school or work 15 times
87. Play whiffleball
88. Make my super awesome Orange Julius 3 times
89. Volunteer my time for something
90. Sleep somewhere different 7 nights in a row
91. Make a new friend
92. Become friends with an old friend
93. Buy a >$7.50 cigar
94. Fix my receiver/stereo situation so that it works right
95. Get a new credit card (one with cash back)
96. Get a Kohl’s credit card so I can get those 15% off discounts and whatnot
97. Get cable
98. Get faster internet
99. Watch Chuck season 1
100. Save $x money (0%)
101. Get 10 new shot glasses

101 in 1001 #5

2009-04-07T15:13:00.003-05:00

More ideas while I work - I have a lot of time to think at work because most my job is pretty mindless :-P

-Send in a mail in rebate
-Get an autograph from a professional athlete that plays in Minnesota
-Finish Christmas shopping by December 22nd
-Get a DVD burner
-Go fishing
-Go snowtubing

Ok, that's all for now.

101 in 1001 #4, a few more

2009-04-07T00:28:00.006-05:00

From Friday
62. Fix 5 things with duct tape
63. Buy those elusive marker pens I love from work
64. Bring in a dozen donuts for work on a Friday morning
65. Finish all my paper filing at work
66. Buy a new pair of jeans
67. Get a new remote for my receiver
68. Get (or make) some sort of organizer for my remotes
69. Go to a garage sale
70. Win 3 free t-shirts

30 left to go after those...

More ideas:
-Buy a >$40 bottle of scotch
-Vacuum my room 18 times
-Read 6 books
-Get a free GameFly trial subscription
-Watch the Academy Award winning Best Picture movies since 1983 that I haven't seen yet (15 total)

Bleh, I keep having ideas then not writing them down, I know I've come up with at least 5 more in the past two days that I forgot. Gotta remember to write them down right away next time. :-\

101 in 1001 #3, thinking of more as I work

2009-04-03T09:11:00.001-05:00

I think I need somewhere around 40 more, so I'm just gonna write every idea I have while I work today.

Fix 5 things with duct tape
Find the marker pens that I love and buy some
Bring in a dozen donuts for work on a Friday morning
Finish all my paper filing at work
Buy a new pair of jeans
Get a new remote for my receiver
Get (or make) some sort of organizer for my remotes
Go to a garage sale
Win 3 free t-shirts

101 in 1001 #2, 62 down, 39 to go

2009-04-02T18:08:00.000-05:00

I thought of some more, so here's the newest version of the list, more to come later tonight hopefully:

1. Finish this list
2. Go on a vacation to a beach
3. Go on a vacation out of the state
4. Go on a vacation out of the country
5. Take Neilly for a walk 20 times a year
6. Take Neilly for a walk in the rain
7. Take Neilly for a walk in the snow
8. Take Neilly to the dog park once a year
9. Wake up before 7:30 a.m. at least 75 times a year
10. Run 15k in races
11. Move out of my parents' house
12. Buy clothes at a thrift store
13. Get a new job
14. Weigh 225 lbs.
15. Weigh 215 lbs.
16. Weigh 205 lbs.
17. Golf 18 holes a year (Wii doesn't count!)
18. Play tennis once a year (Wii doesn't count!)
19. Play frisbee golf
20. Play volleyball
21. For two weeks, be on time to work and don't stay late
22. For two weeks, drink zero pop
23. For two weeks, consume zero alcohol
24. For two weeks, eat no fast food or take-out
25. For two weeks, get at least 8 hours of sleep every night
26. For two weeks, drink one glass of red wine each night
27. For two weeks, do the Wii Fit test every day
28. For one week, eat breakfast every morning at home (sometime before 11am)
29. For one week in January or February, go without using a space heater
30. Watch 20 Twins games a year
31. Watch 8 Vikings games a year
32. Watch 5 Timberwolves games a year
33. Watch 3 Wild games a year
34. Go to a Twins game each year
35. Go to a Vikings game
36. Go to a Timberwolves game
37. Go to a Wild or Gophers hockey game
38. Watch every Harry Potter movie
39. Watch every Lord of the Rings movie
40. Watch every Star Wars movie
41. Watch every Matrix movie
42. Watch Ed Season 1
43. Watch Heroes Season 1
44. Watch The Big Lebowski while drinking White Russians
45. Go to a concert at the Varsity Theater
46. Get at least 360 new songs
47. Get a new desk
48. Get a new futon frame or sofa
49. Get file folders and storage, and organize all my paperwork
50. Get a better coffeemaker
51. Get coffee beans and grind my own coffee
52. Get new slippers
53. Get a digital camera
54. Do the 365 pictures thing
55. Put pictures in my big huge empty picture frame thing so I can put it on my wall
56. Get a new TV
57. Know what I’m going as on Halloween and have the costume ready at least two days before Halloween
58. Rearrange my room three times (moving out and arranging a new room counts towards this)
59. Make a recipe book of everything I know and like
60. Make a rule in P&A
61. Win a game of beer pong

April Fools!

2009-04-02T13:29:00.000-05:00

I totally got you into thinking it'd be done by April 1st. Muwahahaa! Planned all along or convenient excuse? You be the judge! :-P

But seriously though, I hope to be done tonight. :-)

101 in 1001

2009-03-23T00:57:00.001-05:00

Thank you to Amanda and The Day Zero Project for this amazing idea.

Here's how it works: I write a list of 101 things I'd like to have done in 1001 days, work towards achieving these goals and keep track of my progress on this blog. Making goals public and keeping track of them help with sticking with them and achieving them, so I'm looking forward to this.

My list of 101 things to do in 1001 days:

1. Finish this list
2. Go on a vacation to a beach
3. Go on a vacation out of the state
4. Go on a vacation out of the country
5. Take Neilly for a walk 20 times a year
6. Take Neilly for a walk in the rain
7. Take Neilly for a walk in the snow
8. Take Neilly to the dog park once a year
9. Wake up before 7:30 a.m. at least 75 times a year
10. Run 15k in races
11. Move out of my parents' house
12. Get a new job
13. Weigh 225 lbs.
14. Weigh 215 lbs.
15. Weigh 205 lbs.
16. Golf 18 holes a year (Wii doesn't count!)
17. Play tennis once a year (Wii doesn't count!)
18. Play frisbee golf
19. Play volleyball
20. For two weeks, be on time to work and don't stay late
21. For two weeks, drink zero pop
22. For two weeks, consume zero alcohol
23. For two weeks, eat no fast food or take-out
24. For two weeks, get at least 8 hours of sleep every night
24. Watch 20 Twins games a year
25. Watch 8 Vikings games a year
26. Watch 5 Timberwolves games a year
27. Watch 3 Wild games a year
28. Go to a Twins game each year
29. Go to a Vikings game
30. Go to a Timberwolves game
31. Go to a Wild or Gophers hockey game
32. Watch every Harry Potter movie
33. Watch every Lord of the Rings movie
34. Watch every Star Wars movie

more to come...I have more but I need sleep!