I am a list lover, so of course I'd start again. Some of the items here were uncompleted on the previous list, although not every item made the cut. Some things I'm glad to lose, (like all the sewing items), because really, those line items felt like chores, to do items, and I think they have no business on a list that I like to think of as my inspiration and a way to push myself out of my comfort zone.
My Mission:
To complete 101 tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Rules:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).
Bold text means a completed entry, followed by the date and any relevant comments and/or links
Stricken text means a failed entry
Italic text means the entry is in progress
Start date: 11.11.11
End date: 08.08.14
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- Season passes to Disneyland for me and miss A
- Drive Rt. 66 to the Nevada border, completed 12-5-11
- Travel to Europe alone, completed 10-07-12
- See the Northern Lights
- London, completed 10-7 through 10-14-12
- Amsterdam
- Paris
- Hawaii
- Japan
- Oregon coast
- Edmonton, Alberta
- San Juan Islands
- Portland, Maine
- Austin, Texas
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Ireland
- Rome, Italy
- Sicily
- Corsica
- Morocco
- Istanbul
- Reykjavik
- Palm Springs, completed 2.23.12
- The Living Desert, completed 2.21.12
- Joshua Tree
- Salton Sea, completed 12.7.11
- Grand Canyon
- Las Vegas, completed 12-23 and 12-24, 2012
- Nelson, NV (ghost town!)
Visit The Neon Museum no longer interested- Camp on Angel Island, San Francisco Bay, CA
- Camp at Leo Carrillo State Beach, Malibu CA
- Hike the Escondido Falls trail, Malibu CA
- Spend the night at The Madonna Inn
- Polaroid photowalk :: Las Vegas, NV
- Tide pools in Palos Verdes, completed 01.02.12
- Point Vicente light house, completed 12.30.11
- Visit The Mountain Mermaid, completed 4.5.12
- Burning Man, 2012 [not going to happen for a variety of reasons]
- Attend Coachella, completed 4.12 - 4.16.12
- Hollywood/TMZ tour, completed 1.22.12
- Long Beach flea market, completed 12.18.12
- Read 20 books in 2012, completed 9.3.12
- The Lost Hours
- The Kitchen House
- The Seamstress
- The Invisible Bridge
- City of Thieves
- The Dovekeepers
- The Witches of East End
- The Witching Hour
- Lasher
- Taltos
- The Blood Canticle
- this i know
- Blood, Bones and Butter
- The Listeners
- Boonville
- A Vintage Affair
- Rules of Civility
- Nightwoods
- The Light Between Oceans
- The Sense of an Ending
- Cinder
- The Night Circus
- The Cat's Table
- Cyndi Lauper : A Memoir
- A Discovery of Witches
- Shadow of the Night
- Cloud Atlas
- The Language of Flowers
- Read 20 books in 2013
- Game of Thrones
- After the Rain
- Dead Witch Walking
- A Song of Ice and Fire
- Dash and Lily's Book of Dares
- The Good, the Bad, and the Undead
- Read 20 books in by the time I end this list, August 2014
- TBD
- Visit an art gallery or museum 10 times before 08.08.14
- Weegee Hollywood, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
- Under the Big Black Sun, The Geffen Contemporary Museum, Los Angeles
- Herakut, LeBasse Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles
- Cindy Sherman, MOMA-San Francisco 9.11.12
- Bedlam, Tunnels under The Old Vic Theater, London, 10.11.12
- Have a gallery show of my photography, completed 4.26.12
- Make a book of my photography, completed 11.23.12
Learn how to surf (I'm too scared of sharks and I'm not interested in pushing through that fear.)- Learn to snow board (able to stand up and go down the hill)
- Swim nude in the ocean
- Swim nude in a lake
- Swim nude in a swimming hole, quarry or river
- Nikon external flash
- Sigma 10-20mm lens, ordered!!
- Nikkor 28mm lens
- Lensbaby for Nikon
- Fuji Instax mini, (no longer interested)
- Photoshop: buy and learn, purchased 3/2012...now to learn!
- Lightroom: buy and learn, purchased 3/2012...now to learn!
- Attend Blogshop, completed, 7.14 - 7.15, 2012
- Shoot the Day of the Dead parade at Hollywood Forever cemetery, completed 10.27.12
- Shoot poppies in Antelope Valley poppy preserve
- Shoot at the scary dairy in Malibu
- Shoot at Loma Linda Hospital
Shoot the national pillow fight day in Pershing Square, (no longer an event)- Tattoo of CA state flowers/poppies
- Anchor tattoo on my finger
- Tattoo of a hummingbird, completed 4.5.12
- Take a pottery class, learn how to use the wheel
- Make a set of ceramic espresso cups
- Make a set of ceramic egg cups
Have my teeth whitened professionally, (no can do. gum/crappy teeth issues means that the best whitening i can do is crest white strips. sigh.)- Learn to play mahjong
- Learn to make a good sangria, completed 9.1.12
- Learn to speak Spanish
- Take a class at the Institute of Domestic Technology
- Leave random notes of love and inspiration around Los Angeles, completed 11.23.11
- Host a bonfire beach party
- Buy myself flowers every week for a month
- See and shoot Manhattanhenge
- Learn to hoop dance, (hoop moving up, off and around my body, not just my waist.)
- Drive-in movies downtown L.A., completed 1.28.12, Sixteen Candles
- Go to The Magic Castle
- Attend a high tea party, preferably in London, completed 10.12.12
- Host a tea party for friends
- Walk/run the stairs in Santa Monica
- Walk 5 of the hidden staircases in Los Angeles
- Beachwood Canyon, 6-10-12
- Music Box Loop, 1-6-13
- Ride my mountain bike to Venice Beach and back
- Go to the Yashamiro Farmer's Market
- Get a facial, completed 6.18.12
- Spa day at one of the Korean spas around town, completed 9.14.12
- Write out recipes from my computer and add to recipe binder, completed 5.8.13
- Take a professional culinary knife skills class
- Eat at Cafe Gratitude, Venice
- Go to Crafted, the craft marketplace in the port of Los Angeles
- Make a marmalade
- Make a lime curd
- Make preserved lemons
- Recreate the delicious cold press coffee from Santa Barbara cafe, completed 5.9.13
- Eat at all of Roy Choi restaurants
- A-Frame, completed 3-9-13
