wren in 2008

2008, so far, is 95% worth living.

In 2005, wren did 313 things, went 0 places, met 0 people, and consumed 51 products.

Years: 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. work all 12 steps — completed 5 months later
  2. Dr. Seuss Avatar Week - Jan.20 to Jan. 26 — completed 5 months later
  3. Wish SallyKitt a picture-perfect birthday on January 16th — completed 5 months later
  4. Vote for Ms. Bryce to win an appearance on Lifetime's "How to Look Good Naked" — completed 5 months later
  5. Wish Annie Dee the happiest of birthdays on January 12th! — completed 5 months later
  6. wish the one and only MollieK a Memorable, Positive and Gracious Birthday on January 21 — completed 5 months later
  7. visit and be among the Redwoods — completed 5 months later
  8. Give away a bunch of clothes I've been meaning to give away for a long time — completed 6 months later
  9. experience an earthquake — completed 5 months later
  10. Walk to and from work at least 3 times per week — completed 6 months later
  11. buy a digital piano — completed 6 months later
  12. Work at Best Friends Animal Society.
  13. identify 100 things that make me happy.
  14. Get over my math truama/phobia so it doesn't hold me back
  15. stay in touch with old friends
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. bluepark
Read:
  1. Almanac of the Dead — Worth consuming!
  2. Intruder in the Dust (Vintage International) — Worth consuming!
  3. The Great Gatsby — Not worth consuming
  4. Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street (The Art of the Novella series) — Worth consuming!
  5. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith — Worth consuming!
  6. The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting — Worth consuming!
  7. Academic Medicine : A Guide for Clinicians — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. Icky Thump — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Sweeney Todd — Worth consuming!
  2. 3:10 to Yuma (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  3. Juno — Worth consuming!

→ See more from January

February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Wish Des a care-free, Disney-like Birthday on February 25th — completed 4 months later
  2. Celebrate Adar's Accomplishment on 43Things with Cheers and Toasts — completed 4 months later
  3. sponsor Gertie in the Edinburgh Moonwalk for breast cancer — completed 4 months later
  4. vote on 5 February 2008 - Super Tuesday ! — completed 5 months later
  5. celebrate the wonder of Eurovision 2008 — completed 4 months later
  6. Post my bad photos in all their gory. — completed 5 months later
  7. See Daniel Johnston in concert
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Choose a tarot card for each month of the year — Worth doing!
  2. review 2007: how did I do? — Worth doing!
Read:
  1. The Autograph Man
Listened to:
  1. Hi, How Are You? — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Ray — Worth consuming!
  2. Michael Clayton (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!

→ See more from February

March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Wish Adar a very happy birthday on March 10!! — completed 3 months later
  2. wish beautiful Beequeen much merriment on her birthday on March 18th — completed 3 months later
  3. go to a black tie event — completed 3 months later
  4. wish the wonderful picasso's muse a wonderful, stunning, fabulous and HUG WORTHY b'day on March 17, cause she rocks xxx — completed 3 months later
  5. See The Raconteurs on their "Consolers of the Lonely" tour — completed 3 months later
  6. Wish New_Start the best birthday ever on April 1! — completed 3 months later
  7. Wish Gypsiewriter a So Much Fun It's Obscene Birthday March 31st — completed 3 months later
  8. wish YG a masterful and juicy birthday on 29th March — completed 3 months later
  9. Celebrate International Arsene Lupin day March 26th — completed 3 months later
  10. Wish Doris a Blessed, Peaceful, Energetic and Fun-filled Birthday on March 13th — completed 4 months later
  11. Hike to a natural hot spring — completed 3 months later
  12. learn jazz piano — completed 4 months later
  13. See Old Faithful — completed 3 months later
  14. Drive Route 66 — completed 4 months later
  15. have a successful long distance relationship — completed 4 months later
Read:
  1. The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake — Worth consuming!
  2. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Enchanted (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!

→ See more from March

April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Wish 'howyadoin' a carefree, fun-lovin' and best birthday yet on May 13th, with a spa-treatment and Stoli Doli on the side as she turns "20-10" :) — completed 28 days later
  2. Wish Kim N the happiest of birthdays on April 28th — completed 2 months later
  3. Wish Arsene Lupin a glorious, soul-stirring real birthday on April 26. — completed 2 months later
  4. join Facebook — completed 2 months later
  5. wish Ru a wonderfully special birthday which will envelope all her senses with magic (on April 8th) — completed 3 months later
  6. Team GRACE — completed 2 months later
  7. encourage everyone to display their "recent activity" to make it easier to cheer their comments — completed 2 months later
  8. see Crater Lake — completed 2 months later
  9. Visit New Orleans — completed 2 months later
  10. become finanacially independent — completed 2 months later
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. check out Kanzeon Zen Center
Read:
  1. Running with Scissors: A Memoir — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. Conquest — Worth consuming!
  2. Consolers Of The Lonely — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Kickbox - Core Cross Train — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. citracal creamy bites — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. MacBook Pro — Worth consuming!

→ See more from April

May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Send Vex's dad a birthday card (w/pretty stamps!) — completed about 1 month later
  2. Create a logo, then use it on t-shirts (or some other cool souvenir object) to celebrate our Center's 3rd year of operation. — completed about 1 month later
  3. Wish A Whole New Jack a "swimmingly good" birthday on May 5th — completed 2 months later
  4. Wish Agent Ish a "simply beautiful" birthday on May 5th! — completed 2 months later
  5. Throw WyvernDust a birthday party, because she's turning 39 on May ???! — completed about 1 month later
  6. Celebrate with Adar as she is ordained as a rabbi on May 18th! — completed about 1 month later
  7. Read "Women Who Run With Wolves" — completed about 1 month later
  8. Celebrate Jennalicious's Cinco de Mayo Birthday Fabulously — completed 2 months later
  9. wish wembleyheads the most fabulous birthday ever on May 9th! — completed 2 months later
  10. Help "bluepark" celebrate her Birthday (This Memorial Day Weekend) with Lots of Love (similar to what She bestows on ALL her 43T Friends) — completed about 1 month later
  11. make a list of things people mention they want to make gift shopping easier — completed about 1 month later
  12. not care particularly about the new Sex & The City movie — completed about 1 month later
  13. reflect daily in a 'one sentence' journal
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Wish 'howyadoin' a carefree, fun-lovin' and best birthday yet on May 13th, with a spa-treatment and Stoli Doli on the side as she turns "20-10" :) — Worth doing!
  2. wish Moose a magnificent birthday on May 27th! — Worth doing!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Todd Schoonover
Read:
  1. The Big Girls (Vintage Contemporaries) — Worth consuming!
  2. Breaking Free: My Life wtih Dissociative Identity Disorder
Listened to:
  1. Youth & Young Manhood — Not worth consuming
  2. Sideways Soul: Dub Narcotic Sound System Meets the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in a Dan
  3. Quah — Worth consuming!
  4. Dirt Farmer — Worth consuming!
  5. Float — Worth consuming!
  6. Momofuku — Worth consuming!
  7. We Told You Not to Cross Us — Worth consuming!
  8. Amazing Stories — Worth consuming!
  9. Christmas With Jorma Kaukonen — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Almost Famous — Worth consuming!
  2. The Jacket — Worth consuming!
  3. 10,000 Black Men Named George — Worth consuming!
  4. There Will Be Blood — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. veterinary services — Worth consuming!

→ See more from May

June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Enjoy some Après ski with Nonnacookbooker to celebrate her birthday on June 18th! — completed 20 days later
  2. Invite people to have a George Carlin Avatar this week to honor this wise and outspoken Comedian — completed 15 days later
  3. bake some bread — completed 28 days later
  4. plant my summer garden — completed about 1 month later
  5. see the Rolling Stones play live — completed 23 days later
  6. follow natural rhythms
  7. attend a creative writing class — completed about 1 month later
  8. not take things so personally
  9. Post my glorious photos.
  10. Make one small home beautification each month.
  11. write and illustrate a children's book
  12. Paint the birds.
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. try vegemite
  2. Wish flowergirlresumed a pretty, glorious and joyful Birthday on 16th June ! Yey ! — Worth doing!
  3. get lots of people to pray for my dog, Numen
  4. Eat at a 5 star restaurant — Worth doing!
  5. Send Vex's dad a birthday card (w/pretty stamps!) — Worth doing!
  6. Fall in love — Worth doing!
  7. Help Catattack raise funds for the Faith Fancher Breast Cancer Challenge 5K — Worth doing!
  8. meet someone famous — Not worth doing
  9. learn how to drive stick-shift — Worth doing!
  10. go camping — Worth doing!
  11. List all things I did well today! — Worth doing!
  12. Have people send prayers,hugs and all around good mojo to Bluepark. for a speedy recovery. — Worth doing!
  13. Create a logo, then use it on t-shirts (or some other cool souvenir object) to celebrate our Center's 3rd year of operation.
  14. Wish the artful Aimee abundance of peace, joy, and love on her birthday June 21st — Worth doing!
  15. be happy — Not worth doing
Read:
  1. Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. Ellwood City — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Play Misty for Me — Worth consuming!
  2. No Reservations — Worth consuming!
  3. Last Holiday — Worth consuming!

→ See more from June

July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. read the complete works of an author in chronological order — completed about 15 hours later
  2. hike by myself — completed about 15 hours later
  3. Send loving wishes to IWABMY for a joy filled birthday, July 31! — completed 1 day later
  4. go to the Olympics — completed 8 days later
  5. Ride a horse — completed 22 days later
  6. stay a non smoker — completed 10 days later
  7. Find a way to live in the mountains for a time — completed 15 days later
  8. Promote Alzheimer's Awareness and participate in the 2008 Memory Walk.
  9. kaizen
  10. Save the Yellowstone Wolves.
  11. Be Sugar Free in August
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Be on the Board of Directors for a non-profit organization — Worth doing!
  2. solve the mystery of including pics with a comment — Worth doing!
  3. Drive across the USA — Worth doing!
  4. welcome Autumn by celebrating and acknowledging Autumn Equinox — Worth doing!
  5. find my celebrity look alikes — Worth doing!
  6. wish Bibliomane a happy new decade on September 20 — Worth doing!
  7. declare 01 - 07 September The Beatles Avatar Week
  8. celebrate TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY September 19th 2007 (http://www.talklikeapirate.com/) — Worth doing!
  9. Make a Meez
  10. see bears in the wild — Worth doing!
  11. Wish TajLV a Celebrating the Mundane Birthday October 6th — Worth doing!
  12. Read all of Margaret Atwood's work — Worth doing!
  13. see the grand canyon — Worth doing!
  14. weight train — Worth doing!
  15. Make an appointment for a physical
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. own a garden gnome
  2. see sonic youth do daydream nation
  3. Take one picture a day as a way to document my life
  4. Get a new massage therapist
  5. Make a birthday gift for my husband.
  6. Work at Best Friends Animal Society.
  7. See Daniel Johnston in concert
  8. see the White Stripes on their Icky Thump tour
  9. visit Iceland
  10. be an artist everyday
  11. Colour an entire colouring book.
  12. follow natural rhythms
Read:
  1. The Sociopath Next Door — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. The Station Agent — Worth consuming!
  2. Next Stop Wonderland — Not worth consuming
  3. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room — Worth consuming!
  4. 27 Dresses — Worth consuming!
  5. Untraceable

→ See more from July

August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Buy our own Ruth G's book of poetry, and encourage others to do the same.
  2. catch a west coast train with other 43Ters and be part of a railway party meetup
  3. wish wren a lustrous virgo birthday August 24 complete with birdsong and lots of cheers
  4. Feel at home in my skin
  5. Encourage 43T Virgos to add their name to the 43T Virgo list...
  6. Wish New Isabella a mindful, miracle-filled, little bit zany birthday on August 24th!
  7. Souhaitez un "agir aujourd'hui" anniversaire à La Vie En Rose Auguste 24
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. read the complete works of an author in chronological order — Worth doing!
  2. hike by myself — Worth doing!
  3. Read Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — Worth doing!
  4. Send loving wishes to IWABMY for a joy filled birthday, July 31! — Worth doing!
  5. go to a football game — Worth doing!
  6. get a border collie — Worth doing!
  7. learn the I Ching — Worth doing!
  8. listen to audiobooks while driving to work — Worth doing!
  9. try edamame — Worth doing!
  10. get my driver's license — Worth doing!
  11. Be A Free Spirit — Worth doing!
  12. Stop watching the news(too depressing) — Worth doing!
  13. save $1000 for emergencies — Worth doing!
  14. Stop telling people what they want to hear and start saying what really needs to be said — Worth doing!
  15. Drive across America from coast to coast. — Worth doing!

→ See more from August


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