bookish in 2006

2006 was 95% worth living.

In 2005, bookish did 122 things, went 57 places, met 8 people, and consumed 0 products.

Years: 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. not get on the h-hoff bandwagon... just like that... — completed 4 days later
  2. Ask people to share their favorite... — completed 18 days later
  3. make a metalist of lists i want to make. wait a minute. don't i kinda already have this goal??? — completed 5 months later
  4. Get more people to subscribe to and enjoy my podcast (but only if they really want to...) — completed about 1 year later
  5. Get my Job Search into HIGH Gear!!!!!!!! and ask LOTS of Questions along the WAY....
  6. go to sleep on the bed and not on the couch with the TV blaring and also don't want to forget to brush teeth and floss — completed about 1 year later
  7. Work in a Bookstore? Maybe? I have some questions about this...
  8. atom — completed over 2 years later
  9. find my partner-in-"crime" with whom to while away the gorgeously preciously few hours we have on this planet
  10. post random questions daily and see if anyone plays with me and answers them :)
  11. jot down random fleeting thoughts and ideas
  12. Make the change from all or nothing to all or something, or better yet, something or something and Be Finally Free — completed over 2 years later
  13. Encourage all the smokers who have the Amazing Goal of quitting — completed over 2 years later
  14. cultivate self-discipline
  15. prioritize, prioritize, prioritize, and then act
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. reduce the amount of sugar i consume — Worth doing!
  2. Help Katchoo achieve her goal of becoming a top 500 reviewer on Amazon — Worth doing!
  3. wish everyone peace, happiness and lots of love-making this new year! — Worth doing!
  4. use the hold button (aka "give up") to hunker down with a pragmatic GSD(copyright rob 2005) list at least for the next couple weeks break — Worth doing!
  5. share interesting websites — Worth doing!
  6. hit all the buttons in a crowded elevator — Not worth doing
  7. switch to Firefox — Worth doing!
  8. Have a better relationship with my sister — Worth doing!
  9. join the Mysterious Sexy ENFPs Club — Worth doing!
  10. Explore how 43 things can be a social change tool — Worth doing!
  11. See the Firefly movie — Worth doing!
  12. watch and be blown away by Brokeback Mountain and tell others about it... — Worth doing!
  13. See Chris Isaak in concert — Worth doing!
  14. Ride a Camel — Worth doing!
  15. Watch something or hear something or read something hilarious everyday, because there's no better way to wake up — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. New York City — visited about 1 month later
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. ake
  2. Todd Schoonover — met about 1 year later
  3. RuthG — met about 1 year later
  4. ume
  5. HobokenMartha — met about 1 year later
  6. Maggie the cat
  7. JudithKD — met about 1 year later
  8. Absnasm
  9. calypte
  10. starglows
  11. Katchoo
  12. Cynonymous — met 3 months later

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Try to figure out why I don't have any cheers
  2. make a list of the top 20 movies, books and CDs to be issued to a person at birth
  3. get advice about best Verizon cell plan to get
  4. throw a virtual birthday party for the one and only DESOLATEIRONY! — completed 12 days later
  5. help 43 Things win the SXSW People's Choice award — completed about 1 month later
  6. apply to ArtWallah — completed 3 months later
  7. survive the UFC (Utter Frozen Coldness) with spirits intact — completed about 1 year later
  8. organize a 43Things meetup in NYC (or nearby) — completed about 1 year later
  9. get better at making decisions — completed about 1 year later
  10. Get everyone to celebrate the 43rd day of the year (Feb 12th) by doing something TOTALLY fun and out of character — completed about 1 year later
  11. When procrastinating, at least let it be Creative — completed over 2 years later
  12. Take a photo every day
  13. Not freak about and get stage fright about my performance in NY tonight... — completed over 2 years later
  14. do the artists way
  15. 43things TEAM PROJECT: support fellow artists in their artistic projects — completed over 2 years later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. wish lovable rockin heaveemetal a Happy Birthday on 2-3 — Worth doing!
  2. wish the lovely Myself a Happy Birthday on 2-3 — Worth doing!
  3. Find out what Gluck Mate means... — Worth doing!
  4. not get on the h-hoff bandwagon... just like that... — Not worth doing
  5. wish Andrew Miesem a Happy Birthday, 2-5 — Worth doing!
  6. say goodbye — Worth doing!
  7. not watch the Superbowl — Worth doing!
  8. get people to check out http://www.traveling-soldier.org/ — Worth doing!
  9. Ask people to share their favorite... — Worth doing!
  10. Share Blizzard Photos — Worth doing!
  11. give Cathibeth all the love and support she needs — Worth doing!
  12. encourage Umeboshibaby to write more entries! — Worth doing!
  13. Take a "working vacation" from 43 — Worth doing!
  14. cheer Rib as much as Possible Today, and encourage Others to Do the Same! — Worth doing!
  15. sleep on the beach — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Try to figure out why I don't have any cheers
  2. make a list of the top 20 movies, books and CDs to be issued to a person at birth
  3. get advice about best Verizon cell plan to get
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. New York City — Worth visiting!
  2. Vancouver — Worth visiting!
  3. Metro Manila — Worth visiting!
  4. London — Worth visiting!
  5. Ohio — Worth visiting!
  6. Thailand — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Bruno Girin
  2. pioneerspirit
  3. annabanana
  4. yrush
  5. Paul Nelson — met 9 months later
  6. JamDown
  7. sashimiaddict
  8. Luke Schoen

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. wish the peripatetic gypsiewriter a "Write On" birthday (March 31) — completed 3 days later
  2. learn about 43 new places by finding out " What you like and find fascinating about your place?"
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. throw a virtual birthday party for the one and only DESOLATEIRONY! — Worth doing!
  2. help 43 Things win the SXSW People's Choice award — Worth doing!
  3. give all my cheers to CelenasWordGoddess for the next few days — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Mythical/Fictional Places — visited 8 months later
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Malika
  2. Moose
  3. lanna_05

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April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. list one thing every day that was positive
  2. Find 10 people in 15 cities who are passionate about their city and want to help with a new project for 43 Places
  3. watch the sunrise and sunset — completed 10 months later
  4. I want to NOT play Cubis when there are More Important Things to Do in My l.i.f.e — completed 10 months later
  5. Share insights about how to use 43Things to best advantage, how it can be an aid to accomplishment, not a distraction — completed over 2 years later
  6. Send lots of love and support to "thatgirlsab" on the loss of her dad — completed over 2 years later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. wish the peripatetic gypsiewriter a "Write On" birthday (March 31) — Worth doing!
  2. Get 43people on 43things to celebrate Paul Nelson's 43rd birthday on 4/3! — Worth doing!
  3. Meet Bookish! — Worth doing!
  4. Defragment my computer — Worth doing!
  5. celebrate Earth Day on April 22 — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. San Francisco — visited 20 days later
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Ti Couz — Worth visiting!
  2. Steps Of Rome — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Michael — met 12 days later
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. AmyBK8899
  2. Barbara Kingsolver

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Meet up with interesting 43-ers in Boston?
  2. Celebrate ProfuseMoose's birthday in the moosiest way possible!!! — completed 12 days later
  3. Work on my secret goal...with the help of several 43thingers!!! — completed 28 days later
  4. Actively seek employment at U penn
  5. Learn the ins and outs of Podcasting for Libraries
  6. find 10 people in San Francisco who are passionate about it and want to help with a new project for 43 Places — completed 11 months later
  7. learn to cook indian food — completed about 1 year later
  8. Eat vegetables - and fruits - every Day
  9. exercise daily
  10. Write every day
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Wish Librarian the very happiest birthday possible today! — Worth doing!
  2. Wish misswa a very happy birthday! — Worth doing!
  3. Cheer on the Oh-So-Fine-and-Sexy Ms. Bryce in her 5K on May 21st!!! — Worth doing!
  4. wish Chuq a Happy Birthday! — Worth doing!
  5. apply to ArtWallah — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. list one thing every day that was positive
  2. Meet up with interesting 43-ers in Boston?
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Boston — visited 2 months later
  2. Morningside Heights — visited 4 months later
  3. Hell's Kitchen — visited 6 months later
  4. Here — visited 7 months later
  5. Millennium Restaurant — visited 10 months later
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Within Myself
  2. The Universe
  3. San Francisco — Worth visiting!
  4. Embarcadero — Worth visiting!
  5. Diamond Heights — Worth visiting!
  6. Green Apple Books — Worth visiting!
  7. El Rio — Worth visiting!
  8. Suriya Thai — Worth visiting!
  9. Bryant Park — Worth visiting!
  10. Marymount Manhattan College — Worth visiting!
  11. Sutro Heights Park — Worth visiting!
  12. Lake Tahoe — Worth visiting!
  13. Julia Morgan Theatre — Worth visiting!
  14. Viks Chaat Corner — Worth visiting!
  15. Mills College — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. gypsiewriter thinks life is beautiful
  2. FairlyFearless
  3. myrrh_garden
  4. winstonwolfe
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. Cynonymous
  2. Michael

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. only eat when I'm hungry
  2. figure out where all the people like me are hiding
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Celebrate ProfuseMoose's birthday in the moosiest way possible!!! — Worth doing!
  2. tell folks about what an aMAZING magazine Kahani is! — Worth doing!
  3. Wish Happy Birthday to Mrs. Egbert on June 9th — Worth doing!
  4. be happy alone — Not worth doing
  5. Work on my secret goal...with the help of several 43thingers!!! — Worth doing!
  6. Wish Nonnacookbooker a HAPPY Birthday for June 18 — Worth doing!
  7. ride an elephant
  8. declare 26/06 - 02/07 Flower Avatar Week — Worth doing!
  9. read for pleasure — Worth doing!

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. wish a One-Day-Belated Rousing Happy Birthday to pioneerspirit! — completed 12 days later
  2. lose an inch around the waist
  3. Touch the Life of a Stranger in Need — completed 11 months later
  4. Buy our own Ruth G's book of poetry, and encourage others to do the same. — completed about 1 year later
  5. Overcome lethargy
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. celebrate RuthG's -the matriarch of 43T- birthday on July 4th — Worth doing!
  2. make a metalist of lists i want to make. wait a minute. don't i kinda already have this goal??? — Worth doing!
  3. Give Jamie lots of love and support on the loss of her mom
  4. Get People to participate in the 2006 Dewey Donation System Book Drive for Gulf Coast Libraries — Worth doing!
  5. wish cathibeth a brilliant birthday (July 10)! — Worth doing!
  6. smile at everyone on 43things
  7. wish ellie257 a very happy & fun birthday at 25th july! — Worth doing!
  8. Quit playing Cubis -- Cold Turkey — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Dosa South Indian Cuisine — Worth visiting!
  2. Boston — Worth visiting!

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August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. escape
  2. Send love and cheers to Umeboshibaby — completed 15 days later
  3. get up when my alarm clock goes off
  4. find an affordable place to live in NYC — completed about 1 year later
  5. wish Agent99 the bestest birthday (August 17th) ever!! — completed about 1 year later
  6. resist giving cheers when it's time to sleep
  7. remember at least one good thing that happened today
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. wish the sophisticated and fabulous nobodysperfect a Happy Birthday! (Aug 11)
  2. wish a One-Day-Belated Rousing Happy Birthday to pioneerspirit!
  3. wish Des a magical time at Walt Disney World
  4. wish Katchoo a graceful 40th birthday! (Aug 12)
  5. wish the well-read, lovely, loveable, super purplefibermom a Happy Birthday today (Aug 19) — Worth doing!
  6. get all my dental work done — Worth doing!
  7. Invite all of my virtual friends to my virtual Pot Luck Picnic!
  8. figure out how to listen to This American Life episodes again — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. escape
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Cha-ya — visited 16 days later
  2. Chatt patta corner — visited 16 days later
  3. Chez Panisse — visited 16 days later
  4. Zachary's pizza — visited 16 days later
  5. Shubox cafe — visited 16 days later
  6. Home Plate Restaurant — visited 16 days later
  7. Brooklyn — visited 3 months later
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Switzerland
  2. United Nations HQs — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Frannie Girl
  2. NedRaggett
  3. sarumantheevil — met 21 days later

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September

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Send hugs and support to Trauma_Junkie on the loss of her grandpa — completed 13 days later
  2. Decide on whether or not i'm going to meet up with my long-ago love when he flies into the east coast next month — completed about 1 month later
  3. Be the personally selected, lucky recipient of a handmade gift from Cynonymous — completed about 1 month later
  4. Buy suitable athletic shoes. — completed about 1 month later
  5. Start making cool, yummy, healthy breakfast smoothies, at least once a week
  6. Establish my morning routine, with not getting on the internet until done being part of it
  7. Email or call the following folks — completed about 1 month later
  8. Email and/or write thank you to D.N. — completed 2 months later
  9. Email and/or write thank you to S.K. at UP — completed 2 months later
  10. Take the Halloween Eco-pledge — completed about 1 year later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Send love and cheers to Umeboshibaby — Worth doing!
  2. 2006-09-11: join at least 43 other 43Ters in posting reflections on the anniversary this coming Monday — Worth doing!
  3. Give Cynonymous the "punniest" birthday ever, on September 15th!!! — Worth doing!
  4. celebrate Todd Schoonover's birthday Sept. 15, by participating in a 43Things conference call, or just by posting good wishes! — Worth doing!
  5. eat cereal for dinner tonight. — Worth doing!
  6. watch the season-premiere of Grey's Anatomy (yeah, yeah, i know, television, right, i'm usually against television, but go figure, i love this show!) — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Cha-ya — Worth visiting!
  2. Chatt patta corner — Worth visiting!
  3. Chez Panisse — Worth visiting!
  4. Zachary's pizza — Worth visiting!
  5. Shubox cafe — Worth visiting!
  6. Home Plate Restaurant — Worth visiting!
  7. Punjabi Grocery & Deli Incorporated — Worth visiting!
  8. Pie by the Pound — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. SallyKitt
  2. Ira
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. sarumantheevil

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October

Added to 43 Things:
  1. obtain 43Ters' thoughts on how to blog and surf more efficiently and effectively.
  2. Give the BIG HEART award to someone else — completed 12 days later
  3. listen to Morning Ragas as a soothing start to the day... — completed 8 days later
  4. eat a quenepa again... mmm...
  5. stay fresh and positive and optimistic in the face of failure after failure after failure
  6. Find a more permanent place to live... — completed 4 months later
  7. Eat a salad (and one fruit) a day
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Send hugs and support to Trauma_Junkie on the loss of her grandpa — Worth doing!
  2. celebrate Ruth's New Job, which starts Monday, by sending her run-on sentence Good Wishes that will make her smile and laugh and celebrate her very Ruthness... — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Pukk Restaurant — visited about 1 year later
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Morningside Heights — Worth visiting!

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November

Added to 43 Things:
  1. move out of this godforsaken apt to a livable place — completed 3 months later
  2. Set up my new studio apartment!
  3. Wake up to how my life is now, and work towards the life I want — completed about 1 year later
  4. Get my asthma under control
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Decide on whether or not i'm going to meet up with my long-ago love when he flies into the east coast next month — Not worth doing
  2. Give the BIG HEART award to someone else — Worth doing!
  3. Be the personally selected, lucky recipient of a handmade gift from Cynonymous — Worth doing!
  4. Buy suitable athletic shoes.
  5. listen to Morning Ragas as a soothing start to the day... — Worth doing!
  6. reflect — Not worth doing
  7. Wish NinaWills a HAPPY 32nd BIRTHDAY on October 29th (even if I am embarrassingly late) — Worth doing!
  8. Email or call the following folks — Worth doing!
  9. Remember Flirt's... November 11th Birthday — Worth doing!
  10. Mail my secret mail — Worth doing!
  11. CELEBRATE the BIRTHDAY of JudithKD (Nov. 25) with FROLIC and GLEE!!! — Worth doing!
  12. eat at Counter — Worth doing!
  13. Ride the NY Subway — Not worth doing
  14. Email and/or write thank you to D.N. — Worth doing!
  15. Email and/or write thank you to S.K. at UP — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. obtain 43Ters' thoughts on how to blog and surf more efficiently and effectively.
  2. Start making cool, yummy, healthy breakfast smoothies, at least once a week
  3. Establish my morning routine, with not getting on the internet until done being part of it
  4. eat a quenepa again... mmm...
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Hell's Kitchen — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Aatmiya Yogini

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December

Added to 43 Things:
  1. fund a microloan through kiva.org — completed 21 days later
  2. find joy in music again — completed 4 months later
  3. Host a 43people meet up in New York City on March 24, 2007 — completed 6 months later
  4. Wish the fantabulous ThinkMelissaThink a very Happy Birthday on December 10th — completed 8 months later
  5. clean, clean, clean! — completed 7 months later
  6. Learn how to make mung beans, in 43 different ways
  7. Make a list of things that make me smile, giggle, or best, laugh out loud... and invite others to add to it! — completed about 1 year later
  8. Ask questions — completed about 1 year later
  9. find a new job — completed about 1 year later
  10. Apply to library school — completed about 1 year later
  11. dance again — completed about 1 year later
  12. write and share a "This I Believe" essay
  13. Keep a scanner journal...
  14. eat healthily
  15. go to sleep at a reasonable hour — completed about 1 year later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Meet HobokenMartha!!!!!!! — Worth doing!
  2. Buy some kind of paper calendar/organizer — Worth doing!
  3. Celebrate Zanna`s birthday on december 8 with a virtual breakfast martini party! — Worth doing!
  4. make tiramisu — Worth doing!
  5. Receive mail from two amazing 43ers on the same day! — Worth doing!
  6. Celebrate my 1 year anniversary on 43 Things — Worth doing!
  7. Wish the dynamic and talented MaryHawkins a wonderfully Happy Birthday on December 18! — Worth doing!
  8. wish Absnasm a happy birthday on December 19th — Worth doing!
  9. Throw Ms. Oh-So-Fine-and-Sexy, Wanna-Be Dr. B, Soon-to-Be Mrs. > Wonderful a simply *DIVINE* birthday party on December 17th!!! — Worth doing!
  10. Write my speech by 5 p.m. today and email it to N.S. and uncle — Worth doing!
  11. See "Kaos" — Worth doing!
  12. bake more — Not worth doing
  13. wish FairlyFearless a belated birthday! — Worth doing!
  14. attend the V. alumni reunion — Worth doing!
  15. Live in India for 6 months — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Mythical/Fictional Places — Worth visiting!
  2. Here
  3. Lovejoy's — Worth visiting!
  4. Far Leaves — Worth visiting!
  5. Brooklyn — Worth visiting!
  6. Kerala — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Cyn_66
  2. bibliomane
  3. flowergirlresumed
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. Amy Sedaris
  2. Paul Nelson
  3. anita desai

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