bookish in 2008

2008, so far, is 98% worth living.

In 2005, bookish did 106 things, went 1 place, met 3 people, and consumed 0 products.

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

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Visit a foreign city for every letter of the alphabet
  2. Send Milkbox happy birthday (and every day) wishes for her January 24th birthday — completed 7 days later
  3. go dancing impromptu on a "school night"! — completed 2 days later
  4. Help Julie Jordan Scott Have The Best Birthday Ever On Jan.29th — completed 12 days later
  5. ask SallyKitt to give me a photo-assignment — completed 4 days later
  6. Be happy for others — completed 5 months later
  7. make a list of books i want to read
  8. try linkup — completed 5 months later
  9. Keep Track of all the Movies I Watch in 2008
  10. Steer clear of complaining
  11. Keep track of all the books I read in 2008
  12. move to my own place
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. go on a New Year's day walk — Worth doing!
  2. Get my BMI down to 24.9 — Worth doing!
  3. Save money
  4. record my dreams
  5. Figure out why my thumb has been numb for a Long time now and do something to change it back to normal
  6. celebrate Silvie's birthday on December 31st with due pomp and circumstance (wearing bonnets) — Worth doing!
  7. feel calm
  8. ira
  9. embrace my inner Cookie Monster... and then maybe he'll (she'll?) calm down...
  10. list 43 things that made 2007 a good year — Worth doing!
  11. Vote for Ms. Bryce to win an appearance on Lifetime's "How to Look Good Naked" — Worth doing!
  12. get a massage — Worth doing!
  13. Wish SallyKitt a picture-perfect birthday on January 16th — Worth doing!
  14. Wish the wise and witty DWLT a SUNNY birthday on January 18th — Worth doing!
  15. Celebrate with Umeboshibaby on her January 23rd birthday! — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Visit a foreign city for every letter of the alphabet
  2. settle in
  3. Learn how to make mung beans, in 43 different ways
  4. Spend more time working on my goals and less time on cheering
  5. Do the Couch to 5k running plan
  6. Watch the Golden Compass in the cinema
Marked as failed on 43 Places:
  1. Argentina
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. Faustus
  2. hollyhollyoxenfree

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Wish Des a care-free, Disney-like Birthday on February 25th — completed about 1 month later
  2. leave notes in library books — completed 3 months later
  3. Celebrate Adar's Accomplishment on 43Things with Cheers and Toasts — completed 4 months later
  4. List movies I would like to watch, today or "someday"
  5. Keep track of all the books I Skimmed in 2008
  6. express thankfulness, appreciation, gratitude
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Wish Myself the happiest birthday ever on February 3rd! — Worth doing!
  2. Send Milkbox happy birthday (and every day) wishes for her January 24th birthday — Worth doing!
  3. go dancing impromptu on a "school night"! — Worth doing!
  4. Help Julie Jordan Scott Have The Best Birthday Ever On Jan.29th — Worth doing!
  5. ask SallyKitt to give me a photo-assignment — Worth doing!
  6. Wish YRUSH a Happy Birthday (Feb 1) — Worth doing!
  7. help catattack get to 3000 cheers! — Worth doing!
  8. start using the library — Worth doing!
  9. create more art — Worth doing!
  10. take a break from 43things — Worth doing!
  11. do something every day, no matter how small, towards applying for the internship — Worth doing!
  12. wish Saramarie Happy Birthday on February 11, 43T style! Did anyone say Birthday eye-candy? — Worth doing!
  13. Figure out why suddenly all songs and podcasts are skipping!!! (even when they are not being streamed from the internet (and fix it)
  14. Ask questions — Worth doing!
  15. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Eat vegetables - and fruits - every Day
  2. have my podcast aired on This American Life
  3. only eat when I'm hungry
  4. Underpromise and Overdeliver
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. SaraSA

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Wish Gypsiewriter a So Much Fun It's Obscene Birthday March 31st — completed 5 days later
  2. Show my photo safari on 43
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. find a new job — Worth doing!
  2. Wish Adar a very happy birthday on March 10!! — Worth doing!
  3. Apply to library school — Worth doing!
  4. team all the 43T librarians
  5. laugh — Worth doing!
  6. Stop checking a certain email account until and unless finished with all grad school apps. Also minimize my 43things postings until finished with same. Oh yes, and reward myself with a little ice cream when finished. — Worth doing!
  7. Write the darn research paper. — Worth doing!
  8. Find new (to me) music I love — Worth doing!
  9. Wish Des a care-free, Disney-like Birthday on February 25th — Worth doing!
  10. Buy our own Ruth G's book of poetry, and encourage others to do the same. — Worth doing!
  11. find an affordable place to live in NYC — Worth doing!
  12. wish Agent99 the bestest birthday (August 17th) ever!! — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Places:
  1. Budapest

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April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Wish Kim N the happiest of birthdays on April 28th — completed 15 days later
  2. Participate in TV Turnoff Week 2008
  3. Attend CiL 2009
  4. Go to the dentist
  5. do something about it
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Wish Gypsiewriter a So Much Fun It's Obscene Birthday March 31st — Worth doing!
  2. Greet each day with an outstanding attitude — Worth doing!
  3. do my 2007 taxes — Worth doing!
  4. Invite people to stop in on Paul Nelson's post and wish him a happy birthday on 4/3 — Worth doing!
  5. atom — Worth doing!
  6. share poems that spark — Worth doing!
  7. attend a pod camp — Worth doing!
  8. learn how to tie the stem of a maraschino cherry with my tongue
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Pukk Restaurant — Worth visiting!

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Create my calendar for California!!! — completed 17 days later
  2. Finish my Happiness Pathfinder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — completed 26 days later
  3. Celebrate with Adar as she is ordained as a rabbi on May 18th! — completed 28 days later
  4. Wish Chuq a full-of-fun birthday on May 15th! — completed about 1 month later
  5. Quit playing Text Twirl and Twist Words games — completed 2 months later
  6. perform in Brooklyn on May 18th — completed 2 months later
  7. Go see (and Hear) Lyle Lovett in concert — completed about 1 month later
  8. Take a free open university course via Internet this summer
  9. go to South America and Central America
  10. interview Anu Garg for a podcast
  11. spend time in Bhutan
  12. Lose 36 pounds within a year and half
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Wish winstonwolfe the most wonderful birthday on May 3rd — Worth doing!
  2. Wish Agent Ish a "simply beautiful" birthday on May 5th! — Worth doing!
  3. Wish Kim N the happiest of birthdays on April 28th — Worth doing!
  4. make a list of Gujarati Words I am fascinated by — Worth doing!
  5. Go take my cataloging exam — Worth doing!
  6. spend a day at the library — Worth doing!
  7. wish Moose a magnificent birthday on May 27th! — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Make 2008 my best year yet
  2. pick one small area of my house... any area... and keep it immaculate for a week... just a week... just one tiny area... is that so hard?

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. upload the slidecasts!
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. leave notes in library books — Worth doing!
  2. dance again — Worth doing!
  3. give a damn — Worth doing!
  4. Wake up to how my life is now, and work towards the life I want — Worth doing!
  5. Create my calendar for California!!!
  6. Finish my Happiness Pathfinder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Worth doing!
  7. Celebrate with Adar as she is ordained as a rabbi on May 18th! — Worth doing!
  8. Acknowledge Summer Solstice — Worth doing!
  9. Monkey around with Aatmiya Yogini in celebration of her birthday on June 23rd! — Worth doing!
  10. Go to a dance workshop by Queen Harish — Worth doing!
  11. Wish Chuq a full-of-fun birthday on May 15th! — Worth doing!
  12. Celebrate Adar's Accomplishment on 43Things with Cheers and Toasts — Worth doing!
  13. get the scholarship application in On Time! — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. write and share a "This I Believe" essay
  2. Keep a scanner journal...
  3. Keep Track of All the Books I Read in 2007
  4. resist giving cheers when it's time to sleep
  5. Visit the Met

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Take a four-week dance class! — completed 22 days later
  2. go to the eye doctor
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Wish RuthG an Inspirational Birthday July 4th — Worth doing!
  2. Quit playing Text Twirl and Twist Words games — Worth doing!
  3. Share insights about how to use 43Things to best advantage, how it can be an aid to accomplishment, not a distraction
  4. When procrastinating, at least let it be Creative — Worth doing!
  5. go back to Tea and stop cheating on Tea with Coffee, because, really, Tea is just better for me, and Coffee and me, well, we'll just have to be friends — Worth doing!
  6. Be happy for others — Worth doing!
  7. perform in Brooklyn on May 18th — Worth doing!
  8. Go see (and Hear) Lyle Lovett in concert — Worth doing!
  9. do my laundry — Worth doing!
  10. make lists of things that interest me, and perhaps share them here, but only if i feel like it, and in the process, write an extremely long and unwieldy-to-read goal, thereby amusing myself — Worth doing!
  11. Rediscover how powerful I am — Worth doing!
  12. identify 100 things that make me happy. — Worth doing!
  13. Stop caring what other people think of me — Worth doing!
  14. Not freak about and get stage fright about my performance in NY tonight... — Worth doing!
  15. Have people send prayers,hugs and all around good mojo to Bluepark. for a speedy recovery. — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. exercise daily
  2. Go apple-picking.
  3. Participate in TV Turnoff Week 2008
  4. find my partner-in-"crime" with whom to while away the gorgeously preciously few hours we have on this planet
  5. Take a photo every day
  6. do the artists way
  7. figure out where all the people like me are hiding
  8. Overcome lethargy
  9. write and perform a one-person show

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August

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Take a four-week dance class!
  2. remember that it is all temporary — Worth doing!
  3. 43things TEAM PROJECT: support fellow artists in their artistic projects — Worth doing!
  4. Make the change from all or nothing to all or something, or better yet, something or something and Be Finally Free — Worth doing!
  5. Encourage all the smokers who have the Amazing Goal of quitting — Worth doing!
  6. Be on time — Worth doing!
  7. keep improving my two podcast shows — Worth doing!
  8. get a damn job already
  9. go to sleep at a reasonable hour — Worth doing!
  10. Send lots of love and support to "thatgirlsab" on the loss of her dad — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. remember at least one good thing that happened today
  2. eat more vegetables
  3. cultivate self-discipline
  4. get in shape, and stay there
  5. prioritize, prioritize, prioritize, and then act

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