101 Things to Do in 1001 Days…

Start Date: March 10, 2008

Finish Date: December 6, 2010

 I’m the sort of person who embraces life and all it has to offer. Except…the thing is…I tend to procrastinate. I delay tasks that are looming, put off places I’d like to go, and tell myself, “Oh, I’ll do that someday.” Then I had a little conversation with an awesome cousin, and within minutes, was convinced that doing 101 things in 1001 days was the answer I was looking for. So…here goes. I’m committing.  (The numbers are off; fixing that is on my to-do list…but you get the gist. And there are 101 things. Trust me.)

 P.S. Many of the items on this list are by no means individual pursuits. I’ll need companions, mentors, and guides. (That sort of makes me sound like Helen Keller- but seriously, I can’t do this alone.) So, be prepared to get a call at 3:00 on a random Sunday.  

Learn How To…

1. Ballroom dance (at least one lesson)
2. Drive a stick shift (at least 3 outings)
3. Knit a scarf (at least a few rows)
4. Make a mosaic
5. Dive head-first into a pool (or some other body of water)
6. Make coffee without having to check
7. Sew something the right way

Go to…

8.    Europe. Anywhere.

9.Find a traveling partner

10.  Get a backpack

11.Decide where in Europe to go

12.  Decide on when to go

13.  Get flight

14. Sausalito for a day trip

1. Seattle
2. A place where I camp for 3+ days
3. San Diego
4. Napa or Sonoma to wine taste
5. Mt. Tamalpais to hike

I need to…

20. Get a bookshelf for grad school books, etc. and organize them

21. Write a kick-ass speech for Ashley and Jason’s wedding

22. Get a kick-ass bridal shower gift for Ashley

23. Get a kick-ass wedding present for said couple (+ card)

24. Research Yosemite accommodations for Crissy’s wedding (even if I don’t wind up going)

25. Sell Cory on Craigslist

26. Buy a newish car. With a sunroof.

27. Research Birthright trip options…and try to go this summer

28. Go through clothes/shoes and sell/donate them

29. Get a Mills sticker or alumnae license plate holder

30. Buy new pillows

31. Figure out how to post this list on-line…ask Jeff?

32. Listen to NPR (or something political) once a week on the way to school

33. Try to remember to take a vitamin every day

34. Finish my BTSA portfolio

35. Do a monthly SBE

36. Help Erica organize her pictures into albums

37. Keep a record of this endeavor with pictures in a journal

I’d love to…

1. Make Grandma’s carrot cake and eat it with friends

39. Make Grandma’s lemon squares and eat them with friends

      40.  Photograph aqua and pink cars and frame them

1. Watch Gone With the Wind
2. Make a Camp Tzofim scrapbook
3. Go ice-skating at an outdoor rink
4. Add at least 8 cards to portfolio, even if it means borrowing cards I’ve sent and copying them
5. Sing at 3 new karaoke bars
6. Go for a bike ride, even if it means renting a bike
7. Treat myself to a spa day
8. See a play/musical
9. Watch a sunrise
10. Watch at least 4 foreign films
11. Watch at least 4 movies that got “Best Picture”
12. Play tennis with 3 different people (hopefully with David at the Claremont)
13. See someone rad in concert (e.g. Madonna)
14. Go out in the city with Jordy. Only Jordy.
15. Try 3 new restaurants I’ve been curious about
16. Go to a new salsa club with Anna
17. Write poetry with mom

San Francisco: I promise to…

1. Move there.
2. Successfully ride MUNI alone
3. Find the actual Full House house and take a picture in front of it
4. Ride a cable car with Erica

62. Go to the rotating restaurant on top of the Hyatt again

1. Go to Golden Gate park and have a picnic
2. Go dancing in the Castro again
3. Walk/bike across the Golden Gate bridge on a clear day
4. Go to the Asian Art Museum

67. Explore the Japanese Tea Gardens

School-Wise, I commit to…

68. Setting up centers/lit menu with clear expectations and guidelines

69.  Adding to my classroom library (Children’s Book Project)

70. Doing math + literature lessons

1. Helping students organize desks and reduce clutter
2. Writing letters to my previous class over the summer
3. Making a book documenting my 2^nd year of teaching, with pictures
4. Observing reputable teachers, at my school or otherwise
5. Organizing my resume/letters of rec/etc. into a portfolio
6. Organizing poems chronologically in a binder

It would be random to…

1. Put a message in a bottle and throw it into the ocean
2. Eat only one sort of food all day
3. Be a vegetarian for a week
4. Pick up a book in a bookstore and read the last chapter
5. Be involved in a pie-eating contest, even if that means me eating a pie with no hands
6. Go to the grocery store in PJ’s and slippers
7. Try Dim-Sum
8. Buy sexy lingerie and wear it for a guy
9. Plant something and watch it grow
10. Eat eggs that are not scrambled for breakfast
11. Do something drastic with my hair, either cut or color
12. Try any sort of diet for at least a week, just for the hell of it
13. Splash in puddles on a rainy day
14. Have a pillow-fight with anyone
15. Go skinny dipping
16. Dress up in a random outfit, wearing a wig, and go to a bar
17. Go to a yoga class with Jessica
18. Kiss someone under the mistletoe
19. Go to Thornhill and visit a classroom
20. Eat at Porky’s Pizza Palace with Dad and Jordy

Send Letters/Emails to…

1. Grandma and Grandpa (monthly)
2. Kyla (monthly)
3. Erica and Heidi (just to see how they are)

100.Cameron

101.Matt