"Travel: US Cities to Visit" item number seven is Lincoln, Nebraska.
When I decided to move back to New York, I also decided to do it by driving across the country by myself. I've only just bought my car, after all, and if the thing will actually make it all the way back to New York, it would be great to have it. I really do need a car there.
Anyway, since I was going to drive so I could take my time, I thought I'd also use the opportunity to get a thing or two accomplished for 101 Things in 1001 Days. I arranged to stay a couple of days with my best friend in Nebraska, to hang out with her and see a couple of things in the city.
The original plan was to arrive on Friday (May 23) evening and leave on Tuesday (May 27) morning. But on Sunday I had a bit of an accident and wound up popping my knee out of joint, spraining my ankle and breaking two toes. I couldn't get out to do anything and I can't put pressure on a gas pedal for hours yet, either, so my stay is going to be longer than planned. We did go out yesterday and drove around and saw the city. But I really wanted to go to the state museum. We'll do that on Friday and if my foot is feeling up to it, I'll probably head out for New York again on Saturday.
I've been invited to stay for as long as I like, though. So who knows?
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The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria:
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).
About Me
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Task List
Start Date: 03.05.08
Finish Date: 12.01.10
For every goal that I don't accomplish, I will donate $5 to a charity (which I haven't picked just yet).
I'm starting out with thirty blank spaces because I'm sure there are things that I'll think of once I've moved across the country that I never would have thought of or that wouldn't have been relevant had I remained in New York.
In progress.
Finished.
Failed.
BEING HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SAFE
things that i have tried and failed to do before and/or things that i need to do (or re-do) to be me
01. Fail to die.
02. Get the hell out of New York.
03. Visit Nan and Pop's grave before I get the hell out of New York.
04. Find a therapist in Idaho.
05. Get a goddamn job!
06. Go back to school.
07. Get health insurance.
08. Get a tattoo.
09. Re-pierce ears - four in the left side, two in the right.
10. Quit biting my nails.
11. Fit into a size 20.
12. Establish $5,000 emergency fund.
13. Get CPR certification again.
14. Change my name to something I'm comfortable with.
EXPANDING HORIZONS
new experiences!
01. Learn Romanian (or possibly Latin), not necessarily fluently, but at least passably.
02. Learn at least the alphabet in American Sign Language.
03. Learn to count to twenty in ten languages. [0/10]
04. Learn to knit.
05. Learn to juggle.
06. Learn to drive stick shift.
07. Try ten new foods (eating out). [7/10]
08. Try ten new foods (cooking at home). [7/10]
09. Learn to fire a gun.
10. Learn to tie a tie. ("Forward" and "backward.")
11. Figure out what that plant Nan used to have was. Get one. Keep it alive.
12. Grow a plant from a seed.
13. Build a snowman.
14. Fly a kite.
15. Build a fort with pillows and blankets and/or cardboard boxes; spend a day reading inside it. Preferably a day when I have other, grown-up things I ought to be doing.
ENTERTAINMENT
film, television, music and gaming goals
01. Beat Super Mario Brothers.
02. See at least one of the following perform live: Rufus Wainwright, the Decemberists, Snow Patrol, Death Cab for Cutie.
03. Finish watching all the films on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies 10th Anniversary list. [41/100]
04. Finish watching all of AFI's Top 10 Movies of the Year from 2000-2009. [47/100]
05. Watch Star Wars. All of it.
06. See Avenue Q.
07. Write a fan letter and actually send it.
08. Finish watching all of Disney's Animated Features. [40/49]
READING AND WRITING
literary goals
01. Continue reading at least 50 books per year.
02. Read fifteen "classics" before 25th birthday. [5/15]
03. Read a religious text other than the Bible cover-to-cover.
04. Get a Kindle.
05. Get something published again -- book, short story, poem, letter to editor ... something.
06. Participate in NaNoWriMo every November; finish at least once.
07. Start a paper journal and update it weekly. [31/143]
08. Blog about each item I complete from this list. [11/101]
09. Go six months without buying any new books.
10. Catalogue my books and maintain a master list.
11. Complete my housefic50 table. [8/50]
12. Complete my 50scenes table. [9/50]
13. Complete my 2x5obsessions table. [2/10]
14. Read 20 "classics" before 26th birthday. [20/20]
EXERCISING CREATIVITY
in more visual ways than writing
01. Get a good digital camera.
02. Create a scrapbook documenting 100 things that make me happy.
03. Admit to as many of my secrets as it takes until one of my cards is published in a PostSecret book or on the website.
04. Design, create and send (on time) cards for The December Holidays for at least one December in my 1001 days (but preferably for both).
05. (Re-)learn some origami.
TRAVEL
uh ... no 'subtitle' here. it's self-explanatory
01. Buy a car.
02. Get a passport.
03. Attend another WorldCon.
04. Travel somewhere outside of the US.
US Cities to visit:
01. NOLA
02. Chicago
03. Seattle
04. San Francisco
05. Los Angeles
06. Las Vegas
07. Lincoln
DO UNTO OTHERS
not-so-random acts of kindness
01. Adopt a pet.
02. Leave at least one encouraging note per week to be found in a public place. [32/143]
03. Donate 1,000,000 grains at FreeRice. [21,000/1,000,000]
04. Pay for the person behind me at the drive-thru.
05. Call or email my sister at least once every two weeks. [?/72]
06. Call or email Laura at least once every two weeks. [?/72]
07a.Call/email/IM gramma at least once a week after moving to Idaho. [8/137]
07b. Visit gramma at least once every two weeks. (Starting June 11) [9/66]
Finish Date: 12.01.10
For every goal that I don't accomplish, I will donate $5 to a charity (which I haven't picked just yet).
I'm starting out with thirty blank spaces because I'm sure there are things that I'll think of once I've moved across the country that I never would have thought of or that wouldn't have been relevant had I remained in New York.
In progress.
Finished.
Failed.
BEING HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SAFE
things that i have tried and failed to do before and/or things that i need to do (or re-do) to be me
01. Fail to die.
02. Get the hell out of New York.
03. Visit Nan and Pop's grave before I get the hell out of New York.
04. Find a therapist in Idaho.
05. Get a goddamn job!
06. Go back to school.
07. Get health insurance.
08. Get a tattoo.
09. Re-pierce ears - four in the left side, two in the right.
10. Quit biting my nails.
11. Fit into a size 20.
12. Establish $5,000 emergency fund.
13. Get CPR certification again.
14. Change my name to something I'm comfortable with.
EXPANDING HORIZONS
new experiences!
01. Learn Romanian (or possibly Latin), not necessarily fluently, but at least passably.
02. Learn at least the alphabet in American Sign Language.
03. Learn to count to twenty in ten languages. [0/10]
04. Learn to knit.
05. Learn to juggle.
06. Learn to drive stick shift.
07. Try ten new foods (eating out). [7/10]
08. Try ten new foods (cooking at home). [7/10]
09. Learn to fire a gun.
10. Learn to tie a tie. ("Forward" and "backward.")
11. Figure out what that plant Nan used to have was. Get one. Keep it alive.
12. Grow a plant from a seed.
13. Build a snowman.
14. Fly a kite.
15. Build a fort with pillows and blankets and/or cardboard boxes; spend a day reading inside it. Preferably a day when I have other, grown-up things I ought to be doing.
ENTERTAINMENT
film, television, music and gaming goals
01. Beat Super Mario Brothers.
02. See at least one of the following perform live: Rufus Wainwright, the Decemberists, Snow Patrol, Death Cab for Cutie.
03. Finish watching all the films on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies 10th Anniversary list. [41/100]
04. Finish watching all of AFI's Top 10 Movies of the Year from 2000-2009. [47/100]
05. Watch Star Wars. All of it.
06. See Avenue Q.
07. Write a fan letter and actually send it.
08. Finish watching all of Disney's Animated Features. [40/49]
READING AND WRITING
literary goals
01. Continue reading at least 50 books per year.
02. Read fifteen "classics" before 25th birthday. [5/15]
03. Read a religious text other than the Bible cover-to-cover.
04. Get a Kindle.
05. Get something published again -- book, short story, poem, letter to editor ... something.
06. Participate in NaNoWriMo every November; finish at least once.
07. Start a paper journal and update it weekly. [31/143]
08. Blog about each item I complete from this list. [11/101]
09. Go six months without buying any new books.
10. Catalogue my books and maintain a master list.
11. Complete my housefic50 table. [8/50]
12. Complete my 50scenes table. [9/50]
13. Complete my 2x5obsessions table. [2/10]
14. Read 20 "classics" before 26th birthday. [20/20]
EXERCISING CREATIVITY
in more visual ways than writing
01. Get a good digital camera.
02. Create a scrapbook documenting 100 things that make me happy.
03. Admit to as many of my secrets as it takes until one of my cards is published in a PostSecret book or on the website.
04. Design, create and send (on time) cards for The December Holidays for at least one December in my 1001 days (but preferably for both).
05. (Re-)learn some origami.
TRAVEL
uh ... no 'subtitle' here. it's self-explanatory
01. Buy a car.
02. Get a passport.
03. Attend another WorldCon.
04. Travel somewhere outside of the US.
US Cities to visit:
01. NOLA
02. Chicago
03. Seattle
04. San Francisco
05. Los Angeles
06. Las Vegas
07. Lincoln
DO UNTO OTHERS
not-so-random acts of kindness
01. Adopt a pet.
02. Leave at least one encouraging note per week to be found in a public place. [32/143]
03. Donate 1,000,000 grains at FreeRice. [21,000/1,000,000]
04. Pay for the person behind me at the drive-thru.
05. Call or email my sister at least once every two weeks. [?/72]
06. Call or email Laura at least once every two weeks. [?/72]
07a.
07b. Visit gramma at least once every two weeks. (Starting June 11) [9/66]
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