14. Buy a new XBOX 360
OMG~! XD Steven bought me a new 360 for Christmas! XD I almost cried I was so amazed! I also felt kinda bad cuz all I bought him was a pair of new Vans... Now I just gotta get the internet so I can get back on XBOX Live!
13. Buy a New CD Each Month
So, I got Andrew WK's album "I Get Wet"! Well, technically Steven bought it, but, since we share everything, it counts as mine! XP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Get_Wet
http://www.youtube.com/user/andrewwk
The album is pretty insane. I had heard of Andrew WK before, but I had never actually listened to anything of his. So, Steven found a copy of it at Hastings for $7, and we pretty much have been listening to it constantly in his car. It's pretty much the best thing ever. The guy is totally nuts, and the music just makes you wanna scream all the lyrics at the top of your lungs.
34. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen starting with each letter of the Alphabet
I finally watched the American sequel to The Ring.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377109/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ring_Two
It was a good sequel minus one thing: they made Samara too real.
She's a ghost. She doesn't grab people or scratch on walls. She just is. Simply by her existing, she is horrifying. A ghost is something that should not be, and, therefore, we fear it on a primal level. The boundaries of time and space do not effect her, and, because of this, she is able to move in ways we may not even comprehend. Above all else, not knowing is what terrifies us.
I also watched Evil Dead: II~! XD
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092991/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Dead_II
http://www.deadites.net/
This one I'm actually excited to talk about! XP Even though there was nothing even remotely scary in the movie [and there wasn't supposed to be], I still really enjoyed it. Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell are nuts! Watching the 'making of' featurette actually made me like the movie even more! Thanks Melissa and Steven for bullying me into watching this film!
39. Read 1 book per week
I finished "The Looks Book" today!
http://www.gurl.com/popup/0,,627487,00.html
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Looks-Book/Esther-Drill/e/9780142002117
I LOVE gurl.com. It has been one of my all-time favorite websites since I was in high school. To this day, I think there is no better website for teen girls on the web. Every girl should be exposed to the website [teen or not]. From polls and fun quizzes to deep questions about your anatomy and beliefs, gurl.com has it all. It even has sections where you can post up your poetry or artwork [or comics!]. What makes the website really amazing, is that most of the content is supplied by the site's teen visitors!
"The Looks Book" does an amazing job of talking about both fashion and the female anatomy in a way that is friendly and easy to understand. It has sections on how fashion, and the 'ideal' body type, has changed over the years, hair, toes, and everything in between [it even shows what other countries think about the different parts of the body, and what they consider beautiful], and it also breaks down several different genres of style.
45. Sign-up for basic piano classes
Since the only instrument I've ever played has been the trombone, Steven bought me a CD to help me familiarize myself with the keyboard in general. This way I will have some basic knowledge before I start taking formal lessons.
49. Restart my website
I borrowed a book from the library to help teach myself HTML! XD
http://headfirstlabs.com/books/hfhtml/
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Head-First-HTML-with-CSS-XHTML/Eric-Freeman/e/9780596101978
This is seriously the best code book I have ever picked up. Period. I wish more technical books were like this one. It has been a breeze to learn HTML from this book, but what's really amazing is that I actually remember the stuff I read! I will definitely check out the rest of the books in this series!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
What I've done this week! XD
So, here are my first updates! XD
34. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen starting with each letter of the Alphabet
So, I watched "Splinter" this week!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1031280/
http://www.splinterfilm.com/Home.html
It's a pretty cool horror movie about a parasitic organism that takes over a creatures body in order to absorb its nutrients. The organism itself looks like extremely sharp spikes that can break apart into very tiny pieces [hence splinters]. What was really cool about the movie is that it was shot in Oklahoma! XD It's not everyday that something awesome comes out of this desolate wasteland of a state!
20. Buy/install a game that will help with my typing speed
I also started playing a typing tutor-type game!
http://www.powertyping.com/qwerty/lessonsq.html
While this program is less game and more tutor, I actually enjoy it more than a lot of the more game-oriented programs out there. This one actually makes you more comfortable with where the letters are placed on the keyboard, and use repetition to help you memorize their locations. As opposed to typing words that fly at you in a very nerve-wrecking and intensive speed. >.<
39. Read 1 book per week
This week, I started reading "Ghost Girl!" XD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostgirl
http://www.ghostgirl.com/
The book is essential about a girl who wishes to be popular...but dies in a very anti-climactic manner before anyone even really knows she existed! Truthfully, the book is a pretty light read [you can buy it at Wal-mart, if that tells you anything], but I still really liked it. Each chapter has little quotes at the beginning, and the very first one is by Oscar Wilde. From there the quotes range from Siouxsie Sioux to The Cure to Sylvia Plath...so, naturally I had to buy it. What can I say? I'm a stereo-type! XD
I also read volume 13 of Ouran High School Host Club and volume 23 of Tsubasa, but since it takes me like half an hour to read a graphic novel, I won't count them for my list! XP
94. Let 10 of my favorite bloggers know I love their blog
http://www.dailycoyote.net
http://craftastrophe.net/
Daily Coyote is about a woman living in Wyoming with a cat, a dog, and a rescued coyote....yep...that's kinda it! XP There are lots of cute pictures, but I really liked the Q&A section of the blog. She has many wonderful insights into the lives of the animals she keeps watch over, and has much to share from them!
Craftastrhope is an amazing site that posts interesting crafts from sites such as Etsy....and by 'interesting', I mean sometimes they can be just failure-ific, or appalling, or absolutely horrifying! *shivers* Unicorn Orgies... *shivers*
34. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen starting with each letter of the Alphabet
So, I watched "Splinter" this week!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1031280/
http://www.splinterfilm.com/Home.html
It's a pretty cool horror movie about a parasitic organism that takes over a creatures body in order to absorb its nutrients. The organism itself looks like extremely sharp spikes that can break apart into very tiny pieces [hence splinters]. What was really cool about the movie is that it was shot in Oklahoma! XD It's not everyday that something awesome comes out of this desolate wasteland of a state!
20. Buy/install a game that will help with my typing speed
I also started playing a typing tutor-type game!
http://www.powertyping.com/qwerty/lessonsq.html
While this program is less game and more tutor, I actually enjoy it more than a lot of the more game-oriented programs out there. This one actually makes you more comfortable with where the letters are placed on the keyboard, and use repetition to help you memorize their locations. As opposed to typing words that fly at you in a very nerve-wrecking and intensive speed. >.<
39. Read 1 book per week
This week, I started reading "Ghost Girl!" XD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostgirl
http://www.ghostgirl.com/
The book is essential about a girl who wishes to be popular...but dies in a very anti-climactic manner before anyone even really knows she existed! Truthfully, the book is a pretty light read [you can buy it at Wal-mart, if that tells you anything], but I still really liked it. Each chapter has little quotes at the beginning, and the very first one is by Oscar Wilde. From there the quotes range from Siouxsie Sioux to The Cure to Sylvia Plath...so, naturally I had to buy it. What can I say? I'm a stereo-type! XD
I also read volume 13 of Ouran High School Host Club and volume 23 of Tsubasa, but since it takes me like half an hour to read a graphic novel, I won't count them for my list! XP
94. Let 10 of my favorite bloggers know I love their blog
http://www.dailycoyote.net
http://craftastrophe.net/
Daily Coyote is about a woman living in Wyoming with a cat, a dog, and a rescued coyote....yep...that's kinda it! XP There are lots of cute pictures, but I really liked the Q&A section of the blog. She has many wonderful insights into the lives of the animals she keeps watch over, and has much to share from them!
Craftastrhope is an amazing site that posts interesting crafts from sites such as Etsy....and by 'interesting', I mean sometimes they can be just failure-ific, or appalling, or absolutely horrifying! *shivers* Unicorn Orgies... *shivers*
101 Things in 1001 Days
Okay, kydes, here's my list [I'm amazed you all are able to contain your excitement so well!]!
Most of my Things are on a weekly or monthly basis or have a goal number high enough to make them a frequent event. The reason I did this was to make this list part of my everyday life. Some of these Things I don't want to really quit doing once the time limit has expired. I want them to become routine Things that will be missed if I were to stop doing them.
Red = Finished
Blue = In Progress
---Things to buy---
1. Buy something from Etsy
2. Buy a digital camera
3. Buy a scanner
4. Buy a printer
5. Buy that awesome dress I always see in the bridal store
6. Buy a new bed
7. Subscribe to a magazine
8. Pay for my dad and brother to stay in a cabin for a weekend
9. Buy 1 thing from the health food store each month
10. Buy a keyboard
11. Buy a Keytar
12. Buy a pair of roller skates
13. Buy 1 new CD each month
[Andrew WK's "I Get Wet"]
14. Buy a new XBOX 360
15. Buy a GameCube
16. Buy a new Page-A-Day calender
17. Buy a Desktop calender
18. Use rechargeable batteries
19. Buy the Veganomicon
20. Buy/install a game that will help with my typing speed
[http://www.powertyping.com/qwerty/lessonsq.html]
---Things to visit---
21. Go to 5 different museums
22. Go ice skating
23. Go camping
24. Go to the zoo
25. Go on a weekend vacation with just Steven
26. Skate at a skating rink
27. Stay in a bed and breakfast with just my mum
28. Attend the Vans Warped Tour
29. Go to an amusement park with my friends
30. Attend the Bare Bones Film Festival
31. Attend the Renn Faire
32. Attend a showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show
33. Go on a picnic with just my mom
---Artsy Things---
34. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen starting with each letter of the Alphabet - 4/26
[Mum and Dad]
[Splinter]
[The Ring: Tw0]
[Evil Dead: Two]
35. Go to 10 plays
36. Attend 10 concerts
37. Do 100 creative writing prompts
38. Draw 1 picture per day and upload the top 10 each month to my DA account
39. Read 1 book per week
[Ghost Girl]
[The Looks Book]
40. Make 1 cool thing per month
41. Write 10 pages of a short story of mine per month
[Diamond Night]
42. Sign-up for a local writing club or workshop
43. Sign-up for a local drawing club or workshop
44. Submit 10 photos to Jones Soda
45. Sign-up for basic piano classes
[Bought a CD to familiarize myself with the piano]
46. Publish something through Lulu
47. Participate in a play
48. Create a scrapbook for this project
49. Restart my website
[Learning HTML!]
50. Decorate journals to give to friends
51. Illustrate a poem book and publish it through Lulu
52. Leave a cool drawing/photograph in 101 separate library books
53. Make Make 10 hand-made cards [with poem] to hide for Steven to find
54. Make 10 empty books to give away
55. Make 101 sheets of paper
56. Fill a sketchbook and give it away
57. Bleach part of my hair blonde
58. Dye my hair an outrageous color
---Spiritual Things---
59. Read the entire bible
60. Plant a sunflower
61. Sign-up for yoga classes
62. Write a journal entry at least every 10 days
63. Make a blog to post this list on
64. Post a blog every time I accomplish something on this list
65. Keep "Hello, Cruel World" in circulation amongst my friends
66. Go to church or church-related events 100 times
67. Volunteer at a local church
68. Volunteer at the local animal shelter
69. Donate $101 to local animal shelter
70. Attend a protest or a rally
71. Eat 101 completely vegan meals
72. Get 10 other people to start this list
73. Bring 10 different people to church or a church-related event with me
74. Invite my friends over for a movie/game night
---Things I have been putting off---
75. Get my passport
76. Get My Driver's License
77. Find a job
78. Create a budget
79. Move into a 1 bedroom apartment
80. Make contact cards
81. Spend 101 days away from the computer
82. Read 10 books I wouldn't normally read
83. Reduce my chest size significantly
84. Talk to a doctor about top surgery
85. Talk to a doctor about a hysterectomy
86. Talk to a doctor about a Oophorectomy
87. Donate all my unwanted books to friends or to the local book store
88. Buy hooks to hang-up art on the walls
89. Get on stage with Steven 10 times
90. Donate old Converse and buy new ones
91. Give unwanted movies away to friends
92. Get a Christmas tree and decorate it
93. Let 10 of my favorite web-comic writers know I love their work - 1/10
[http://lamacchinabellica.com/]
94. Let 10 of my favorite bloggers know I love their blog - 2/10
[http://www.dailycoyote.net]
[http://craftastrophe.net/]
95. Buy a little photo album to hold coupons
---School Things---
96. Keep an up-to-date planner through next semester
97. Sign-up for basic Japanese classes
98. Do my homework the day it's assigned next semester
99. Pay $50 a month on my student loans
100. Sell old text books back
101. Graduate [preferably with Honors]
Most of my Things are on a weekly or monthly basis or have a goal number high enough to make them a frequent event. The reason I did this was to make this list part of my everyday life. Some of these Things I don't want to really quit doing once the time limit has expired. I want them to become routine Things that will be missed if I were to stop doing them.
Red = Finished
Blue = In Progress
---Things to buy---
1. Buy something from Etsy
2. Buy a digital camera
3. Buy a scanner
4. Buy a printer
5. Buy that awesome dress I always see in the bridal store
6. Buy a new bed
7. Subscribe to a magazine
8. Pay for my dad and brother to stay in a cabin for a weekend
9. Buy 1 thing from the health food store each month
10. Buy a keyboard
11. Buy a Keytar
12. Buy a pair of roller skates
13. Buy 1 new CD each month
[Andrew WK's "I Get Wet"]
14. Buy a new XBOX 360
15. Buy a GameCube
16. Buy a new Page-A-Day calender
17. Buy a Desktop calender
18. Use rechargeable batteries
19. Buy the Veganomicon
20. Buy/install a game that will help with my typing speed
[http://www.powertyping.com/qwerty/lessonsq.html]
---Things to visit---
21. Go to 5 different museums
22. Go ice skating
23. Go camping
24. Go to the zoo
25. Go on a weekend vacation with just Steven
26. Skate at a skating rink
27. Stay in a bed and breakfast with just my mum
28. Attend the Vans Warped Tour
29. Go to an amusement park with my friends
30. Attend the Bare Bones Film Festival
31. Attend the Renn Faire
32. Attend a showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show
33. Go on a picnic with just my mom
---Artsy Things---
34. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen starting with each letter of the Alphabet - 4/26
[Mum and Dad]
[Splinter]
[The Ring: Tw0]
[Evil Dead: Two]
35. Go to 10 plays
36. Attend 10 concerts
37. Do 100 creative writing prompts
38. Draw 1 picture per day and upload the top 10 each month to my DA account
39. Read 1 book per week
[Ghost Girl]
[The Looks Book]
40. Make 1 cool thing per month
41. Write 10 pages of a short story of mine per month
[Diamond Night]
42. Sign-up for a local writing club or workshop
43. Sign-up for a local drawing club or workshop
44. Submit 10 photos to Jones Soda
45. Sign-up for basic piano classes
[Bought a CD to familiarize myself with the piano]
46. Publish something through Lulu
47. Participate in a play
48. Create a scrapbook for this project
49. Restart my website
[Learning HTML!]
50. Decorate journals to give to friends
51. Illustrate a poem book and publish it through Lulu
52. Leave a cool drawing/photograph in 101 separate library books
53. Make Make 10 hand-made cards [with poem] to hide for Steven to find
54. Make 10 empty books to give away
55. Make 101 sheets of paper
56. Fill a sketchbook and give it away
57. Bleach part of my hair blonde
58. Dye my hair an outrageous color
---Spiritual Things---
59. Read the entire bible
60. Plant a sunflower
61. Sign-up for yoga classes
62. Write a journal entry at least every 10 days
63. Make a blog to post this list on
64. Post a blog every time I accomplish something on this list
65. Keep "Hello, Cruel World" in circulation amongst my friends
66. Go to church or church-related events 100 times
67. Volunteer at a local church
68. Volunteer at the local animal shelter
69. Donate $101 to local animal shelter
70. Attend a protest or a rally
71. Eat 101 completely vegan meals
72. Get 10 other people to start this list
73. Bring 10 different people to church or a church-related event with me
74. Invite my friends over for a movie/game night
---Things I have been putting off---
75. Get my passport
76. Get My Driver's License
77. Find a job
78. Create a budget
79. Move into a 1 bedroom apartment
80. Make contact cards
81. Spend 101 days away from the computer
82. Read 10 books I wouldn't normally read
83. Reduce my chest size significantly
84. Talk to a doctor about top surgery
85. Talk to a doctor about a hysterectomy
86. Talk to a doctor about a Oophorectomy
87. Donate all my unwanted books to friends or to the local book store
88. Buy hooks to hang-up art on the walls
89. Get on stage with Steven 10 times
90. Donate old Converse and buy new ones
91. Give unwanted movies away to friends
92. Get a Christmas tree and decorate it
93. Let 10 of my favorite web-comic writers know I love their work - 1/10
[http://lamacchinabellica.com/]
94. Let 10 of my favorite bloggers know I love their blog - 2/10
[http://www.dailycoyote.net]
[http://craftastrophe.net/]
95. Buy a little photo album to hold coupons
---School Things---
96. Keep an up-to-date planner through next semester
97. Sign-up for basic Japanese classes
98. Do my homework the day it's assigned next semester
99. Pay $50 a month on my student loans
100. Sell old text books back
101. Graduate [preferably with Honors]
First post~!
Sooo...a blog?
Yeah...I don't really know either.
I just hope this turns out better than my journal writing has been of late [which truthfully hasn't actually happened in a while now].
Anyway, the real reason I created this blog is to keep track of what I have accomplished on my list of 101 Things in 1001 Days [which I will be posting next]. Truthfully, I am a horrible procrastinator, and, if I don't have a deadline glaring at me, I just won't get things done. So, with this blog, I will be able to call myself out on being lazy and boring [and who wants to be boring? I mean really, kydes!].
Wish me luck~!
Yeah...I don't really know either.
I just hope this turns out better than my journal writing has been of late [which truthfully hasn't actually happened in a while now].
Anyway, the real reason I created this blog is to keep track of what I have accomplished on my list of 101 Things in 1001 Days [which I will be posting next]. Truthfully, I am a horrible procrastinator, and, if I don't have a deadline glaring at me, I just won't get things done. So, with this blog, I will be able to call myself out on being lazy and boring [and who wants to be boring? I mean really, kydes!].
Wish me luck~!
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