gypsiewriter thinks life is beautiful in 2008
2008, so far, is 97% worth living.
In 2005, gypsiewriter thinks life is beautiful
did 69 things,
went 1 place,
met 0 people, and
consumed 29 products.
January
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- find my camera — Worth doing!
- Work on my Secret Goal — Worth doing!
- Wish SallyKitt a picture-perfect birthday on January 16th — Worth doing!
- Make even more new friends — Worth doing!
- Help Julie Jordan Scott Have The Best Birthday Ever On Jan.29th — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Read:
- One Good Turn — Not worth consuming
Watched:
- No Country for Old Men (2007) — Worth consuming!
- Sweeney Todd — Worth consuming!
- The Kite Runner — Worth consuming!
- Closing the Ring — Worth consuming!
- Lust, Caution (Widescreen NC-17 Edition) — Worth consuming!
→ See more from January
February
Added to 43 Things:
- Mentally prepare for my mother's visit... — completed about 1 month later
- Stop Analysing. Go with it. — completed 2 months later
- Celebrate Adar's Accomplishment on 43Things with Cheers and Toasts — completed 3 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
- be as incremental as I feel like until I get back on track. — Worth doing!
- de-clutter my flat — Worth doing!
- Play catch-up some more — Worth doing!
- Organize my file cabinet — Worth doing!
- play 10,000 tracks on last.fm — Worth doing!
- give my office keys back to my old boss — Not worth doing
- Get people to post photos of their bookshelves/cases/stacks, because I'm a book junkie — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Watched:
- Almost Famous — Worth consuming!
- My Blueberry Nights — Worth consuming!
- The Last King of Scotland (Widescreen Edition)
- In the Valley of Elah — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
- Manon Lescaut — Worth consuming!
→ See more from February
March
Added to 43 Things:
- Wish Blaux a glittering golden 31st birthday on March 31st! — completed 1 day later
- start swimming again — completed about 1 month later
- Find my incredible disappearing friend — completed about 1 month later
- change my avatar — completed about 1 month later
- Laugh in the face of red tape — completed about 1 month later
- Get another printer already — completed 4 months later
- Compile a list of 'Things To Do Before I'm 30'!
- buy a corset
Completed on 43 Things:
- Stop making my own brain actually hurt — Worth doing!
- wish the wondrous Headapollo a philosophical, caffeinated, drugged-up and cough-free birthday on March 4th — Worth doing!
- hatch another plan — Worth doing!
- Discourse and Dish: a Literary Round Table & Informal Salon — Worth doing!
- update my CV — Worth doing!
- Make 2006 the best year of my life, so far. — Worth doing!
- Please don't slip down the slippery slope... — Worth doing!
- Have more good days like today — Worth doing!
- Apply for jobs with (targeted) abandon. When in doubt, apply. Now, Damn it (!!!) — Worth doing!
- Wish Doris a Blessed, Peaceful, Energetic and Fun-filled Birthday on March 13th — Worth doing!
- Try Russian Food — Worth doing!
- Start using Twitter — Worth doing!
- read Rainer Maria Rilke — Worth doing!
- get a new mobile phone
- I'd like to get out of the flat now — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Visited on 43 Places:
- Loch Lomond — Worth visiting!
Watched:
→ See more from March
April
Added to 43 Things:
- Re-address my social/work balance — completed about 1 month later
- enjoy the second quarter of 2008 by having one new and fulfilling experience in April, May, and June. Woo Hoo! — completed 3 months later
- read Ulysses
- write to-do lists and actually work through them
- Always decide to dance
Completed on 43 Things:
- Wish Blaux a glittering golden 31st birthday on March 31st! — Worth doing!
- enjoy the first quarter of 2008 by having one new and fulfilling experience in January, February, and March — Worth doing!
- start swimming again — Worth doing!
- Mentally prepare for my mother's visit...
- Find my incredible disappearing friend
- change my avatar — Worth doing!
- explore Taoism — Worth doing!
- Unearth my transcript! — Worth doing!
- think seriously about travel writing — Worth doing!
- Go to the dentist — Worth doing!
- Give 9000 cheers — Worth doing!
- drink a cosmo — Worth doing!
- Stop Analysing. Go with it. — Worth doing!
- Laugh in the face of red tape — Worth doing!
Watched:
- The Wedding Date (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
- In Her Shoes (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
- Lars and the Real Girl — Worth consuming!
- In Bruges — Worth consuming!
- Leatherheads — Worth consuming!
- My Brother Is an Only Child (aka Mio fratello è figlio unico) — Worth consuming!
→ See more from April
May
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- Have life experiences that make interesting stories — Worth doing!
- Celebrate Adar's Accomplishment on 43Things with Cheers and Toasts — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Watched:
→ See more from May
June
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- Re-address my social/work balance — Worth doing!
- Do something nice for myself every day until March 31. And then continue to do so. — Worth doing!
- Work on my NEW secret project! — Worth doing!
- Have 43 people suggest books that I should read — Worth doing!
- get my teeth whitened — Worth doing!
- Deal with the last bit of red tape and then paint it purple! — Worth doing!
- List 43 of my favourite books — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
→ See more from June
July
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- enjoy the second quarter of 2008 by having one new and fulfilling experience in April, May, and June. Woo Hoo! — Worth doing!
- post random questions daily and see if anyone plays with me and answers them :) — Worth doing!
- carpe diem — Worth doing!
- Get another printer already — Worth doing!
- Join and participate in Goodreads — Worth doing!
- go to more concerts — Worth doing!
- Go up North again — Worth doing!
- write at least one short story every week — Worth doing!
- Daily: Reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful (Happiness Manifesto #2) — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Read:
- After Dark — Worth consuming!
Watched:
- To Catch a Thief — Worth consuming!
- Vertigo (Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
- The Seven Year Itch
→ See more from July
August
Completed on 43 Things:
- connect on an intelligent/creative/artistic level with as many people as possible — Worth doing!
- Save money for Barcelona — Worth doing!
- Use my City — Worth doing!
- let my inner rock-chick come out and play more often — Worth doing!
- never settle for anything less than I deserve — Worth doing!
- register to vote — Worth doing!
- See Alanis Morisette in concert — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
