Lola does 101 in 1001: Entertain me!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Entertain me!

Number 62

We watched the first film to ever win Best Picture last night - it was a silent movie, "Wings". Surprisingly, it wasn't as difficult to get through as I had anticipated. I did doze off during one of the battle scenes (it's a World War I flyboy movie), but it held my interest pretty well for an 80 year old movie that was 2 hours and 16 minutes long.

Numbers 1 & 63

(I've decided that since I'm not likely to write longhand in an actual journal, this blog can also fill the role of reading journal.)
I finished "The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary" by Simon Winchester this evening, and I'm rather shocked that this was as well received as it was. Maybe it's just because I was so much more interested in the details of the OED's creation that I didn't enjoy it. The first half of the book dragged, devoted to the backgrounds of Drs. Murray and Minor, and the details of the project and Dr. Minors special contributions were too quickly explained and then set aside to continue with the biographical stories. I'd have enjoyed more specifics of Dr. Minor's contributions - quotes that he provided, more details on his correspondence with Dr. Murray. And, like many nonfiction stories, it's just damn sad. At the back of the book, though, there is information on the ongoing revision of the OED - and there's a website here http://www.oed.com/readers/. Might be good for another goal list down the road!

Number 100

Made an appointment to donate blood at 11:15 AM on Saturday at the Berkley Donor Center, Woodward and Catalpa - any joiners??

Number 33
Off to cruise the web and see if I can't find a cheap spring break...

1 comment:

RickJanuary 31, 2009 at 3:51 AM
Lola, I can't believe you have never seen Psycho or the Birds. Ya gotta see Psycho.
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101 in 1001

Plain items have not yet been started.
Items in italics are underway.
Items in bold have been completed.

Be Smarter
1. Start a reading journal - 4/33

2. Learn some conversational Spanish - 0/1

3. Write 5 stories - 0/5

4. Participate in NaNoWriMo - 0/1

5. Renew CPR certification - 0/1

6. Take 5 guitar lessons - 0/5

7. Start another degree - 0/1

8. Learn 10 constellations - 0/10

9. Get a motorcycle endorsement - 0/1

10. Learn to knit - 0/1

11. Take a picture of dinner for 31 days - 0/31
Be Handier

12. Sew a skirt - 0/1

13. Plant blueberry bushes - 0/1

14. Make 10 "craft" objects - 0/10

15. Grow sunflowers - 0/1

16. Catch, clean, cook and eat a fish - 0/1

17. Hang 10 of our pics - 0/10

18. Reupholster the OTHER chair - 0/1

19. Make the garden bigger - 0/1

20. Paint the bedroom - 0/1

21. Get rid of 101 things - 0/101

22. Finish or discard 5 partially done projects - 0/5

23. Build a coffee table - 0/1
Be Curiouser

24. Go to a Buddhist service - 0/1

25. Babysit - 0/1

26. Open an Etsy shop - 0/1

27. Take a dance class - 0/1

28. Meditate every day for 31 days - 0/31
Be Worldly

29. Go backpacking for 2 nights - 0/1

30. Hike on the Appalachian Trail - 0/1

31. Drive across the country - 0/1

32. See the Northern Lights - 0/1

33. Leave the country with A - 1/1

34. Go to a comicon - 0/1

35. Take a train in the US - 0/1

36. Go deer hunting - 0/1

37. Visit New York City - 0/1

38. Visit Washington DC - 0/1

39. See a show at the Mohawk - 0/1

40. Visit A's fam in Rochester - 0/1
Be Tasty

41. Make ceviche - 0/1

42. Make a good pie crust - 0/1

43. Make up a good protein bar recipe - 0/1

44. Try absinthe - 0/1

45. Can pickles - 0/1

46. Make giardiniera - 0/1

47. Can apple butter - 0/1

48. Make mead - 0/1

49. Eat at Les Halles - 0/1
Be Frugal

50. Pay off the credit cards - 0/3

51. Pay off the car - 0/1

52. Save $10 for each item checked off this list - 2/101
Be Healthy

53. Run a 5 k - 0/1

54. Get body fat % below 25 - 0/1

55. Do a headstand - 0/1

56. Do 100 consecutive pushups - 0/100

57. Hike 100 miles - 0/100

58. Ride my bike to work - 0/1

59. Learn good form for a squat - 0/1

60. Learn good form for a deadlift - 0/1
Be Amused

61. Watch all of Alfred Hitchcock's movies - 2/50

62. Watch all the "Best Pictures" - 19/80

63. Read a book a month - 4/33

64. Go cross country skiing - 0/1

65. Go to a Mirepoix tasting - 1/1

66. Go snowshoeing - 0/1

67. Go sledding - 0/1

68. Make a push-pin wall map of the world - 0/1

69. Go to 10 free local festivals - 0/10

70. See 25 concerts - 0/25

71. Go on the Rouge Factory Tour - 0/1

72. Go to the DIA 8 times - 0/8

73. Go to the symphony 8 times - 0/8

74. See 8 plays - 0/8
Be Loving

75. Write a very special letter - 0/1

76. Draw a family tree - 0/1

77. Take someone special to a concert - 0/1

78. Host A's family for birthdays yearly - 0/3

79. Visit my grandparents' graves - 0/2

80. Go shopping with someone special - 0/1

81. Do the W.C. potluck twice a year - 0/6

82. Sew bunnies - 0/5

83. Remember 20 birthdays - 0/20

84. Write 15 letters to friends - 0/15

85. Give 5 just because gifts - 0/5

86. Go on a family vacation (my family) - 0/1

87. Get a drink/meal with an old friend - 0/2
Be Loved

88. Take a relax-y bath once a month - 1/33

89. Get a pedicure each spring - 0/3

90. Get 5 new hats - 1/5

91. Wear hats more often - 2/66

92. Get a facial once a year - 0/3

93. Get a massage once a year - 0/3
Be Good

94. Don't drive for a weekend - 0/1

95. Start the garden from heirloom seeds - 0/1

96. Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity - 0/1

97. Donate bunnies to Heifer - 0/5

98. Start composting - 0/1

99. Donate 1,000,000 at freerice.com - 13,500/1,000,000

100. Donate blood every 2 months - 1/16

101. Donate $15 for each item not completed - 0/0

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Entertain me!

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