Cephalopod Dreams...

101 in 1,001 days (As yet, unsorted)

1. Finish my Thesis
2. Write a sinatra application to keep track of this list
3. Get a domain name ( www.namelessjon.com )
4. Write a blog for the domain in merb
5. Finish Solar (As in, the application is usable)
6. Get a job
7. Be able to run 5km
8. Finish writing Glass and Steel
9. Move out of home
10. Learn a foreign language
11. Loose 2st (to make me weigh 173 lbs)
12. Take a friend to the theatre
13. Bake once a month, something different each time
    1. Blackberry Clafoutis (Feb 08)
    2. Forest Fruit Pie (March 08)
    3. FAIL (April 08)
    4. Ginger Cake (May 08)
14. send a postcard to postsecret
15. Write (as in, a real letter/card/postcard) to a friend each month.
    1. Charlotte (Feburary)
    2. Fail! (March)
    3. Mieu (April)
    4. Fail! (May)
16. Visit Canada (or at least, have bought the tickets) - And visit mieu and jon, if I can!
17. Tag my picture collection
18. Finish reading “The Master and Margarita”
19. Run Monsters Inc.
20. Run Transcendant
21. Finish writing The Five Scales
22. Learn to drive
23. Write a ruby gem
24. Buy a game console.
25. Go to an Opera
26. Visit the lowry
27. Visit manchester art gallery
28. Climb up Ingleborough again
29. Climb up Knowl Hill again (18/05/08)
30. Get back into touch with Wolly again
31. Take photography lessons
32. Write an epilogue for Exalted Pulp
33. Speak to my bank about my current ISA and top it up. (April 08) [Actually a new ISA, because of the interest rates]
34. save at least £1 a day (a pound coin).
35. Publish a scientific paper
36. Sort out my mp3 collection
37. Exercise 3 times a week for a month
38. Reinstall my server.
39. Donate blood at least 3 times. (0/3)
40. Cut down on coca-cola (no more than one bottle per week)
41. Go for a month without coffee. (Completed 01/06/08)
42. eat meat from an animal I’ve never eaten before, at least once a year.
43. Go a week without sugar/chocolate snacks
44. Be in bed before midnight every day for 1 week
45. Be in bed before 10, at least once a week.
46. Go on a weekend away organised less than a week in advance again
47. Attend a book signing for an author I don’t read now
48. Read a new author at least every three months (at least one book)
    1. The Glass Books Of The Dream Eaters, G. L. Dahlquist (March 08)
49. Learn to program in Python
50. learn to program in C#
51. Learn to program in Erlang
52. Write at least one application with a GUI
53. Sort out my CD collection
54. Obtain a copy of Adventure! (the actual book)
55. Learn to make at least 5 cocktails (without reference to book)
56. Buy myself a bottle of Grey Goose vodka
57. Buy myself a good bottle of Whisky
58. Cook for my family every night I am in, for a week.
59. Cook for my family at least once a week, for three months.
60. Cook at least 3 dishes from ‘Cooking with Vodka’
61. Buy an original piece of art (Completed 12/02/2008)
62. Write a haiku
63. Organise and label my email
64. Make origami
65. Get a new keyboard
66. Assemble my CD shelves (Completed 24/02/2008)
67. Kiss someone, really kiss them.
68. Celebrate a Birthday (rather than just tagging along to someone else’s party)
69. Surprise my family with a meal out to somewhere good.
70. Buy my mother something interesting for a Birthday/Christmas, not just what she asks for.
71. Buy my Sister something interesting for a Birthday/Christmas, not just what she asks for.
72. Buy my Father something interesting for a Birthday/Christmas, not just what she asks for.
73. Learn to make fire. (without a lighter/box of matches)
74. Visit London (10-14 April 08)
75. Play in, or run, a game of Nobilis.
76. Play in, or run, a game of Shadowrun 4th.
77. Play in, or run, an ‘indie’ game.
78. Take up a martial art, for at least a month. (I’m not sure if I will like it, but a month seems a fair trial)
79. Go for a walk on a beach.
80. Actually go and visit Stephen in Leeds
81. Attend a LARP event
82. Upgrade my server to something lower powered (in terms of energy usage) (Completed 27/02/08)
83. Meet Charlotte in person (or at least have bought the tickets) (April 08)
84. Take sandwichs in everyday for a month.
85. Learn to eat salads
86. Send a card for each of my friend’s birthdays, for a year. (need to find some of these)
    1. Charlotte
    2. quin
    3. Moxiane (FAIL)
    4. Mieu
    5. Chris
    6. Adam
    7. Lou
87. Buy a broadsheet at least once a week, and read it.
88. Cook a meal for a lady
89. Buy at least 5 shirts, and wear them.
90. Swim at least once each calendar month.
91. Go rock climbing
92. Learn to use git.
93. Learn to fry an egg.
94. Buy and read a book on software engineering, not just programming
95. Write a website for someone else (applications accepted)
96. Watch 10 films ‘I should have seen already’ (I have a few film nut friends to ask about this one -Thanks chris!)
    
    1. Goodfellas
    2. Seven samurai
    3. Unforgiven
    4. Platoon
    5. Moulin Rouge
    6. The Shawshank Redemption
    7. Rear Window
    8. The Sting
    9. Schindler’s List
    10. The Thing
97. Get everything in my room in ‘permenant storage’ i.e. real boxes, on the shelves, in a desk drawer and the like. NB: These things must be in some semblance of order too.
98. Buy a new laptop
99. Submit a patch to rubinus
100. Finish (And keep updated) my tiddlywiki for Ember Days
101. Start tracking my finances rather than just keeping a vague idea.
     (Changed 23/03/08) Have a complete record in ledger of my expenses, earnings etc in April 2009