101 in 1,001: Three days left

All righty. As my 1,001 days swoop to a close, I'm trying to get a few more of the things completed. (I'm nothing if not deadline-oriented.)

21) Go to a rock-climbing gym and try the wall. -- I did this yesterday. Judah and I went to Earth Treks for open climb and each did three climbs. Unfortunately, I totally psyched myself out and didn't make it to the top any of the times, but I would totally do it again. (And in my defense, I'd had bloodwork twice, so my arms weren't at their peak condition for clutching a wall.)

100) Watch the extra features on the Freaks and Geeks special edition set. -- I also did this yesterday. Dug out the set and watched both discs of special features. Oh, how I love that show. Watching all the deleted scenes and raw footage and auditions and stuff sure reminded me of that!

1) Write a letter to Granddaddy.

2) Take three hot yoga classes in one week.

3) Make creme brulee.

4) Take a photography class. [Took a How to Use the Digital Rebel class at BetterPhoto.com in September.]

5) Crochet something from a pattern. [Made a crappy scarf in January 2006. And one without a pattern that was better.]

6) Participate in a Habitat for Humanity project.

7) Organize a group to take part in a Habitat for Humanity project.

8) Write a trips story for my section. [Update: Moot. No such thing (trips story, I mean) exists anymore.]

9) Hike the Shenandoahs again.

10) Run a mile without stopping. [Update: Completed 7/6/2005!]

11) Take a machine-based Pilates class.

12) Score more than 2.5 million points in Bookworm (action edition). [Completed 12/23/2004, scored 3,654,810 points.]

13) Sing karaoke in public.

14) Work out at least 30 minutes a day for five days a week for at least four consecutive weeks.

15) Do one full pullup.

16) Read One Hundred Years of Solitude. [Completed 1/11/2005.]

17) Hike the Billy Goat Trail without fear.

18) Learn to make crispy tofu teriyaki. [Update: Tried in mid-February2005 and failed. Next time it should work, though.]

19) Go to Key West.

20) Take a vacation to New England.

21) Go to a rock-climbing gym and try the wall. [Completed Sept. 15, 2007]

22) Climb to the top of the wall at the rock-climbing gym.

23) Go on a trip with my best friend, Kim.

24) Run a whole 5K. [I did the Marine Corps Marathon Oct. 29, 2006, and I'm quite sure I ran more than 3.1 miles, even if it wasn't consecutive. I'm more than satisfied.]

25) Do three whole pullups.

26) Travel to someplace in Europe.

27) Go to a Team in Training meeting. [Attended the 1/13/2005 meeting.]

28) See a movie at The Charles. [Saw Full Metal Jacket at the Maryland Film Festival May 13, 2006.]

29) See a movie at The Senator.

30) Go to a dance club. [Completed 6/25/2005, at Belle's bachelorette party.]

31) See an act I've never seen before at the 9:30 Club.

32) See another one at the Recher.

33) See another one at the Rams Head Tavern.

34) And Rams Head Live, just for good measure.  [Saw Balkan Beat Box and Matisyahu in February 2006.]

35) Learn to play a song on the piano. [I'm claiming "The Entertainer," as of 2/25/2005.]

36) Give bangs another try. [I'm not sure the bangs I got today (1/6/2005) count, but I asked for bangs, so I am counting them anyway.]

37) Fill one of my CM scrapbooks.

38) Volunteer at the local elementary school. [Update: I think I'm going to count organizing Adopt a Family for three Christmases in a row, contacts I made through an elementary school near work.]

39) Walk a half-marathon. [Update: I'm signed up for the Mayor's Midnight Sun Half-Marathon in Anchorage, Alaska on 6/18. Completed 6/18/2005 in 3:10:55!]

40) Bake a loaf of bread. [Completed Thanksgiving Day 2006, when I made Doom Song's totally awesome Dill Bread. Yum!]

41) Clean out the junk table drawer. [Completed in March 2005]

42) Go to Australia.

43) Clean out my trunk, including the items that have been in there since a) we moved 4.5 years ago and b) from when I cleaned out my desk in anticipation of a potential strike. [Completed 6/30/2005, in order to make room for Sarah J's wheelchair and walker when I brought her back to base from the hospital.]

44) Go ice skating. [Completed Christmas Day 2006.]

45) Go roller blading.

46) Learn to use Photoshop.

47) Enter a Photoshop contest on Fark.

48) Learn to open my car's hood without a tutorial. [Completed 1/25/2005, without a refresher, even!]

49) Calculate my car's gas mileage for three tanks in a row. [Completed 1/25/2005. 32.78 mpg 1/10, 31.53 mpg 1/19 and 31.52 mpg 1/25, for an average of 31.94 mpg. I think I might do this again after my next oil change and see if it's better. Because I am a dork.]

50) Get my driver's side window mechanism checked out.

51) Host Kate for a visit. [Update: Working on the folks.]

52) Bowl a 150 or higher. [Completed on my birthday 2005 -- bowled a 169 (and a 134!)]

53) Send my behind-schedule swap CDs. [This was code for sending the circle journal, which I have finally done.]

54) Make a stir fry with chicken, broccoli, carrots, water chestnuts and snap peas. [Update: Done in spring 2007.]

55) Eat a serving of snap peas raw.

56) Cook asparagus at home. [Update: Done 1/2/2006. With balsamic glaze even. Yummers.]

57) Frame my diploma. [Update: Done as of September 2005 after buying a frame during our August trip. Hung up in the house in December 2006.]

58) Get a new couch and loveseat or chair. [Update: They're ordered 1/2/2005, to be ready in 10-12 weeks. Delivered in March 2005!]

59) Learn to use six new functions on the big digital camera. [Done: See No. 4]

60) Learn to transfer programs from the Tivo to DVD or tape.

61) Watch the rest of Season 1 as well as Seasons 2 and 3 of Buffy on DVD. [Update: Seasons 1 and 2 complete. Finished Season 3 Fall 2006. Now I have borrowed Season 4 of Buffy and Season 1 of Angel from Linda.]

62) Watch the extended versions of each film of the LOTR trilogy.

63) Watch the bonus materials.

64) Go out to the movies three times in one month. [Update: Completed August 2005 ... saw Wedding Crashers, Red Eye and The 40-Year-Old Virgin while on vacation.]

65) Take a bicycle ride outside. [Update: Completed August 2005 while in Oregon. Rode Kate's bike around Minto Brown Park.]

66) Fly a kite.

67) Swim in a natural body of water that's not an ocean.

68) Swim in the Atlantic again.

69) Find a swimsuit that fits and won't be susceptible to falling off in waves. (*ahem*) [Update: OK, I'll claim this one done thanks to the suit I bought before our Dominican Republic trip.]

70) Find another UO baseball cap that actually fits my head. [Update: Tried in August 2005 at UO Bookstore. Not satisfied with purchase. Another update: I love my Marine Corps Marathon hat purchased in October 2006. That'll do!]

71) See a podiatrist to get the lack of arches checked out.

72) Get a hot rock massage.

73) See a dermatolagist to get angry skin and not-angry-but-annoying mole checked out.

74) Figure out how to burn CDs that will play in my car. (Or: Fix stereo if necessary.) [Now moot: Judah got me a new car stereo for Christmas 2005, and now there is always music in my car.]

75) Eat all the popcorn that's in the invisible cabinet. [Moot. We moved and don't have the "invisible cabinet" anymore, plus all the popcorn went out of date. Oh well.]

76) Drink at least one cup of tea every day for two weeks. [Update: Missed a couple of days while I was in NYC, but I'm developing the taste for unsweetened tea. Huzzah!]

77) Refill water bottle at work for two weeks instead of buying new each day. [Completed in November 2006, using my Marine Marathon bottle. Now I just need to continue filling it instead of just not drinking water at all!]

78) Find and somehow archive old college emails of interest. [Moot. They were saved to my AOL account, which went bye-bye a while ago.]

79) Create a family calendar of birthdates/anniversaries/addresses for each side and distribute it.

80) Trim all of Billy's claws in one sitting. [Update: Done in July 2005]

81) Clean out underneath sink and get door fixed. [Update: It's cleaned out, now need to put in work order. Completed in July 2005]

82) Paint at least one accent wall somewhere in the apartment. [I think painting the bathroom, the closet nook and much of the stairwell in our new house counteracts this one.]

83) Send a package via anysoldier.com. [Update: Sent 2/18/2005]

84) Write thank-you notes for all my holiday 2004 gifts.

85) Walk around a lake with Judah. [Update: Done in spring 2007, Lake Kittamuqundi]

86) Do a wallsit for a full minute.

87) Learn to play two songs on the guitar.

88) Take a road trip.

89) Drive Judah's car in city traffic without stalling. [Completed about three different times in February.]

90) Fast for 24 hours. [I did a three-day juice fast in summer 2006, so I'm calling this one done.]

91) Have a grilled cheese sandwich with Tillamook cheese, along with a bowl of tomato soup. [Completed in March 2005, thanks to the local Safeway stocking Tillamook cheese.]

92) Have a grilled cheese and tomato soup at the Glenwood. [Completed in August 2005 during our trip to Eugene. Yum.]

93) Work out before work every weekday morning for a week and get to work by 9:30.

94) Go to Aspen.

95) Go inner tubing in the snow.

96) Take a ceramics class.

97) Get my passport. [Completed December 2006, in advance of our February trip to Mexico.]

98) Make meatloaf using Grandmommy's recipe as related by Uncle John.

99) Go a month without buying any makeup. [Completed in March 2005, by accident, and continued in April and May.]

100) Watch the extra features on the Freaks and Geeks special edition set. [Completed Sept. 15, 2007]

101) Do each of my exercise videos or DVDs twice.