The List

Alright, here's my complete list. Stay tuned for updates.

Professional Development

1. Become a potential friend of Justice Gray.
2. Learn C using K&R book.
3. Contribute to an open source project.
4. Complete MIT Introduction to Algorithms lecture series.
5. Learn #F.
6. Learn Ruby.
7. Learn WPF.
8. Learn ASP.net MVC.
9. Create a 10,000 line application from scratch using TDD.
10. Present at C# users group.

Travel

11. Visit London.
12. Visit New York City.
13. Visit Austin.
14. Travel over 500 miles to go to a concert.
15. Visit Babbitt’s Books in Bloomington - Normal .

Contributions to others

16. Convert Parent’s slides to digital.
17. Donate to KDHX radio.
18. Join the Libertarian Party.
19. Join the ACLU.
20. Join the NRA.
21. Sign up AmerenUE Pure Power.
22. Pay for someone at drive-thru 10 times (0/10).
23. Volunteer 3 hours per week for at least 3 months .

Personal Tasks

24. Upgrade Computer to Windows 7.
25. Clean up Mp3 collection: No duplicate tracks. Every track has album, artist, track, and title tags populated.
26. Begin using an RSS feed reader.
27. Start Twittering.
28. Fix windshield and clean sap gunk off car.
29. Be a 3 monitor uber-geek (0/3).
30. Change sheets 143 times (17/143 - 10/04/09).
31. Do 143 weekly reviews (20/143 - 10/05/09).
32. Get rid of landline.
33. Use public transportation to work for 1 month.
34. Take picture of myself each month (1/34 - February 2009).
35. Buy 3 big posters/artwork for walls (0/3).
36. Celebrate October 4th (Rock and Roll Memorial Day) each year.
37. Meet with photo proof either a Beatle, a Rolling Stone, or a Spinal Tapper.
38. Only visit restaurants with one location for 6 non-consecutive weeks.
39. Do something with timkummer.com.

Writing

40. Finish writing up Ted Spellman short story.
41. Write 3 short stories other than for class (0/3).
42. Take a creative writing class.
43. Blog about each completed item/Blog significant progress on others.
44. Blog 3 times per week for 3 months.
45. Try 3 day novel thing or NaNoWriMo.

Be Prepared

46. Create a Sarah Connor bag.
47. Create large disaster kit for home.
48. Make a home first aid kit.
49. Make a backpacking first aid kit.
50. Renew CPR certification.
51. Take EMT/Wilderness First Responder training.
52. Implement computer backup strategy.

Love Life

53. Post ad to OKCupid.com. Refine until I get 10 first dates.
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Physical Fitness

58. Be a vegetarian for 1 month.
59. Take bowling lessons or otherwise bowl a 200+ game 3 times.
60. Follow US gov. recommended fruit intake for 1 month (diff than vegetarian).
61. Eat breakfast every weekday for 1 month.
62. Visit doctor twice for check-up (0/2).
63. Visit dentist 4 times (0/4).
64. Get in shape enough to pass P90X test.
65. Do P90X.
66. If have 6 months left after P90X, consider a mini-triathalon.
67. Change contacts 70 times (12/70 - 10/03/09).
68. Give up caffeine for 1 month.
69. Get a professional massage.

Personal Finance

70. Get credit score above 800.
71. Be out of debt other than new installment loans (house, car).
72. Have one year of net salary saved (liquid – accessible over 1 year).
73. Get on Mint.com/PearBudget or other online budgeting. Update: Using You Need A Budget.
    
74. Incorporate myself.
75. Resume contributions to Sharebuilder.
76. Increase retirement savings to 15% of gross.

Outdoors

77. Go camping in all four seasons.
78. Camp in snow.
79. Have 25 bag nights (0/25).
80. Complete 60 hikes within 60 miles book (3/60).
81. Leave house everyday for one hour (except w/ doctor’s note).
82. Buy a bike and use it regularly (define weekly mileage goal).
83. Take rock climbing lessons.
84. Climb Mt. Rainier.

Improve Cooking Skills

85. Cook 25 Alton Brown recipes (0/25).
86. Learn to make Grandma’s potato salad well (2/3).
87. Learn to bake bread like the Bread Monk.
88. Take a knife skills class .

Movies, Art, Music, Literature & Culture

89. Watch 5 Shakespeare plays (3/5).
90. See 25 plays – all non Shakespeare, at least 15 non-musical, at least five modern/arty/freaky (26/25 total, 20/15 non-musical, 2/5 m.a.f.).
91. Go to 8 St. Louis Art Museum exhibitions or St. Louis Symphony concerts (2/8).
92. Read 10 novels not originally written in English (can repeat language only twice) (1/10).
93. Have seen every Best Picture/Director/Actor/Actress (125/225 - Tracking Document Here).
    
94. Read 101 new (to me) fiction books (9/101).
95. Read 101 new (to me) non fiction books (6/101).
96. Listen to all albums in book: 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (6/1001).
97. Watch 25 not from Hollywood films (2/25).
98. Have 10,000 songs in Mp3 collection. (6043 - 10/08/09)
99. Devise and implement a St. Louis Restaurant Eating Plan.
100. Watch 600 Netflix movies (61/600 - Election).
     

101 – Create new list and repeat