Because I want to be like Emily...

I think I'm going to do this 101 in 1001 thing. It seems like a good way to try new things and get me motivated.

The 1001 days go into effect as soon as I figure out what all 101 of my goals will be. Here's what I've got so far:

1. Knit at least one sweater.
   
2. Memorize all the kanji in my Remembering the Kanji book.
   
3. Write at least one zine.
   
4. Sell my car and learn to depend on biking and public transit.
   
5. Learn at least 10 new recipes and start cooking them regularly.
   
6. Get a job.
   
7. Sew at least 5 articles of clothing.
   
8. Ask someone out.
   
9. Visit Seattle. (Haven't done this since I was 10!)
   
10. Go camping at least once.
    
11. Finish sorting through/giving away/selling everything I brought home from college.
    
12. Read at least five of the books from this list.
    
13. Write one article and submit it to Bitch magazine.
    
14. Take an improv theater class at the Brody Theater.
    
15. Make a collage.
    
16. Tell someone who really deserves it off/Say something I've really wanted to say but haven't for some reason.
    
17. Learn HTML competently enough to make and maintain my own website.
    
18. Read 30 of the books that I have bought over the years and not managed to finish yet.
    
19. Write one piece of fiction.
    
20. Buy a membership to Inner City Hot Tubs.
    
21. Relearn how to play Debussy's Arabesque No. 1 on the piano.
    
22. Watch 50 movies on IMDB's Top 250 List.
    
23. Become informed/conversant in one "progressive" cause that isn't directly tied to gender and/or sexuality.
    
24. Give at least 100 hours of solid volunteer work to said cause.
    
25. Perform in a drag show.
    
26. Watch the entire Babylon 5 series.
    
27. Decide whether I'm going to go to grad school (and where, and what degree), teach English in Japan (and where, and through what program), or continue working (and where, and in what field).
    
28. Visit the zen monastery on Whidbey Island in Washington State.
    
29. Meet midnyght in person.
    
30. Read at least one religious text in its entirety.
    
31. Read 20 of the books on the 100 Best Novels list.
    
32. Go for a week without using the Internet.
    
33. Go for two weeks without consuming caffeine.
    
34. Make at least three new friends.
    
35. Be able to jog one mile without stopping.
    
36. Get a library card.
    
37. Go for a week without hitting the snooze button on my alarm.
    
38. Be able to do 100 sit-ups.
    
39. Get a massage.
    
40. Get in touch with one long-lost friend.
    
41. Have a conversation with someone I'd normally deem "too cool" for me to know.
    
42. Buy only products that are cruelty-free, sweatshop-free, fair trade, and have good labor reputations.
    
43. Shop only at stores with good labor reputations and strong nondiscrimination policies.
    
44. Plan a budget, and stick with it, dammit.
    
45. Attend a Quaker service.
    
46. Visit the Portland Dharma Center.
    
47. Read something I've written at an open mic.
    
48. Go for a day without saying "like" (except in its original context).
    
49. Plan one street improv event, in the style of Improv Everywhere.
    
50. Learn to silkscreen.
    
51. Act out at least one sexual fantasy.
    
52. Visit Vancouver, BC.
    
53. Go to a Catholic mass. ('Cause I've always been curious, and I've never gone.)
    
54. Relearn enough Japanese that I can read my massive manga collection.
    
55. Go for a week without gossiping about anybody.
    
56. Knit something that I have designed myself-- NO PATTERNS.
    
57. Write letters to 10 people.
    
58. Paint my bookshelf.
    
59. Gain the ability to type 75 wpm with minimal mistakes.
    
60. Plant two types of plants and keep them alive for the 1001 days.
    
61. Go for a walk in Forest Park.
    
62. Visit a part of the Oregon coast that I haven't visited before.
    
63. Perform a stunning piece of karaoke.
    
64. Go to OMSI ('cause I haven't since I was a kid).
    
65. Write and send a letter to the editor of a major publication.
    
66. Call one of my congresspeople, at least once.
    
67. Learn all the countries of the world, and their capitals.
    
68. Go for an entire year without forgetting or being late for anybody's birthday. (I know, it's horrible that I have to mention it, but there you go.)
    
69. Call my grandparents every other week for three months.
    
70. Play The Sims.
    
71. Learn how to use Photoshop.
    
72. Show up on time to all of my professional and social engagements for a week.
    
73. Make myself a blanket. (Knitted or quilted.)
    
74. Go for a month without shaving my legs. (Because I've never gone for more than a week and a half, ever.)
    
75. Give 40 hours of volunteer time to Planned Parenthood (or another pro-choice organization).
    
76. Tell someone I love them, and mean it.
    
77. Send one of my secrets to PostSecret.
    
78. Keep a record of my dreams for three months.
    
79. Learn to play chess. And play it well.
    
80. Write a piece of erotica. Just to see if I can.
    
81. Spend a day hanging out with my brother.
    
82. Make and send five mix CDs.
    
83. Visit at least one state I haven't visited yet.
    
84. Give blood.
    
85. Participate in a walk for AIDS or breast cancer.
    
86. Attend a protest in Portland.
    
87. Take a martial arts or self-defense class.
    
88. Read The History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault.
    
89. Read Orientalism by Edward Said.
    
90. Learn how to make one girly cocktail.
    
91. Do my taxes by myself.
    
92. Visit at least one college friend.
    
93. Learn how to identify five different constellations (besides the Big Dipper).
    
94. Buy a lottery ticket.
    
95. Pierce my nose (again).
    
96. Read fanfiction only once a week for twelve weeks straight.
    
97. Learn to read tarot cards.
    
98. Spend a day on a nude beach.
    
99. Go to Oaks Park and have a day of screaming kid fun.
    
100. Clean out and wash my car. Damn, that thing is disgusting.
     
101. Make another list of 101 once these 1001 days are up.