Kissing in the Starlight

Inspired by the Day Zero Project and reading the lists that others had posted on there, I’ve decided that I should make a list of my own.  It seemed like a good idea since, well… I’ve been out of school for the last four months and thought to have this as a major post-college project.

So, the idea is to create a list of 101 things and to complete them in a period of 1,001 days (almost three years).  The tasks range from crazy geeky things to things that will hopefully continue in the long run.

If you’re interested, visit the site above and get started on your own list.  Until then, check on the progress on my list.  Okay, let’s go!!

This is a blog specially made for the list… the main blog is over at Confessions of a Closeted Otaku

*I won’t actually start the list until October 1st (10/01) as it would seem like a fitting starting date.  I may change things around until then, but as of now, this list is set.

Start Date: October 1st, 2009

End Date: June 28th, 2012

italics - in progress

strike - completed

Academic/Professional

1. Decide on whether or not to go to grad school
2. Take the JPLT and get as far on it as I can
3. Learn Korean
4. Learn basics of every language
5. Update portfolio for reviews
6. Keep up with networking/make new contacts with portfolio

Creative

1. Do Artist Alley at Anime Expo
2. Do a drawing a day for a year
3. Take a photo every day for a year
4. Learn how to use a sewing machine
5. Make a costume for cosplaying
6. Learn to play a musical instrument
7. Create online art portfolio
8. Learn how to knit and then make a scarf
9. Make two new AMVs
10. Get a design up on Threadless

Food and Drink – OM NOM NOM

1. Try 10 new restaurants in San Diego
2. Try 10 new restaurants outside of San Diego
3. Try 15 new foreign foods
4. Try 10 new alcoholic drinks
5. Learn how to make 10 new savory dishes
6. Learn how to make 10 new sweet dishes
7. Go wine tasting
8. Decipher and make mom’s old recipes
9. Finish incomplete reviews/keep up with reviews on Yelp
10. Bring lunch from home for a month
11. Drink soy milk for a month

For the First Time

1. Take a ballroom dancing class
2. Change a flat tire (on my own)
3. Jump-start a car w/ jumper cables
4. Learn to swim (tread water)
5. Learn to surf
6. Ride a horse
7. Use a Zip-line
8. Go to a Padres game
9. Go to a Chargers game
10. Learn to use a bow and arrow

Traveling

1. Go to Las Vegas
2. Go to New York
3. Go to San Francisco
4. Go to the East Coast
5. Get passport
6. Travel to Japan
7. Travel to Korea
8. Travel to the Philippines
9. Travel through Europe
10. Travel to the Caribbean

Personal

1. Fall in love (GET A BOYFRIEND)
2. Move out of the house and to my own place
3. Find a full-time job
4. Frame favorite artworks and autographs
5. Get at least 8 hours of sleep for a month
6. Wake up earlier than 10:00 AM for a month
7. Take CPR classes and get certified
8. Volunteer for five different organizations
9. Go to five concerts
10. Arrange old photos into photo albums
11. Dress up fancy for a fancy and expensive restaurant
12. Clean storage room of stuff (mattresses, old clothes)
13. Donate clothes to organization in San Diego
14. Save a $1.00 every day during 1,001 days and deposit savings (1/1001)
15. Play Texas Hold ‘Em for actual money

Stuff to Own

1. Buy an Apple desktop computer
2. Buy a drafting table
3. Buy a new Canon DSLR camera
4. Buy a new iPod
5. Buy business/semi-formal clothes (not just shirts)
6. Buy a bicycle
7. Buy Nintendo Wii and/or a PS3
8. Buy a dress for everyday wear
9. Buy five pairs of shoes – at least two must not be sneakers

Health and Beauty

1. Get back to taking martial art classes
2. Get back to taking yoga classes
3. Go without caffeine for a month
4. Eat an apple a day for a month (or any kind of fruit)
5. Be active for an hour a day for a month (and keep it up)
6. Be a vegetarian for a week
7. Get braces
8. Get wisdom teeth removed
9. Spend a day at the spa
10. Get a pedicure
11. Maintain a healthy weight

The Geeky Side of Me

1. Organize DVD and manga collections
2. Watch 100 new movies (0/100)
3. Participate in a Street Fighter tournament (SFII or 3rd Strike)
4. Participate in a Tetris tournament
5. Complete all games in Final Fantasy series (I-III, V, VI, VIII, IX, etc.)
6. Start a new RPG game
7. Attend a taping of The Tonight Show with Conan O’ Brien
8. Read all of the Sailormoon manga in Japanese (0/18)
9. Do an entry on my blog once a week for six months
10. Revisit Disneyland
11. Send a postcard to PostSecret
12. Sing at least one Japanese song during each karaoke outing
13. Go to a convention outside of California
14. Give a gift to voice actor Vic Mignogna (Ed/Jedi crossover fanart)
15. Go to the Tokyo Game Show

Special Tasks for 1001 Days

1. Donate $1 for every task not completed by the end of 1001 days
2. Influence others to make a 101 in 1001 Days list
3. Have a get together after end of 1001 days
4. Come up with new tasks for next 101 in 1001 Days List

GOGOGOGOGOGOGO!!!