tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11953705896270193272024-02-07T08:05:23.464-08:00She Don't Believe in the Hurly-BurlyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-67944687951973880182014-11-18T16:14:00.001-08:002014-11-18T16:14:22.044-08:00A Big 101 Accomplishment<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, I established I'm not doing "101" as it is intended, I think I might start calling it "General Life Pursuits." Either way, I'm crossing a big one off the list next month:<br /><br />#63 - FINISH MY MASTERS<br /><br />Yup. I buckled down and did the thing. I have all my work done and my approval in writing. I'm graduating and getting my Masters degree.<br /><br />Let's see where I'm at on the rest of the list:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Plain text = haven't started this goal</span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Italic text = goal in progess</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Colored text = finished </span><strike style="color: #e69138;">& hyperlinked to the appropriate blog post about the accomplishment </strike><span style="color: #a64d79;">(commentary added)</span></span><br />
<span id="internal-source-marker_0.5400068797171116"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've removed counts from things like weekly/monthly, since that's not really applicable anymore.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Physical</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Perform in a play</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Perform in a dance show/recital</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Get En Pointe</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Get to Circus Skills school at least 3x (0/3)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e69138;">5.</span> <span style="color: #e69138;">Get to an aerial silks class </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">(I got into silks January of this year and attend weekly classes)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e69138;">6.</span> <span style="color: #e69138;">Go to the indoor trampoline park </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">(meh)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. <strike>Learn to rollerskate again (was doing OK, until I hurt my elbow. haven’t been on skates since)</strike></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8. <i>Run a 5K in under 30 minutes (Hate. Running.)</i> <span style="color: #a64d79;">(I picked up C25K over the summer, stopped 2 weeks from the end. Won't revisit it until Winter is done)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9. Bike to/from work 40% of the year</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10. Take a horseback riding lesson (loved riding as a kid, but it has been about 18 years since my last ride)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e69138;">11.</span> <span style="color: #e69138;">Do a morning workout 1x per week (Hate. Morning. Workout.) </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">(I do morning exercise now as needed)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e69138;">12. Do a workout DVD 1x per week (no srsly, I only have a TON of workout dvds collecting dust) </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">(Do as needed. I've gotten better about exercising overall, but prefer weightlifting & aerial classes)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e69138;">13. Walk in the park at least 1x per week (picked our house in part b/c of park proximity. I best use it) </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">(not quite once a week, but I am better at taking advantage of this amenity)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14. 1 pleasure bike ride per month (Apr. - Oct) </span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15. Relearn Poi</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e69138;">16. Learn hoop dance</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">(just found a local club very recently and started on this)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17. Be able to do the full splits (both front/back & side)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">18. <i><strike>Have 1 week per month with daily physical activity</strike> </i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">19. Get back to rainbow colored hair</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e69138;">20. Learn to rock the long-hair fauxhawk (& get back long hair) </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">(got it, but no pics, so maybe next time...)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Physical & Crafty</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">21. Be Star Sapphire Wonder Woman for Halloween (get strong & make the costume) </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Crafty</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">22. Sew a men’s dress shirt (for Mr. Burly)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">23. Sew myself a blazer</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">24. Sew a duvet/coverlet/or quilt for our master bed</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e69138;">25. Refinish the master bed</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">26. Make a headboard for the Queen guest bed</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">27. Make a headboard for the Twin guest bed</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">28. <i>Make our wedding album</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">29. Create 10 items (or variations of items) I’ve “pinned” on Pinterest (0/10)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">30. Repurpose my armoire to hold crafting supplies</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">31. Make 1 recipe every other month I’ve “pinned” (0/17)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">32. Make my special kitchen & bathroom signs (sssh. secret plans. you’ll see when done)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">33. Finish Mr. Burly’s scarf (I only started on it 1.5 years ago; it’s only ⅕ finished)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">34. Clean out my yarn stash (make more things, gift to friends who’d use it, sell on craigslist. Just GET IT GONE)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">35. <i>Create a home message & planning center </i><span style="color: #a64d79;">(this was mostly done, then it fell off the wall and I haven't rehung it yet)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">36. <strike>Make a monthly file system</strike> <span style="color: #a64d79;">(I don't even know what I wanted from this anymore, there are other ways to file)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">37. <strike>Refinish a piece of furniture to sell</strike> <span style="color: #a64d79;">(no need for "sales" pressure, I'll just refinish pieces I WANT to refinish, for me)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">38. Finish sewing my UFOs (unfinished objects: pillowcases, curtains, clothing, and the like)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">39. Construct a cookbook (or 4) of favorites - get rid of unneeded cookbooks once this is compiled)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">40. Learn to do silver plating. Replate my favorite necklace.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">41. Reupholster our wingback chairs</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">42. Sew/Construct a proper Wonder Woman costume</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Non-Physical Self-Improvement</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">43. <i>Play my instruments 2x per week <span style="color: #a64d79;">(I've been rather enthusiastic about aerials, music has taken a back seat)</span></i></span></b><b id="internal-source-marker_0.5400068797171116"><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">44. <i>Blog at least 1x per week <span style="color: #a64d79;">(haaaaaa)</span></i></span></b><b id="internal-source-marker_0.5400068797171116"><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">45. <i>Create my new website</i> </span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">46. Learn more Adobe Creative Suite (specifically, complete a tutorial book I own but haven’t cracked)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">47. <i>Learn to take better pictures</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">48. <i>Take more pictures with the freshly acquired skillz of #47</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">49. Book my photos (not necessarily “scrapbook,” just put them in a freaking book already)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>50. Keep a daily journal (mundane things) <span style="color: #a64d79;">(this started with 101, then stopped, but I actually restarted a few months ago and am keeping at it)</span></i></span></b><b id="internal-source-marker_0.5400068797171116"><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">51. <i><strike>Keep a weekly diary (the juicy bits) </strike></i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">52. <i>Digitize CDs, clean MP3 tags, organize music <span style="color: #a64d79;">(sorta ongoing, as the mood hits me)</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">53. Digitize photos, organize photos</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">54. Grow a veg/fruit garden</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">55. Can/Preserve things from the veg/fruit garden</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">56. <strike>Grow Queen of the Prairie flowers</strike> <span style="color: #a64d79;">(now looking into peony bushes,QotP are not practical for the type of land around my house)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">57. Grow a formal rose bush</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">58. Start/maintain a compost pile</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">59. Learn basic lockpicking</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e69138;">60.</span> <span style="color: #e69138;">Travel to Colorado to visit family </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">(super fun!)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">61. Travel to a new-to-me state or Canada</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>62. Brush up on German 1x per week <span style="color: #a64d79;">(I do a daily email thing, but haven't been "actively learning," just maintaining)</span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><u>63. FINISH MY MASTERS DEGREE</u></i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">64. Go camping each year (1/3) <span style="color: #a64d79;">(didn't this year, but I'm rather ...meh... about camping in general)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e69138;">65. Visit the library (again, it’s within walking distance of the new house) 2x per month</span> </span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">66. Resume our CSA</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">67. <i>Visit 1 new restaurant each quarter</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">68. Read 12 books (4/yr. I'm supremely slow at getting around to reading anything longer than most long-form magazine articles. I read a lot of those, yes. And sometimes some pseudo-science non-fiction book, and a few comic books per month, and that's about where I stop. I used to read so, so much more. But then, I don't think reading a lot is the key to living life, just a great enhancement - and I still question anyone who flat-out scoffs at reading):</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Absolute-Sandman-Vol-1/dp/1401210821/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343222863&sr=1-4&keywords=sandman" target="_blank">Sandman</a> </span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>b.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Watchmen-Alan-Moore/dp/0930289234/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343222910&sr=1-1&keywords=watchmen+graphic+novel" target="_blank"> Watchmen</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>c. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Female-Chauvinist-Pigs-Raunch-Culture/dp/0743284283/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343222941&sr=1-1&keywords=female+chauvinist+pigs" target="_blank"><i>Female Chauvinist Pigs</i></a></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>d. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Underworld-Don-DeLillo/dp/1416548645/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343222979&sr=1-1&keywords=underworld+don+delillo" target="_blank">Underworld</a></span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></b></span><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.5400068797171116"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>e. Something by Christopher Moore</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>f. Something by Bret Easton Ellis</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>g. Something by Warren Ellis (probably <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Transmetropolitan-Vol-1-Back-Street/dp/1401220843/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343223056&sr=1-1&keywords=transmetropolitan" target="_blank">Transmetropolitan</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>h. Something by Terry Pratchett</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>i. A Biography<b>/</b> Autobiography/ </span></b><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Memoir</span><b><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1138574422">Let's Pret</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Pretend-This-Never-Happened/dp/0399159010" target="_blank">end This Never Happened</a> by <a href="http://thebloggess.com/" target="_blank">Jenny Lawson</a>)</span></span><b><br /><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>j. A NYT Bestseller (see letter </span></b><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"i". Yeah, I'm gonna cheat this one, 'cause Bloggess is awesome, and I'm lazy.)</span><b><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>k.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Legend-Richard-Matheson/dp/B000TZCSE2/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343223107&sr=1-8&keywords=i+am+legend+richard+matheson" target="_blank">I am Legend</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>l. Something a friend recommends</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">(I've been reading, just not necessarily this list)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">69. <i><strike>Memorize 18 poems (6/yr) (1/18)</strike></i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">70. <i>Improve my touch-typing by 20 wpm</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">71. <i>Learn to do more w/ Excel/spreadsheets</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">72. <i>Conquer left-handed writing (I have it legible, now it’s going to be pretty)</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">73. Work through </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Like-Leonardo-Vinci/dp/0440508274/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343224339&sr=1-1&keywords=how+to+think+like+leonardo+da+vinci" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How to Think like Leonardo DaVinci</span></a><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">74. Work on a Habitat for Humanity home</span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">75. <i>Make a Bucket List</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">76. <i>Streamline style/closet</i></span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Culture</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">77. Visit each 1x/yr</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-74853338028428575872014-01-02T09:54:00.001-08:002014-01-02T09:54:23.752-08:002014 may bring more blogging.<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It remains to be seen. I'm terrible at blogging, and it stems from things I'm not going to hash out in this specific entry (but will hash out). The 101, for lack of a new/better title, is still going/ growing/ evolving. The timing is coincidental, this is not a NY resolution. I don't really do those; I don't wait for arbitrary dates to start things. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-67304273919799034992013-07-21T12:13:00.002-07:002013-07-21T12:13:24.900-07:00101: Reflections<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, in my absence, a lot of my thoughts pertaining to the blog circled around the 101 in 1001. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>The tl;dr version is:</b> Naturally, like all grandiose goal-setting endeavors, this has technically failed. But there's a nice long read here about the ways in which it did not fail, and how I'm OK with the "failure" this endeavor entailed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It had been years since I wrote out a list of all the discrete things that interested me. More shockingly, given that I am a planner by nature, I'm not sure I ever compiled anything resembling a to-do of personal development. I guess my planning was always externally-focused.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But there is nuance. There is grey area. This has only failed in the strictest sense: I will not complete those 101 goals in 1001 days. I</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">'m OK with this.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I've been whittling at the list in my blogging absence. Blog silence did not cleanly translate into goal stagnation. I slowed down, yes. My 101 was very ambitious given that the math works out to just over 9 days per goal. I won't accomplish everything on the list. Which translates to...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The 101 was a larger lesson in prioritizing. I had fallen into that classic trap of "Oh, That'd be cool if I could/would..." but, you know, never actually <i>doing</i> anything. Spending a little mental energy to compile all those wishes & wants, and to compare them to each other, gave me more motivation - especially once I looked at the time I had on my hands. The catch to this is that while I have some time, I don't necessarily have energy to match it. I was very gung-ho those first weeks, and there was - to a point - a feedback loop where the sense of accomplishment fueled me even more, keeping the energy going. But that eventually has diminishing returns. There is an equilibrium I have yet to establish where I'm accomplishing things with enough downtime to not burnout, which I struggled with in February. Note I've been talking about time, not money. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There is, of course, the money prioritization. A LOT of my list demands funding. Whether it's saving for goals, or spending to gain materials/teachers for skills, this is probably the biggest constraint - and the major force in slowing the 101 down. But money as a constraint has brought focused creativity in working around it. In fact, this problem as posed by the 101 has, in part, solved itself with one of the goals buried within the 101: to visit the library more. In one of the bigger "Well, <i>DUH</i>" moments known to man, I remembered that the library (which, for those first 10 weeks, I failed to get to even once), packed all sorts of information for the various skills I'm looking to improve. Ugh. <i>DUH</i>. So, yeah, weekly library visits - <i>not a problem anymore</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, I loosened up my ambitions due to time, energy & money. I also loosened up the "101" part. 101 is a large number, even when time/money/energy constraints are loosened. I knew I was simply creating filler toward the end...the last 10ish items in particular. So when I sat down to re-evaluate the goals I had set for myself it was no surprise that I wanted to replace ~8 goals and modify 2-4 more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The 101 likely won't continue on as "The 101" in this blog. I just haven't thought up a clever name to replace it yet. Who knows, I'm generally carrying on in the spirit of the 101 either way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-My dancing was going very well, until the studio took their Xmas break. I lost motivation in those couple of weeks. My foot started hurting. When I came back there was a new ballet teacher I don't learn as well under. It's been rough. Same with my flexibility work - I *was* doing well, but going easy for my foot's sake and getting discouraged overall have undone the progress I was making. But my foot slowly gets better, and I'm finding new ways to dance (namely, Salsa). So I'm on the upswing again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Mr. Burly & I refinished the master bed together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-The home message & planning center is maybe 2/3rds finished</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-I'm taking more pictures, even if with just my phone, for the purpose of having pictures in my blog. It's a start.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-The daily journaling has stopped. This is one of those goals that is very conflicting. I certainly have a desire to have a daily record, my memory can be sorta crappy - especially as days seem to blend together. But somehow it seems to take too much energy to write about the day. So, it's just not happening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-Started my music file cleanup. It happens in fits and spurts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-I work enough on my German to keep the low-level of ability I have, but I'm not working enough to get better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Visited new restaurants, continue visiting new restaurants</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Reading plenty more, knocked Let's Pretend This Never Happened off my list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Actively working on my left-handed legibility</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Pinterest-inspired things: my planner, wardrobe cleaning/streamlining/updating, meal planning, a few recipes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Visited the Eiteljorg (to see Nat Geo pictures), the Indiana State Museum (for the corn-lobby sponsored corn exhibit), the IMA (for Ai Wei Wei)<br /><br />Look, Ma! I got corn! And a Corn God!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Got back to my rainbow colored hair. (It's rather faded to blonde now, and I think that, while I'll continue color, it won't be as rainbow-ific in the future. But the blonde needs to go, and soon.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hey how 'bout another picture? I got this beauty for super-cheap at the neighborhood garage sale!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-71281368110771737622013-03-03T19:12:00.001-08:002013-03-06T13:01:39.217-08:00WHERE HAVE I BEEN?<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When we last left our heroine, her computer had died. Though she tried valiantly to blog from Mr. Burly's netbook, it just wasn't the same...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lo, she returns as if from the dead (indeed, she's rather felt as such the past 2 months. The winters of Indiana are cruel [expound upon any place further north, though you may]).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Melodrama aside. It's probably good to be back. I think. I had lots of time to think about my blog while I was away, and will have very little to show for it (in this post, as in the blog as a whole, too). Rather, some things will change a little, a lot of things will stay the same; because, while I entertain fantasies of full-time home-blogging as much as anyone, I totally don't have that sort of initiative. But for the time being, I'm just gonna throw a picture post in here of my five month absence (hint: I plan on putting more pictures in my posts, because popular bloggers say pictures are ALL TEH RAYGE).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I purchased my very first (hopefully not last) Jonathon Adler item. Yeah, it's one of his super-mass produced items. Yeah, I totally got it on clearance in February. Yeah, it's totally an Xmas ornament when I don't even have a tree. But I love all things ballet and circus, and what better than a circus ballerina? I do aspire to own something more distinctively JA, but this is a start.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In October, I saw </span><a href="http://www.coheedandcambria.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Coheed & Cambria</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> in concert (Ft. Wayne). They were a Bucket-List band & it was everything I hoped it would be. They had just started touring their new album Ascension (first half of a two-album concept release; Descension followed in Feb). These two albums are half of my top 4 from the band. I could go on a long time about the show, I listened solidly to C&C for the next 2 weeks - no room for any other band in my headspace (with only limited music expansion for the next 2 weeks after that).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I live a better life when a planner is involved, and I'm one of those types that can be a bit obsessive about the planner. This time around I made my own, following </span><a href="http://www.kylaroma.com/2012/01/moleskine-notebook-transformation-a-no-binding-required-weekly-planner-tutorial/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">this</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> design. I'm liking it. I have way more space than I use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And on the subject of sewing*, I picked up some gorgeous orange wool for a pencil skirt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My office, while my computer was dead, became quite the mess since it was generally unused. Became one of those dreaded catch-all rooms. The cleaning & reorg (as it is also intended to be "library") has begun. It starts with:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">a new wall color. I've tried living with this color since we slapped it up pre-move in July, but it's just too blue. In certain lights it's practically periwinkle. I want a true silvery-grey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Feb. 21 I drove 1 hr. 45 minutes in the beginning of an ice storm to Newport, KY to see <a href="http://manmanbandband.com/" target="_blank">Man Man</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Man Man was another Bucket-List band, and also the name-sake of this blog. It took me another 2 hrs. 45 minutes to drive home since the ice storm was ongoing while I was in the concert, and during my drive. It was exhausting. But it was worth it. In contrast to Coheed & Cambria though, I geeked out on Man Man so much pre-concert that afterwards I was done. No need to listen to them non-stop for the next month. I needed to get some new music into my system. Namely, the new Nick Cave (BUCKET-LIST ARTIST PRIME, WHOM I WILL SEE IN APRIL).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I found my Soul Cider. It's season has run out. You can bet I'm buying caaaaaaases when it comes back in August.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And I found my Soul Ice Cream. I don't know a B&J "limited batch" entails. I currently have several stashed in my deep freezer. I hope someone is looking at the numbers and thinking "Damn, there's a crazy person in Indiana. Maybe we should make this part of our regular line, just for her."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Consider yourself caught up with my life.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-28096763558081014532012-09-23T17:18:00.001-07:002012-09-23T17:18:32.575-07:00101 week 10<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">The 101 re-evaluation is still re-evaluating. Nothin' to see here...</span><br />
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color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly blogpost (this one, natch)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>weekly diary</strike></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>morning workout </strike></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">DVD workout</strike><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strike>walk in park </strike></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>play music 2x</strike><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Monthly Goals:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>40% Commute by bike</strike></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>1 pleasure bike ride</strike></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>1 week carb free, 1 week dairy free</strike></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>visit library 2x</strike></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike><br /></strike></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Reflections:</span>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">mmmhmm</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-69424694983803372332012-09-16T18:33:00.002-07:002012-09-16T18:33:50.402-07:00101 Week 9<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">A few goals will be changing. Rather, I've decided on the changes, just not quite on how to implement them yet - whether I'll "reboot" or what. Starting the 101 at the same time we closed on a house was kind of a ridiculous plan. And I made a few goals that just aren't quite in line with who I am/want to be. So a change is forthcoming. But in the meantime, here's this week's 101:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Weekly Goals:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">daily journals</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;">weekly German</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly blogpost (this one, natch)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>weekly diary</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>morning workout </strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">DVD workout</strike><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138;">walk in park </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>play music 2x</strike><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Monthly Goals:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>40% Commute by bike</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>1 pleasure bike ride</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>1 week carb free, 1 week dairy free</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>visit library 2x</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike><br /></strike></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Reflections:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">I got a new one in: the walk in the park. That's about it. Other's suffered, but it was a much-needed down week from the past two months of housework, culminating in the housewarming party. And it took me the full week to recover to the point that I resumed housework (getting the recreational areas setup & organized) at a much slower pace. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-23832980017973339632012-09-09T19:21:00.000-07:002012-09-09T19:21:08.015-07:00101 Week 8<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Entropy and what not. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Weekly Goals:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">daily journals</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;">weekly German</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly blogpost (this one, natch)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>weekly diary</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>morning workout </strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">DVD workout</strike><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strike>walk in park </strike></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>play music 2x</strike><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Sporadic Goals:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- Make one "pinned" recipe every other month<br />- pseudo-progress on a goal I've previously alluded to but am still iffy about</span><br />
<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Monthly Goals:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>40% Commute by bike</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>1 pleasure bike ride</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>1 week carb free, 1 week dairy free</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>visit library 2x</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike><br /></strike></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Reflections:</span>
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Sometimes I want to do things, like build a home in Skyrim - courtesy of the Hearthfire add-on, or read comics, that are in direct conflict with my time to be productive. Given that I have a few goals that have opened up (I'm looking at you, weekly diary), Should I replace it with something low-key like "Beat Skyrim"? I mean, I do have a serious issue finishing just about anything I start, for fun or any other reason, and videogames are no exception. The list of videogames I've beaten, ever, in my life (all of which has had access to a game console):<br /><br />-Final Fantasy 3 (American #3)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-Puzzlequest 2<br />-Viva Pinata (as much as one can "beat" this game - by having acquired each pinata, but not having completed each and every variation (but a <i>vast</i> majority), nor bred each pinata to its max of 7 (but again, each at least a few times).</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Yeah, that's it. I'm like, 3/4ths the way through Fable 3, and have been for a year now. And now I'm rambling about videogames. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">I want to be optimistic that I'll get better about the goals again. The House is still eating up time (with the Warming party preparation & all, but that has just passed). </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">But some goals need House progress to continue (like, getting my craft space set up). </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">It's also eating up money (in the case of any goals the specifically need money to progress). Not having a functioning computer certainly restricts progress on a select few goals, also. And, well, <i>Life</i>, right? </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">I missed this month's First Friday. That's 1 of the 2/yr allowed.<br /><br />I'm definitely going to reconfigure some goals by the end of this first quarter, probably 5-10 will change. This whole experiment has provided me with an interesting sort of microscope to analyze my life through. Even on a pitiful week such as this one, I feel progress in my life, if maybe only because I'm taking a moment each week to chronicle it.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-67819784890562200632012-09-03T05:46:00.002-07:002012-09-05T10:58:25.485-07:00101 Week 7<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">So these things are going to be truncated for a while. My computer is dead, so I'm relegated to break time at work and Mr. Burly's computer - which is not my ideal workspace.</span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Weekly Goals:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">daily journals</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;">weekly German</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly blogpost (this one, natch)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>weekly diary</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">morning workout (totally counting my morning bike commute for this. Yeah, I'll cheat like that for now)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">DVD workout</strike><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strike>walk in park </strike></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>play music 2x</strike><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Sporadic Goals:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Monthly Goals:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- 40% Commute by bike (1 ride, 20%)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>1 pleasure bike ride</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>1 week carb free, 1 week dairy free</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>visit library 2x</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike><br /></strike></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Reflections:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Blargh. Bad week for the 101 - to be follower with, I predict,, another bad week.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-53330275242998528592012-08-26T19:19:00.003-07:002012-08-26T19:19:55.808-07:00101 Week 6<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">This week is not pretty.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Weekly Goals:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">daily journals</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly German</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly blogpost (this one, natch)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>weekly diary</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>morning workout (totally counting my morning bike commute for this. Yeah, I'll cheat like that for now)</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">DVD workout</strike><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">walk in park </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> play music 2x<span style="color: black;"> (1x figured out the chords to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkT-X18tK2o" target="_blank">Firewater's Hey Clown</a>, 2x practiced Hey Clown)</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Sporadic Goals:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- Finished Female Chauvinist Pigs</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Monthly Goals:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>40% Commute by bike</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>1 pleasure bike ride</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>1 week carb free, 1 week dairy free</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>visit library 2x</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike><br /></strike></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Reflections</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-A wonderful development in my life lately, which coincides with The Housening & The 101:<b> I. <i>Sleep</i>.</b> I mean, I wasn't really a problem sleeper before, except that I'd stay up a little later than I should've, and be a little sluggish the next day for it. But between The Housening & The 101, I get home from work, I get f*n productive for a few hours, I have <i>maybe</i> 23-46 minutes of TV some nights, then I <i>crash</i>. And I crash at a time that is good for my body but not so early I feel deprived of<i> living</i>, and I wake up at a time that I can get ready, and have breakfast (previously taken to work with me), and not rush in the morning (admittedly, living closer to work and taking a few minutes off the commute helps, but biking to work will negate that gain). Anyway, it has been AMAZING. As The Housening calms down, it'll be interesting to see if this pattern holds; but I haven't much reason to expect it won't, so long as I'm continuing through the 101 and being productive most of my evenings. That's been huge for me: not just sitting and zoning at the computer.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-You may notice that, week after week, I slack on most goals resembling physical activity. It's not that I'm <i>that</i> lazy, on a good week I'll spend 5 hours in classes at <a href="http://motusdance.com/" target="_blank">my local dance studio</a> (2 hours on a bad week, 1 on a really bad week - or a week when I'm saving $ for a house, which is no longer my excuse). While I know a variety of physical activity is great for the body, damn if it's just dance that motivates me best to move. On that note, three weeks ago I did something to my foot, I assume in a dance class (but maybe while I was moving things into the house), as I pretty much only feel it when I'm barefoot. I don't know what I did or when I did it, but one day a very small portion of it started tingling. I've taken no course of action on it as it will start to feel better, then I'll be stupid and aggravate it again. Sadly, it looks like I just need to ease up on it for a bit. This makes me profoundly unhappy, but I should take the opportunity to bike more as (A) it doesn't aggravate the foot and (B) the saddle sores that I remind myself of everytime I think about riding are only going to reduce in frequency & intensity if I ever actually bike regularly. Anyway, injured - but not hurting - foot. Reduces overall physical activity - goal related AND the regular stuff.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-Last week I pushed myself, and it was awesome. I simply did not fare so well this week. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-83100203709200437222012-08-20T18:31:00.000-07:002012-08-20T18:31:10.253-07:00101 Week 5<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Week 5 was a definite improvement over 3 & 4. I pushed myself to make it happen, and am happy for doing so. I'm inching closer to a "perfect" week (i.e. fulfilling all weekly goals, plus a monthly goal or two, plus a sporadic or one-time goal). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Weekly Goals:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">daily journals</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly German</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly blogpost (<a href="http://hurlymoxburly.blogspot.com/2012/08/july-birchbox-review-not-so-easy-to.html" target="_blank">Birchbox review time!</a>)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>weekly diary</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e69138;">morning workout (totally counting my morning bike commute for this. Yeah, I'll cheat like that for now)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">DVD workout</strike><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">walk in a park (hell, we camped in it, too!)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: black;">play music 2x</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> (1x -practiced You Don't Know My Mind. I appreciate that it has easy chords. I need the brain space to concentrate on the rhythms.)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Sporadic Goals:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- more reading in Female Chauvinist Pigs</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- Camped!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Monthly Goals:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- 40% Commute by bike (1 ride/ week 1 - 20%)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>1 pleasure bike ride</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>1 week carb free, 1 week dairy free</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>visit library 2x</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike><br /></strike></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Reflections</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-I'm over the diary thing. I am not a diarist. I love the short little daily journal. Hate sitting down to an unknown quantity of time expecting to fill space with <i>more. </i>It's early in the 101, I may reclaim that goal spot for something else. Carb & Dairy-free weeks are also dangerously close to revision.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-Camping was great. During the trip I realized it had been at <i>least</i> 7 years since I last camped. The weather was perfect, as was our chosen company. Mr. Burly wants to camp more than once a year.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-I enjoyed biking to work...between the wheezing & gasping (I exaggerate. a little). It had been a few months since I rode, and this was my first foray into traffic riding. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-35654433600819689902012-08-15T19:47:00.000-07:002012-08-15T19:47:39.980-07:00July Birchbox Review: Not So Easy to PleaseI'm very high-maintenance in my low-maintenance ways, it seems. I kinda want the world from my Birchbox. I should probably reset my expectations. Or stop my subscription and try another subscription. Or not have any subscriptions and resume my happy SlackerChic ways. It's taken forever (and the August Birchbox arrival- teaser at the end!) for me to get around to writing this "review." "Review" is in scare quotes b/c, well, if you asked me to list what I got off the top of my head, I would only remember 1 thing, and even then I haven't <i>tried </i>it.<br />
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Granted, I've been busy. So very busy. About the time this box showed up, we closed on a house, and we've been moving and/or settling. I couldn't even tell you where the box is right now. But the Birchbox page reminds me what I have.<br />
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See!<br />
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To which I am relieved that I'm not missing anything, apparently.<br />
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So without further ado, I present to you <i><span style="color: #e69138;"> </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #e69138;">Birchbox, July: A Half-Assed, I-Have-Better-Things-To-Do, Review.</span></i></div>
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Alterna Bamboo UV+ Color Protection: I will revisit this product with a proper review once I resume putting color in my hair.<br />
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Birchbox Earbuds: The one thing I remembered but hadn't tried. OK, they're brightly colored earbuds. And, I'm a sucker for bright colors. And, I'm no audiophile. At a guess, I probably won't hear a difference between these buds and the factory-issued buds I have floating around. Hell, I don't know that I hear a difference between my factory-issued buds and the Skullcandy buds I paid real monies for (purchased so I would have in-ear buds with the foamy tips that I can buy in small so they FIT and STAY. not for maximum hearings of ALL THE SOUNDZ). If I get around to trying these and find there is a difference (price: $10, I doubt it), I will update accordingly.<br />
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Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner: I reeeeally <i>wanted</i> to be excited about this one. It's (A) a full-size product, not "sample" size and (B) eyeliner! Something I use! But alas, why eyeliner is <i>ever</i> made in anything other than waterproof is something I'll never understand. My eyelids shed product like nothing. So, while I have every intention of giving the eyeliner a fair trial, it has yet to happen. I have to be motivated to apply makeup ever, let alone on a day I'm not actually doing anything (lest I be caught out, looking like a sad raccoon, and no means to fix it). Me, put on makeup for no one? See also: the <u>Slacker</u> half of <i>SlackerChic</i>.<br />
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Harvey Prince Hello perfume: See also: my<a href="http://hurlymoxburly.blogspot.com/2012/05/birchbox-first-impressions-not-specific.html" target="_blank"> rants about perfume</a>.<br />
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Supergoop! City Sunscreen Serum: OK, I also have every intention of trying this. It happened to show up a week or two after I finally (FINALLY!) found a <a href="http://www.sephora.com/uber-dry-sunscreen-spf-30-P210822" target="_blank">sunscreen</a> for my face that didn't turn it into a slick and didn't stink. Pardon my lack of enthusiasm for trying a new (more expensive) substitute <i>after</i> I found <i>exactly</i> what I'd been looking for.<br />
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Tea Forte minteas: I guess this one is technically full-size, too. Meh, mints. The flavor is a little weird. I'm not a tea person, but the mint & sweetness were pronounced enough that the tea flavor didn't put me off. <br />
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So, that's a lot of reviewing for not reviewing anything. Go Me!<br />
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Stars? ummm.... 3 of 5? Technically this basically fit all the objective parameters they have from me (since I don't have a box to check in my profile that says NO FUCKING PERFUMES). But I can't really get excited about anything in this box, and part of that is the timing of it (a sunscreen in the June box had a better chance), but...I can't let all the bad be blamed on timing, either. I wouldn't have been impressed with Teamints no matter what day, or <a href="http://hurlymoxburly.blogspot.com/2012/07/101-in-1001.html" target="_blank">phase in my life</a>, it was.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">...August teaser: Another perfume!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-8779083210813709342012-08-12T17:12:00.001-07:002012-08-12T17:12:34.759-07:00101 Week 4<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Yeah. I got nothing. The days I'm not at the dance studio, I'm working manically on the house. Less than one month to house-warming, and I want the place to look good. That said, we're making good progress. I might be able to lighten up just a little bit. But this is the sad reality:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Weekly Goals:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">daily journals</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><strike>weekly German</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly blogpost (well, there's this post at least)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly diary</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">morning workout</strike><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">DVD workout</strike><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">walk in park</strike><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: black;"><strike>play music</strike></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Sporadic Goals:</span>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- more reading in Female Chauvinist Pigs</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Monthly Goals:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>Commute by bike</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>1 pleasure bike ride</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>1 week carb free, 1 week dairy free</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <strike>visit library 2x</strike></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Reflections:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">The quickened move got me all screwed up. Totally spaced the carb & dairy-free weeks, although truth be told these are not high priority goals for me. They kinda feel like filler in the goal list. Let's see what month 2 brings...</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-18443124501271968482012-08-06T08:16:00.001-07:002012-08-06T13:23:09.549-07:00101 week 3<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Weekly Goals:</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">daily journals</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly German</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly blogpost (well, there's this post at least)</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly diary</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">morning workout</strike><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">DVD workout</strike><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">walk in park</strike><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: black;"><strike>play music</strike></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Sporadic Goals:</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <span style="color: #e69138;">every month have a week of daily physical activity.<span style="color: black;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- <span style="color: #e69138;">try a new restaurant every 3 months. We had dinner at Siam Square in Fountain Square. I highly recommend it, quite delicious. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;">Reflections:</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">This week's goals went about as well as could be, which is to say I only got a few in. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">
I'm counting the week of physical activ<span style="font-size: small;">ity.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Every day this week was spent either painting,
packing, or moving. That's way more activity on each individual day compared to any normal day I would have.</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>Trying a new restaurant was not on the agenda, so that was a pleasant surprise. </span>We're not anywhere near settled in the house, but I'm working to fit the goals into my day<span style="font-size: small;">, wh<span style="font-size: small;">ich will be fun because I am exhausted.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-47578157168858064792012-07-29T17:57:00.001-07:002012-07-30T12:27:33.553-07:00101 Week 2<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">This is just going to be difficult until I am moved into the house and settled, but I'm still powering through because part of this is learning to make time for the things I say I'm going to do, right? However, I'm seriously questioning some of my decisions - like any goals dealing with running. So, some of my goals may be up for renegotiation soon. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Weekly Goals:</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">daily journals</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly German</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly blogpost (well, there's this post at least)</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">weekly diary</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">morning workout</strike><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">DVD workout</strike><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- </span><strike style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">walk in park</strike><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">-</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> play music</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> (2x) (1x learned chords to Hugh Laurie's </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQsfwqIJuj8" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" target="_blank">You Don't Know My Mind</a> on Jez<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">) (2x reviewed You Don't Know My Mind for retention/ smooth out chord progressions/ get a better feel for the rhythms.)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Sporadic Goals:</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- Started reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Female-Chauvinist-Pigs-Raunch-Culture/dp/0743284283/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343222941&sr=1-1&keywords=female+chauvinist+pigs" target="_blank">Female Chauvinist Pigs</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- Started refreshing my memory on photography 101</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- Picked the WP theme for my website</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">- Started sorting & selecting pictures for the wedding album </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Reflections: This isn't all I set out to accomplish this week, but it's most of it, plus a couple of things that weren't on the agenda, but were more convenient for the time being, as replacements for the things I didn't do. It's weird. Looking at the list, it feels like so little. But I work 40 hours, I'm painting a house 3-4 nights a week, I'm going to dance class a couple of hours a week, and I'm finding ways to work these things in, where I would've otherwise just pissed time away on the internet (or some other unworthy pursuit). I've gotta get a better perspective on how I spend my time. I found myself looking at the "1,001 day" time span this week and thinking that is a really long time frame to be working in. Reeeeeally long. In so many respects, it's not. Not at all when I break it down to "9 days per goal," which is not quite accurate, either, (and short-changing, actually) b/c I have 8 goals to accomplish on a weekly basis as part of a routine. But I came across blogs, when I was looking into this, where people changed goals part-way through. Or they wrote, at the end, about how many things didn't happen b/c priorities in life changed. My goals feel very front-loaded to me, as in: Things I Want To Do Now (Preferably Yesterday). It's difficult to know what I want to do 2 years from now. But then, goals such as "Get En Pointe" simply cannot happen today, so I did build some time-eaters into this experiment. But will I care about Pointe in a year or two? (Or less likely: will I <i>ever</i> care about running a 5K, let alone making a time goal on it?)</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">And, as of the end of this week, our moving timeline just got crunched from 2 weeks down to 1. This next week might just be the bare minimum to keep any momentum on the 101in1001. But maybe this is a good thing - one bare bones week so that I can finally move my life forward and stop straddling two living places. Then I'll be able to more quickly establish an equilibrium and a priority listing of the home-related goals I do have on this list.</span><br />
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I mean, what could <i>possibly</i> set you back by starting a 101 in 1001 <i>only four days after closing on your first home</i> - when so few of your goals have nothing to do with setting up a first (or any new-to-you) home?<br />
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It's not like some goals weren't picked with the new house in mind (a kitchen I can move in! enough space to simply dedicate a corner to sewing & crafting! a park nearby! easier bike commute!) But most goals were picked ignoring the reality that is <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Housening</span></span>. Progress?<br />
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Weekly goals: <br />
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- <span style="color: #e69138;">daily journals</span><br />
- <span style="color: #e69138;">weekly German</span><br />
- <span style="color: #e69138;"><a href="http://hurlymoxburly.blogspot.com/2012/07/birchbox-review-june-2012.html" target="_blank">weekly blogpost</a></span><br />
- <span style="color: #e69138;">weekly diary</span><br />
- <strike>morning workout</strike><br />
- <strike>DVD workout</strike><br />
- <strike>walk in park</strike><br />
-<span style="color: #e69138;"> play music</span> (2x) (1x - Worked out Mika's <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDSK91mUNLU" target="_blank">Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)</a></i> on my Uke. FYI: That song is UKE HELL in its original key signature.) (1x Worked out Scissor Sisters' <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H5I6y1Qvz0" target="_blank">I Don't Feel Like Dancin'</a>)</i><br />
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Sporadic<span style="font-size: small;">/ or Regular-<span style="font-size: small;">B</span>ut-<span style="font-size: small;">N</span>ot-<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">W</span>eekly</span></span> goals:<br />
- <span style="color: #e69138;">memorize poems</span> (1/18 - Memorized Howard Nemerov's <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/243818" target="_blank"><i>Political Reflection</i></a>. Picked for its brevity and easy rhyme scheme. Starting simple, working my way up through the challenge. Or maybe I'll just keep it s<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">imple. Set that bar low!)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> - <span style="color: #e69138;">start</span></span></span><span style="color: #e69138;">ed saving </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> - <span style="color: #e69138;">started strategizing personal website</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #e69138;">Reflections:</span></b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- I like the daily journaling, in part because I'm taking the <a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/one-line-a-day-a-five-year-memory-book.html" target="_blank">Five</a> <a href="http://www.levenger.com/pagetemplates/product/product.asp?params=category=322-325%7Clevel=2-3%7Cpageid=7150" target="_blank">Year</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/5-Year-Diary-Blue-Cover/dp/0977648192" target="_blank">Journal</a> approach (only in a spiral-bound book I already owned. The thick hardback would be annoying, and I'm not going to spend $15+ on paper. I have paper). </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Weekly German is going to be a bit difficult until I can come up with a system. I'll come up with that system when I'm moved into my house in a few more weeks. This isn't saying I'm not doing it, it's just that I'm using a free app on my phone while things are packed. Not. Ideal.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Weekly blogpost, I'm hoping, doesn't default to my weekly 101 update. That wasn't a problem this week, but Birchbox comes monthly, not weekly, and I want this blog to be more than Birchbox and 101.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Writing in a diary is weird. It's been years since I've done so, in part because I've felt pretty emotionally balanced. So, I have few demons to exorcise. But I still think there's value in making an attempt to write more deeply than a few words about each day. And maybe it will work into writing exercises, instead. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Working out didn't happen. Part of this is that painting a house is a workout in itself. Part of this is that my DVDs are packed. Part of this is that I'm great at making excuses ;) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Walking in the park didn't happen. A fair amount of time is spent at the house, yes. But that's painting time. And when we're done painting we just want to get to a shower and a bed. It might be a few weeks until I get on a walk. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Playing music was brief, but accomplished. I took about 15 minutes a couple of times this week to work out chords to songs I like. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Also of note, I've found an opportunity to approach a specific goal fro</span></span>m an unforseen angle. This came up suddenly on Tuesday. You'll hear more about it as it plays out at a later date.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: inherit;"><b>WRENCH IN THE PLAN!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the eminent house purchase, when we locked down on spending, my pull list at the Local Comic Store just piled....and piled...and piled. I stopped in Wednesday to check it out, and DAMN. I got some reading to catch up on (and some priorities to reconsider as to which books I want to buy regularly). And, I picked up the Captain Marvel #1 - my first Marvel purchase! And I really enjoyed it and will check out Cap. Marvel for the next few months. But it's gonna be tough to catch up on my comic reading and stay on top of the 101. That is, if I get off the internet ever...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">So, not too bad for a first week. I upheld over half of the weekly goals, achieved a smaller sporadic goal, & started two longer-term goals. But I'm stressed about getting to the larger goals I have set with enough time to manage. I spent a few minutes around the middle of the week looking at my 101 and brainstormed/planned how to approach this week. I like having a gameplan.</span><br />
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P.S. Got a fab new purse! </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-60126783568344827342012-07-17T18:51:00.000-07:002012-07-18T12:29:59.062-07:00Birchbox Review: June 2012Alright, this box had a hit in it. The rest...meh.<br />
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Swift's Wonderstruck - I don't do perfume, but Birchbox does on a
monthly basis. I took the tiniest whiff I could manage: It smells a
little old-ladyish.<br />
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Comodynes Self-Tanning Intensive - I don't tan, either. PALE 4-EVA!
But for the sake of research, I wiped a leg (I also wear pants in the
dead of summer and can get away with tanning one leg). First, it said the tan would appear in 3 hours. Pfffft. Hardly. I applied at 7 pm, it was barely noticeable at 10 pm. It WAS noticeable, however, at 7 am. Second, The wipe is not
an effective means to distribute a tanning substance onto the legs.
Good morning, streaks. I took my time at it, meticulously working up and down my leg, but I still ended up with spots
that were darker and spots that were lighter (legs had been freshly
washed/exfoliated/moisturized)<wbr></wbr>. Color-wise, I felt it was
borderline orange with the one application, but I concede that it might
just be me unaccustomed to a "tan" look. That said, I'm quite positive
it would turn orange if I tried to layer it & get darker. <br />
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LUNA Bar - Standard energy bar fare. I had the chocolate &
peppermint. It was good enough. I am now just as likely to pick up a
LUNA as a I would another energy bar (which is to say: unlikely, unless
desperate for food and suffering minimal options, this among them, upon
which my final purchase choice will be based on a balance of price per
quantity and flavor options).<br />
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Stila One Step Bronze - For one, this was not a sample size. It was FULL SIZE. I wish I could be happier about that, but...it was difficult to tell if I looked any
bronzer with this stuff on (which is saying a lot about the product
since I am <i>pale</i>). But even then, bronzing is (in case you didn't get it with the tanning wipes) not a goal/priority of mine. However, my skin did seem brighter. But, I was also oily by early
afternoon. Not good for combo/oily skin types.<br />
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theBalm Stainiac (in Beauty Queen) - <span style="color: #cc0000;">LOVED IT</span>. Bought a full tube straight through Birchbox.
This stain gave me everything I look for in a lip product: non-drying,
staying power, light/sheer coverage. Did it stick around as long as
other stains I've had in my life? Not quite. Did it make it through the
day if I didn't eat foods that were super-saucy? YES. And it did that
without completely drying out my lips like the other stains have. That
is pretty much the most important thing right there: stays without
drying. The bonus is that the color is sheer, so it looks relatively
natural (to anyone who doesn't know my lips are naturally as pale as my
skin). I hereby dub Stainiac <span style="color: #e69138;">SlackerChic</span>. It totes allows me to wear makeup without it being obvious or high maintenance.<br />
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The lipstain purchase makes this an automatic 5-Star box, but I'm feeling pretty 2-3 stars about the rest of it. My rating system needs tweaked... <br />
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That John Varvatos cologne came in Mr. Burly's Birchbox Man box. </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>(We have a lot of fun calling it a Man Box.)</i></span></div>
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There's a tiiiiny bit of overlap between the box's genderings. <span style="background-color: white;">I WANT MORE GENDER OVERLAPS! MOAR I SAY! </span><span style="background-color: white;">Quite frankly, I'm rather jealous of the (non shaving-cream & cologne) stuff he's received in his boxes. You might one day read a post about those. He keeps saying he'll write reviews. One day I'm just going to sit down and write Birchbox Man reviews in the voice of Mrs. Hurly Impersonating Mr. Burly Impersonating a Product Reviewer. YOU HEAR THAT MR. BURLY?! </span></div>
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Well now, that wraps up June Birchbox review. Yes, it is the latter half of July, which means my June review is rather late. So late, in fact, that I already have my July box. But that is another underwhelming review for another day.<br />
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TTFN loves.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-25934856343365757052012-07-09T18:57:00.003-07:002012-08-13T04:57:21.043-07:00101 in 1001<span style="background-color: white;">Last updated: 8/12/12 </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">There's a thing in the blogosphere: to accomplish 101 goals in 1001 days. That's approx. 2.75 years, and 9.91 days per goal. The tasks are to be measurable & clearly defined, as well as realistic, and they're to push the goal-setter. </span><br />
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I saw this on another blog and, as is my typical reaction, I just blew it off as arbitrary goal-setting, much like the New Year's Resolutions I refuse to make. But the idea just nagged at me a little, and I thought I didn't even have 101 things I wanted to accomplish (or that, at the very least, it'd take a long time for me to figure out 101 things).<strike> So I started to make the list, and it was done before I knew it. It took about an hour, but 45 minutes of that was figuring out the last 2 items (with a grocery run in there). Seriously, I easily listed 99 things I wanted to accomplish</strike>. <i>The list took 2 days, because <b>I can't count, even when making a numbered list.</b> I sat down and typed up my 101, and came up 6 short. So, it was easy to come up with 94 things (I also changed one due to my concerns about what, exactly, I should put on the internet).</i> Part of the list came from my Productoppotamus book, where I keep a list of things to do when I'm sitting at my computer thinking (whining in my head, really) about how bored I am. (It's also a list that I have only accomplished 1 task off of. ONE SINGLE TASK. And there are some easy tasks in there)<br />
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ANYway.<br />
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I'm good at dreaming, not so much at doing. (There's a theme to this blog).<br />
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My list has lots of overlap, so 9.91 days per goal is a little misleading, but to do 101 completely not-overlapping things would be very difficult, at least for me.<br />
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And besides, it'll be LOTS OF BLOG FODDER. fodderfodderfodder. I shall delay no longer. THE LIST!<br />
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Start date: 7/15/12<br />
End date: 4/11/15<br />
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(I'm grouping them by overlap)<br />
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Plain text = haven't started this goal<br />
<i>Italic text = goal in progess</i><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Colored text = finished & hyperlinked to the appropriate blog post about the accomplishment</span><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.5400068797171116"><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><i>Physical</i></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Perform in a play</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Perform in a dance show/recital</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Get En Pointe</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Get to Circus Skills school at least 3x (0/3)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Get to an aerial silks class</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Go to the indoor trampoline park</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Learn to rollerskate again (was doing OK, until I hurt my elbow. haven’t been on skates since)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8. Run a 5K in under 30 minutes (Hate. Running.)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9. Bike to/from work 40% of the year</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10. Take a horseback riding lesson (loved riding as a kid, but it has been about 18 years since my last ride)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11. Do a morning workout 1x per week (Hate. Morning. Workout.) (0/143)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12. Do a workout DVD 1x per week (no srsly, I only have a TON of workout dvds collecting dust) (0/143)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13. Walk in the park at least 1x per week (picked our house in part b/c of park proximity. I best use it) (0/143)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14. 1 pleasure bike ride per month (Apr. - Oct) (0/16)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15. Relearn Poi</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16. Learn hoop dance</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17. Be able to do the full splits (both front/back & side)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">18. <i>Have 1 week per month with daily physical activity (1/33)</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">19. Get back to rainbow colored hair</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">20. Learn to rock the long-hair fauxhawk (& get back long hair)</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Physical & Crafty</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">21. Be Star Sapphire Wonder Woman for Halloween (get strong & make the costume) </span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Crafty</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">22. Sew a men’s dress shirt (for Mr. Burly)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">23. Sew myself a blazer</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">24. Sew a duvet/coverlet/or quilt for our master bed</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">25. Refinish the master bed</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">26. Make a headboard for the Queen guest bed</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">27. Make a headboard for the Twin guest bed</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">28. <i>Make our wedding album</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">29. Create 10 items (or variations of items) I’ve “pinned” on Pinterest (0/10)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">30. Repurpose my armoire to hold crafting supplies</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">31. Make 1 recipe every other month I’ve “pinned” (0/17)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">32. Make my special kitchen & bathroom signs (sssh. secret plans. you’ll see when done)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">33. Finish Mr. Burly’s scarf (I only started on it 1.5 years ago; it’s only ⅕ finished)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">34. Clean out my yarn stash (make more things, gift to friends who’d use it, sell on craigslist. Just GET IT GONE)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">35. <i>Create a home message & planning center</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">36. Make a monthly file system</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">37. Refinish a piece of furniture to sell</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">38. Finish sewing my UFOs (unfinished objects: pillowcases, curtains, clothing, and the like)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">39. Construct a cookbook (or 4) of favorites - get rid of unneeded cookbooks once this is compiled)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">40. Learn to do silver plating. Replate my favorite necklace.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">41. Reupholster our wingback chairs</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">42. Sew/Construct a proper Wonder Woman costume</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Non-Physical Self-Improvement</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">43. <i>Play my instruments 2x per week </i></span></b><i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(2</span></i><b id="internal-source-marker_0.5400068797171116"><i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">/286)</span></i><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">44. <i>Blog at least 1x per week (</i></span></b><i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1</span></i><b id="internal-source-marker_0.5400068797171116"><i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">/143)</span></i><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">45. <i>Create my new website</i> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">46. Learn more Adobe Creative Suite (specifically, complete a tutorial book I own but haven’t cracked)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">47. <i>Learn to take better pictures</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">48. Take more pictures with the freshly acquired skillz of #47</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">49. Book my photos (not necessarily “scrapbook,” just put them in a freaking book already)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>50. Keep a daily journal (mundane things) (</i></span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>10</i></span><b id="internal-source-marker_0.5400068797171116"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>/1001)</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">51. <i>Keep a weekly diary (the juicy bits) (3/143)</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">52. Digitize CDs, clean MP3 tags, organize music</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">53. Digitize photos, organize photos</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">54. Grow a veg/fruit garden</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">55. Can/Preserve things from the veg/fruit garden</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">56. Grow Queen of the Prairie flowers</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">57. Grow a formal rose bush</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">58. Start/maintain a compost pile</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">59. Learn basic lockpicking</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">60. Travel to Colorado to visit family</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">61. Travel to a new-to-me state or Canada</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>62. Brush up on German 1x per week (1/143)</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">63. FINISH MY MASTERS DEGREE</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">64. Go camping each year (0/3)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">65. Visit the library (again, it’s within walking distance of the new house) 2x per month (0/66)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">66. Resume our CSA</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">67. <i>Visit 1 new restaurant each quarter (1/11)</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">68. Read 12 books (4/yr. I'm supremely slow at getting around to reading anything longer than most long-form magazine articles. I read a lot of those, yes. And sometimes some pseudo-science non-fiction book, and a few comic books per month, and that's about where I stop. I used to read so, so much more. But then, I don't think reading a lot is the key to living life, just a great enhancement - and I still question anyone who flat-out scoffs at reading):</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Absolute-Sandman-Vol-1/dp/1401210821/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343222863&sr=1-4&keywords=sandman" target="_blank">Sandman</a> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>b.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Watchmen-Alan-Moore/dp/0930289234/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343222910&sr=1-1&keywords=watchmen+graphic+novel" target="_blank"> Watchmen</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>c. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Female-Chauvinist-Pigs-Raunch-Culture/dp/0743284283/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343222941&sr=1-1&keywords=female+chauvinist+pigs" target="_blank"><i>Female Chauvinist Pigs</i></a></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>d. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Underworld-Don-DeLillo/dp/1416548645/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343222979&sr=1-1&keywords=underworld+don+delillo" target="_blank">Underworld</a></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.5400068797171116"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>e. Something by Christopher Moore</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>f. Something by Bret Easton Ellis</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>g. Something by Warren Ellis (probably <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Transmetropolitan-Vol-1-Back-Street/dp/1401220843/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343223056&sr=1-1&keywords=transmetropolitan" target="_blank">Transmetropolitan</a>)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>h. Something by Terry Pratchett</span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>i. A Biography<b>/</b> Autobiography/ </span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Memoir</span><b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1138574422">Let's Pret</a></span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Pretend-This-Never-Happened/dp/0399159010" target="_blank">end This Never Happened</a> by <a href="http://thebloggess.com/" target="_blank">Jenny Lawson</a>)</span><b><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>j. A NYT Bestseller (see letter </span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"i". Yeah, I'm gonna cheat this one, 'cause Bloggess is awesome, and I'm lazy.)</span><b><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>k.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Legend-Richard-Matheson/dp/B000TZCSE2/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343223107&sr=1-8&keywords=i+am+legend+richard+matheson" target="_blank">I am Legend</a></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>l. Something a friend recommends</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">69. <i>Memorize 18 poems (6/yr) (1/18)</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">70. Improve my touch-typing by 20 wpm</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">71. Learn to do more w/ Excel/spreadsheets (complete 12 tutorials) (0/12)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">72. Conquer left-handed writing (I have it legible, now it’s going to be pretty)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">73. Work through </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Like-Leonardo-Vinci/dp/0440508274/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343224339&sr=1-1&keywords=how+to+think+like+leonardo+da+vinci" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How to Think like Leonardo DaVinci</span></a><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">74. Work on a Habitat for Humanity home</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">75. <i>Make a Bucket List</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">76. <i>Streamline style/closet</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Culture</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">77. 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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">86. It's a surprise! (and not of the baby kind, so you can forget that. Just something I want to do but not tell anyone about until after the fact).</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">87. Get a couch (the futon is a zombie. It died so long ago, yet it lives through some crazy voodoo magic)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">88. Get a piece of classic jewelry in celebration of #63</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">89. Spend 1 week per month carb-free (0/33)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">90. Spend 1 week per month dairy-free (0/33)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">91. Go to a casino. Gamble. (I’ve never even purchased a lottery ticket. I’m just weird about any sort of gambling.)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">92. Create our Emergency Binder, update yearly (0/3)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Fiscal</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">93. <i>Fully fund emergency savings account</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">94. <i>Start retirement savings</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">95. Write my will</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">96. <i>Start saving monthly for a trip to europe (1/33)</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">97. Donate to at least 1 charity per year (0/3)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">98. Save $5 for each goal accomplished</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">99. <i>Save for the Colorado trip & another in-North-America trip</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">100. Pay off either car or small Sallie Mae loan (if not both)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">101. Personal goal, not to be shared on the blog.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sooo...that's a lot. More than 101 things, actually, if you count individual actions grouped as a single item. And I have a little cheat room, like my NYT Bestseller book could also be one a friend recommends, and <i>technically</i> my plan to turn my armoire into craft storage is from a "pin" of mine on Pinterest, if I have to take a short-cut somewhere. And I can guarantee that a morning workout will occasionally coincide with a DVD workout. But it all will probably balance out.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I looked at tons of bloggers who have attempted this in the past or are currently attempting (because coming up with 6 last goals was damn hard, & I needed inspiration. FYI: found none). Of the ones who have made it through the 1001 days, I think the highest completion # I saw was in the low 80s. It'll be interesting to see how I do...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>...and I already have the next 101 list started...larger things that need more than 2.75 years to accomplish.</i></span></b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-28693615655539689342012-06-11T17:52:00.000-07:002012-06-11T17:52:55.565-07:00The Mortgage Circle of Hell - what Dante feared to write.Pardon my melodramatizing :)<br />
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But these are seriously things with which I've just dealt:<br />
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Providing my name & address on my 2010 W-2 forms. The very same W-2s they have copies of, on file, in their office.<br />
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And provide an explanation of why I'm earning more in 2012 than in 2011 & 2010. Now, I know I didn't hand them anything stating I was an enrolled full-time graduate student for most of 2010; however, WHAT THE HELL STUPID QUESTION.<br />
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I, apparently, did not get the memo. That memo being:<br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>The American Dream is dead, folks. No more upward mobility for anyone.</i></span></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-88206416107022051412012-05-26T20:41:00.000-07:002012-05-26T20:41:23.792-07:00Malling AntiquesThere's an antique mall near my home that I visit about once a quarter or so. With the new house coming our way, I decided to check it out because 1) it had been a few months and 2) there are a few select pieces of furniture Mr. Burly and I don't have, so we're planning for those future purchases. (Product at this mall does not move too quickly, so I can go spy a piece and have a decent chance of saving for it before it is gone.) While I did find 1 item that fit the parameters we had in mind for it (just got to save now) and another that I hadn't been looking for but can be totally functional (just got to save for that, too), the better part of these trips is always the, um, "treasures."<br />
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What did I find today? (click to embiggen any picture)<br />
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<b>1973 Playboy lifestyle guide</b>:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Indispensable: the space needed for cartoon tits, instead of sizing & spacing text accordingly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Contents: I'm sad I neglected to visit "The A to Z of Sex" now. Rest assured, if the book is still there on the next visit, I will provide an update. Anyone have a letter preference?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But in case you were interested on their advice concerning sexual harassment...</td></tr>
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<b>You misspelled "Creepy"</b>:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seriously, though, I have issues with infantilized things in adult situations, like wedding attire</td></tr>
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<b>I'm constantly reminded that I should purchase a record player in order to build an ironic vinyl collection. Would it be more ironic if I just collected terrible vinyl sans player?</b>:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I do actually own records without a player. The one that started it? A recording of Wonder Woman stories.</td></tr>
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<b>If I <i>actually</i> had the money to waste, why yes, yes I would put a large embroidered screaming flaming cock on my wall</b>:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's screaming because he's missing a toe. That, and his general existential rage at his being. I would name him Proust.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Q: How do we afford to remodel our rec room/ basement? A: Start an illegal gambling hall in that very basement! Brilliant!</td></tr>
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<b>Lastly, panthers humping trees (matching floor lamps):</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And they're not even excited about it. But apparently they grew bored with each other. This is why you don't open up your marriage if you can't communicate, kids. These two panthers are going to go home after this failed partner-swap experiment and have an ugly fight about who's idea it was. There will be no make-up sex, just misery and hatred and self-loathing. They'll divorce. One will turn to the bottle, the other to constant plastic surgery until no shade of its former self exists, and it is too hideous to look at. The End.</td></tr>
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Mr. Burly: Those are....lamps?<br />
Me: Yes, it's cut off in the picture but on top you add a bulb and a shade. Then you have matching panther-humping-tree floor lamps. But I don't know what type of shade you'd put on those...<br />
Mr. Burly: Leopard print.<br />
Me: Now that's just offensive to the panthers.<br />
Mr. Burly: But...where would they even...<i>There's no where to put those things!</i><br />
Me: Flanking the front door. Duh.<br />
Mr. Burly: Oh God...<br />
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(Don't worry friends, those entering the new house will still be greeted by Bucephalus and not some sad dendrophiliac panthers)<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-5898205924029587632012-05-20T18:43:00.002-07:002012-05-20T18:43:43.057-07:00Home TeasersWhile Mr. Burly & I hang in home-purchase limbo (i.e. that terrible time of financing between purchase agreement and closing), we are making many important decisions, namely: paint colors.<br />
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I don't know if I've worn him down in the four years we've been together, that COLORCOLORCOLOR is the way to go, or if he wore me down and I selected slightly less bright colors than if left to my own devices, but agreeing on colors has been practically painless.<br />
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A couple of weeks ago I went to [LOCAL BIGBOX HOMESTORE] to raid paint swatches. I discovered that I don't quite have the energy to agonize over swatches like I used to. So I picked up any book of pre-matched swatches that held any color I liked. Translation: I left the 2 or 3 books of earth-toned swatches and accompanying inspirational room pictures (if I want to see earth-tones, I'll go outside thankyouverymuch)(also, THANKGOD earth tones just aren't that popular right now). You know what? Pros are hired to make these families of colors that go well together. Why would I fight that? They make these huuuuge families of coordinated-but-not-totally-matchy-matchy colors. There's a ton of selection within these books. Selection that WORK. Which is what I would be incapable of otherwise.<br />
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So I picked up the books, and edited further the colors I didn't want. Translation: Taupe and all it's taupe-y ilk. Then I presented the selection to Mr. Burly.<br />
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Actually, for all the selection I had, I think I really only presented about 2 collections of colors. I dunno, maybe he peeked at the others when I wasn't looking. But I showed him the super-colorful palette I loved, and the other super-colorful-but-only-slightly-less-bright palette I also loved. And he was cool with option #2.<br />
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He's also contributed some great ideas toward painting design. Love Mr. Burly.<br />
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So, I feel it's too early to be completely forthright with the colors. I'm gonna be annoyingly vague (for anyone who doesn't know me), instead.<br />
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Dining Room: My favorite color!<br />
Living Room: My favorite neutral to go with that color!<br />
Hallway: Will match either the Dining or Living room!<br />
Kitchen & Bathroom: Staying the current color for the time being (so, it will clash with the palette in general) - but the kitchen has so little paintable surface to begin with, and the bathroom needs the least amount of work out of all the rooms, so we're opting for no work at all. It goes with our current bath stuff anyway.<br />
Master Bedroom: The complementary color of my favorite color!<br />
Guest Bedroom: Same complementary color, plus a neutral!<br />
Office: The most contended undecided space, I want a new color to the mix, but that might be too much. So it might just match the Living Room. Stay tuned!<br />
Basement:<br />
-Large Rec Area: Undecided, likely to remain white for a while<br />
-"Bonus" Room: I think we're just shutting the door to this room. Really. Not even thinking about it, probably, until we're ready to address the basement as a whole, which will be a long time from now.<br />
-Laundry Room: WONDER WOMAN! Somehow this makes perfect sense to me, even if it is a little bit logically awkward to others, but it's totally going to be my Wonder Woman/ other comic Showcase room. Because I don't particularly <i>showcase</i> my stuff, but I have a lot of it and don't just put it away in boxes. And there's a closet in this room (which makes little sense for everyday use) in which I can properly store my costume pieces.<br />
-Half-Bath: meh. falls under the same level of concern as "Bonus Room."<br /><br />Heck, maybe Mr. Burly has plans & designs for the "Bonus" Room that I am unaware of. Stay tuned...<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-37966263525774053122012-05-16T20:48:00.003-07:002012-05-20T16:40:02.142-07:00Birchbox: First Impressions (not a specific box review)I'm coming at Birchbox from a weird place.<br />
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I rarely use makeup. And I've finally figured out my skin 15 years after puberty, so I'm reluctant to change that regimen. And I'm picky about hair care products. And perfume gives me raging headaches. I care about my looks insofar as they don't make me get up any earlier than I absolutely have to. I'm slacker chic. Wash-n-go. Why do I need to complicate this?<br />
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Because I straddle this weird space in the world...<br />
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You know what, it's not me, it's a lot of us women.<br />
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We straddle this weird divide in the world. It's not terrible to put a better foot forward than the one that <i>just </i>stepped out of bed. But that also doesn't mean that we have to break our backs, bowing to the patriachy's demands that we put hours into our looks when they, well, don't. Fuck that noise.<br />
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I am Slacker. Chic.<br />
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I'll do some minimal work to look better, but if you think I'm going to take half an hour out of my sleep, or internet time, or dance & fitness classes, or craft time, or home maintenance time, you are sorely mistaken.<br />
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And my internet time is varied. I'm not going to spend it poring over beauty blogs & pinterest fashion boards. Not all of it, anyway.<br />
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And I'm straddling this weird divide where my undergraduate degree had an emphasis in marketing. And I saw those cynics, my brethren, and thought: Fuck, I don't want to be <i>them </i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(except that I kinda still am)</span><i>.</i> So I stand astride this chasm where Facebook can't properly advertise to me because I don't give them enough information. All I do is "x" ads that pertain to weight loss and baby-making because Fuck. Facebook. if they think that because I am wimminz that I hate my body or I have a ticking biological clock. Because I don't and I don't.<br />
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But I don't want to waste my time seeking information that marketers could simply bring to me if I just let them.<br />
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Targeted marketing is a double-edged sword. I get it.<br />
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So I hear about Birchbox. And I go to Birchbox. And I tell them I have combo skin, and above all else I'd most likely splurge on hair product. That I'm 30, and my household income is $X. That I'm concerned about acne, and I like organic stuff....among a handful of other details. I like this marketing model. I don't care page ads in magazines. Those tell me nothing. And I despise - OK? <i>DESPISE</i> - the thought of paying full price (or even using a coupon and maybe paying slightly less than full price) for a full-size product that I. May. Just. Hate. (Really, that's the most likely outcome.) So - I tell someone what I'm looking for and they send me samples? Magical! Marvelous! YES!<br />
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I mean, these details + magical makeup algorithm I assume they have (but my first box indicates maybe they don't) / paying $10 a month and sitting on my butt until a box of wonder arrives each month = magical beauty routine makeover that makes me look better in even less time, right? RIGHT??<br />
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OK, maybe not so much. It's not like they have incentive to give me products I like, because I'd probably just take them & run. Unsubscribe. Be an unmarketed-to hermit again.<br />
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Step 1: Create problem<br />
Step 2: Create solution<br />
Step 3: Market the problem as the solution<br />
Step 4: Market the solution as the solution<br />
Step 5: Profit<br />
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So I fill out the profile, and I send in a suggestion. It seems a simple enough suggestion, really. And it's a suggestion that's REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME IF YOU WANT MY $10/MONTH.<br />
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So, here's my email:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">PLEASE add a "no fragrances!" option. I'm highly sensitive to the chemicals used in almost all perfumes to prolong their staying power. I'm excited to be trying Birchbox, but I'm really hoping I'm not paying for a monthly subscription to headaches followed by re-gifting product to all my friends. If it is at all feasible to add this tweak to the profile as you grow/ expand, I really hope you'll consider it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thank you for writing in and I apologize for the delay in response! At this time we are unfortunately unable to omit certain product skus. We hope to be able to do this in the near future, however, at this time it is not possible for us to do so. We understand if this makes it difficult for you to continue with us, however, we hope that you pass along the occasional trouble product along to some lucky friends!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Please let me know if I can help with anything else and have a great day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">-Her name here</span></div>
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Tone deafness where I say "I'm selfish and want this all to myself and therefore do not want to pass things on to friends" and she replies with "maybe you can pass things on to friends, lololol" aside...</div>
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Magical Algorithm Fail:<br />
I mean, what good was it for me to fill out a profile if it isn't <i>actually</i> programmed to exclude SKUs based on preferences? I mean, I could totally just click a box that says "By clicking this box I understand that I'm going to get a completely random assortment each month that has nothing to do with any preferences I might have." I would maybe still pay $10/month after that.</div>
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But really? Chemical sensitivity?! More than having the option of telling you I get my beauty info from blogs or I'm interested in Birchbox b/c I'm too freakin' lazy to take my butt to a store. More than having the option to say: I like "trendy" things. More than having the option to say: My hair is "color-treated." More than telling you my skin is "combination." Of all the preferences you need to know, I'd think chemical sensitivity should be pretty high on that list. You know why? </div>
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Because This:</div>
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Because there's 4 items, right there at the top, that are not perfume and met my other preferences. Because there's 31 more options below those four that meet the following criteria:</div>
1: Not Perfume<br />
2: Not duplicating another item I received this month (in general, i.e. no second nail polish of the 2 or 3 other nail polish offerings they had).<br />
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Admittedly, Birchbox has a LOT of perfume to shill, judging by the product pages. </div>
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PERFUMES GIVE ME RAGING HEADACHES.</div>
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Digression: I worked in a theatre (like, live plays theatre). Sundays were Fantastic, let me tell you. When the old ladies put on their Sunday finest for God, not only in their polyester JCPenney 2 piece suits & pearls, but their Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds, as well. We musn't offend God's eyes OR olfactory senses. So, they go through their day, church, post-church lunch, then finally their matinee. And it still reeked by the time they got to the theatre. OK? STINK TO HIGH HEAVEN. And I had to accommodate them, holding my breath (futile). Then work the rest of my shift with a headache, then go home and have a headache until, oh, the next day or so. </div>
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Don't get me wrong, a person needn't bathe in perfume to trigger a headache. No, no, no. Sundays were just the worst of it. Most perfumes, even in low doses, set it off. Go to the mall and walk by a Bath & Bodyworks? Nope. Department store makeup counters? Nope. Just don't go near them. Shoot, someone can just pass yards from me on the street and if their perfume is more emulsifier/binder/colorant than scent then HEADACHE. </div>
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So, I'm giving Birchbox at least 3 months. But I'm not happy with<a href="http://hurlymoxburly.blogspot.com/2012/05/my-first-birchbox-may-2012-gossip-girl.html"> the first box</a>. I'm giving it 2 of 5 stars. The rankings are thus:</div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-83449087459179079712012-05-16T20:47:00.001-07:002012-05-17T04:09:43.157-07:00My First Birchbox: May 2012, Gossip Girl EditionSo, I signed up for Birchbox* and received my first box on May 10, 2012. Here's my review of the items:<br />
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First, What I Got:<br />
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In the Birchbox reviews I've seen online, there tends to be lots of oohs & aahs over the packaging. Well, you're dealing with a cynic here* so my review of this packaging is: Yes, it looked good. They keep it simple and bright, and fun. It's a little like Christmas with the layers of tissue paper to work through, which obvs feeds into the excitement that one is splurging a little with a monthly gift of beauty goods. So that's cool & all. I'm a pragmatist, it could be shipped without the special wrapping if it got me another sample.<br />
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So it was themed: Gossip Girl. Is the theme a new thing for them? I haven't spotted any references to themes in previous months. ANYway, Gossip Girl. I've never seen a second of this show. BTDubs, I don't have cable TV, just cable internet. And I barely "do" makeup as it is* I'm totally Birchbox's target market, amirite?<br />
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So there was this theme, as much as anyone could have a theme when handing out samples of beauty products from any beauty product retailer that will give them to you. (I give Birchbox too little credit, probably. Somebody is obviously working ahead on coordination of such cross-promotional efforts. See? Cynic*)<br />
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Onto the products!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Arquiste L'Etrog parfum: Main notes are Headache, with an ethereal undertone of Nosebleed. Finishes with fruity notes and bronchial swelling. Sidenote: everytime I see the parfum name, I read "Le Frog." In all seriousness, the parfumerie's description of its product is: "Warm notes of citron, palm leaves, and myrtle combine in this transporting scent, inspired by the aromas of a medieval harvest festival in Calabria, Italy." Sure, that sounds about right. But the thing is, I have major perfume sensitivity. In fact, as soon as I made my Birchbox profile and saw there wasn't a "no perfume" option, I emailed them that suggestion.* Chances are they're never going to send me a perfume that doesn't give me a headache, because high-end perfumes are always full of emulsifiers, bonders, and colorants. You know what parfumerie doesn't use that shit? Demeter. I. Love. Demeter. And you know what else? Because they don't load up on that migraine-inducing crap, their perfume rarely lasts more than 2 hours (on me, at least). Which is perfect for me. But they're not likely to ever be a sample for Birchbox. But I digress...(Dear Demeter: SAMPLE-IZE FOR BIRCHBOX, PLEASE. Dear Birchbox: COURT DEMETER FOR SAMPLES, PLEASE).<br /><br />Color Club nail polish in Disco Nap from their Foil collection: I'm really pleased with this. It is a good one-coat nail polish. In fact, I like it enough that I almost got over the fact it is gold (not a preferred color of mine). I thought I'd wear it again, but changed my mind to give it to a friend. I'll look at picking up a CC Foil in another color. It's a nice metallic with a subtle shimmer. If this were in silver, or a gun-metal grey, I could maybe even use half of a bottle (as I rarely paint my nails, I never see the bottom of a bottle. ever.). First chipping: approx. 27 hours after painting, pretty average for me (I've had worse, I've had better). Removes easily (i.e. no obnoxious glitter bits that won't come off).<br /><br />Notecard: It's a notecard. It's designed well enough, and I'll use it (since I use every scrap of paper that crosses my path, ever). But, it's a notecard, and as far as stationery goes, I wouldn't buy this design as, like, a personal signature piece or anything.<br /><br />Twistband: Annnnd, it's a headband. It holds my hair back as well as any other headband I've encountered, which is to say: If I wear it to ballet and start to do a series of fast turns, it will fly out of my hair. It is designed to avoid the headband headache, and it does do that. I'm not a fashion headband wearer, they are purely practical for me (well, I own fashion headbands, but I can never get them to look right). As I have a house to paint in a couple of months, this will do the job nicely keeping hair off my face.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">beautyblender cleanser: Dirty little secret: I never washed brushes before this. However, I never did my foundation with a brush before this either (eyes, though, ewww. I know! I know!). So I used more brushes than normal this weekend, and washed them all with beautyblender cleanser, and am pleased with the product. It smells a little...vegetative, being soy-based and all, but I watched excess product buildup foam out of the bristles and wash down the drain, and the brushes are now clean and soft. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dr. Jart + Waterfuse BB Cream: GAH. OK. I'm in love with the concept of the BB cream, having now been introduced to it (in short: four-in-one moisturizer, serum, sunscreen, skin tint/blemish cover). Dr. Jart definitely evened out my skin and brightened my complexion. BUT this shit is for the driest of skins. I have combination skin, but can make it until 5 or 6 before I shine. With Dr. Jart, I was shining by 11 a.m., and positively lacquerous (new word!) by 2 p.m. It was RIDICULOUS. So...I'm hoping to get a new BB Cream sample, better formulated for combo or oily skin, in a future Birchbox.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, that was my Birchbox for the month of May. I'll say this is... 2 out of 5, stars. I'm giving Birchbox at least 3 months until I evaluate the continuation of the subscription.</span></div>
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*for my general thoughts on Birchbox, the company, the concept, and why the hell I'm participating (spoiler alert: <i>I don't know</i>), and how that informs my voice/presentation of these box reviews, and how I rank them, see post:<i> <a href="http://hurlymoxburly.blogspot.com/2012/05/birchbox-first-impressions-not-specific.html">Birchbox: First Impressions</a></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-52563944333659490192012-05-06T20:28:00.002-07:002012-05-06T20:29:46.540-07:00Writing is a hard habit to build...when it was quit in frustration a couple of years ago. I still have a thesis to write. I have too many student loans to not write that thesis.<br />
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Tomorrow morning is the home inspection. Upon clean bill of home health, Hubs will be confetti'd with paint chips.<br />
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Things with which I eventually want to populate this blog, but have yet to form/write my thoughts around:<br />
Home/Craft/DIY projects<br />
Health/Fitness/HAES<br />
Things found in the feminist blogosphere, and how I relate to them (sidenote: stepping into feminist blogosphere seems to paint a target on one's back, which is something I do not handle well. This item is a stretch for me.)<br />
Funny shit<br />
Non-instagram photos. Because I'm a Windows phone user (but even if Instagram goes W-phone, I'd ignore it).<br />
I also have a Zune. Hate-on.<br />
Maybe I'll try to write about music, too.<br />
Comic things....maybe. I mostly enjoy reading, not so much dissecting & discussing.<br />
Burlesque? Indy has a rockin' Burlesque scene.<br />
My failed fashion experiments<br />
and life in general<br />
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there's a lot out there...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-32032219219607918222012-05-03T19:04:00.003-07:002012-05-03T19:06:06.947-07:00If I gotta do it small,then I'll do it small. <br />
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Just a quick post tonight to say that a purchase agreement has been made on what we hope to be our first home. Home stuff will quickly take over this blog if I am to continue posting. You've been warned.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1195370589627019327.post-46635580576834673842012-05-02T20:05:00.002-07:002012-05-02T20:32:56.783-07:00Failing AmbitiouslyShort and sweet, it's late: Let's give this blog thing another shot.<br />
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ETA: Dear God isn't my choice of template OBNOXIOUS? perfect.<br />
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ETAA: It WAS obnoxious. Updated because shiny.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282185444053271824noreply@blogger.com0