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male friend: you just have a "fuck me" look about you
me: what?

101 in 1001- Year 1

This list started as a means of setting goals for myself and pushing myself to do things I wanted to do but didn't have energy/wherewithal for. In this year, I crossed 15 items off the list, worked on 17 and failed at 3. I didn't totally expect to achieve every goal on this list (though I HAD hoped to), but I still think that, overall, I'm doing pretty well.

Completed/Failed
2) Sing Karaoke. (June 2011)

10) Get straight A's FAIL

14) Finish my correspondence course. FAIL

16) Donate $100 a year to charity.- 2010/2011 complete

17) Get another ear piercing. (November 2010)

18) Read 10 books from the Bloom Canon.- 4 read
Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice (October 2010)
Voltaire Candide (January 2011)
Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (April 2011)
William James The Varieties of Religious Experience(June 2011)

19) Read 1 unassigned book per month.
July '10- Ann Patchett Run
August '10- Alice Munro Lives of Girls and Women
September '10- John Berendt Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
October '10- Stuart Berman This Book is Broken: A Broken Social Scene Story
November '10- Paule Marshall Praisesong for the Widow
December '10- Richard Yates Revolutionary Road
January '11- Neil White In the Sanctuary of Outcasts
February '11- Terry Moore Strangers in Paradise, Vol. 1
March '11- Terry Moore Strangers in Paradise, Vol. 2
April '11- Milan Kundera Slowness
(working on catching up on this one!)

23) See 26 movies I've never seen, starting with each letter of the alphabet.
A- Ajami (2009) (October 2010)
B- The Blind Side (2009) (January 2011)
D- Date Night (2010) (August 2010)
E- Effi Briest (1974) (October 2010)
F- The Fighter (2010) (May 2011)
G- The Girl on the Bridge (1999) (November 2010)
H- How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) (August 2010)
I- Inception (2010) (July 2010)
L- Louder Than Bombs (Glosniej od bomb) (2001) (September 2010)
M- Men Who Stare At Goats (2009) (July 2010)
P- Pickpocket (1959) (November 2010)
R- Raising Arizona (1987) (July 2010)
S- Storytelling (2001) (July 2010)
V- Volcano (1997) (October 2010)

24) Learn 1 new word a week.- ongoing!

26) Take all my medication exactly as directed for 2 months. (April 2011)

28) See all of these Mindfuck movies.
Jacob's Ladder (1990) (June 2011)
The Game (1997) (July 2010)
Memento (2000)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001)

29) Go on a date. (November 2010)

31) Have a slumber party. (March 2011)

33) Donate blood twice a year. FAIL.

41) Go fishing (June 2011)

45) Go to at least 3 states I've never visited before.
Indiana
Michigan

49) Delete my Myspace, LinkedIn and OK Cupid profiles. (July 2010)

50) Go to the Christmas Eve bonfires in St. James parish. (December 2010)

52) Open a new bank account. (August 2010)

55) Cook 10 challenging dishes from celebrated chefs.
1)Devil's Chicken Thighs over Braised Leeks from Suzanne Goin's Sunday Suppers at Lucques (August 2010)

56) Cook a dish with one ingredient I've never used. (May 2011)

62) Visit 10 historical sites in New Orleans.
This may or may not include revisiting Marie Laveau's grave.
1) Preservation Hall
2) Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop

67) Learn to make 6 different cocktails from memory.
1) Pimm's Cup

70) Discover 5 new-to-me poets.
Recommendations welcome!
1) Dan Beachy Quick
2) Kate Daniels

73) Create an organized filing system for important documents. (October 2010)

75) Get a New Orleans library card (August 2010)

76) Take 1 really great photo to display in my home. (July 2011)

80) Update and start reusing iCal. (September 2010)

82) Pay off my Visa and find a card with lower interest rates. (May 2011)

83) Review 20 places on Yelp! and/or Urbanspoon.
Oak St. Cafe
Dooky Chase
GLUE Clothing Exchange
Elizabeth's
Z'otz
The Massage Emporium
Pal's Lounge
PURE Yogurt Culture
Cowbell
Maple St. Patisserie
Little Tokyo Noodle Bar
Azalea Lakes Veterinary Clinic

85) Attend at least 1 music festival a year.
2010- Pitchfork
2011- Festivale International

88) Go to all the major Mardi Gras parades
Krewe du Vieux
Endymion
Thoth
Bacchus

94) Visit family graves once a year.- 2010 complete.

96) Attend 10 cultural events.
No Exit (From the Zombie Apocalypse)
Macbeth

101 in 1001- July update

16) Donate $100 a year to charity.
ARNO- $15
Covenant House New Orleans- $10
Amnesty International- $15

24) Learn 1 new word a week.
Impecunious- having no money
Sedulity- thoroughness
Inerrancy- infallibility
Contumacious- stubborn

45) Go to at 3 states I've never visited before.
1) Indiana
2) Michigan

76) Take one really great photo to display in my home.
I don't know what it is about this image (because it's not the best photo ever), but I really like it and I want to include it in a frame wall that I'm working on.

Full list here

then they just put down their hands and moved into the sky

and we had barely said hello and it was time/to say goodbye

In two days, it will be my one year anniversary here in New Orleans. I'm lying in bed, wine drunk and sweaty from a combined bike ride and lack of great AC, singing sultry Ani DiFranco songs into the dark and I realized this felt familiar.

I'm still sweaty, tired, happy, and sad.

It still feels right.

"we haven't been taught a thing about our souls"

I think I'll rent Scenes from a Marriage soon. Time for some 5 hour Swedish movie watching, couch sitting and wine drinking. What a fucking week.

i am your best friend

Erin: some dude that works at LA state pen added me on Google +
i have no idea who he is
me: haahahahaaa
by works there, it probably means he makes license plates for 10 cents an hour and skeet skeets to your profile picture
Erin: ew
me: you're welcome

sunday

On this rainy Sunday, I'm washing my bedspread, making watermelon rind pickles, biscuits, and fried chicken, while reading Carson McCullers.
#south
#i'mbecomingmygrandmother
#mylifeisawesome