101 things.. Month 5

month 5 update .. eventually i'll make post about some of the things i've accomplished.

new things completed: #3, #36, #41, #70, # 85. #86
in progress: #18, #28, #73,
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[red writing = in progress]
[ strike through = completed]

Start Date: August 17, 2009
End Date: May 14, 2012

101 things to do in 1001 days!
1. Visit NYC
2. Visit Miami
3. Get a 3.0 or higher GPA during a semester of undergrad [Fall '09 got a 3.019.. shooting for a 4.0 in spring]
4. Get drivers license
5. Get a VW bug [red]
6. Lose 30 pounds [0/30]
7. Learn sign language
8. Learn to play a guitar [in the process of saving to buy a guitar! im excited.. it'll be my christmas present to myself]
9. Get Bachelor’s degree in CDFS & FLE
10. Take the GRE exam
11. Enter graduate school
12. Visit Hawaii
13. Get Child Development Permit
14. Get FLE certificate
15. Go skiing/ snowboarding
16. Take hip-hop dance class [class ended in December, got an A!]
17. Take ballet dance class
18. Take jazz dance class [signed up for this lass during sping 2010 semester]
19. Take Pilates/yoga class
20. Be able to do the splits after all these dance classes
21. Go back to school and get certificate in dance from a Community college [from the schools i looked into, only 1 school in the LA area offers this]
22. Get angel wings tattoo
23. Get braces
24. Attend a Hollywood red carpet movie premiere
25. Pay off my credit cards [0/6]
26. Go to a taping of The Price Is Right
27. Read the bible, beginning to end
28. Read 15 (non-school related) books I haven’t read before [1/15] (1) Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
29. Get a passport
30. Travel to Canada
31. Travel to a different continent
32. Go camping [trees, tent, wood fire and all]
33. Learn to play the keyboard/piano
34. Learn to play a popular song [new or old] on the keyboard/piano
35. Dye burgundy highlights in my hair [made an attempt at this today (1.19.09) But it didn't come out completely right... so i'll try again this wkend.. probably dye all my hair a burgundy/auburn color]
36. Go two weeks without drinking soda [25/14] <-- i'm gonna keep this one going for as long as possible =)
37. Go one week without eating candy/sugary snacks [ex. chocolate, sugary/fruity candy, hostess cakes, etc]
38. Attend 5 different concerts/tours [3/5 -9.3.09 100Monkeys @ The Joint/ 9.23.09 Britney Spears!! / 10.17.09 Justin Timberlake Benefit concert in VEGAS! ]
39. Take a self-defense/ kick boxing class
40. Buy seasons 2, 3, & 4 of Prison Break
41. Have a One Tree Hill or The OC DVD watching marathon YAY... bestie was on vacation during x-mas break.. and there was nothing on TV and i was broke.. haha thank God for tv on DVD.. finished the 2nd half of season 3 and all of season 4... now i have to buy seasons 5 and 6!
42. Re-read the Twilight series [0/4]
43. Buy a Coach purse
44. Go to Las Vegas [10.17.09 it was fun!!]
45. Get my own apartment
46. Attend an Award show
47. Make a home cooked meal [non pre-made store bought meal]
48. Attend a TV sitcom or game show taping
49. Attend another Talk show taping [already went to a Tyra Banks Show taping]
50. Wear a celeb-inspired outfit I wore a simple lil outfit simuliar to something Ashely Greene wore.... pics will be up late. I'll try something more fancy later
51. Go one week without Facebook/MySpace/twitter/ other ‘social networking’ sites
52. Host a ‘themed’ party
53. Buy a pair of William-Rast jeans [<-- this should happen soon, a store just opened in the Los Angeles area and i'm beyond excited]
54. Take Spanish level 2 class
55. Visit Cancun [not during spring break]
56. Attend a live comedy show
57. Buy a FLiP Video and put it to good use!
58. Post a video blog on YouTube about one of my goals on this list [www.youtube.com/hersheykissez1386]
59. Don’t go clothes/shoes/accessories shopping for a month [the last shopping trip i made was for Halloween =) and now we're in December! YAY me!]
60. Get a dog
61. Bake a dessert from a cookbook
62. Become involved in a committed relationship
63. Sort through old clothes/shoes- donate what I no longer wear
64. Buy a pair of black heels and wear them! [Not too high, I don’t wear heels now but I will need to get better acquainted with them by the time these 1001 days are over!]
65. Attend a wedding
66. Delete my MySpace profile. (I get the feeling MySpace may be extinct by 2012; if not my page will!)
67. Go one week eating NO MEAT!
68. Go to the gym 3 times a week for one month [0/12days] is it cheating if i count my aerobics class at school?!?! cuz i really work up a sweat in that class!
69. Go jet-skiing/water-skiing [learn how]
70. See a new movie every weekend in one month [4/4 weekends] by 'new' i didnt necessarily mean brand new to theaters... hehe but i've been able to see a LOT of new [to me] movies in the last month. read my reviews here, here and here
71. Completely clean my room; throw away anything I don’t need!
72. Throw someone a surprise party [it wasnt a HUGE party... but it was BFF kim's B-day && she was surprised!]
73. Read 5 books that have been turned into movies; either before or after movies has been released—not including Twilight Series [1/5] - (1)Dear John, (2)
74. Send a postcard to someone from I place I am visiting/have traveled to
75. Go to Carlo’s City Hall Bake Shop in New Jersey[from the show Cake Boss]
76. Go to Orlando, Fl/ go to Disney World
77. Get a massage at a spa
78. Read a Shakespeare novel
79. Visit 5 different cities in California [not within LA County area [1/5- Stanislaus(11.7.09)- thanks to sorority event =D]
80. Go Atlanta
81. Buy myself a jewelry item with (a) diamond(s) on it.
82. Get hair cut into a stylish short ‘do
83. Move out of ‘south’ Los Angeles [whoop whoop... as of 11.28.09 i now reside in... uh Culver City. apparently this part of LA has like 3 diff names]
84. Re-new gym membership [in 2010]
85. No watching TV for one week [does not include news or DVDs] well since the cable got turned off last week.. and then i was at a retreat during the wkend... i lasted the whole week w/ no TV!! haha watched season 4 of One Tree Hill though..... =)
86. Go to 5 restaurants I’ve never been to before [5/5-- Benihana's 8.29.09/ Yard House 9.1.09/ 9.13.09 Pastagina in Irvine. yummy pasta!! / 10.3.09 Frisco's / 1.4.10 Togo's ]
87. Try a new make-up style/technique [eye shadow color/ specific ‘look’]
88. Get 8 hours of sleep each night for one week
89. Finish 2 term papers at least one week *before* their due! [0/2]
90. Go to Forks, WA [just to see if it’s really like the books…]
91. Take belly dancing class
92. Go on a boat ride
93. Buy a “little black dress” and rock it! =)
94. Stick with one phone for entire 2 year contact! [current phone ‘expires’ Oct. 2010]
95. Get a physical every 6 months [0/5]
96. Walk in the Avon Breast Cancer walk/run
97. Learn to swim
98. Help my sorority chapter receive the highest honor/award in the organization
99. Take a pottery/clay molding class
100. Get a full time job at a child-care center
101. Visit Washington, DC/ Walk past the White house!
102. Take photos and keep journal/ scrapbook of the completed things on this list
103. Make a new list of 101 things to do!