So I’ve completed another thing on my 101 things to do in 1001 days list! Whoot for me! I updated my Amazon wishlist. Deleted a ton of things, added a few new ones. I think someones wishlist says a lot about who they are and what they desire in life. Check mine out here.

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So I’ve successfully completed # 85 from my list. Talk a friend(s) into being a penpal. I talked D into it and we’re gonna try to do a super nontraditional thing after I move back and she’s done with school. But I’ve completed my goal and I’ve talked her into it.
So crossin’ off my first [...]

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So, I got to cross off a couple of things on my 101 in 1001 list. I created an Amazon wishlist which was probably the easiest thing on the list to do. And TWO people decided to create their own 101 in 1001 lists — Annemarie and SarahMySister! So, WOOHOO!
Also, I’m starting to really, really [...]

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Banned and/or Challenged Books from the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck (Completed 08/12/08. Unsatisfying. Flame away.)
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
The Color Purple, Alice Walker
Ulysses, James Joyce
Beloved, Toni Morrison
The Lord of the Flies, William Golding [...]

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Use my elliptical every day for two weeks. (0/2)
Use my elliptical every day for four weeks. (0/4)
Use my elliptical every day for six weeks. (0/6)
Use my elliptical every day for eight weeks. (0/8)
Use my elliptical every day for ten weeks. (0/10)
Use my elliptical every day for 12 weeks. (0/12)
Use my elliptical every day for 14 [...]

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I don’t know WTF is going on with the universe right now, but I’ve had sign after sign after sign about getting serious about losing weight…and other things I want to do.
First, I read this on OMSH’s website. At first, I was kind of pissed off at her for her self-loathing which has extended itself [...]

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The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).
Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in [...]

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