Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Book reviews
I am now going to be dedicating this blog to book reviews. I have tried this once before on a different site, but it was difficult to gain followers.
My most recent completed book was the third book in the Christian Gray Trilogy. Fifty Shades Darker. I think this was the best book out of the three. The plot was more developed; there was more going on than just the sex. Although this book still reads like a fan fiction, as the others do, it pulls you in more.
I am currently reading Emma, by Jane Austen. This one will take me a while to get through. As much as I love Jane Austen, she is difficult for me to read in just any setting. I need quite and I need my mind to be clear. She's a good book at the beginning of the day, instead of at the end.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Completed!
I've completed two goals so far!
Take a picture with Shehla
and
Eat at Herwigs. :)
Hopefully more soon!
Take a picture with Shehla
and
Eat at Herwigs. :)
Hopefully more soon!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
1001 Books
This is the list of 1001 books I've read already.
1. Interview With the Vampire – Anne Rice
2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
3. Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut
4. The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
5. A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
6. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
7. Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
8. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
9. Lord of the Flies – William Golding
10. Wise Blood – Flannery O’Connor
11. The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
12. Animal Farm – George Orwell
13. The Outsider – Albert Camus
14. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
15. Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
16. At the Mountains of Madness – H.P. Lovecraft
17. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
18. The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
19. The Turn of the Screw – Henry James
20. Dracula – Bram Stoker
21. The Time Machine – H.G. Wells
22. The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde
23. The Kreutzer Sonata – Leo Tolstoy
24. Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
25. Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There – Lewis Carroll
26. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
27. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
29. Hard Times – Charles Dickens
30. Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
31. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
32. The Pit and the Pendulum – Edgar Allan Poe
33. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
34. The Fall of the House of Usher – Edgar Allan Poe
35. Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen
36. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
37. The Golden Ass – Lucius Apuleius
38. The Invisible Man- H. G. Wells
39. Black Water - Joyce Carol Oates
1. Interview With the Vampire – Anne Rice
2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
3. Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut
4. The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
5. A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
6. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
7. Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
8. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
9. Lord of the Flies – William Golding
10. Wise Blood – Flannery O’Connor
11. The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
12. Animal Farm – George Orwell
13. The Outsider – Albert Camus
14. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
15. Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
16. At the Mountains of Madness – H.P. Lovecraft
17. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
18. The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
19. The Turn of the Screw – Henry James
20. Dracula – Bram Stoker
21. The Time Machine – H.G. Wells
22. The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde
23. The Kreutzer Sonata – Leo Tolstoy
24. Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
25. Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There – Lewis Carroll
26. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
27. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
29. Hard Times – Charles Dickens
30. Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
31. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
32. The Pit and the Pendulum – Edgar Allan Poe
33. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
34. The Fall of the House of Usher – Edgar Allan Poe
35. Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen
36. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
37. The Golden Ass – Lucius Apuleius
38. The Invisible Man- H. G. Wells
39. Black Water - Joyce Carol Oates
Sunday, June 21, 2009
The list.
Music/entertainment
1. Read 25 books a year
2. Watch 100 movies I’ve never seen
3. Go to 3 concerts
4. Visit the Cinema 15 times
5. See 4 plays/musicals
6. Finish half of 1001 books to read before you die
7. Buy a Bible
8. Read the entire Bible
9. Finish 1 sudoku book
10. Read the Koran
11. Read all of Shakespeare’s plays
12. Get a pro status on all wii sports games
13. Don’t buy anymore books until I finish reading what I have (including books at home)
14. Find 5 new artists I like (on my own)!
15. Read one book in German every year (and understand it!)
16. Watch half of IMDB top 250 movies
School/Career
17. Pass GRE (including psych GRE)
18. Get into Grad School
19. Learn Arabic
20. Improve my German (become completely fluent)
21. Get a 4.0 at least one semester
22. Climb Mt. Nittany
23. Paternoville
24. Graduate
25. Get a raise
26. Make and keep up with a Weekly to do list
27. Get into Psi Chi
28. Respond to 3 ads/flyers around campus
29. Get a better job (or get promoted)
Financial
30. Learn how to manage my money
31. Put away 50 into savings every paycheck
32. Make grocery list and stick to it
33. Open a PNC account
34. Make a monthly budget and stick to it for a year
35. Get my savings up to $2,000 (including after purchasing a puppy)
36. Don’t let debit balance get below 100
37. Pay mom back ($400)
Organizational
38. Do a 100 things Challenge
39. Go through books I no longer want/need
40. Go through my stuff once a month and throw out/donate what I don’t need/want
41. Clean up/sort out bedroom in FL
Health/self
42. Buy a workout mat
43. Get into a routine Gym Schedule (Cardio at least 4-5 times a week, strength 2-3)
44. Finally get my tooth implant
45. Whiten my teeth (either OTC or professional)
46. Walk to class if less than 20 minutes away
47. Lose 15 pounds and keep it off
48. No soda for 4 months (excluding Ginger Ale in case of emergency)
49. Reduce ordering food to less than once a month
50. Cook for self at least 2 times a week
51. Learn to be assertive
52. Get over my anxiety
53. Learn to meditate
54. Get a massage once a year
55. Get a decent sleep schedule
56. Get another piercing or tattoo
57. Attend Church regularly
58. Join a church
59. Buy a dog or cat
Arts/Crafts/Music/etc.
60. Send in a secret to post secret
61. Finish the writing prompts on LJ
62. Make a photo collage of friends/family
63. Learn 5 Recipes very well
64. Learn one new difficult piano piece
65. Learn one new difficult violin piece
66. Wreck this Journal - http://www.amazon.com/Wreck-This-Journal-Keri-Smith/dp/039953346X/ref=sr_1_4/002-4803521-2102431?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173902075&sr=1-4
67. Write in journal at least once a week
68. Write down significant dreams
69. And try to understand them
70. Learn how to make Tabbouleh
71. Buy and complete world’s largest crossword puzzle
72. Print and frame photo from Montana
73. Knit 3 scarves
74. Learn to knit something besides a scarf
75. Buy a cross-stitching kit and complete it
76. Learn three new things (activites)
Travel
77. Study abroad in Germany
78. Go to every coffee shop in state college
79. Eat at Herwigs
80. Go to a batting cage
81. Renew my passport
82. Go to at least 3 more Hard Rock Cafés I’ve never been to
83. Go to a Renaissance Fair
84. Go somewhere I’ve never been (10 times) (cities or towns)
85. Go to vegas. Gamble. But don’t spend more than $100
Social
86. Take a picture with Shehla
87. Make 4 new friends
88. Go without internet for a week (Exceptional school related)
89. Read the newspaper at least once a week (and not just daily collegian)
90. Watch news once a week
Misc.
91. Donate 5,000 grains of rice. (900/5,000)
92. Fix my bumper
93. Don’t drastically cut my hair (only what is necessary for it to grow)
94. Don’t dye my hair
95. Go through a week inspired by “Yes Man”
96. Learn to walk in heels
97. Buy more professional clothes
98. Surprise my mom twice a year
99. Make and follow through with a New Year’s resolution
100. Forgive Michael and Alex
101. Make a new 101 list!
1. Read 25 books a year
2. Watch 100 movies I’ve never seen
3. Go to 3 concerts
4. Visit the Cinema 15 times
5. See 4 plays/musicals
6. Finish half of 1001 books to read before you die
7. Buy a Bible
8. Read the entire Bible
9. Finish 1 sudoku book
10. Read the Koran
11. Read all of Shakespeare’s plays
12. Get a pro status on all wii sports games
13. Don’t buy anymore books until I finish reading what I have (including books at home)
14. Find 5 new artists I like (on my own)!
15. Read one book in German every year (and understand it!)
16. Watch half of IMDB top 250 movies
School/Career
17. Pass GRE (including psych GRE)
18. Get into Grad School
19. Learn Arabic
20. Improve my German (become completely fluent)
21. Get a 4.0 at least one semester
22. Climb Mt. Nittany
23. Paternoville
24. Graduate
25. Get a raise
26. Make and keep up with a Weekly to do list
27. Get into Psi Chi
28. Respond to 3 ads/flyers around campus
29. Get a better job (or get promoted)
Financial
30. Learn how to manage my money
31. Put away 50 into savings every paycheck
32. Make grocery list and stick to it
33. Open a PNC account
34. Make a monthly budget and stick to it for a year
35. Get my savings up to $2,000 (including after purchasing a puppy)
36. Don’t let debit balance get below 100
37. Pay mom back ($400)
Organizational
38. Do a 100 things Challenge
39. Go through books I no longer want/need
40. Go through my stuff once a month and throw out/donate what I don’t need/want
41. Clean up/sort out bedroom in FL
Health/self
42. Buy a workout mat
43. Get into a routine Gym Schedule (Cardio at least 4-5 times a week, strength 2-3)
44. Finally get my tooth implant
45. Whiten my teeth (either OTC or professional)
46. Walk to class if less than 20 minutes away
47. Lose 15 pounds and keep it off
48. No soda for 4 months (excluding Ginger Ale in case of emergency)
49. Reduce ordering food to less than once a month
50. Cook for self at least 2 times a week
51. Learn to be assertive
52. Get over my anxiety
53. Learn to meditate
54. Get a massage once a year
55. Get a decent sleep schedule
56. Get another piercing or tattoo
57. Attend Church regularly
58. Join a church
59. Buy a dog or cat
Arts/Crafts/Music/etc.
60. Send in a secret to post secret
61. Finish the writing prompts on LJ
62. Make a photo collage of friends/family
63. Learn 5 Recipes very well
64. Learn one new difficult piano piece
65. Learn one new difficult violin piece
66. Wreck this Journal - http://www.amazon.com/Wreck-This-Journal-Keri-Smith/dp/039953346X/ref=sr_1_4/002-4803521-2102431?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173902075&sr=1-4
67. Write in journal at least once a week
68. Write down significant dreams
69. And try to understand them
70. Learn how to make Tabbouleh
71. Buy and complete world’s largest crossword puzzle
72. Print and frame photo from Montana
73. Knit 3 scarves
74. Learn to knit something besides a scarf
75. Buy a cross-stitching kit and complete it
76. Learn three new things (activites)
Travel
77. Study abroad in Germany
78. Go to every coffee shop in state college
79. Eat at Herwigs
80. Go to a batting cage
81. Renew my passport
82. Go to at least 3 more Hard Rock Cafés I’ve never been to
83. Go to a Renaissance Fair
84. Go somewhere I’ve never been (10 times) (cities or towns)
85. Go to vegas. Gamble. But don’t spend more than $100
Social
86. Take a picture with Shehla
87. Make 4 new friends
88. Go without internet for a week (Exceptional school related)
89. Read the newspaper at least once a week (and not just daily collegian)
90. Watch news once a week
Misc.
91. Donate 5,000 grains of rice. (900/5,000)
92. Fix my bumper
93. Don’t drastically cut my hair (only what is necessary for it to grow)
94. Don’t dye my hair
95. Go through a week inspired by “Yes Man”
96. Learn to walk in heels
97. Buy more professional clothes
98. Surprise my mom twice a year
99. Make and follow through with a New Year’s resolution
100. Forgive Michael and Alex
101. Make a new 101 list!
101 things in 1001 days
This blog is going to be dedicated to the completion of my goal of 101 things in 1001 days. The complete list will be posted as soon as I finish it. The begin date is today (June 21, 2009) and the end date is March 28, 2012. So that's a little under 3 years.
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