I'm doing 42 things
It took some effort but I was able to finish up the year and watch all 12 I needed to meet my goal. I’ve already gotten a jump on 2012 with a couple more watched.
Perlle's Life List
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1. visit every winery on the CT Wine Trail at least once.
2 cheers1 person -
2. visit & find something to do in every town in connecticut
3 entries3 people -
3. Photograph every town in Connecticut
1 person -
4. watch all movies on AFI's 100 Best movies list
2 team members . 1 entry . 3 cheers444 people -
5. visit all 50 states
4 entries . 4 cheers8,958 people -
6. Run the NYC Tunnel to Towers 5K
2 cheers1 person -
7. write a nonfiction book and have it published
4 cheers2 people -
8. create a theory
1 entry . 6 cheers1 person -
9. Go and see a SHUTTLE Launch in person
1 entry . 2 cheers16 people -
10. write with ease with my left hand
2 entries . 6 cheers3 people -
11. learn to ride a bike
1 entry . 4 cheers682 people -
12. find people to play volleyball/badminton with
2 entries . 5 cheers1 person -
13. own a hard-top convertible
1 entry . 1 cheer2 people -
14. visit all the major religious denominations' services
4 entries . 6 cheers2 people -
15. see the aurora borealis
6 cheers2,026 people -
16. see a play I've written be performed
1 entry . 4 cheers4 people -
17. go hang gliding
4 cheers468 people -
18. design my own house plan
2 entries . 6 cheers8 people -
19. be an audience member for a TV show taping
2 cheers63 people -
20. take a hot air balloon ride
2 cheers251 people -
21. kiss the blarney stone
5 cheers329 people -
22. attend the Emerson Reading Circle in Concord
2 cheers1 person -
23. visit every continent
1 entry . 2 cheers1,924 people -
24. try doing stand-up comedy at an open-mike night
4 cheers14 people -
25. Drive the entire length of route 66
7 cheers17 people -
26. create a list of 100 must-read books and read them.
4 team members . 1 entry . 3 cheers1,075 people -
27. have an article published in a well-known magazine
6 cheers1 person -
28. Find a geocache in every state
2 entries2 people -
29. Pay off my student loans and credit cards
1 entry14 people -
30. perfect my pilates routine
2 entries . 1 cheer1 person -
31. Ride a Camel
2 cheers519 people -
32. learn calligraphy
3 cheers696 people -
33. Attend the olympics.
4 cheers315 people -
34. buy an old farmhouse in Missouri
1 entry . 5 cheers3 people -
35. invent something
2 cheers1,442 people -
36. write a fiction book and have it published
1 entry . 6 cheers1 person -
37. do a charity walk
53 people -
38. Take a wine tasting class
80 people -
39. read a book about every country in the world
1 entry4 people -
40. Watch 12 Criterion Collection films each year.
2 entries1 person -
41. take a fencing class
18 people -
42. create a butterfly & hummingbird garden
4 people
How I did it
It made me
Weeeee! 
How I did it: Not just with work, but this was a big part of it...So, people think that if you work for the State you have it made. So. not. so. I had to decide that my happiness was more important that a semi-secure pension plan. I mean, really, nothing is for sure, so why trade my whole life for a chance at having a retirement sum? It just doesn't make sense when you think about it. Sure there were those who thought I was crazy. I did try to transfer… Read how I did it…
It made me
happy
How I did it: I slowly worked up to it. I've been much busier since and can't get out to jog every day. I've gone back to jogging a mile at one time, but eventually I will get back up to two...and maybe even more. :) Read how I did it…
It made me
Woohoo!!!
How I did it: Really, it took me seven years of failing at dieting and exercise to finally get this. I even changed this goal many times trying to make it simple enough for me to stick to. Finally in August 2008 I decided to forget everything except exercising at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes and improving my diet in simple ways. Today I stepped on the scale and found that I had officially lost 31 pounds. I am so excited about this!Now I know the… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
1. China
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
2. Japan
Several by Haruki Murakami: Kafka on the Shore, Norwegian Wood, Wind-up Bird Chronicle
3. Austria
Old Masters by Thomas Bernhard
4. Czech Republic
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
5. France
Quite a few: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
6. Germany
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
7. Italy
Too Much Tuscan Sun by Dario Costagno
8. Sweden
Millennium Trilogy
9. USA
Too many to recount
10. England
Second only to the US
I started this challenge back in 2006. There are so many of these films I don’t think I could ever watch them all. But watching a dozen a year will eventually make a dent in the list.
I have watched a total of 62 Criterion films, not counting the 10 I had seen prior to starting this challenge. So far, I have met my goal every year, but I am quite behind this year. It’s May and I haven’t gotten around to watching even one film from this collection this year. So, I need to spend some time watching some movies!
