Tuesday, 08 January 2008

• 101 in 1,001

  I saw the phrase "101 in 1001" a few times on the 'Net, but I didn't actually realize what it stood for until I saw a Jessica Claire blog post with a hundred-and-one things she wanted to accomplish in 1,001 days (which is just shy of three years). So here is my list, to go into effect on January 30, 2008... which will be my 23rd birthday. According to my [haphazard, late-night] calculations, the 1,001 days will end on October 27th, 2010.
  
  Here are 101 things I would like to accomplish before 10/27/2010. I'll try to update this list with a date and brief summary of how the deed was done as I complete the tasks. :) I'm excited!! I stole a few of JC's ideas because I thought they were pretty good. Hope she doesn't mind... I'll make a new list on 1/30/2011, when I'm 26. I think this will be much more fun than New Year's resolutions. Oh, and I'll probably revise this a bit until the 30th, when it will be set in stone. :D
  
          40 days and 40 nights: (things I want to do for 40 days straight; I don't have to do them all at the same time, but must be completed in a single streak to count)

  1. Work out
  2. Take a new, good photo (psh, I had a hard time of it already on this blog... I don't like commitment of any kind, apparently) 5/25-7/2/2008 - Maymester and Taiwan
  3. Stick to a budget
  4. Make a blog post
  5. No shopping
  6. Practice violin
  7. Save every cent besides bills/rent/gas/food and put it aside for something important
  8. Keep up with the news (people can quiz me on the top 3 stories in any of the following categories during those 40 days)
     a) international (general)
     b) national (general)
     c) Taiwan/China
     d) Texas/Austin/local news wherever I am currently living
  9. Wear makeup/dress up/make myself presentable every day <--haha
  10. No junk food, fried food, snacks between meals, or any beverages other than water
  11. Develop a reasonable daily schedule and stick to it
  12. Don't use the microwave
  13. Don't eat out/cook at home
  14. Wake up before 9/go to bed before midnight
  15. Spend at least 30 minutes outdoors, and walk everywhere possible/drive only if necessary - Alexandria, VA - Sept.-Dec. 2009
  16. Live in a new city - Taipei, Nov-Dec. 2008; Alexandria, VA - Sept.-Dec. 2009
      
      Early to bed and early to rise:
  17. Read through the Bible [hopefully this one can be multiplied a few times...]
  18. Get a gym membership - May 2009 - and try a personal trainer - March 2010
  19. Complete a 7-day Internet fast
  20. Save $10K
  21. Get a bike and actually use it to cut down on unnecessary driving
  22. Organize my computer files/archives and email accounts
  23. Run an organized race (ideally, 5K in under 30 minutes) - - 10/24/2009; 32'03"
  24. Develop clearly noticeable abs
  25. Read 100 new books
      
      Time Traveler’s Wife – 6/11/2008
      Kabul Beauty School – 6/14/2008
      19 Minutes – 5/24/2008
      (re-read 7 Chronicles of Narnia, Passion and Purity, A Pair of Blue Eyes)
      Fahrenheit 451 - 8/1/2008
      The Thirteenth Tale - 8/7/2008
      Twilight - 8/11/2008
      New Moon - 8/11/2008
      Eclipse - 8/11/2008
      Breaking Dawn - 8/12/2008
      World War Z - 8/19/2008
      The Other Boleyn Girl - 8/22/2008
      Smoke and Mirrors -  8/27/2008
      A Crime So Monstrous - 9/3/2008
      The Memory Keeper's Daughter - 10/10/2008
      Atonement - 10/13/2008
      Jurassic Park - 11/2/2008
      The Lost World - 11/6/2008
      Timeline - 11/7/2008
      One Piece #1 - 11/11/2008
      One Piece #2 - 11/13/2008
      A Grief Observed - 11/29/2008
      Mere Christianity - 12/3/2008
      Screwtape Letters/Screwtape Proposes a Toast- 12/5/2008
      The Golden Compass - 12/23/2008
      The Subtle Knife - 12/24/2008
      The Amber Spyglass - 12/24/2008
      Midnight Sun - 12/28/2008
      Ender's Game - some-time-in-2008
      Ender's Shadow - 12/28/2008
      The Great Divorce - 1/27/2009
      Handle With Care - 8/1/2009
      Salem Falls - 9/1/2009
      Good News About Injustice - 9/17/2009
      Her Fearful Symmetry - 10/3/2009 - in three hours in Barnes and Noble in Potomac Yard
      True Story - 11/8/2009
      It Happened In Italy - 11/2009
      The Blade Itself - 6/4/2010
      Before They Are Hanged - 6/20/2010
      Last Argument of Kings - 7/6/2010
      
      
  26. Buy Final Cut Pro and Lightroom (2/9/2008 acquired serial # from Nathan Tsui) [EDIT 3/17/2008: Buy the whole Adobe Creative Suite when I graduate] EDIT 5/2/2008 - bought Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection
  27. Buy an L lens EDIT 4/1/2008: 70-200mm f/2.8 EDIT 4/30/2008: 24-70 f/2.8 (what a crazy shopping month for me!)
      
      The world is a classroom:
      
  28. Learn to change a tire - 4/2/2010
  29. Learn to drive a stick shift
  30. Learn to take and process video
  31. Learn to create vector art
  32. Pick up something useful computer-wise (Flash, HTML/CSS, something along those lines... well, Flash is kind of stupid but I guess it could be useful for photography :\)
  33. Learn guitar chords
  34. Learn to play the drums
  35. Familiarize myself with the music/fashion/history of at least one decade or era of pop culture
  36. Memorize one book of the Bible
  37. Learn how the stock market works
  38. Take a dance class
  39. Learn to play poker
  40. Learn to use studio lighting more effectively EDIT 3/17/2008 - workin' on it in the Photojournalism II class and from Brenda Ladd!
  41. Learn to/cut someone's hair
  42. Replay the Mendelssohn Concerto in E minor, Kreisler Danse Espagnole, Bruch Concerto Op. 1, Vitali Chaconne, or learn the Tchaikovsky Concerto in D major
      
      All work and no play:
      
  43. Make a blog dedicated solely to my more professional photography work and maintain it on at least a monthly basis... and keep it fun. ;p
  44. Come up with a name for a photography business - Ikigai Media
  45. Make a resume Web site for journalism and photography work
  46. Support myself on freelance work for at least 3 months - July '08 and counting!
  47. Shoot 25 weddings, including at least one destination wedding
      1 - 3.15.2008 Angell and Eunice
      2 - 8.8.2008 Chancy
      3 - 10.4.2008 Alex and Teresa - Austin
      4 - 11.4.2008 Luke and Karen - Rochester, NY and Taipei, Taiwan (12.6.08)
      5 - 1.2.2009 Andrew and Holly - Fort Worth
      6 - 9.12.2009 Richard and Nicole - Fredericksburg
      7 - 11.28.2009 Jeffrey and Bryn - San Antonio
      8 - 1.13.2010 Alim and Kyra - Johnson City
      9 - 3.12.2010 Brett and Joanna - Fayetteville, Arkansas
      10 - 4.17.2010 Tim and Emily - Katy
      11 - 5.22.2010 David and Gloria - Wheaton, IL
      12 - 8.7.2010 Daniel and Laura - Morse, TX
      13 - one for Table4 Photography
      14 - 9.18.2010 Ellen and Cal for Red Fly Photography - Austin, TX 
      15 - 
      
      
  48. Get a full-time job
  49. Sell an "art print" (a photo that's not from a commissioned photo shoot will suffice)
  50. Write a column for a newspaper or a magazine
      EDIT 3/17/2008 - AZN TV/Outspoken? Does that count?
  51. Attend a photography workshop
  52. Get a job or internship that takes me out of Texas - OMF count? Nov-Dec. 2008 - IJM - Sept.-Dec. 2009
  53. Read at least 10 photography and tech blogs on a consistent basis
  54. Attend a journalism convention UNITY 2008 - 7/23-7/27/2008 - 'twas one of my favorite trips this year
  55. Publish a dozen articles for my portfolio, including
      1) a hard news story
        China -  taxi drivers
      
      2) an editorial/column
      
      3) a features story
        China - multicultural identity
        China - hair salons
      Dat Nguyen
      
      
  56. Make a podcast EDIT 3/17/2008 - does this count??
  57. Work in Asia - OMF, Nov-Dec. 2008, Maymester 2009
  58. Get a photo story or spread featured in a magazine - lol lame and China Maymester (also on UT front page and in the lobby of the CMA)
  59. Take notes by hand for an entire class (I think I only have one semester left to accomplish this...) EDIT 3/17/2008 - attempting (sort of cheating) for the Maymester class - I'm not sure I ever managed this one :D
      
      Save the cheerleader, save the world: hout cussing up a blue streak while doing so
  60. Be a middle/high school counselor
  61. Make myself available to people who need me
  62. Do a free photo shoot for
      1) a family - Tanja/Thomas, Wangs
      2) a wedding - Kyra
      3) a single guy or girl - Melissa Wu
      4) new baby - Addie
  63. Invest in someone's life for at least one year (I know this is kind of vague, but I'm thinking something along the lines of mentoring a kid...) - Melissa? :P I'm doing a bad job of it
  64. Donate $1,000 to a worthy cause - Compassion International? $32x33 months = $1,056
  65. Go on a missions trip
      a) Go on a missions trip to Asia... special mention, 'cuz Asia is special in my heart =] - I guess the OMF thing very technically counts, because I have to fill out their individual placement application packet and all that good stuff. But this could be better.
      - IJM, sort of a missions trip?
      
      One in a million, once in a lifetime:
  66. Travel to Europe (and try to get someone else to pay for it ;p hopefully as part of a photography or journalism gig) - free STA flight to London!! 3/2010 - with Olivia!!! (1.25.10)
  67. Paint a room yellow
  68. Go on a cruise
  69. Make my handwriting "pretty" (something legible, neat and good-looking) and keep it that way
  70. Get my name legally changed
  71. Purge my apartment of unnecessary things
  72. Make a new friend 1) outside of journalism 2) who is not Asian 3) who is not a Christian <-- haha, I guess most of my friends fall in these categories EDIT: 3/2008 - Timbo! Haha
  73. Write to 5 girlfriends I haven't gotten in touch with in over 5 years - bonus points if I can meet up with them:
        Emily Deans
        Jessica Sun - 7/2008
        Rene Orth
        Jessica Wang
        Tiffie Lee
      
      
  74. Sew a big project - quilt, dress, etc. EDIT: 3/17/2008 - recently I made a ton of baby blankets and aprons... - hopefully Shiopei's dress
  75. Do a trash-the-dress shoot
  76. Go on a trip with girlfriends - D.C., October 2009
  77. Create something original
  78. Take a picture from a helicopter (I had the option when I was in Macau in 2008, but didn't want to blow $200)
  79. Stay in a hostel and prowl someplace new and unknown in a non-touristy way -->EDIT 3/17/2008 Hopefully Chicago this summer! EDIT 9/23/2008 - Chicago wasn't exactly non-touristy and it wasn't a hostel, but still very enjoyable.
      - stayed in Shanghai with Liang for a few days
      
  80. See a black sand beach
  81. Go speed-dating!! Hahaha. EDIT 9/24/2008 - will add other options including trying blind dates...
  82. Eat hufu! (Oliver supports this weird, weird one) - This one is no longer a viable option since they don't sell hufu any more... maybe I'll come up with a new one.
      
  83. Explore at least one place I have read about in a book I really enjoyed (P.E.I.? :D) - I didn't get to explore it, exactly, but I passed the Chicago Institute of Art after reading the Time Traveler's Wife. That was pretty special
  84. Visit at least 10 cities, to include Hong Kong, San Francisco and New York City. EDIT: 3/31/2008 - planned so far: Boston, Rochester, NY, and Cincinnati. Maybe Cancun? EDIT: 9/24/2008 - Cincinnati is currently a "no," Boston a who-knows-when (maybe AAJA 2009?), Rochester a definite for 10/9-10/12, and San Francisco will be visited in November (along with Los Angeles).
      
      Austin = home base
      Beijing – 5/25-6/9
      Xian – 6/10-6/13
      Hangzhou - 6/13-6/19
      Shanghai - 6/20-6/26
      Hsinchu – 6/26-7/6
      Taipei – 7/7-7/8
      Chicago – 7/22-30
      Cancun - 9/7-14
      Rochester, NY - 10/9-12
      Houston - October to see Emily
      Hong Kong - 12/6-12/14
      Macau - 12/10
      Sunnyvale/San Jose, CA - 12/27-29
      Irving, TX - 12/29-1/7/2009
      Sugar Land, TX - Feb 2009
      Houghton, NY - March 2009
      Dallas - April 2009
      Lufkin - April 2009
      Beijing
      Xi'an
      Yuxian, China
      Shanghai
      Taipei
      Fredericksburg
      Alexandria
      Arlington
      Washington, D.C.
      San Antonio, TX - 11/28/2010 Bryn's wedding
      Hsinchu
      Taipei
      Baltimore, MD - Jan 2010
      Johnson City, TX - 1/13/2010 Kyra's wedding
      Arkansas - 3/11-13
      Corpus Christi - 3/20-22
      London, 3/25-30 
      D.C., 3/31-4/12
      Houston, 4/16-18
      Dallas lake cruise, 4/23
      Miami/Florida Keys, 5/7-11
      Chicago, 5/20-23
      San Antonio - 7/17-18
      Frisco - 7/23-24
      Las Vegas - 7/31-8/3
      Amarillo - 8/6-8/8
      San Jose and San Francisco (Cupertino, Mountain View, etc.) - 9/3-9/6
      
  85. Go to the Southern Hemisphere
  86. Do a photo shoot for my parents, each of my brothers (Benj, Jon and Tim), and cousins (Thomas, Jen, Michelle, Cindy, Ming-Lie, Joshua, Tammy, Ann, Charlene, Emelyn and Julia)
      
      Ming-Lie 7/5/2008
      Brothers 7/8/2008
      Ming-Lie 7/10/2009
      
      
  87. Host a dinner party - and make the food
  88. Graduate from college - 5/16/2008
  89. Take a picture at the Great Wall of China
      
      
      

      

      

      Girls just wanna have fun:
      
  90. Avoid getting married or engaged EDIT: 9/24/2008 So far so good - Will amend this to include remaining single for one full year ;p
      - 10/3/2009 - this is not going to happen ;p
      - 1/25/2009 - it might happen, lol
      
  91. Celebrate my 25th birthday in a worthy and memorable manner - hopefully launch Web site? Oh gosh...
  92. Manage to play an FPS game EDIT: 3/17/2008 - I've been playing GRAW2 for most of March... haha. But I don't know if I achieved this clause:  (without cussing up a blue streak while doing so)
  93. Have a full-size or larger bed (I have one right now, but it goes with my current apartment, so when I move out, it stays...) - bought Chris's queen bed August 2009
  94. Beat every song in Rockband on expert in on least one of the following instruments:
      a) guitar
      b) drums
      c) vocals
  95. Get Lasik
  96. Dye my hair a funky color - navy blue, July 2009
  97. Get another piercing and/or a tattoo - belly - 9.25.2008
  98. Meet an online friend in person
      
      6/27/2008 – Charity Sanders
      7/28/2008 - Carol Lin
      10/14/2008 - Veronica Campbell
      11/1/2008 - Esther Ramsey
      11/28/2008 - Mimi Liu
      12/6/2008 - Ginger Jernigan, Rachel Hung, Sarah Johnson
      
      Jessica Bischof
      Jessica Martin
      
      Caitlin
      Amber
      Beth Berry
      Katie Pirolt
      Connie Wang
      Julie Terrell
  99. Have at least one photo shoot of me once a year
      
      5/4/2008 - senior shoot with Noelene in photo lab studios
      7/28/2008 - Chicago with Carol Lin
      7/29/2008 - Chicago with Jessica Sun
      9/2008 - Playa del Carmen with Rose Kuo
      10/2008 - Downtown Austin with Sam Ni
      
      

  Not sure what happened to my numberings. :\ I'm pretty sure I didn't delete anything, though.
  
  New 101 in 1001:
  
  Memorables:
  
  3/31/2008 - Went to Lockhart to shoot barbecue with classmates
  1/7/2009 - Road-tripped home from Dallas with Michael
  Participated in two Ex: Changes.
  Saw a falcon tackle a pigeon at the Dean Keeton/Guadalupe intersection (Jan 2010).
  Bridesmaid - 1/2/2010
  Mentored Melissa
  Worked with OMF
  Went to D.C. for IJM
  Rode a mechanical bull (2/15/2010)
  Helped plan a funeral (2/2009)
  Signed up for Texas Exes (2/17/2010)
  Took the LSAT (6/7/2010)
  
  Live like there is no tomorrow.
  

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