The Hoppy Okapi

I learned about this project from Zandria’s blog, and since I love to-do lists and creating projects for myself, I decided to take the plunge. More about 101 in 1001 can be found here. (The real question is, can I think of 101 goals to set? Let’s give it a try…)

Start Date: 8/4/2008

End Date: 5/2/2011

Update 8/17/08: Goals in progress are in blue text.

Update 12/12/08: 11% done in 130 days – time to get moving!

Update 8/9/09: one year in – changing some goals, see the new post.

Running, Sports & Fitness:
1    Run a 10K
2    Run a 5K in under 30 min (best time to date: 34:56, March 2008  )
3    Complete a race longer than 10K
4    Try a spinning class (1/21/2009)
5    Do pilates 2x per week for a month
6    Participate in a bike riding event
7    Go Kayaking
8    Take rock climbing lessons
9    Swim Laps at My Gym
10    Get A Massage
11    Go horseback riding
12    Go mini-golfing
13    Play tennis 6 times
14    Play table tennis 10 times (8/10/08, 8/17/08, 8/25/08, 11/30/08  )
15    Do 25 consecutive push-ups
Cooking:
16    Make one recipe from every cookbook I own (63 as of 8/4/2008 ) (21 complete as of 8/9/09 )
17    Decorate a Cake
18    Successfully make an Italian Meringue
19    Make homemade marshmallows
20    Make a sourdough starter from scratch
21    Create a signature beer drink (8/7/2008 )
22    Create a signature sangria (2/15/2009)
23    Create a signature muddled drink
24    Enter a recipe in a competition
25    Complete four Iron Chef dinners (all dishes featuring a “secret ingredient”)
26    Make my own infused sea salt
27    Make an infused vodka
28    Host a brunch party
29    Take a Cooking Class
30    Organize Cooks’ Illustrated Recipes (1/18/2009)
31    Make homemade truffles
32    Grow an herb plant
33    Grow a vegetable plant
34    Make something on our grill (instead of making Chuck cook it!) (10/21/2008)
Blogging & Writing & Reading:
35    Complete a cook-through (or drink-through) blog project
36    Post an entry on BlogHer
37    Take a writing class
38    Write a short story
39    Write a fantasy story OR create a fantasy universe outline
40    Write a travel essay
41    Write 5 poems
42    Read books so that my “to-read” shelf has <= 10 books
43    Write 2 book review posts
44    Write a mini-cookbook (at least 10 recipes, with pictures)
45    Post a monthly self-portrait (pictures of me that someone else takes are ok)
46    Comment on blogs I read: at least one comment per week for two months(done as of 2/1/2009)
47    Read a mystery novel
48    Put together photo albums for my vacations
49    Make a journal of writing ideas & inspirations
50    Send a secret to PostSecret
Traveling:
51    Hike to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite (in this case, almost counts! 9/16/2008 )
52    Take a Beer Tour of Belgium
53    Hike the Inca Trail <or> Climb Kilimanjaro
54    Visit the Salton Sea (3/8/2009)
55    Visit a National Park I haven’t been to before
56    Take a backpacking trip, at least two nights (5/24/2009)
57    Visit a US city I’ve never been to before (Austin, 11/16/2008 )
58    Visit a US state I’ve never been to before
59    Visit Anza-Borrego State Park (11/1/2008 )
60    Visit a California Mission I haven’t been to before
61    Visit Catalina Island
62    Visit Pizza Port San Clemente (9/7/2008 )
63    Visit Griffith Observatory
64    See an okapi in a zoo I haven’t been to before
65    Visit a brewery I haven’t been to before (The Bruery! 9/5/2008 )
66    Go to Canada(5/1/2009)
67    Spend a weekend at BigBear (or other ski resort area)
Community:
68    Volunteer for a political campaign (phone-banked for Obama, 11/3/08 )
69    Volunteer on a community project (9/28/2008 )
70    Volunteer at a running (or other sport) event
71    Volunteer on a trail maintenance project
72    Donate $25 to charity/community organizations at least 10 times (KPBS, SDCats)
Music:
73    Finish all the lessons in my piano workbook
74    Learn 5 songs from my ragtime book
75    Take a guitar lesson
76    Learn to play 2 songs on the guitar
77    Write a song
78    Join a community choir / singing group
Festivals / Events:
79    Go to a film festival
80    Go to a book signing / author event (done! Ann Patchett on Aug 6, 2008 )
81    Go to the National Sandcastle Competition
82    Go to a food festival (strawberries in Ojai, tamales in Palm Springs, Garlic in Gilroy???)
83    Go to a wine festival
84    Go to a play
85    Go to a musical or opera
86    Go to a parade
Other/Local:
87    See a mainstream movie in a theater (do I really need to make this a goal? Well, yes…13 months and counting since the last time…)
88    See an indie movie in a theater
89    Watch three Audrey Hepburn movies I haven’t seen before
90    Visit a San Diego Museum (6/6/2009)
91    Go to the beach!
92    Visit Chula Vista
93    Visit the San Diego County Fair
94    Go to the Lakeside Rodeo(4/24/2009)
95    Go to a conference (professional, BlogHer, ??)
96    Go to 10 new San Diego restaurants (Urban Solace, Toronado, Osteria Romantica, Gulf Coast Grill, Tioli’s Crazee Burger, Cefalu’s, Liar’s Club, Vincenzo Ristorante, Blind Lady Ale House, Pho La Jolla)
Learning:
97    Learn to use photo editing software
98    Complete all three levels of “Learn Spanish in Your Car”
99    Take a drawing (or other art) lesson
100    Write an app in a programming language I haven’t used before
101    Learn to snap my fingers

I already completed one thing tonight, will blog about it later this week!