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This blog is devoted primarily to the completion and documentation of my journey of the 101 things in 1001 days project. I manage to incorporate personal reflection, as well as some poetry, musings, and ramblings as well.
If you are interested in what that's all about, here is the link:
http://www.dayzeroproject.com/
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101 in 1001 List
Legend:
Bold = Done!
Purple = In Progress
101. Finish this list (I know that’s a cop out but really, I couldn’t think of anything else to do!!
Self-Improvement Project
50 mammogram
51 quit smoking (days without : 7)
52 Start a “Happiness Project”
53 Make a set of Spanish vocabulary cards for myself
54 find a Spanish conversation partner
55 lose 10 pounds
56 lose 10 pounds
57 lose 10 pounds
58 be able to do 100 situps in a row
59 be able to do 50 pushups in a row
60 fast
61 attend services at Unity Temple and other houses of religious service
62 help John with GED prep
63 guitar and guitar lessons
64 get good at chess
65 get taxes situated
66 perform a public belly dance
67 pay off car
68 pay off personal loan
69 senior seminar class
70 graduate
71 financial plan/savings plan
72 FRS investments
Fun and Fam
36 Be a “Big Head” in the Thanksgiving Parade
37 Make good on my invitation to play Scrabble with Lillian
38 Make a set of Spanish vocabulary cards for Vanden and Leah
39 Take kids to see the Monarchs in Mexico
40 Ask Kahn to do family photos
41 Commission a local artist to paint portraits of Vanden and Leah
42 try new recipes with the kids
43 This Space Intentionally Left Blank for Someone Special
44 iceskating
45 have a Dia De Los Muertos celebration
46 have a Frida themed self portrait party
47 rebuild my CD collection
48 learn to play Vanden’s favorite video game
49 take Mom out to lunch/dinner
Getting my tech on!
1 Yusef Shakur website
2 Sanaa NiaJoy website
3 Robyn Little website
4 IOOB website
5 Spady & Associates website
6 EMEAC website
7 Start personal/experimental website
8 Start Blog
9 Make a video of SOMETHING: blog, commercial, PSA, documentary, poetry, or feature film and post it to You Tube
10 make a you tube channel
11 open a pay pal account
12 get a laptop
13 go through my favorites list and do [something] with them
14 make a photo/video compilation of exploring Detroit 2009
15 photo or video “Day in my life” project
16 get Adobe certification
17 learn to do a pod cast
18 build a second life presence
19 watch 1 TED talk per week
20 send back computer
Writing/crafting/making things
21 Publish a poem.
22 Design my own chapbook/coffee table book from on-line site
23 write to/connect with Oprah in some way
24 write to/connect with Obama in some way
25 make a zine
26 write essay(s) or article(s) about something and submit it somewhere
27 write lo to hi tech manifesto
28 start sketching again
29 paint a picture
30 make a belly dance costume
31 crochet some giftables and wardrobe stuff
Reading
32 Finish the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
33 finish bill strickland’s book
34 read 20 of my OWN books (2/20)
35 read about and reflect on lo tech, study green
Green and Clean Scene
73 Throw 10 things away a day for 10 days in a row
74 decorate the basement and video doc the process
75 decorate vanden’s room
76 decorate leah’s room
77 make a compost pile
78 tread lightly on the earth plan
79 raise herbs in the backyard
80 vegetable garden
81 try canning
82 try freezing
83 try making jam
84 Visit the Eastern Market regularly
85 seek local/made in Michigan grocery items
86 ruthlessly edit my closet
87 switch to organics in household products
88 switch to organics in personal products
89 write up my green media philosophy
90 find my sewing maching
91 clear out Prevost
Exploration
92 Spend the day at the DIA or other art museum/gallery
93 attend a city hall meeting
94 visit a hole in the wall
95 spend the day walking and taking pictures of downtown
96 go to Greenfield Village
97 get my passport (take a new photo)
98 take the bus somewhere
99 Attend LaTraviata
100 attend an Evolution Laboratory event
Bold = Done!
Purple = In Progress
101. Finish this list (I know that’s a cop out but really, I couldn’t think of anything else to do!!
Self-Improvement Project
50 mammogram
51 quit smoking (days without : 7)
52 Start a “Happiness Project”
53 Make a set of Spanish vocabulary cards for myself
54 find a Spanish conversation partner
55 lose 10 pounds
56 lose 10 pounds
57 lose 10 pounds
58 be able to do 100 situps in a row
59 be able to do 50 pushups in a row
60 fast
61 attend services at Unity Temple and other houses of religious service
62 help John with GED prep
63 guitar and guitar lessons
64 get good at chess
65 get taxes situated
66 perform a public belly dance
67 pay off car
68 pay off personal loan
69 senior seminar class
70 graduate
71 financial plan/savings plan
72 FRS investments
Fun and Fam
36 Be a “Big Head” in the Thanksgiving Parade
37 Make good on my invitation to play Scrabble with Lillian
38 Make a set of Spanish vocabulary cards for Vanden and Leah
39 Take kids to see the Monarchs in Mexico
40 Ask Kahn to do family photos
41 Commission a local artist to paint portraits of Vanden and Leah
42 try new recipes with the kids
43 This Space Intentionally Left Blank for Someone Special
44 iceskating
45 have a Dia De Los Muertos celebration
46 have a Frida themed self portrait party
47 rebuild my CD collection
48 learn to play Vanden’s favorite video game
49 take Mom out to lunch/dinner
Getting my tech on!
1 Yusef Shakur website
2 Sanaa NiaJoy website
3 Robyn Little website
4 IOOB website
5 Spady & Associates website
6 EMEAC website
7 Start personal/experimental website
8 Start Blog
9 Make a video of SOMETHING: blog, commercial, PSA, documentary, poetry, or feature film and post it to You Tube
10 make a you tube channel
11 open a pay pal account
12 get a laptop
13 go through my favorites list and do [something] with them
14 make a photo/video compilation of exploring Detroit 2009
15 photo or video “Day in my life” project
16 get Adobe certification
17 learn to do a pod cast
18 build a second life presence
19 watch 1 TED talk per week
20 send back computer
Writing/crafting/making things
21 Publish a poem.
22 Design my own chapbook/coffee table book from on-line site
23 write to/connect with Oprah in some way
24 write to/connect with Obama in some way
25 make a zine
26 write essay(s) or article(s) about something and submit it somewhere
27 write lo to hi tech manifesto
28 start sketching again
29 paint a picture
30 make a belly dance costume
31 crochet some giftables and wardrobe stuff
Reading
32 Finish the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
33 finish bill strickland’s book
34 read 20 of my OWN books (2/20)
35 read about and reflect on lo tech, study green
Green and Clean Scene
73 Throw 10 things away a day for 10 days in a row
74 decorate the basement and video doc the process
75 decorate vanden’s room
76 decorate leah’s room
77 make a compost pile
78 tread lightly on the earth plan
79 raise herbs in the backyard
80 vegetable garden
81 try canning
82 try freezing
83 try making jam
84 Visit the Eastern Market regularly
85 seek local/made in Michigan grocery items
86 ruthlessly edit my closet
87 switch to organics in household products
88 switch to organics in personal products
89 write up my green media philosophy
90 find my sewing maching
91 clear out Prevost
Exploration
92 Spend the day at the DIA or other art museum/gallery
93 attend a city hall meeting
94 visit a hole in the wall
95 spend the day walking and taking pictures of downtown
96 go to Greenfield Village
97 get my passport (take a new photo)
98 take the bus somewhere
99 Attend LaTraviata
100 attend an Evolution Laboratory event
Fast Forward Retrograde
Ode to the Bitten Heart
Trusting lamb
hidden behind
the protective shepherd
trembling sacrifice
thrown upon the sword.
Sleepless nights and
frightened beats keep company.
You hesitantly reach out
to touch the security
of stone cold walls
that quiet the endless roar
of vivid imagination.
Fireflies gather on
the window ledge
beckoning, soft
moonbellies carry
fresh secrets
night blooming flowers
hold sweet nectar to
dissolve leathery scar tissue
the wounded soul
pulls off the delicate petals
crushing them
they release sweet sentiments
and you hold your breath so
as not to inhale hope.
Wraps your arms around yourself
to keep from extending the right hand, to give,
the left, to receive.
Cradle your broken self
in a silken sling.
The wounded heart,
encased in a velvet shroud.
limits its laughter
to empty corridors and
methodically seals
each route to chance
one by one.
But tissue and muscle hold
bright red memory and
pulses of sunshine,
warm and light, care
and consolation.
Patiently coaxing you
timid rabbit with
tender leaves and shoots.
Wide eyed, doe listening,
dun colored ears filtering
the inky darkness,
ever wary of the hunter.
Ode to Regret
I don’t like the way
You make me feel,
honey coated tendrils
hiding poison.
Scorpion,
I cringe at your indifference
and your innate characteristic
to sting.
A wade in uncomfortable waters
Piranha
Flesh eater
Invitation to the buffet
My heart the main dish
Rumplestiltskin promises
Follow through never intended
All smoke and mirrors
The moth’s last thought
As it enters the flame.
Ode to Relief (2008 ->2009)
There are no such things
as regrets
in your world.
Lesson book,
teacher of universal wisdom.
Spring fed brook,
racing through my veins.
hydration,
cloud formation,
fluffy, bouncy,
light hearted,
assured.
Uncaged bird,
soaring to the heights
gently kissing the boundary of
this earthly plane.
The noble hound,
loyal to its mistress.
wears his job with care and pride.
Looks after the home-front,
lives for it,
will die for it.
A warm inviting hug,
the glow of the soul,
as though these regular brown eyes
swallowed votives.
The sweet of olive oil mixed
nag champa incense,
the scent of power,
the power of a decision
made in your best interest.
Trusting lamb
hidden behind
the protective shepherd
trembling sacrifice
thrown upon the sword.
Sleepless nights and
frightened beats keep company.
You hesitantly reach out
to touch the security
of stone cold walls
that quiet the endless roar
of vivid imagination.
Fireflies gather on
the window ledge
beckoning, soft
moonbellies carry
fresh secrets
night blooming flowers
hold sweet nectar to
dissolve leathery scar tissue
the wounded soul
pulls off the delicate petals
crushing them
they release sweet sentiments
and you hold your breath so
as not to inhale hope.
Wraps your arms around yourself
to keep from extending the right hand, to give,
the left, to receive.
Cradle your broken self
in a silken sling.
The wounded heart,
encased in a velvet shroud.
limits its laughter
to empty corridors and
methodically seals
each route to chance
one by one.
But tissue and muscle hold
bright red memory and
pulses of sunshine,
warm and light, care
and consolation.
Patiently coaxing you
timid rabbit with
tender leaves and shoots.
Wide eyed, doe listening,
dun colored ears filtering
the inky darkness,
ever wary of the hunter.
Ode to Regret
I don’t like the way
You make me feel,
honey coated tendrils
hiding poison.
Scorpion,
I cringe at your indifference
and your innate characteristic
to sting.
A wade in uncomfortable waters
Piranha
Flesh eater
Invitation to the buffet
My heart the main dish
Rumplestiltskin promises
Follow through never intended
All smoke and mirrors
The moth’s last thought
As it enters the flame.
Ode to Relief (2008 ->2009)
There are no such things
as regrets
in your world.
Lesson book,
teacher of universal wisdom.
Spring fed brook,
racing through my veins.
hydration,
cloud formation,
fluffy, bouncy,
light hearted,
assured.
Uncaged bird,
soaring to the heights
gently kissing the boundary of
this earthly plane.
The noble hound,
loyal to its mistress.
wears his job with care and pride.
Looks after the home-front,
lives for it,
will die for it.
A warm inviting hug,
the glow of the soul,
as though these regular brown eyes
swallowed votives.
The sweet of olive oil mixed
nag champa incense,
the scent of power,
the power of a decision
made in your best interest.
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