Emily in 2008

2008, so far, is 95% worth living.

In 2005, Emily did 21 things, went 76 places, met 1 person, and consumed 125 products.

Years: 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. stop eating fast food
  2. learn how to do my makeup
  3. call my family every week — completed 3 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. make a podcast for Writers' Forum — Worth doing!
  2. Wish Nycinephile on his Birthday on January 14th — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. embrace my consumptively pale skin and consumptively flushed cheeks
  2. archive my letters
  3. Create a Christmas compilation CD of my favorite songs
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Amy's Ice Creams — Worth visiting!
  2. Caroline Weiss Law Building — Worth visiting!
  3. Little Miyako — Worth visiting!
  4. Geronimo — Worth visiting!
Listened to:
  1. Trouble — Worth consuming!
  2. Poses [Bonus Track] — Worth consuming!
  3. Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas [Remastered] — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Play Misty for Me — Worth consuming!
  2. Duel (Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  3. Dirty Harry — Worth consuming!
  4. Dexter - Complete First Season — Worth consuming!
  5. Juno — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. laughing cow cheese — Worth consuming!
  2. S'mores Luna Bar — Worth consuming!
  3. Luna Sunrise Bar - Blueberry Yogurt — Worth consuming!
  4. Giant Chocolate Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Bar — Worth consuming!

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. declare my minor
  2. write testimonials for the people on Flickr who inspire me
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. submit photography for publication — Worth doing!
  2. bind a book of poems for my Valentine — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. stop romanticizing people
  2. compile a chapbook
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Jerry's — Worth visiting!
  2. Southern Pines — Worth visiting!
  3. Moe's Southwest Grill — Worth visiting!
  4. Panera Bread — Worth visiting!
  5. McAlister's Deli — Worth visiting!
  6. Mammoth Cave — Worth visiting!
  7. Kentucky — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach — Worth consuming!
  2. Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Essays, Lectures and Poems — Worth consuming!
  3. Rhinoceros and Other Plays — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. The Reminder — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Dress to Kill — Worth consuming!
  2. The Godfather (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  3. Eddie Izzard - Circle — Worth consuming!
  4. Eddie Izzard - Glorious — Worth consuming!
  5. Eddie Izzard: Sexie — Worth consuming!
  6. Dexter - Season 2 — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Ben & Jerry's Cinnamon Buns — Worth consuming!

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. become a Pages power user
  2. write some Yelp reviews — completed 20 days later
  3. learn the Greek alphabet
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. manage my bank account better — Worth doing!
  2. Delete my facebook — Worth doing!
  3. make Easter Break the new Spring Break! — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Cafe And Then Some
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Trudy's South Star — Worth visiting!
  2. DK Sushi — Worth visiting!
  3. South Congress Cafe — Worth visiting!
  4. Kerbey Lane Cafe - South — Worth visiting!
  5. Dugan's Pub — Worth visiting!
  6. The Monte Vista Hotel — Not worth visiting
  7. Orange Hall — Worth visiting!
  8. Champs Fine Foods & Spirits — Not worth visiting
  9. Pizza Venise — Worth visiting!
Watched:
  1. Scrubs - The Complete First Season — Worth consuming!
  2. Scrubs - The Complete Second Season — Worth consuming!
  3. Scrubs - The Complete Third Season — Worth consuming!
  4. The Towering Inferno (Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  5. Scrubs - The Complete Fourth Season — Worth consuming!
  6. Hairspray (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition) — Worth consuming!
  7. Stardust (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  8. Feast of Love — Worth consuming!
  9. Horton Hears a Who [Theatrical Release] — Worth consuming!
  10. Lipstick Jungle - Season One — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Peeps — Worth consuming!
  2. M&M's — Worth consuming!
  3. Starburst Jelly Beans — Worth consuming!
  4. Razzberry M&Ms — Worth consuming!
  5. Cadbury Caramel Egg — Worth consuming!
  6. Reese's Peanut Butter Egg — Worth consuming!
  7. Jolly Rancher Jelly Beans — Worth consuming!
  8. Easter M&M's — Worth consuming!
  9. Cadbury Chocolate Creme Egg — Worth consuming!

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April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. study abroad
  2. start dating again — completed about 1 month later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. listen to better music — Worth doing!
  2. find the perfect perfume — Worth doing!
  3. organize my del.icio.us tags — Worth doing!
  4. stop drinking for one month — Worth doing!
  5. call my family every week — Worth doing!
  6. write some Yelp reviews — Worth doing!
  7. adopt a kitten — Worth doing!
  8. stay up all night and watch the sunrise — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. learn to ballroom dance
  2. get over him
  3. stretch daily
  4. start a podcast
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. How You Doin Pizzaria — Worth visiting!
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. Bill Clinton
Listened to:
  1. Pretty Odd — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. The Office - Season One — Worth consuming!
  2. The Office - Season Two — Worth consuming!
  3. Holiday Inn (Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  4. How I Met Your Mother - Season 1 — Worth consuming!
  5. Scrubs - The Complete Fifth Season — Worth consuming!
  6. Superbad — Worth consuming!
  7. Premonition (Widescreen Edition) — Not worth consuming
  8. The Office - Season Three — Worth consuming!
  9. How I Met Your Mother - Season Two — Worth consuming!
  10. Scrubs - The Complete Sixth Season — Worth consuming!
  11. Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  12. The Red Skelton Holiday Collection — Worth consuming!
  13. Step It Up and Dance — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Mojito — Worth consuming!
  2. Wine Spritzer — Worth consuming!
  3. Mallo Cup — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Make Your Own Chocolate Gift Kit

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. make a list of recipes to try and then try them
  2. read every book on Time Magazine's all-time 100 list
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. stop eating fast food
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Bali Hai — Worth visiting!
  2. The Spa @ East Mcbee — Worth visiting!
  3. New Chinatown — Worth visiting!
  4. Frank-N-Steins Bar & Grill — Worth visiting!
  5. Little Tokyo — Worth visiting!
  6. Teahouse - Main At Commerce — Worth visiting!
  7. Tay Do — Worth visiting!
  8. Hong Kong City Mall — Worth visiting!
  9. Little Miyako — Worth visiting!
  10. Duomo di Firenze — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. The Maltese Falcon — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Bewitched (Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  2. Last Year at Marienbad — Worth consuming!
  3. The Squid and the Whale (Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  4. Johnny Belinda — Worth consuming!
  5. 30 Days - Season 1 — Worth consuming!
  6. The Mating Season (1951) — Worth consuming!
  7. Half Nelson — Worth consuming!
  8. Candy
  9. Project Runway - Season 3 — Worth consuming!
  10. The New Adventures of Old Christine - The Complete First Season — Worth consuming!
  11. The Jane Austen Book Club — Worth consuming!
  12. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead — Worth consuming!
  13. Margot at the Wedding — Not worth consuming
  14. 30 Rock - The Complete Second Season — Worth consuming!
  15. Scrubs - The Complete Seventh Season — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Cerveza Modelo — Worth consuming!
  2. Harp (Ireland) — Worth consuming!

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. hack my Canon so I can shoot RAW
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. compete in a Poetry Slam — Not worth doing
  2. start dating again — Worth doing!
  3. Buy a Canon S5 IS — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. stop gossiping
  2. launch my website
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Praha
  2. Dolce Vita Pizzeria Enoteca
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Cactus Music & The Record Ranch — Worth visiting!
  2. Cactus Music And Video — Worth visiting!
  3. Tacos A Go-Go — Worth visiting!
  4. Shipley Do-Nuts — Worth visiting!
  5. Shipley's - North Main — Worth visiting!
  6. Shipley's - Southmore — Worth visiting!
  7. Christy's Doughnuts — Worth visiting!
  8. Nick's Pasta Place — Worth visiting!
  9. Houston — Worth visiting!
  10. Discovery Green — Worth visiting!
  11. The Lake House — Worth visiting!
  12. Jesse H. Jones Building — Worth visiting!
  13. Rice University — Worth visiting!
  14. Lee And Joe Jamail Skatepark — Worth visiting!
  15. Bank of America Center — Worth visiting!
Listened to:
  1. Bootleg to Benefit the Victims of Hurricane Katrina — Worth consuming!
  2. These Streets — Worth consuming!
  3. Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Swordfish — Worth consuming!
  2. The Big Lebowski — Worth consuming!
  3. Barton Fink — Worth consuming!
  4. Summer Stock — Worth consuming!
  5. Big Love - The Complete First Season — Worth consuming!
  6. Big Love - The Complete Second Season — Worth consuming!
  7. The Happening — Not worth consuming
  8. Ocean's Thirteen (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  9. Tin Man — Worth consuming!
  10. The New Adventures of Old Christine - The Complete Second Season (Amazon Exclusive) — Worth consuming!
  11. The New Adventures of Old Christine - Season Three — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Coca-Cola (cane sugar recipe) — Worth consuming!

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July

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money) — Worth doing!
  2. NOT see or contact him in any way/any form for 60 days — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Chocolat Du Monde
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Market Square Bar & Grill — Worth visiting!
  2. Starbucks - Fannin & Dryden — Worth visiting!
  3. Ziggy's Healthy Grill - Montrose — Worth visiting!
  4. La Panache — Worth visiting!
  5. Rice Gallery — Worth visiting!
  6. Cafe Japon — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir — Worth consuming!
  2. Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. The Best Little Secrets Are Kept — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Enemy of the State — Worth consuming!
  2. Desperado — Worth consuming!
  3. Heaven Can Wait — Worth consuming!
  4. El Mariachi (Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  5. Extras - The Complete First Season — Worth consuming!
  6. Extras: The Complete Second Season — Worth consuming!
  7. Extras - The Extra Special Series Finale — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Fresh Belgian Chocolates — Worth consuming!
  2. Dublin Dr. Pepper — Worth consuming!

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August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. make a packing list for Italy
  2. learn world geography
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. have a one night stand — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. finish my scrapbook
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Soul On The Bayeaux
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Ragin Cajun — Worth visiting!
  2. Villa Fiorella — Worth visiting!
  3. Hotel Marc'Aurelio — Worth visiting!
  4. Einsiedeln — Worth visiting!
  5. Hotel St. Georg — Worth visiting!
  6. Hotel Piccadilly — Worth visiting!
  7. Amazon Grill — Worth visiting!
  8. Prima Pasta — Not worth visiting
  9. Hong Kong Restaurant — Worth visiting!
  10. Houston Museum Of Natural Science — Worth visiting!
  11. Contemporary Art Museum — Worth visiting!
Listened to:
  1. The Creek Drank the Cradle — Worth consuming!
  2. Who You Are — Worth consuming!
  3. NEEDLE IN THE HAY — Worth consuming!
  4. Must Be the Water Ep — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. All That Jazz — Worth consuming!
  2. Will & Grace - Season Two — Worth consuming!
  3. Will & Grace - Season Three — Worth consuming!
  4. Manhattan Murder Mystery — Worth consuming!
  5. The Candidate — Worth consuming!
  6. Will & Grace - Season One — Worth consuming!
  7. Will & Grace - Season Four (2001) — Worth consuming!
  8. The Beautician and the Beast — Not worth consuming
  9. Honeymoon in Vegas — Worth consuming!
  10. Will & Grace - Season Five — Not worth consuming
  11. The Savages — Worth consuming!

→ See more from August


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