Ilya in 2005
2005 was 92% worth living.
In 2005, Ilya
did 62 things,
went 26 places,
met 0 people, and
consumed 12 products.
Ilya has written 1 year in review entry…
- My year in review — 2 years ago
September
Added to 43 Things:
- be in gestalt psychotherapy — completed 7 days later
- work in dublin — completed 7 days later
- get a better work/life balance — completed 5 days later
- follow slacker astronomy podcasts — completed 8 days later
- see Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist — completed 13 days later
- chew my food more thoroughly — completed about 1 month later
- get to grips with CSS
- watch House MD — completed 3 months later
- have porridge for breakfast at the cafe in the botanic gardens Brisbane, Australia — completed 3 months later
- play more backgammon — completed 4 months later
- do a bit more in python
- go hill walking — completed about 1 year later
- attend a Society of Friends meeting — completed about 1 year later
- do some astronomical observing — completed about 1 year later
- teach programming
Completed on 43 Things:
- visit Sagrada Familia — Worth doing!
- visit the Miami Museum of Science — Worth doing!
- visit Centre for Alternative Technology Mid-Wales — Worth doing!
- visit Findhorn Morayshire — Worth doing!
- listen to more jazz — Worth doing!
- eat out more — Worth doing!
- live on a remote island — Worth doing!
- visit Roslin Chapel — Worth doing!
- Eat Breakfast every day — Worth doing!
- visit the Thyssen Museum in Madrid — Worth doing!
- visit Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid — Worth doing!
- watch Kath & Kim — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
Consumed:
- House, M.D. (Season 3) — Worth consuming!
→ See more from September
October
Added to 43 Things:
- get to grips with iPhoto 4 — completed 13 days later
- donate some books to a charity shop — completed 6 days later
- learn more about AJAX — completed 6 days later
- read Notes from the Underground — completed 19 days later
- understand web 2.0 — completed 8 days later
- document my life with pictures — completed about 1 month later
- promulgate Bertrand Russell's liberal decalogue — completed 6 months later
- start eating more miso — completed about 1 year later
- report my progress — completed about 1 year later
- re-design my website — completed about 1 year later
- Read "Don Quijote de La Mancha" — completed about 1 year later
- post more pictures to flickr — completed about 1 year later
- Give 430 cheers — completed about 1 year later
- read some books on graphic design and typography — completed over 2 years later
- support Edinburgh's arthouse cinemas — completed over 2 years later
Completed on 43 Things:
- be in gestalt psychotherapy — Worth doing!
- work in dublin — Worth doing!
- hear the Suite Tintin — Worth doing!
- get a better work/life balance — Worth doing!
- follow slacker astronomy podcasts — Worth doing!
- see Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist — Worth doing!
- read "On Having No Head" by Douglas Harding — Worth doing!
- Visit India — Worth doing!
- Learn How to Use a Slide Rule — Not worth doing
- read Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov — Worth doing!
- bookcross — Not worth doing
- make some gomasio — Worth doing!
- sort out my paperwork — Worth doing!
- Give 200 cheers — Worth doing!
- See the movie "Garden State" — Not worth doing
Added to 43 Places:
- Little Britain — visited about 1 month later
- Dumfries And Galloway — visited about 1 month later
- Shetland Islands — visited about 1 month later
- Brazil
- Rwanda
- Sankt-Peterburg
- Cork
Visited on 43 Places:
- Rosslyn Chapel — Worth visiting!
- Brisbane — Worth visiting!
- New Delhi — Worth visiting!
- Barcelona — Worth visiting!
- Roma — Worth visiting!
- Lisboa — Worth visiting!
- Miami — Worth visiting!
- Durham Cathedral — Worth visiting!
- Natural History Museum — Worth visiting!
- Dublin — Worth visiting!
- County Durham — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
- Mats Hagwall
- Curlychaos SoapDragon
- Donald Fagen
- Herbie Hancock
- Donald Ervin Knuth
- calypte — met over 2 years later
- Rickie Lee Jones
Read:
- Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, Second Edition — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
- Waka/Jawaka — Worth consuming!
→ See more from October
November
Added to 43 Things:
- compile a list of books to read before the end — completed 20 days later
- try out skype
- make use of the BBC's web site for listening to radio — completed 4 days later
- comment on my latest update to flickr — completed 25 days later
- start using del.icio.us — completed about 1 month later
- comment on my avatar — completed about 1 year later
- view Knuth's Computer Musings Lecture Series
- gather participants for the first 43T european meet-up
- write in my journal more often — completed over 2 years later
- attend Adult Ed training: Course and Lesson planning — completed over 2 years later
- do my ironing — completed over 2 years later
- complete my VSO application — completed over 2 years later
- start going to the pub for a pint — completed over 2 years later
Completed on 43 Things:
- read Di Lampedusa's "The Leopard" — Worth doing!
- get to grips with iPhoto 4 — Worth doing!
- donate some books to a charity shop — Worth doing!
- read "Monkey Business" in New Scientist 5/11/5 — Worth doing!
- give away all my cheers at 43 Places — Worth doing!
- read the Ajax article at the Wikipedia — Worth doing!
- learn more about AJAX — Worth doing!
- give Flock a spin — Worth doing!
- listen to the Audible Ajax podcasts — Worth doing!
- read "Stop Stealing Sheep" — Worth doing!
- read Notes from the Underground — Worth doing!
- understand web 2.0 — Worth doing!
- listen to Vic Reeves on Virgin Radio — Not worth doing
- attend the VSO Open day — Worth doing!
- watch less tv — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
- Writer's Museum — visited 7 months later
- Tyneside Cinema — visited 10 months later
- The Sage Auditorium — visited about 1 year later
- Arcturus
- Na H-Eileanan Siar
- Isle Of Lewis And Harris
Visited on 43 Places:
- Leith — Not worth visiting
- Cafe Nero Blackwells — Worth visiting!
- Museum Of Science and Planetarium — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
Read:
- Notes from Underground and The Gambler (Oxford World's Classics) — Worth consuming!
- The Broken Ear (The Adventures of Tintin) — Worth consuming!
→ See more from November
December
Added to 43 Things:
- live without a car — completed 6 days later
- List down my favorite songs of all time — completed 6 days later
- see "The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe" — completed 7 days later
- install energy saver lightbulbs — completed 8 days later
- start a blog — completed 10 days later
- Visit Australia — completed 10 days later
- get a digital camera — completed 10 days later
- visit Findhorn Foundation in Scotland — completed 16 days later
- be able to sit in full lotus — completed about 1 year later
Completed on 43 Things:
- compile a list of books to read before the end — Not worth doing
- make use of the BBC's web site for listening to radio — Worth doing!
- give 600 cheers — Worth doing!
- comment on my latest update to flickr — Worth doing!
- start using del.icio.us — Worth doing!
- listen to "A Bach Christmas" on BBC Radio 3 — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Added to 43 Places:
Visited on 43 Places:
- Little Britain — Worth visiting!
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía — Worth visiting!
- Museo del Prado — Worth visiting!
- Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza — Worth visiting!
- Botanic Gardens — Worth visiting!
- Fundació Joan Miró — Worth visiting!
- Parc Güell — Worth visiting!
- Museu Calouste Gulbenkian — Worth visiting!
- Dumfries And Galloway — Worth visiting!
- Shetland Islands — Worth visiting!
- South Queensferry — Worth visiting!
- La Sagrada Família — Worth visiting!
Read:
- Cold Comfort Farm — Worth consuming!
- The Third Policeman (John F. Byrne Irish Literature Series) — Worth consuming!
Watched:
- Analyze This — Not worth consuming
- Kind Hearts and Coronets
- Zelig — Worth consuming!
- Everything Is Illuminated — Worth consuming!
