Ilya in 2008

2008, so far, is 92% worth living.

In 2005, Ilya did 217 things, went 2 places, met 3 people, and consumed 33 products.

Ilya has written 1 year in review entry…

Years: 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug

July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. spend three hours per week acquiring/consolidating computer skills
  2. spend two hours per week playing Go electronically
  3. listen to Bob Dylan's theme time radio hour — completed 29 days later
  4. spend some time each Saturday AM doing something towards basic proofreading
  5. find out about anarchism — completed 23 days later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. spend less time on my computer — Worth doing!
  2. read some SF — Worth doing!
  3. fall asleep on a plane — Worth doing!
  4. get my email under control — Worth doing!
  5. try Marmite — Not worth doing
  6. watch fireworks — Worth doing!
  7. book a flight to India — Worth doing!
  8. get some lamps which use energy efficient light bulbs — Not worth doing
  9. adopt an orphan chimpanzee — Worth doing!
  10. visit Earthship Fife — Worth doing!
  11. visit the Prado museum in Madrid — Worth doing!
  12. visit The Natural History Museum London — Worth doing!
  13. visit the Joan Miro museum in Barcelona — Worth doing!
  14. visit the Gulbenkian museum in Lisbon — Worth doing!
  15. attend an orthodox church service — Worth doing!
  16. do the "bad step" on the Isle of Skye — Worth doing!
  17. Visit the Scottish Parliament — Worth doing!
  18. write in my journal more often — Worth doing!
  19. attend Adult Ed training: Course and Lesson planning — Worth doing!
  20. develop a crush — Not worth doing
  21. do my ironing — Worth doing!
  22. listen to more guitar music — Worth doing!
  23. be more independent — Worth doing!
  24. read "Freakonomics" — Worth doing!
  25. read "Blink" — Worth doing!
  26. Fall in love — Not worth doing
  27. see the Milky Way — Worth doing!
  28. switch to soy milk — Worth doing!
  29. try tofu — Worth doing!
  30. Eat Haggis — Worth doing!
  31. eat rice daily — Worth doing!
  32. write about people I see on the bus — Worth doing!
  33. follow some astronomy blogs and podcasts — Worth doing!
  34. drink wheatgrass — Worth doing!
  35. read all the Chronicles of Narnia books — Worth doing!
  36. eat potatoes — Worth doing!
  37. go out of town — Worth doing!
  38. choose a life of health and wellness — Worth doing!
  39. take the stairs — Worth doing!
  40. grok Gödel — Not worth doing
  41. get a haircut — Worth doing!
  42. always add a title to 43T entries — Worth doing!
  43. receive 4300 cheers
  44. contribute to wikipedia — Worth doing!
  45. contribute to the gouldianisation of the world
  46. use chopsticks — Worth doing!
  47. find out how to type an em dash on my Mac — Worth doing!
  48. own a computer which does not have any Microsoft software installed — Worth doing!
  49. petition postcard to return to posting on 43things — Worth doing!
  50. Tag my 43 things — Worth doing!
  51. learn how to use chopsticks — Worth doing!
  52. retire all technical goals
  53. play frisbee — Worth doing!
  54. Learn to play backgammon — Worth doing!
  55. complete my VSO application — Worth doing!
  56. get 100 cheers on a single goal — Worth doing!
  57. improve backgammon play — Worth doing!
  58. see the Joseph Bell exhibition at RCS — Worth doing!
  59. Give 4000 cheers — Worth doing!
  60. be jackie hayes — Worth doing!
  61. confuse everybody — Worth doing!
  62. have 100 avatars — Worth doing!
  63. cheerbomb with Wren — Worth doing!
  64. pick up the pieces — Worth doing!
  65. become less materialistic — Worth doing!
  66. brew up some decaf — Not worth doing
  67. fingerpop — Worth doing!
  68. drink a g'n't — Worth doing!
  69. Share How You Came To 43 Things — Worth doing!
  70. break the law — Not worth doing
  71. learn to love tofu — Worth doing!
  72. listen to The Beatles — Worth doing!
  73. live in a place where I don't need a car — Worth doing!
  74. scramble an egg — Worth doing!
  75. find someone with the same "Member since" date as me — Worth doing!
  76. Visit more museums — Worth doing!
  77. wake up when my alarm clock goes off — Worth doing!
  78. participate in a therapy group — Not worth doing
  79. read a Dickens novel — Worth doing!
  80. travel south of the equator — Worth doing!
  81. Buy an iPod. — Worth doing!
  82. receive 3400 cheers — Worth doing!
  83. classify my goals into "short term", "medium term", and "long term" — Worth doing!
  84. have a guinness — Worth doing!
  85. play a game of tennis — Worth doing!
  86. read the Chronicles of Narnia — Worth doing!
  87. Try Wasabi
  88. pay library late fees — Worth doing!
  89. watch Alexander Nevsky — Worth doing!
  90. Give 2000 cheers — Worth doing!
  91. see "Manderlay" — Worth doing!
  92. see capote — Worth doing!
  93. Have a coffee shop know my "usual" — Worth doing!
  94. have a facebook account
  95. share Scots words — Worth doing!
  96. buy and read all the tintin books — Worth doing!
  97. Get rid of my TV — Worth doing!
  98. get a boss — Worth doing!
  99. list some art that I like — Worth doing!
  100. get a new Mac
  101. encourage biophilia — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Be able to explain Einstein's Theory of Relativity
  2. learn Latin
  3. read Beckett
  4. investigate RoR via Locomotive (on OS X)
  5. spend three hours per week acquiring/consolidating computer skills
  6. spend two hours per week playing Go electronically
  7. start an empathy epidemic
  8. Get an iPhone
  9. develop a Mac OS X Dashboard Widget
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Belle & Herbs — Worth visiting!
Marked as failed on 43 Places:
  1. Kyoto
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Bee back soon! xo
Watched:
  1. Harold and Maude — Worth consuming!
  2. Full Moon in Paris — Worth consuming!
  3. The Cranes are Flying - Criterion Collection
  4. Japon - Director's Unrated Edition — Worth consuming!
  5. Land and Freedom (1996. Starring: Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Icíar Bollaín) — Worth consuming!

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