A Side of Beef: Goal #100 - The Color Purple

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Goal #100 - The Color Purple

Goal 100 was to read 10 books off the most banned/challenged list. I finished the first today. I read The Color Purple. It has all the major push-buttons for challenges (sex, religion, race, dialect usage), so I'm not surprised it made the list. This is definitely an English class book -- lots of themes and stuff to discuss. Wasn't a tedious read, but I'm not likely to reread or think about it ever again.

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Steve said...: RE: #94 - I think I might recommend you read "The Color Purple" - meaning you need to re-read it. Right? :); October 1, 2009 at 8:36 PM

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101 Goals in 1001 Days List

Food Related
1. [Done]Make at least 2 different kinds of cheese, [1,2] (1/2)
2.[Done] Preserve at least two foods by canning or pickling, or freezing [1][2](1/2)
3. [Done] Make no-knead bread
4. [Done] Make butter
5. Make yogurt
6. Make jam (that keeps)
7. Make jerky
8. Make a soufflé
9. [Done] Pack lunch every day for a week
10. [Done] Try 10 new foods [1,2] [3,4], [5,6,7][8],[9], [10]
11. Enter a cooking/recipe contest

Crafts
12. Knit or crochet a pair of socks
13. Design and sew a quilt
14. Make dipped and molded candles (0/2)
15. Make paper
16. Make soap
17. Make lip balm
18. [Done] Make Chocolates (was make gourd bowl)
19. Make and fly a box kite
20. Finish stain glass box
21. [Done] Finish knitted sweater
22. Carve something (out of wood or soap)

Health & Safety
23. [Done]Take a gun safety course;
24. [done] Get CPR/AED Certified (Red Cross)
25. [done] Get First Aid certified (Red Cross)
26. Assemble a complete disaster kit (Red Cross)
27. [Done] Assemble a complete first aid kit (Red cross)
28. Create an emergency preparedness & fire escape plan (Red Cross)
29. Make a living will
30. Make a will
31. [Done] Get an IUD/implant/(semi) permanent birth control
32. [Done] Get a general health checkup (not Ob-Gyn)

Skills
33. Memorize Cannon in D for the piano
34. Learn to tie 10 different knots (0/10)
35. Learn how to splice rope

Do/See
36. [Done] Go to the Aquarium
37. [Done] Go to a concert
38. See a play
39. [Done] Go ice skating
40. Go out dancing (with Ted)
41. [Done] Attend the Ignoble Award ceremony
42. Attend at least 5 non-math lectures [1]
43. Volunteer at least 10 hours (0/10)

Art & Writing
44. Write a song (instrumental) for piano or psaltery
45. Write and submit a non-academic math article
46. Paint a picture
47. Draw (charcoal/pencil) picture
48. Calligraphy a poem or saying
49. Submit crossword puzzle for publication
50. Revise and submit math article
51. Write a short story (fan fic okay)
52. Design a new board game

Buy
53. Be fitted for a bra and replace ones that don't fit
54. Spend $250 on something completely self-indulgent
55. Get at least one piece of jewelry for specific outfit and wear it

Maintenance/Household
56. [done] Sort through clothes closet
57. [done] Organize bookmarks (was Set up an IRA)
58. Digitalize CD collection
59. Trade 2 games not played for new games
60. [done] Get my laptop working properly

Physical Activities
61. Take a martial arts class
62. Do 100 consecutive sit-ups
63. [done] Do 50 consecutive push-ups
64.[Done] Go to a yoga class
65. Run 10k race

Social
66. [Done] Dress up and go to a costume/Halloween party
67. [Done] Send at least 6 handwritten letters/cards to grandparents (6/6) [1,2][3],[4,5], [6]
68. [Done]Host a dinner party for two other couples
69. Do a (1 hour min) personal play date with: Olivia, Esme, John (2/3)
70. [Done] Email or call my sister 2x a week for a month (0/8)
71. Give 5 "just-because" gifts (3/5)

Ted & Self
72. Watch 3 sunsets with Ted (0/3)
73. See 3 sunrises (0/3)
74. Meditate for 15 min /2x week for 8 consecutive weeks (0/16)
75. [Done] Private
76. [Done]Private
77. [Done] No computer from 5pm Friday to Monday morning for 2 weekends (2/2) [#1] [#2]
78. Journal every day for a week (0/7)
79. Make a list of 101 things that make me happy (0/101)
80. [Done]Plan and initiate 5 new dates with Ted [#1],[#2],[#3],[#4][#5]
81. Private

House Related (all dependent on #82)
82. [Done] Buy a house/condo
83. [Done] Decorate the living room
84. [Done] Hang curtains (etc.) in a room
85. [Done] Paint a room
86. [Done] Buy a sofa
87. [Done]Winterize the home: furnace/fireplace/calking
88. Spring home maintenance: AC, screens, gutter
89. [Done] Get fire extinguishers, smoke alarms, CO alarms as needed
90. [Done] Hang pictures
91. [Done] Get maid service or clean the bathrooms and kitchen 1 per month
92. Change the locks [Done]

Books & Movies
93. Finish reading the American Literature textbook
94. Read 5 books recommended by friends, no matter what they are (0/5)
95. Watch Hamlet
96. See Jane
97. [Done] Get and read the Kama-Sutra
98. See Ben-Hur
99. [Done] See or read a Clockwork Orange
100. [Done] Read 10 new books off the banned classics list [#1], [#2], [#3],[#4],[#5],[#6], [#7],[#8], [#9, #10]
101. [Done] Watch 5 documentaries [#1],[#2],[#3], [#4][#5]

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Goal #100 - The Color Purple

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