Goals 1, 24, 25, 37, 77, 80, 84, 100

Wow it's been a while since I updated my list.

#1 - I made paneer, an indian cheese. Very easy. Tasty but next time I'll salt the milk.

#24 & #25 Red cross certified for First Aid and CPR.

#37 - Saw the Shakespearean Concert. Really like the harpist and one of the pianists.

#77 - Ah the no computer weekend. Will not be doing that again any time soon.

#80 - Date with Ted for Restaurant Week.

#84 - Hung, hemmed, and steamed curtains in the one room that needed them.

#100 - Read some classics: Read 'Their eyes were watching God". Almost done with "Song of Solomon". Neither have impressed me.

Goal 100 - The Sun Also Rises

Goal 100: I read "The Sun Also Rises" by Hemingway. Surprisingly, it wasn't as slow and boring as I remember Hemingway being in high school. While it was a quick read, there didn't seem to be much of a point to it. A lot of talk about money and drinking, a few references to sex, and extensive descriptions of bullfighting / running of the bulls.

101 Goals update

Goal 9: Pack a lunch every day for a week -- done!

Goal 18: Was make a gourd bowl, changed it to make homemade chocolates. Jess and I make them a few weeks ago. Overall people were quite impressed. The coconut creams were by far the most popular.

Goal 60: Get Laptop working. Done! Completely reformatted and reinstalled.

Goal 100: Read "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". Of all the classic books I've read so far, I like this one the best by far. I now know where the Nurse Ratchet references come from.

Goal #100 - Call of the Wild & Slaughterhouse Five

Finished both Call of the Wild and Slaughterhouse Five. Not bad, not great. I prefer books with either a strong plot line or interesting charter development. Had I read Call of the Wild with the perspective that it's a collection of related short stories, I think I would have enjoyed it more. As for the random/absurd nature of Slaughterhouse Five -- it just left me wanting to reread stuff by Douglas Adams.

Goal #100 - Lolita

Goal #100 - Read 10 Banned Books

I read Lolita as one of my banned books. While reading it, I kept wondering about the origin of the classic or stereotypical characteristics of a pedophile. Did Lolita draw from what was known at the time regarding the psychology/motivations/characteristics of a pedophile? Or did Lolita formulate that image in the public consciousness? I'd guess the former, it's just that I kept noticing how the book kept matching what "they say" regarding pedophilia, which made me wonder.

While I'm not likely to reread the book, it's definitely a decent literary work that doesn't feel like "literature" in the negative (clockwork orange) sense.

Goal #100 - Animal Farm

Read Animal Farm as one of the banned books. Quick read, totally see why they use it in schools. While I can tell it was very revolutionary for it's time, I think the impact is fairly weak nowadays.

Don't have much to say about it. Lolita is next.

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.