My 101 List
Alex’s 101 List
April 10th, 2010 – January 5th, 2013
Steph & Family
1. Buy flowers for Stephanie 5 times
2. Get Stephanie 5 ‘because you’re awesome’ gifts
3. Take Steph to go see a Bruce Sprinsteen concert
4. Host Thanksgiving at my house
5. Complete 5 projects/tasks for my parents
6. Host a Passover Seder
Cooking & Eating
7. Cook 5 new recipes from Alinea cookbook
8. Cook 5 new recipes from Nicholas cookbook
- Banana Bread
- Horseradish Consomme with Poached Gulf Shrimp
9. Cook 5 new recipes from Mina cookbook
10. Eat at Alinea (9/4/2010)
11. Eat at Per Se
12. Eat at Chef’s Table at Nicholas (7/22/2010)
13. Eat at Le Bernardin
14. Eat at Eleven Madison Park
15. Go vegetarian for a week (Summer 2010)
16. Purchase and cook with foie gras
17. Purchase and cook with truffles
18. Purchase and cook with caviar
19. Purchase and cook with Wagyu beef
20. Purchase and cook live lobsters
21. Update my food blog 2 times/week for a month
22. Host a dinner party at my house
23. Prepare 4-course meal with wine pairings for each course
24. Try 5 new foods
25. Retry 5 foods I don’t like to see if my opinion has changed
- Bananas
- Zucchini
- Fish Sauce
- Corn
- Eggplant
26. Enter 3 recipes into the Monmouth County Fair
27. Take a culinary class
28. Bake and decorate 3 birthday cakes for friends
Professional Growth
29. Pass NJ School Administrator certification exam (SSA)
30. Apply for and receive a position in education administration
31. Take a course in organic chemistry
32. Take a course in calculus/advanced math
33. Read 5 books about education
34. Participate in #edchat at least twice a month (5/17/2010)
35. Create videocasts for my class webpage
36. Have a student score a 4 or 5 on the AP Chemistry Physics exam
Fitness
37. Complete 3 sprint triathlons
- Pier Beach Sprint Series #2 – 7/11/2010
- Pier Beach Sprint Series #3 – 8/14/2010
38. Complete an Olympic distance triathlon
39. Run 5 5K races
40. Run 3 10K races
41. Run a half marathon
42. Run a marathon
43. Participate in 3 open-water swims
44. Take yoga classes 1/week for 1 month to increase my flexibility
45. Compete in a cycling race
46. Go indoor-rock climbing
Service & Community
47. Donate 8 units of blood
48. Investigate becoming a bone marrow donor
49. Start a garden at the Freehold Community Garden
50. Donate food to the local food bank once per quarter
51. Write 3 letters to my Congressman about issues that are important to me
52. Buy coffee for a stranger 10 times
53. Donate 10K grains of rice at freerice.com (3K as of 5/11/10)
54. Compliment 143 strangers (6/143 as of 5/17/10)
55. Leave ‘You are awesome’ notes in 20 ‘How to Date Women’ books
Hobbies & Recreation
56. See a Jets game in the new stadium (10/31/2010)
57. Go to a NASCAR event
58. See a Yankees game in the new stadium (with Steph)
59. Play a round of golf
60. Watch every Best Picture Oscar Winner from 1980 to present
61. Read 5 Hugo Award novels I have not previously read
- Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon
- The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
62. Reread the Dune books (by Frank Herbert)
63. Go to 3 Flashpoint Theatre productions
64. Play in a game tournament at GenCon
65. Play in an organized RPG event at GenCon
66. Revisit and bring to a close my Shady Boot campaign
67. Run an RPG session/campaign using a new rules system
68. Finish my current D&D campaign (Curse of the Crimson Throne)
69. Paint a D&D fig
70. Play 10 new board games
- Dominion: Alchemy
- Settlers of America
- Egizia
- Dominion: Prosperity
- Ubongo
- D&D: Castle Ravenloft
- Dungeon Lords
- Dixit
- The Adventurers
- Nuns on the Run
71. Attend a gaming convention other than GenCon
72. Learn how to play 3 new songs on the guitar
73. Finish a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle (2/27/11)
74. Buy a new digital SLR
75. Take 5 pictures with my SLR suitable for framing, and frame them
House & Home
76. Paint and finish the moldings in my living room
77. Touch-up paint in the kitchen
78. Repaint the downstairs bathroom
79. Clean and reorganize the Harry Potter closet
80. Buy a new house (December 2010)
Travel
81. Visit a continent I’ve never been to before
82. Visit a country I’ve never been to before
83. Visit a domestic city I’ve never been to before (Chicago, September 2010)
84. Buy a handheld GPS unit
85. Visit a Geocache site in every county in NJ
86. Visit 10 Geocaches in Monmouth County
87. Hide a Geocache
88. Visit 3 museums I have never been to
- Chicago Art Institute
89. Visit 3 museums I have previously visited
90. Visit and tour a vineyard/winery
91. Visit and tour a brewery
Miscellaneous
92. Reach 1000 twitters on my Twitter account (5/17/2010)
93. Buy a smartphone (Motorola Droid, purchased 4/19/2010)
94. Buy a new bicycle (2/8/2011)
95. Give 5 ‘just-because’ gifts to a friend
96. Start contributing again to my 403(b)
97. Donate the yearly maximum to my Roth IRA
98. Not use curse/swear words for a week
101
99. Start a new 101 list by the end of this list’s time span, including all unobtained goals from this list
100. Donate $5 to a single charity for every unobtained goal on this list
101. Inspire someone to create their own 101 List
Hooray Alex! Your list is awesome and I can’t wait to read about your successes and failures. I love #100…I might have to make a 102 or an amendment to my charity goal to add that. The geocache thing is on my list too…sounds like fun. #57 makes me laugh because someone recently said something along the lines of “NASCAR fans really love left-hand turns.” hahaha! Best of luck in your endeavors!
Alex… Congratulations on joining the challenge. I like your list and a little flattered to see a couple of my iems on your list. I too really like number 100. Maybe that’ll be #1 on my next list.
Anyway, Good luck on your list. Also, i’m hoping to find some good ideas on “I Cook, She Eats” to help me with my #95. I’m sort of hoping that Steph will be part of my #35 and that I’ll get to meet you in the process.
Best Wishes.
Mike
Dude. This is great! I can help you out with free tix to Flashpoint shows!
RE 91 Flying Fish Brewery in Cherry Hill is small and awesome. I brought Justin there for our anniversary. Free tasting, tour, etc and its not very far away. (Flyingfish.com and they have this exit series beer based on the parkway exits and their farmhouse summer ale which justin enjoys – exitseries.com)
RE 90 4JG’s Winery is colts neck is pretty neat. I go every Feb around Valentines Day for their annual wine and chocolate pairing. They are so close and do stuff every weekend. (4jgswinery.com)