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I just realized that the end of my 101 things in 1,001 days was Monday. That went kind of quickly. Here's the final tally:

1. Fly on a plane, anywhere Completed Sept. 3, 2004
2. Buy a new dining room set.
3. Buy a new bed.
4. Buy a new computer.
5. Get a new job.Done June 27, 2005, when I became City Editor. Also sone April 16, when I became Senior Reporter.
6. Get a new car. Completed Sept. 18, 2004
7. Get a new TV set, 27 inches or larger Completed.
8. Go to New York City
9. Go on a date Done. I had one bad one, and then one great one.
10. Make out. Completed bunches of times.
11. Then make out some more. Etc. etc.
12. Have sex.
13. Make a new friend. Hi, Heather and Aaron!
14. Rearrange my furniture. Done. I ditched a couch and rearranged the living room a bit to make more space. And then I moved. Which is kind of the ultimate rearrangement of furniture.
15. Hang photos from my last trip to Europe.
16. Buy a new pair of fun shoes.
17. Go back to Boston.
18. Reconnect with at least one elementary school teacher.
19. Reconnect with at least one college friend.
20. Bring Mom to my home to meet my friends.
21. Dance.
22. Dance with someone I love to a slow, romantic song.
23. Go to a wedding. Done a bazillion times.
24. Do another NaNoWriMo.
25. Finish my first NaNoWriMo.
26. Vote in every election I am eligible to vote in.
27. Get blond highlights put in my hair. Done. Thank you, Key West!
28. Get new glasses.
29. Fall in love. Yay!
30. Apply to be on "The Amazing Race" with Greg.
31. Finish paying off my credit cards.
32. Keep a more well-stocked bar.
33. Invite people over for a dinner party. Brunch counts, right?
34. Invite people over for a bitchin' kegger.
35. See George Clooney in the goddamn flesh.
36. Buy a new couch.
37. Clean my mother's basement.
38. Get a dog.
39. Actually try out this religion thing and see if it's for me, as opposed to just not going to church because I never have before.
40. Read a book. Finally finished Motherless Brooklyn.
41. Then another. Read 'Good in Bed' - fabulous!
42. One more! Also read 'Goodnight, Nobody.' Not as fab, but fun. NB: I've read more books that this, but this is what comes to mind.
43. Pay off at least one or two of those dipshit little debts I have, like the Bloomington parking tickets. Eh ... didn't get to the tickets, but some others, so I'll count it.
44. Swim in the ocean.
45. Meet at least one person on my friends list.
46. Travel to a state I've never been to before. Ah, Minnesota. That's enough now.
47. Buy a bitchin' leather jacket.
48. Cook something from a recipe that I've never tried before. I made Chex Mix -- not exactly souffle, but I've never done it before, so there.
49. Kiss someone on New Year's Eve.And a romantic one, at that.
50. Send flowers to someone on Valentine's Day.In a blizzard!
51. Take a nap. Completed about a bazillion times. NB: Eagle-eyed readers won't recognize this from the first list, as it wasn't on there. I duplicated "Clean my mother's basement," so I figured I should put an easy one in here.
52. Go to a Cubs game. Done.
53. Learn to play chess.
54. Take a road trip. Again, it's enough, Minnesota.
55. Buy new bookshelves. A short one, but I did.
56. Own more than one pair of wearable jeans at a time. Done, and done!
57. Go to the gym.
58. Go to a concert.
59. Go to a play. Saw "The Laramie Project" again.
60. Volunteer.
61. Go to a movie by myself. Saw "Sideways" -- LOVED it!
62. See a movie that's only playing in New York or Los Angeles while it's still playing in one of those cities.
63. See every movie nominated for Best Picture before the Oscars are shown. DAMMIT. Who knew this would stump me? Thanks, Aviator, Munich and all the others...
64. Send out Christmas cards.
65. Clean my bathroom more often. In good conscience, I can't give myself that one. Jen does the cleaning there.
66. Buy a plant.
67. Plant flowers.
68. Visit IU. Done.
69. Eat at the Irish Lion. Done.
70. Have more than one clean pair of sheets available at a time. Completed today, after I found sheets I forgot I had in my closet. Score!
71. Get my white flowered quilt mended.
72. Buy new sandals. Told you, a big shoe year.
73. Rent a sports car and tool around town in it, just for shits and giggles.
74. Read more in The New Yorker besides the cartoons.
75. Buy a new cell phone. And it's shiny!
76. Buy an ironing board.
77. Occasionally iron my clothing.
78. Finish this damn "101 things in 1,001 days" list (this may be cheating, but I've been toiling away at this for-EVER). Obviously completed; this was a cheap shot, I know.
79. Become a paid member of LJ.
80. Get renters' insurance.
81. Read a "classic" book that I never got around to reading (e.g. Moby Dick).
82. Take a class of any kind (cooking, auto repair, etc.). I'm taking this leadership class thingie right now. It's kind of useless, but it's a class.
83. Get a raise. Gotcha. Even before the new job!
84. Win an award. Thank you, James Dean!
85. Fly in a helicopter.
86. Do something that scares the hell out of me just to prove I can do it (e.g. skydive, although you'll never fucking catch me doing that).
87. Go to Vegas, baby! God, where did I think I'd get the money to do all this traveling?
88. Bid for something (and win) on Ebay.
89. Buy an original piece of artwork.
90. Take my GREs.
91. Go sailing.
92. Go to San Francisco.
93. Get caught up on my taxes.
94. File next year's taxes on time. Already got my refund!
95. Send a birthday card on time.
96. Get my mom something fun for her 51st birthday (... since I blew her 50th birthday, big time). I'm counting it. I won't get any better than this year.
97. Properly display family photographs.
98. Sit in the shade of a tree and read a book with no regard for time.
99. Write a really nasty note about a thing I really despised and deliver it.
100. Do a shot of an alcohol I've never had before.
101. Drink more water.

53. More than half. Not too bad. There are a few I wish I'd knocked off, but I got to the important ones. :)

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I am man enough to admit that I cried last night while watching the series finale of Gilmore Girls.

That is all.

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Today marks the 38th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. The day was marked by much rioting in nearly every major city in the United States - except Indianapolis. Credit for that nugget of history is often given to a speech delivered by Robert Kennedy, who was campaigning for his presidential run and informed the masses at his rally of MLK's death.

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As if I needed another reason to love Barack Obama, he's funny, too.

Obama may just be to politics what Clooney is to ... well, everything.

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The Toe Slicer People Iced: Twenty Two Car Bombs Planted: One Favorite Weapon Poison Arms Broken: Eight Eyes Gouged: Eight Tongues Cut Off: None. Pathetic. Biggest Enemy: Mickey Z Get Your HITMAN Name

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OK, here are my wild-ass guesses for what will be nominated for an Oscar tomorrow morning.

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Walk the Line
Good Night, and Good Luck
Match Point

Best Actor
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Joaquin Pheonix, Walk the Line
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Charlize Theron, North Country
Keira Knightley, Sense and Sensibility
Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger

Best Supporting Actor
Don Cheadle, Crash
Jake Gyllenhall, Brokeback Mountain
Frank Langella, Good Night, and Good Luck
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
George Clooney, Syriana

Best Supporting Actress
Thandie Newton, Crash
Sandra Bullock, Crash
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Amy Adams, Junebug
Diane Keaton, The Family Stone

Best Director
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Peter Jackson, King Kong
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Steven Speilberg, Munich
Woody Allen, Match Point

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The best part is that I freaking live in this state.

Terre Haute station refuses to air NBC's 'Book of Daniel'
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Television station WTWO is refusing to air a new NBC series that features Jesus Christ as a supporting character.
The station said it would not broadcast ``The Book of Daniel,'' which debuts Friday, because of complaints from viewers.
The show, starring Aidan Quinn as an Episcopal priest who regularly converses with a physical Jesus Christ, has drawn fire from conservative Christians, including the Tupelo, Miss.-based American Family Association.
Duane Lammers, WTWO's general manager, said in a statement posted Wednesday on the station's Web site that he was exercising the station's right to reject network programming.
``I will not allow them to make unilateral decisions affecting our viewers,'' he said. ``If my action causes people in our community to pay more attention to what they watch on television, I have accomplished my mission.''
The American Family Association has urged viewers to complain to NBC about the upcoming series, which the group's chairman, Donald E. Wildmon, called ``anti-Christian bigotry.''
``We expect other NBC affiliates will join WTWO in their decision,'' Wildmon said.
NBC Entertainment President Kevin Reilly told The New York Times in an interview last month that the show was intended to be thought-provoking.
``Some of the best shows on TV start with the perception of controversy, which is usually not an issue if it's backed by quality,'' Reilly said.

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Like I don't have enough ways to procrastinate, now I have to starting getting addicated to myspace, too?

it's cute how stupid you are.


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