Thursday, March 17, 2011

101 in 1001

@GnomeAngel you are to blame for this ….

Perhaps I need to add being able to say I enjoy reading this blog and not have to visualise how when men hug with the three taps on the back which I sure is really tapping out “I’m not gay” but perhaps as I get more desperate.

The Mission:
Complete 101 pre-set tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (i.e.. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined.

Start Date: 16 March 2011

End Date: Wednesday 11 December 2013


  1. Find 101 things to do with my life (given it is half over)

  2. Complete the Couch to 5k(Thanks Angie I think)

  3. Do Complete 5BXcircuits every day for a Month

  4. Do the 200 sit-ups challenge (www.twohundredsitups.com)

  5. Lose weight get down to (F#ckin’ Fat Prick) where our scales work. Don’t know What I way but more than 150Kg ‘Not Happy Jan’ April 5th 2012

  6. Lose weight get down to 145

  7. Lose weight get down to 140

  8. Lose weight get down to 135

  9. Lose weight get down to 130

  10. Lose weight get down to 125

  11. Lose weight get down to 120

  12. Lose weight get down to 115

  13. Lose weight get down to 110

  14. Lose weight get down to 105

  15. Lose weight get down to 100

  16. Lose weight get down to 95

  17. Lose weight get down to 90

  18. Drink 2L of water a day for a month

  19. Drink 2L of water a day forever (do you know how much kidney stones hurt? I do)

  20. Hound @GnomeAngel to do 30. on her list Smile

  21. Get @GnomeAngel to cross off 95. on her list

  22. Replace 19 through 22 with actual things

  23. Start and Finish the Masters of no effort

  24. Watch a Roller Derby once (maybe more) [Might need to wait for a friend to be in condition again] 30/04/2011 & 28/05/2011

  25. Be able to say I enjoy reading this blog and not have to visualise how when men hug with the three taps on the back which I sure is really tapping out “I’m not gay”

  26. Do a wine tasting Appreciation Drinking course

  27. Learn to Touch Type 40WPM

  28. Do Photo365 project (beginning on July. 1, 2011)Take Photos and post them to my Personal Blog not because I a daily obligation but because I think they are nice or interesting.

  29. Set and Keep Dates with my Children Individually (at least monthly)

  30. Prepare MS Management and Identity Tool Based Business Plan

  31. Pass Certification exams for System Center Config Manager

  32. Pass Certification exams for System Center Operations Manager

  33. Pass Certification exams for System Center Orchestrator

  34. Pass Certification exams for System Center Service Manager

  35. Pass Certification exams for Forefront Identity Manager

  36. Pass Certification exams for TOGAF 9

  37. Pass Certification exams for SABSA

  38. Take Elizabeth to the National Gallery 6 Times

  39. Take Elizabeth to the National Portrait Gallery

  40. Take Elizabeth out on Date once a Month

  41. Take Elizabeth out on Date once a Fortnight

  42. Update this Blogat least once a week

  43. Update my other Blogat least once a week

  44. Eat lunch with 10 people I look up to

  45. Paint the House

  46. Build a comfy retreat in the front courtyard

  47. Tidy / Reduce house (maintain for 3 Months)

  48. Tidy / Reduce house (maintain for 6 Months)

  49. Tidy / Reduce house (maintain for one Year)

  50. Tidy / Reduce house (maintain for 4 Eva)

  51. Scan then mount our Wedding Photos

  52. Take a Random Weekend Trip

  53. Spend Time with Friends at least once a month

  54. Give 5 "I saw this and thought of you" gifts

  55. Send 10 "just because" cards/letters

  56. Go 30 days without fast food or take-away

  57. Do 15 unsolicited very nice things for friends or strangers

  58. Put my business card into at least 20 free lunch contests

  59. Get up the minute that the alarm goes off every day for a month.

  60. Make a new friend.

  61. Make a quality friend.

  62. Clear out my inbox and keep emails organized.

  63. Write down 5 good things a day for a month straight (or longer)

  64. Surprise someone. (with a visit, flowers, something nice)

  65. Invest my time in someone, be intentional.

  66. Visit an active volcano

  67. Hold 5 dinner parties for 2 + other people

  68. Become a “Friend of” a museum or art gallery

  69. Remind myself I have a job I love and LOVE it. Daily for 1 month and Mean it

  70. Send someone a hand written note, postcard, card or letter each month

  71. Write a letter to my kids of what I wish for them – put it away for their 18th birthday

  72. Donate $10 per item not completed

  73. Throw out 101 things

  74. Draft a New 101 in 1001 list for 12/12/2013

  75. Do two mid-term reviews on my list

  76. Plant a vegetable patch possibly with fruit trees

  77. Call my family interstate at least once a month

  78. Donate 100,000 grains of rice on freerice.com

  79. Devote 4 Hours per week (preferably 1 hour per day to Professional Development)

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  101. Watch 100 of the IMDb Top 250 all time best movies (watch again if seen before start date)


































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































RankRatingTitleSeen PreviouslyDate Seen 101 in 1001
19.2The Shawshank Redemption (1994)Yes
29.2The Godfather (1972)Yes
39The Godfather: Part II (1974)Yes
48.9The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)Yes
58.9Pulp Fiction (1994)Yes
68.9Schindler's List (1993)
78.912 Angry Men (1957)
88.8Inception (2010)
98.8One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)Yes
108.8The Dark Knight (2008)
118.8Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)Yes
128.8The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)Yes
138.8Seven Samurai (1954)
148.7Fight Club (1999)Yes
158.7Goodfellas (1990)
168.7Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)Yes
178.7Casablanca (1942)
188.7City of God (2002)
198.7The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)Yes
208.7Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
218.7Rear Window (1954)
228.7Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)Yes
238.7The Matrix (1999)Yes
248.7Psycho (1960)Yes
258.7The Usual Suspects (1995)04/06/2011
268.7The Silence of the Lambs (1991)Yes
278.6Se7en (1995)
288.6It's a Wonderful Life (1946)Yes
298.6Memento (2000)
308.6The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)Yes
318.6Sunset Blvd. (1950)
328.6Toy Story 3 (2010)
338.6Forrest Gump (1994)Yes
348.6Leon: The Professional (1994)
358.6Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
368.6Apocalypse Now (1979)Yes
378.6Citizen Kane (1941)
388.5North by Northwest (1959)
398.5American History X (1998)
408.5American Beauty (1999)
418.5Taxi Driver (1976)
428.5Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)Yes
438.5Saving Private Ryan (1998)Yes
448.5Alien (1979)Yes
458.5Vertigo (1958)
468.5Amelie (2001)
478.5Spirited Away (2001)
488.5The Shining (1980)
498.5WALL·E (2008)
508.5Paths of Glory (1957)
518.5The Pianist (2002)
528.5Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
538.5Double Indemnity (1944)
548.5City Lights (1931)
558.5A Clockwork Orange (1971)
568.5M (1931)
578.5The Lives of Others (2006)
588.4The Departed (2006)
598.4To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
608.4Aliens (1986)Yes
618.4Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
628.4Requiem for a Dream (2000)
638.4Das Boot (1981)Yes
648.4Reservoir Dogs (1992)9/04/2011
658.4The Third Man (1949)
668.4L.A. Confidential (1997)Yes
678.4Modern Times (1936)
688.4Chinatown (1974)
698.4Black Swan (2010)
708.4Life is Beautiful (1997)
718.4Back to the Future (1985)Yes
728.4The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
738.4The Prestige (2006)
748.4Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)Yes
758.4Raging Bull (1980)
768.4Cinema Paradiso (1988)
778.4Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
788.3Singin' in the Rain (1952)
798.3Rashômon (1950)
808.3Some Like It Hot (1959)
818.3Once Upon a Time in America (1984)Yes
828.3The Green Mile (1999)Yes
838.3The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)Yes
848.3Amadeus (1984)
858.3All About Eve (1950)
868.3The Great Dictator (1940)
878.3Bicycle Thieves (1948)
888.3Full Metal Jacket (1987)Yes
898.32001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Yes
908.3Braveheart (1995)Yes
918.3Inglourious Basterds (2009)Yes
928.3The Apartment (1960)
938.3Downfall (2004)
948.3Metropolis (1927)
958.3Gladiator (2000)Yes
968.3Up (2009)Yes
978.3Gran Torino (2008)Yes22/07/2011
988.3The Sting (1973)
998.3Unforgiven (1992)
1008.3Oldboy (2003)
1018.3The Elephant Man (1980)
1028.3Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
1038.3The Maltese Falcon (1941)
1048.3The King's Speech (2010)
1058.3On the Waterfront (1954)
1068.3Rebecca (1940)
1078.3Sin City (2005)
1088.3Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)Yes
1098.3Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)Yes
1108.3Die Hard (1988)Yes
1118.3The Great Escape (1963)Yes
1128.3Princess Mononoke (1997)
1138.3Batman Begins (2005)Yes
1148.3The Seventh Seal (1957)
1158.2Jaws (1975)Yes
1168.2Blade Runner (1982)Yes
1178.2Hotel Rwanda (2004)
1188.2Fargo (1996)Yes
1198.2The General (1926)
1208.2Heat (1995)
1218.2No Country for Old Men (2007)Yes
1228.2For a Few Dollars More (1965)Yes
1238.2Yojimbo (1961)
1248.2Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
1258.2Touch of Evil (1958)
1268.2The Wizard of Oz (1939)Yes
1278.2Ran (1985)
1288.2Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
1298.2Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
1308.2Wild Strawberries (1957)
1318.2Snatch. (2000)
1328.2The Sixth Sense (1999)Yes
1338.2The Deer Hunter (1978)
1348.2Annie Hall (1977)
1358.2The Big Lebowski (1998)
1368.2The Lion King (1994)Yes
1378.2Cool Hand Luke (1967)Yes
1388.2Strangers on a Train (1951)
1398.2Donnie Darko (2001)
1408.2It Happened One Night (1934)
1418.2High Noon (1952)
1428.2Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)Yes
1438.2District 9 (2009)Yes
1448.2Platoon (1986)Yes
1458.2Toy Story (1995)Yes
1468.2Into the Wild (2007)
1478.1There Will Be Blood (2007)
1488.1Million Dollar Baby (2004)Yes
1498.1Notorious (1946)
1508.1Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
1518.1Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
1528.1Gone with the Wind (1939)Yes
1538.1Trainspotting (1996)Yes
1548.1The Gold Rush (1925)
1558.1Scarface (1983)
1568.1The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
1578.1Groundhog Day (1993)Yes
1588.1Ben-Hur (1959)
1598.1Avatar (2009)Yes
1608.1The Big Sleep (1946)
1618.1The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
1628.1The Graduate (1967)Yes
1638.1Amores perros (2000)
1648.1The Wrestler (2008)
1658.1Life of Brian (1979)Yes
1668.1Finding Nemo (2003)Yes
1678.1The Kid (1921)
1688.1Ikiru (1952)
1698.1The Terminator (1984)Yes16/07/2011
1708.1The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)Yes
1718.1Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
1728.1The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
1738.1The Wages of Fear (1953)
1748.1The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
1758.1Casino (1995)
1768.1Stand by Me (1986)
1778.1The Thing (1982)
1788.1Twelve Monkeys (1995)Yes
1798.1How to Train Your Dragon (2010)Yes
1808.1V for Vendetta (2006)
1818.1Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
1828.1Les diaboliques (1955)
1838.1Gandhi (1982)
1848.1Ratatouille (2007)Yes
1858.1My Neighbor Totoro (1988)Yes
1868.1The Social Network (2010)
1878.1Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
1888.18½ (1963)
1898.1The Night of the Hunter (1955)
1908.1The Princess Bride (1987)Yes
1918Star Trek (2009)Yes
1928Good Will Hunting (1997)Yes
1938The Hustler (1961)
1948The Killing (1956)
1958The 400 Blows (1959)
1968Network (1976)
1978La strada (1954)
1988The Battle of Algiers (1966)
1998The Incredibles (2004)Yes
2008Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
2018The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
2028A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
2038The Exorcist (1973)Yes
2048In Bruges (2008)
2058The Wild Bunch (1969)
2068Dial M for Murder (1954)
2078Stalag 17 (1953)
2088Persona (1966)
2098Mary and Max (2009)
2108The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
2118All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
2128Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
2138Rocky (1976)Yes
2148Fanny and Alexander (1982)
2158Children of Men (2006)
2168Let the Right One In (2008)
2178Ed Wood (1994)
2188Big Fish (2003)
2198Magnolia (1999)
2208Barry Lyndon (1975)
2218Mystic River (2003)
2228Manhattan (1979)
2238The Truman Show (1998)Yes
2248Rosemary's Baby (1968)
2258Patton (1970)Yes
2268Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)Yes
2278Festen (1998)
2288Roman Holiday (1953)
2298Infernal Affairs (2002)
2308Howl's Moving Castle (2004)3/04/2011
2318His Girl Friday (1940)
2328Sherlock Jr. (1924)
2338Nights of Cabiria (1957)
2348Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)Yes
2358Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)Yes
2368Duck Soup (1933)
2378The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)Yes26/03/2011
2388Harvey (1950)
2398The Philadelphia Story (1940)
2408Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
2418Sleuth (1972)
2428Rope (1948)
2438Three Colors: Red (1994)
2448Monsters, Inc. (2001)Yes
2458Beauty and the Beast (1991)Yes
2468Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring (2003)
2478In the Mood for Love (2000)
2488Crash (2004/I)
2498Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
2508Castle in the Sky (1986)

3 comments:

  1. Woohoo! Great list!

    You can cross off #20 as I edited the list this morning :P

    Can't wait to see you knock these over! I may have to add Couch to 5k back on the list...

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