Beggar’s Smile

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Tissue Girl

I don’t remember that day that well. But I do remember that I was a sad, sad girl who had no hope of living and struggling to make school something positive. Those months seemed like such big struggles.
That day, I was feeling very emotional—the sad kind of emotional. Or maybe I was [...]

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  • My 101 Goals

    For Fun
    1. watch episodes of all seasons of The Office (0/82)
    2. watch episodes of all seasons of Gilmore Girls (0/153)
    3. watch episodes of all seasons of Grey’s Anatomy (0/96)
    4. acquire all of The Cure’s music releases
    5. see Amelie
    6. watch all seasons of Spongebob Squarepants (0/90)
    7. level up Ragnarok priestess to 99/70 (72/40) this is no longer a goal

    Improving Skills
    8. “master” the bass guitar and play 5 songs (0/5)
    9. learn to decently play the brass flute and perform 3 pieces (0/3)
    10. study computer troubleshooting
    11. learn CSS and then apply in my blogs and pages
    12. learn to drive a stick shift
    13. learn to use a sewing machine properly and then sew:
    • school bag
    • hoodie
    • skirt
    14. learn to tune a guitar manually
    15. learn to swing dance or ballroom dance
    16. learn to bake
    • cookies(11/30/07)
    • cake
    • bread
    17. learn to use a manual SLR camera and take 10 decent pictures (0/10)
    18. learn to speak Nihongo fluently or at least enough to have 3 decent conversations (0/3)
    19. learn to ride a bike, not fall off and go around our basketball court 5 times in one setting
    20. learn to type with the proper fingers (10/13/07)
    21. learn to ride a skateboard and go around the basketball court 5 times in one setting
    22. learn to fry food
    • fish
    • pork
    • chicken
    23. learn to play 5 Dashboard Confessional songs (0/5)
    24. learn to meditate
    25. take a photography class

    Health and Beauty
    26. go vegan
    27. lose 20 pounds
    28. maintain 100-105 pounds for the duration left of the 1001 days
    29. no junk food, candies and sweets for 3 months 10/7/07
    30. give up processed and canned food for 3 months
    31. sleep early for 3 months

    Being Part of Society
    32. learn about Greenpeace, join and be active
    33. be a Habitat for Humanity volunteer
    34. donate and plant a tree in my own name
    35. bake a birthday cake for someone
    36. buy a street kid a healthy meal
    37. entertain children in a children’s ward or orphanage
    38. have an inventory of the clothes I have and donate those that I will never ever wear(12/27/07)
    39. have a Christmas-on-the-streets for the two Christmases in this project (0/2)
    40. send someone a just-because package 41. buy some poor family groceries
    42. read the newspaper at least once a week for one year (2/52)
    43. join a charity run

    Loving Myself
    44. be early or on time for classes for 1 semester
    45. stop swearing for 3 months
    46. wear a bikini/tankini in the beach and feel sexy and beautiful
    47. don’t tell a lie for 1 month
    48. go without (nonsensical) speaking for 24 hours and learn to really listen
    49. forego using the internet for a week

    Family and Friends
    50. not fight with my boyfriend for 3 months
    51. snail mail 10 letters to people outside the city (0/10)
    52. give my sisters and parents actual birthday presents (0/4)
    53. start a segregation program for the garbage at home
    54. make a new friend every month (0/14)
    55. hang out with old high school friends and actually enjoy it
    56. treat my sisters out on an all-girl’s day/half-day
    57. give my mom and dad a day off
    58. do something sweet for my boyfriend that doesn’t really involve that much money
    59. forgive my mom and dad
    60. not argue or annoy my sisters for 1 week
    61. go caroling with friends and family for the two Christmases (0/2)

    Gaining Confidence in Myself
    62. win 3 FotoFight Contests (0/3)
    63. accomplish the 26 Things Photographic Scavenger Hunt
    64. finish reading Sophie’s World (7/02/07) Review!
    65. contribute 2 articles to local newspaper and have it published (0/2)
    66. finish writing a short story (3-5 pages)
    67. DJ/co-DJ at a local radio station even just once
    68. compose a song
    69. read at least 10 banned books (0/10)
    70. read one classic book a month (0/14)
    71. read at least 10 books from Oprah’s book club (0/10)
    72. plant a flower and actually have it bloom
    73. sing at an open mic night
    74. finish at least 1 sodoku book, one at a time
    75. start the health food business that my mom and I had been planning
    76. walk 100 miles

    Crafts
    77. make at least 3 CD clocks (0/3)
    78. make recycled-paper cards and give them to family/friends on various occasions

    Chores that are Fun
    79. do own laundry for 3 months
    80. cook dinner for 2 weeks (0/14)
    81. back up my music
    82. back up my pictures

    Purchases and Savings
    83. buy Php 300 Smart load using my own money
    84. save Php 25 everyday as soon as I get my allowance
    85. save Php 10, 000 in my personal savings account

    Firsts and (a little bit of) Seconds
    86. experience a non-family overnight at the beach
    87. eat sashimi
    88. ride a roller coaster
    89. go diving
    90. go wall climbing
    91. walk around Colon street (oldest street in the Philippines)
    92. eat balot (duck egg with fetus inside)
    93. actually get a kite to fly
    94. go camping and really rough it
    95. take a bath in the rain at night (5/30/07)
    96. watch a professional fireworks show for New Year at least once
    97. go to the south of Cebu for the heck of it and then go swimming and whatever else
    98. go star gazing and identify at least 5 other constellations that aren’t the Big Dipper and Small Dipper (0/5)
    99. wear all white for one day

    Others
    100. inspire 10 people to make this list (0/10)
    101. write my will/letter-for-when-I-die and obituary

  • The Clock is Ticking!

    Started: May 19, 2007
    End: February 13, 2010