the forecast. believe it.

101 in 1001. let's reevaluate.

1, 2, 6-13, 15-17, 19-23, 25-39, 43-47, 49-52, 54, 56-60, 62-68, 70-76, 80-83, 85-93, 95, 97, 99, 100— incomplete. no change.

here's what i've done and what i'm changing:

"3- blog weekly (xx/144)" — change to "3- write 144 blog entries". current progress: 16/144.

"4- vlog monthly (x/34)" — change to "4- post 34 vlog entries". current progress: 2/34.

"5- learn to play 10 new songs on the bass (x/10)" — change to "5- learn to play 15 new complete songs on any instrument". current progress: 0/15.

"14- read 5 japanese novels (x/5)" — current progress: 1/5. i read 星の王子さま ("the little prince" translated into japanese).

"18- write a letter by hand" — i may have done this, but because i can't remember for sure, we'll count this as still incomplete.

"24- amass a savings of 1,000,000 yen (approx. $12,000)" — current progress: ¥280,000.

"40- drink beer in a bowling alley" — completed. not really that special.

"41- watch 'buffy the vampire slayer' in its entirety" — current progress: watching season 5 of 7.

"42- NaNoWriMo" — incomplete. i failed this year, so i'll have to try again next year.

"48- literally meet someone for a cup of coffee" — completed. i've done this twice now.

"53- go to 20 new bars (x/20)" — current progress: 7/20. let's see if i can remember their names... tanya, drunken duck (katsuta), drunken duck (mito), second earth. can't remember the other three. one was jamaican themed. one okinawan. and one was a really tiny hole in the wall in mito.

"55- buy an area rug" — completed.

"61- experience love" — this happened, but was one-sided. change to "61- experience requited love". as such, incomplete.

"69- decide what kanji i would use to represent my name" — completed. after some consideration, i've decided to go with the rather normal combo "佐美".

i have a feeling i'll get that elusive "76" soon (the cheese one).

"77- play hide and seek with people my age" — completed. after thanksgiving dinner.

"78- watch the best picture winners/nominees from 1996-2010 (x/56)" — current progress: 7/56. most recently i watched "precious" and "good will hunting". both are fantastic films.

"79- sing a david bowie song at karaoke" — completed. i've sung "space oddity" and "star man".

"84- swallow a piece of gum" — completed. i wonder where it is now?

"94- pick up a chicken" — i held a chicken at the zoo a few months ago, but it was handed to me so i don't think i should count it since i didn't exactly pick it up myself. as such, incomplete.

"96- give a high five to each of the following: a policeman, a cook, and a store clerk" — i don't think i really care to do this. change to "96- dye my hair".

"98- ride my bike while completely drunk" — completed. probably shouldn't do it again.

"101- lose my virginity to someone i care about" — things didn't really go according to plan on that one. sorry, but i don't care to elaborate. change to "101- become conversant in 2 more languages". not at all related, i know, but i couldn't think of anything else. and i really want to learn korean. and maybe french.


in other news i've had a great holiday! i hope to write about it soon.