101 in 1001 update #60!!!

I am just aching to get another task complete. I'm feel like I've been at 39/101 for ages! I had an idea this week though, to pick 11 things on my 101 and work on getting them done before my Bday in July. It roughly coincides with the 1/2 way point in the 1001 days. I tried to pick a combination of one-of tasks and ones that would take more planning/effort. I also tried to pick ones that I'm not currently working on. So, with some work and a little hope, I'm aiming to be half way though, when I'm... half way through. But now on to what I've actually done:

#7 - See 1 film a week in the theatre for a year is up to 18 weeks, as I got out to see Crossing. Review pending, so so so many reviews pending. In the past month I've seen 11 more films from my 3 - List of 101 Films I Can't Believe I Haven't Seen, all with reviews pending. Sigh. I'll get there.

#31 - Read 1 fashion magazine a month for April 07

#100 - 7/8 Celebrate Beltane. Great holiday. One more and this one will be complete.



#38 - Keep a plant alive from 'The Auction' from one year to the next - update: Gooooooooooooooooo Berry!

#21 - Save a part of every paycheque - done!

#94 - Read every day - done! I've switched selection here, and I've started reading Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko. I got it from the library and trying to get through it in 3 weeks might be a challenge. So far I'm loving this book!!! I really enjoyed the film (it was my favorite foreign film of 2006, see review here), but I think it might be the first time I've read a book that a movie was based on and I've already seen the film and it is a English translation of a Russian book. At least, I think it's the first time I've done that.



#92 - Learn/Discover something new every day
Monday April 23/07 - How surprizingly easy it was to get a T2202a from last year
Tuesday April 24/07 - my notes a little illedgible :(Something about walking..
Wednesday April 25/07 - The discovery of a planet that has Earth like properties and may have liquid water
Thursday April 26/07 - How much a dental check up is ($120) eep.\, and the existance of folding bikes - and that they are rather small and therefore might be good for me!
Friday April 27/07 - Stephan Hawkins is planning a zero gravity flight
Saturday April 28/07 - Where the film/music/biography films are at my local library
Sunday April 29/07 - I've already seen The Postman Always Rings Twice



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#100 - 7/8 Celebrate Beltane

Celebrated: April 30, 2007 **
> I goofed, Beltane is actually May 1st... but I'm still counting this!

Traditionally this is a holiday I love! I wasn't quite feeling it today, but I decided to celebrate anyway, cuz that's the way I am! I made a nice dinner (thanks for the idea of making doing the 'spicy' thing Suzie!), put out an offering plate and thought about some of the fun celebrations over the past year.

Also, check out how much my plants have grown since I started them on Ostara.





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#31 - Read 1 fashion magazine a month, April 07

For April 2007, read the April issue of Vogue

Things to note....

Colour - white, silver, pale metallics, pale blue, pale pink

Silouhette - ensembles with combinations of fitted & volume, straight skirts, straight pants, odd volumes, poofiness, shapelessness (hard non-drapeable fabrics)

Textures - shiny, woven, threadlike

70's/early 80's hair - loose wavy and windblown

Accessory - (hugely) oversized bags

Overall - simplicity: 1 interesting thing (pattern, fabric, cut, colour) the rest is the frame to that picture. Dramatic, Simple, Classic.

SPC: The Body 4

Wow, already the 4th installment for April ? What happened to April? I have this idea about 'branding' each of the months so when it gets to the end of them instead of going "Holy crap, that when by quickly!" I'll go "Wow, April was the month of , and I really enjoyed ".

Feb was movie month for me (I'm sure those who read My Film Blog think every month must be movie month, but Feb I saw an extrodinary number of films in anticipation of the Oscar's, 14 films in 28 days more than 1/2 of which were in the theatre).

March was 'belt tighting' month. No, not literally, but financial. A whole whack of large expenses showed up around the same time so I had to get a little creative, and be very choosy on what to spend the greatly reduced amount of spending money I had. Which was fascinating, although I'm inviting the opportunity to try it out again any time soon.

I was thinking of April as the month to get out and see people! I did get to see Danette, which was so much fun! I had such a lovely time and we chatted for hours and hours about everything under the sun until the sun turned to the moon and then some. Thanks Danette for your lovely company! I've also made plans to see my friend Heather - woohoo! Somethign to look forward too :)

Oops, I didn't talk about the pic. Well that can be the 'disassociated' portion of the post. I meant to try and get a pic of my tattoo but it was being shy.. only a sliver appears in the top left area.

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101 in 1001 update #59!!!

#7 - See 1 film a week in the theatre for a year is up to 17 weeks, with Radiant City. Review is in the works for that one but I do have a review up for Offside as a part of #14 - Write something about all the films I see (for the first time) throughout these 1001 days.

#38 - Keep a plant alive from 'The Auction' from one year to the next - update: Berry is still going strong.



#21 - Save a part of every paycheque - done!

#94 - Read every day - done! Will reading Omega by Jack McDevitt, I'm quite taken with it. Also still reading Away by Jane Urquhart but it hasn't really grabbed me yet - I'm sure it will.



#92 - Learn/Discover something new every day
Monday April 16/07 - 'smalls' are my new fave word (aka 'undies')
Tuesday April 17/07 - I never thought of regrets in terms of things I've not done, only things I've done
Wednesday April 18/07 - oh.. this days thing was kinda a secret...
Thursday April 19/07 - The reference library has a copy 2005 issue of Film Review year in review
Friday April 20/07 - geeky gaming faction thing
Saturday April 21/07 - the difference between average, mean and frequency
Sunday April 22/07 - It takes 1hr to clean my apt

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CaC Mug Swap!

There is nothing like getting a package in the mail! What a treat that my mug arrived from the CaC Mug swap! Thank you so much Mim, my swap buddy! Not only was there the lovely mug, but 3 kinds of tea, colourful art and a cute card! Fun fun fun!!!

SPC: The Body 3

A view from the back....

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101 in 1001 update #58!!!

Here we are in week 58 of my 101 in 1001 challenge! Get that highlighter out cuz one if going to be crossed right off!! #68 - Bake a pie is complete - and already dissapeared! Yummy goodness. Last week I finished and now I've gotten my post up for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which brings my List of 20 books up to 5.5/20, and my overall list to 39/101.

And now for the partials! I am in week 16/52 for #7 - See 1 film a week in the theatre for a year, headed out to see Sharkwater for which the review is up so I'm happy in tandem land with #14 - Write something about all the films I see (for the first time) throughout these 1001 days. Yay!



#38 - Keep a plant alive from 'The Auction' from one year to the next - update: At about 1/2 way through the one year Berry is still shiny and strong!

#21 - Save a part of every paycheque - done!



#94 - Read every day - done! Started both Omega by Jack McDevitt as well as Away by Jane Urquhart. YAY books.



#92 - Learn/Discover something new every day
Monday April 9/07 - I love getting comments! And they happen more if I post more! (like..duh!)
Tuesday April 10/07 - I'm liking getting back to doing SPC posts
Wednesday April 11/07 - fun fashion site (Thanks Jamie!)
Thursday April 12/07 - spelling: existence not existance
Friday April 13/07 - how to purl!
Saturday April 14/07 - Noreaster - type of storm
Sunday April 15/07 -



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#93 - 5.5/20 read 20 books - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Completed: April 7, 2007

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Nothing like a good Harry Potter book. I tell ya, I've not followed a series of books quite as religiously as these in a number of years. I only read the book for whichever of the films is about to come out, but not past that until I've seen the film. I don't want to pick up on any foreshadowing.

I do have to say I found this one a little hard to read at times. As the characters get older, the situations have become more serious and I found that a little unexpected and not the most, pleasent. I guess I think of these books as happy escapism and sometimes I thought Hey!! They can't do that!! But, it did even out over time. It was perfect before sleepytime reading and once I was about 200 pages from the end it was marathon reading time, I could not put the book down. All in all, a great read!

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#68 - Bake a pie

Done: Lemon Mousse Pie, April 8/07 - Happy Easter!

Initially I thought I would pick a fruit pie, apple or some kind of berry perhaps. But! Then this amazing Lemon Mousse Pie with Raspberries recipe basically dropped in my lap and I knew it was the right one! It was pretty simple to make, but better than that is tasted delish! It did taste deceptively 'light'.



Had one near disaster while making my pie. I thought to myself, gee, you chill this pie so that means it never goes in the oven... I wonder if that matters. I look at the packaging and low and behold - you do pre-bake the crust! hehe.... yay... saved from eating a raw dough shell! It's a good day.



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Fashion Innovation: Hussein Chalayan

Check out the amazing current (Fall 07) collection on Hussein Chalayan's site here.

Hoods & skirts that actually move and change on thier own, lit up dress & hats - it's amazing!

SPC: The Body 2

A view from the side, sportin' some Easter colours.

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101 in 1001 update #57!!!

Hmm... let's see what has happened this week... #7 - See 1 film a week in the theatre for a year is up to 15 weeks, this week I got out to see: The Host / Gwoemul and The Reaping (click thru for reviews) and I'm keeping that up to date with #14 - Write something about all the films I see (for the first time) throughout these 1001 days! Yay for that. I've also written reviews for Old Joy and Blood Diamond.

#38 - Keep a plant alive from 'The Auction' from one year to the next - update: Berry is still a growing and a stretching away. Nice shiny leaves too.



#21 - Save a part of every paycheque - done!

#94 - Read every day - done! Finished reading both Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling and I, Robot by Isaac Asimov this week, score! What to pick next....


#92 - Learn/Discover something new every day
Monday April 2/07 - How to email scanned images (ok, it wasn't challenging really but I hadn't done it before)
Tuesday April 3/07 - if mailing something for it to be considered a 'letter' it can't be thicker than 2.2cm (Canadian specific info)
Wednesday April 4/07 - hmm.. the thing I learned was regarding a political issue and I don't want to get hit's from it so I'm keeping mum on it
Thursday April 5/07 - ttc directions to the zoo
Friday April 6/07 - Scrubbies don't seem to be available in packs of 3's anymore!! And are less available in general :(
Saturday April 7/07 - YouTube had their own awards show
Sunday April 8/07 - correct speeling of thorough (I usually spell it so badly that it the correct option doesn't even come up on spellcheck)



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Read a magazine a month - March 2007

Read: In Style. Here are some of the things I noticed:

Still seeing a lot of eightie's stuff - odd cut out shapes, odd volumes, layering, leggings, skinny skirts, skinny pants, large jewlery.

Some closer to normal for the spring time was bohemian & peasant styles.

Other than that - colour schemes, a little different tha tyour normal spring fair as there are a lot of neutrals. I would describe them as either muted citrus or bright neutrals.

The one thing that was a totaly treat is they picked 4 Oscar dresses and did technical and artistic drawings for them, and that was absolutely fabulous.

One of the reasons I like In Style is that the pictures of outfits are often full length and credit the person wearing it, the date and the designer. I love that! I'm even considering getting a subscription. Although I really consider Vogue at 'the' one to read for actual fashion information, it's a lot more to get a subscription that In Style (at least the last time I checked).

SPC: The Body

My toes took a quick escape from their slippers to say Hi for SPC.

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101 in 1001 update #56!!!

#7 - See 1 film a week in the theatre for a year is up to 14 weeks with getting out to see Old Joy. No review yet, I'm still sorting out my reaction to it. If your curious about it you can check out the reviews at Rotten Tomatoes. #14 - Write something about all the films I see (for the first time) throughout these 1001 days is marching right along with reviews up for I Heart Huckabees, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Lake House, Nashville and Un Zoo la Nuit.



#38 - Keep a plant alive from 'The Auction' from one year to the next - update: Berry is still doing well. Work plant doing nicely as well:



#21 - Save a part of every paycheque - done!

#94 - Read every day - done! Still reading: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, I, Robot by Isaac Asimov and The Success Principles by Jack Canfield. I also set up a spot where I can read & write (handy for those non-fiction books!).



#92 - Learn/Discover something new every day
Monday March 26/07 - you can get something so you can personally monitor blood pressure
Tuesday March 27/07 - About H2O Africa, an organization creating awareness of the water crisis in Africa
Wednesday March 28/07 - The difference between between a dialect and an accent is that an accent is a way of speaking, but a dialect has it's own vocabulary and/or grammar.
Thursday March 29/07 - a few things, but neither can I post here, doh.
Friday March 30/07 - Things might be a changing
Saturday March 31/07 - About Francois Brunelle's and his look-alike project, about finding and photographing lookalikes around the world. See his site here.
Sunday April 1/07 - Although putting things away and getting them in order can be good they can also result is bleh things (like realizing that you have 4/5th of something you need)



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