Cherdan in 2008

2008, so far, is 86% worth living.

In 2005, Cherdan did 337 things, went 7 places, met 0 people, and consumed 199 products.

Years: 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. read all the books I own
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. paint — Not worth doing
  2. go running — Not worth doing
  3. go to a nude beach — Not worth doing
  4. buy a car — Not worth doing
  5. find a better job — Not worth doing
  6. Quit my job — Not worth doing
Listened to:
  1. Uh Huh Her
  2. Go!
  3. Rank — Worth consuming!
  4. Beaster
  5. Couture, Couture, Couture
  6. The Hurting — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Katt Williams: Live — Worth consuming!
  2. Factory Girl (Unrated) — Not worth consuming
Consumed:
  1. Kashi GOLEAN — Worth consuming!

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February

Read:
  1. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (2nd Edition) — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. Country Life
  2. What Jail Is Like — Worth consuming!
  3. Up in It
  4. Pornography
  5. Straight Blue Line — Not worth consuming
  6. Another Mellow Spring
  7. Turning into Small — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. No Country for Old Men (2007) — Worth consuming!
  2. The Savages — Worth consuming!
  3. Juno — Not worth consuming
  4. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly — Worth consuming!
  5. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story — Worth consuming!
  6. The Great Debaters — Worth consuming!

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. find a good shrink
  2. Break 1000 CDs in my collection
  3. go to glastonbury festival
  4. Beat my depression — completed 97 days later
  5. boycott Wal-Mart — completed 97 days later
  6. get another tattoo
  7. see the northern lights
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. try absinthe — Not worth doing
  2. drink absinthe — Not worth doing
  3. Get a tattoo before I'm 30 — Not worth doing
  4. play the piano — Not worth doing
  5. Pull out a hair — Not worth doing
  6. Meet up with friends after several years — Not worth doing
  7. Plunge into cold water — Not worth doing
  8. Fast for a while — Not worth doing
  9. Swallow your emotion — Not worth doing
  10. Be aware of yourself speaking — Not worth doing
  11. Sleep on your front in the sun — Not worth doing
  12. Shower with your eyes closed — Not worth doing
  13. go to the hairdressers — Not worth doing
  14. Resist tiredness — Not worth doing
  15. Follow the movement of ants — Not worth doing
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Ala Moana Center — Worth visiting!
  2. International Marketplace — Not worth visiting
  3. Polynesian Cultural Center — Not worth visiting
  4. Waikiki — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. David Lynch
  2. John Waters
  3. Joel and Ethan Coen
  4. Tim Burton
  5. Jim Jarmusch
  6. Spike Lee
Listened to:
  1. How It Feels to Be Something On — Worth consuming!
  2. Parklife — Worth consuming!
  3. Frosting on the Beater — Worth consuming!
  4. Ask Me Tomorrow — Worth consuming!
  5. Never For Ever
  6. Erotica
  7. Razorblade Suitcase — Worth consuming!
  8. Pink Flag — Worth consuming!
  9. Imperial f.f.r.r. — Worth consuming!
  10. Perfect Teeth — Worth consuming!
  11. Anything — Worth consuming!
  12. Crawdaddy
  13. Heaven Is for Easy Girls — Worth consuming!
  14. No New York
  15. Five Ways of Disappearing — Not worth consuming
Watched:
  1. Adaptation (Superbit Collection) — Worth consuming!
  2. Persepolis — Worth consuming!
  3. August Rush — Not worth consuming
Consumed:
  1. Newcastle Brown Ale — Worth consuming!
  2. green tea candy — Worth consuming!
  3. Tapenade — Worth consuming!
  4. Gin — Worth consuming!
  5. fried eggplant — Worth consuming!
  6. Beer — Worth consuming!
  7. Amstel Light
  8. Corona Extra — Not worth consuming
  9. Wasabi — Not worth consuming
  10. Black bean chili — Worth consuming!
  11. clif bar
  12. Smirnoff Ice — Worth consuming!
  13. Red Stripe — Worth consuming!
  14. nutritional yeast
  15. Jack Daniel's — Not worth consuming

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April

Listened to:
  1. Static & Silence — Worth consuming!
  2. Come on Feel the Lemonheads
  3. Maxi On!
  4. For Keeps — Worth consuming!
  5. Hot Boxing
  6. Enjoy the Melodic Sunshine — Not worth consuming
  7. Schroeder's Cat
Watched:
  1. Gregory's Girl — Worth consuming!
  2. The Band's Visit — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Caprese Salad — Worth consuming!
  2. grapefruit — Not worth consuming

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. make an album
  2. go on a cruise
  3. bring up my GPA significantly
  4. ride a roller coaster
  5. finish my first hand-coded website — completed 23 days later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Eat healthier and try new foods — Worth doing!
  2. eat healthy — Worth doing!
  3. eat more healthily — Worth doing!
  4. eat healthier food — Worth doing!
  5. eat a more healthy diet. — Worth doing!
  6. Lose 30 pounds — Worth doing!
  7. conserve water — Worth doing!
  8. conserve energy — Worth doing!
  9. conserve gas and electricity — Worth doing!
  10. use public transportation — Worth doing!
  11. reduce, reuse, recycle, and restore — Worth doing!
  12. drive less and use less gas — Not worth doing
  13. eat organically — Worth doing!
  14. support sustainable agriculture — Worth doing!
  15. go to a rock concert — Worth doing!
Read:
  1. Absolute Beginner's Guide to Creating Web Pages — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. Fly or Die
  2. Glow — Worth consuming!
  3. Screamadelica — Worth consuming!
  4. The Last Dog & Pony Show
  5. Population 4 — Worth consuming!
  6. Bewitched — Worth consuming!
  7. The Herethereafter — Worth consuming!
  8. Building
  9. Crystal Castles (Dig) — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. The Blue Lagoon and Return to the Blue Lagoon (Double Feature)
  2. The Blue Lagoon — Not worth consuming
  3. The Grifters (Miramax Collector's Series) — Worth consuming!
  4. An American Tail - Fievel Goes West
  5. Be Kind Rewind — Not worth consuming
Consumed:
  1. Cheddar Beer Kettle Chips — Worth consuming!
  2. Coke Zero — Worth consuming!
  3. Stella Artois — Worth consuming!
  4. chocolate cake — Worth consuming!
  5. fish — Worth consuming!
  6. Ginger Ale — Worth consuming!
  7. special k bar — Worth consuming!
  8. Kebab — Worth consuming!
  9. fish sticks — Worth consuming!
  10. Red Stripe Jamaican Lager — Worth consuming!
  11. Peaches — Not worth consuming
  12. Monster Energy Drink — Worth consuming!
  13. Chocolate Soy Milk — Worth consuming!
  14. shrimp scampi — Worth consuming!
  15. Squid

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. learn to play piano again
  2. join the Complaints Choir of Chicago
  3. eat authentic fish and chips in England
  4. give up all television, with the lone exception of the Bravo Network
  5. get surgery for my split ear lobes
  6. fix my car or get a new one by the end of summer
  7. sell all my old textbooks on Half.com
  8. Visit the Azores
  9. find another job that I don't hate
  10. turn off the tv and computer, and turn to books and music instead
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. finish my first hand-coded website — Worth doing!
  2. have a movie marathon — Worth doing!
  3. eat sushi — Worth doing!
  4. visit a zoo — Worth doing!
  5. Beat my depression — Worth doing!
  6. boycott Wal-Mart — Worth doing!
  7. play a round of golf — Worth doing!
  8. learn how to cook — Worth doing!
  9. meet someone famous — Worth doing!
  10. learn how to type fast without looking at the keyboard — Worth doing!
  11. have a picnic — Worth doing!
  12. Do my chores — Worth doing!
  13. go to bed early — Worth doing!
  14. visit the doctor — Worth doing!
  15. Practice Celibacy — Not worth doing
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Keaukaha — Not worth visiting
  2. Lower Puna — Not worth visiting
  3. Ayuthaya — Not worth visiting
Listened to:
  1. Some Cities — Not worth consuming
  2. Floating into the Night — Worth consuming!
  3. Chelsea Girl — Worth consuming!
  4. The Menace — Worth consuming!
  5. Black Sheets of Rain — Not worth consuming
  6. Out of Tune — Worth consuming!
  7. At the Club
  8. Pubic Fruit
  9. Heidi Berry — Worth consuming!
  10. Silent Shout
  11. Mirrored
  12. Proof of Youth — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Laurel Canyon — Not worth consuming
  2. Foxes — Worth consuming!
  3. You Don't Mess With the Zohan [Theatrical Release] — Not worth consuming
  4. Young@Heart — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Apple Martini — Worth consuming!
  2. Salmon — Not worth consuming
Consumed:
  1. Gmail — Worth consuming!
  2. Flock — Worth consuming!
  3. SNES: Super Nintendo Entertainment System — Worth consuming!
  4. Last.fm — Worth consuming!

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July

Listened to:
  1. Sweet Oblivion
  2. Electronic — Worth consuming!

→ See more from July


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