Absnasm in 2008

2008, so far, is 94% worth living.

In 2005, Absnasm did 153 things, went 3 places, met 4 people, and consumed 27 products.

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

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Sing Happy Birthday to Romantic Rosie on February 2nd as she turns 40! — completed 3 days later
  2. research and book the business workshops — completed 27 days later
  3. take a belly dance class — completed about 1 month later
  4. get a separate bank account for my business
  5. take part in the Big Peace — completed 5 months later
  6. change my bank account — completed 5 months later
  7. make the spare room into a home office/multi-use room
  8. practise self employment
  9. do first things first — completed 6 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. revise for my driving theory test on the way to work every day until I feel ready to take the exam — Worth doing!
  2. Install GoalEnforcer — Worth doing!
  3. Vote for Ms. Bryce to win an appearance on Lifetime's "How to Look Good Naked" — Worth doing!
  4. have an orgasm — Worth doing!
  5. subscribe to an organic veggie box — Worth doing!
  6. run in the Race for Life 5k on May 20th and raise over £600 for Cancer Research UK — Worth doing!
  7. Set some new goals using Michael Neill's process — Worth doing!
  8. Wish SallyKitt a picture-perfect birthday on January 16th — Worth doing!
  9. Wish the wise and witty DWLT a SUNNY birthday on January 18th — Worth doing!
  10. Wish TheGreatBeyond a (belated) birthday beyond compare on January 18th — Worth doing!
  11. Wish Gypsy a fabulous January 18th birthday (even if we are a tad bit late) — Worth doing!
  12. wish Verbose and his lovely fiancée a fantastic wedding and a long and happy life together — Worth doing!
  13. Sponsor SEGSID in her walk-a-thon to raise money for Crohn's disease and Colitis — Worth doing!
  14. Shamelessly ask my 43 friends to help support and sponsor Segsy in the 2008 Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis Walk. — Worth doing!
  15. Help Julie Jordan Scott Have The Best Birthday Ever On Jan.29th — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Flatbread Cafe — Worth visiting!
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. 99
Watched:
  1. March of the Penguins (Full Screen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  2. No Country for Old Men — Worth consuming!
  3. Futurama - Bender's Big Score — Not worth consuming

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. sponsor Gertie in the Edinburgh Moonwalk for breast cancer — completed 3 months later
  2. commit fully to my life coaching process
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Sing Happy Birthday to Romantic Rosie on February 2nd as she turns 40! — Worth doing!
  2. pass my exam — Worth doing!
  3. Have pancakes on Pancake Day — Worth doing!
  4. declare Feb 1-7 Hasselhoff Avatar week — Worth doing!
  5. get more cheers on 43things — Worth doing!
  6. Remember how to compere an evening — Worth doing!
  7. wear more hats — Worth doing!
  8. wear skirts more often — Worth doing!
  9. Find out who is subscribed to me. — Worth doing!
  10. get a flat screen monitor — Worth doing!
  11. study counselling — Worth doing!
  12. Bend and snap — Not worth doing
  13. Eat more grapefruit — Worth doing!
  14. see Napoleon Dynamite — Worth doing!
  15. run photos of people I know through forensic age-progression software — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. reclaim the word "terror"
  2. Meet Ben Folds
  3. track down the cheer goblin, beat him up and take back all the cheers he has made off with
  4. Cuba and Abs and Paperfaerie's special goal to get rid of junk
  5. Watch "The Wizard of Oz" at the same time as listening to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"
  6. work diligently on my goals till 9:30pm Monday to Thursday and allow myself time to relax after this, or I'm gonna crack the hell up and end up in hospital
  7. Switch off the light at midnight, Sunday to Thursday, and hang the consequences.
  8. practise EFT every day for a week
  9. make a list of 43 rewards, smaller and larger, to give myself for accomplishing goals.
  10. get back my glasses and the bag LaTordue gave me :-(
  11. attend a burlesque workshop
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Scarborough — Worth visiting!
Watched:
  1. Talladega Nights - The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
  2. Zodiac
  3. Cloverfield — Worth consuming!
  4. America Unchained — Worth consuming!

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. write copy for my website
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. make cashew nut butter — Worth doing!
  2. buy a domain name
  3. wish the wondrous Headapollo a philosophical, caffeinated, drugged-up and cough-free birthday on March 4th — Worth doing!
  4. write down the bits and bobs I need to do, plan time to do them in, and do them.
  5. sing more — Not worth doing
  6. Cope with summer — Worth doing!
  7. see The Decemberists live — Worth doing!
  8. use ideas.43things.com — Worth doing!
  9. get my ipod fixed — Worth doing!
  10. get rick-rolled — Worth doing!
  11. celebrate the wonder of Eurovision 2007 — Worth doing!
  12. Send love and Congratulations to Cookie and Roxi on their First Anniversary — Worth doing!
  13. kill my television — Worth doing!
  14. use all the fruit and veg from my organic bag this week — Worth doing!
  15. Wish Gypsiewriter a So Much Fun It's Obscene Birthday March 31st — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. see the Decemberists again
  2. paint my bedroom
  3. Commission a firescreen from paperfaerie
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. weallareone
Watched:
  1. The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)
  2. Ne le dis a personne — Worth consuming!
  3. There Will Be Blood — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. smitten hand cream — Worth consuming!
  2. Ocean Salt — Worth consuming!

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April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. go to All Tomorrow's Parties — completed about 1 month later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Take pictures of examples of spelling and punctuation so horrible that they make me feel a bit sick, and post them on here for other language geeks to gawp at. — Worth doing!
  2. Rebrunetticise — Worth doing!
  3. celebrate Simon's one-year 43T anniversary on April 8th — Worth doing!
  4. list one thing every day that was positive — Worth doing!
  5. make the most of every single second
  6. Get my downstairs neighbours to move the hell out — Worth doing!
  7. grow my own herbs — Worth doing!
  8. get at least one paying life-coaching client by New Year — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. buy a bike
  2. Find the ignorant pig who lets his dog shit on my front doorstep, tie him down and shit in his mouth.
Watched:
  1. The Secret (Extended Edition) — Worth consuming!
  2. Control — Worth consuming!
  3. Flight of the Conchords — Worth consuming!
  4. Happy-Go-Lucky — Worth consuming!
  5. [Rec] — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Gorgeous
  2. sweet Japanese girl — Worth consuming!
  3. Masterpiece waterproof mascara — Not worth consuming
  4. aromacreme — Worth consuming!

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May

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. go to All Tomorrow's Parties — Worth doing!
  2. wish ello a super big shiny bright wonderful birthday! — Worth doing!
  3. create one slang word that catches on in pop culture, even if I don't get the credit when it is added to the OED — Worth doing!
  4. Get my groove back — Worth doing!
  5. wish Moose a magnificent birthday on May 27th! — Worth doing!
  6. Send Vex's dad a birthday card (w/pretty stamps!) — Worth doing!
  7. Decide whether to buy this car — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. get a separate bank account for my business
  2. Follow the _Four Day Win_ plan, noting my thoughts and experiences as I go
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. LL
  2. <))){
Watched:
  1. Peep Show - Series 4 — Worth consuming!
  2. The Darjeeling Limited — Not worth consuming

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. have more energy
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. sponsor Gertie in the Edinburgh Moonwalk for breast cancer — Worth doing!
  2. take part in the Big Peace — Worth doing!
  3. only eat when I'm hungry — Worth doing!
  4. Celebrate my first smoke free year by cheering 365 random people with "Stop smoking goals" — Worth doing!
  5. make my resume so spectacular potential employers literally say "yowza!" — Worth doing!
  6. Meet my car — Worth doing!
  7. Use a menstrual cup — Worth doing!
  8. have people round for dinner one more time before the end of the year — Worth doing!
  9. change my bank account — Worth doing!
  10. create a vision board — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. improve my handwriting
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. El Piano — Worth visiting!
Watched:
  1. Eagle vs. Shark
Consumed:
  1. Lost (season 4)

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. keep a daily list of what I've done right to counteract my warped self image
  2. Find an empowering alternative to the expression "Good luck"
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Fall in love — Worth doing!
  2. organize my finances — Worth doing!
  3. list 43 songs that never fail to brighten my day — Worth doing!
  4. Find 10 people in 15 cities who are passionate about their city and want to help with a new project for 43 Places — Worth doing!
  5. Have myself a cheap-ass little Christmas. — Not worth doing
  6. stop watching pointless TV — Worth doing!
  7. ZONINO!! Wish Snowleopard a stupendously stress-free birthday on 11th July — Worth doing!
  8. have 43 people (from 43T) help my Garden Gnome on his trip around the world — Worth doing!
  9. get photos of the 43 shittest Origami known to mankind — Worth doing!
  10. Join the word hunt for Balderdash and Piffle on BBC2 — Not worth doing
  11. wish ace reporter Curlychaos SoapDragon a front-page exclusive birthday on 12th July! — Worth doing!
  12. give 20,000 cheers!!! — Worth doing!
  13. Have a Hofftastic Avatar (Birth)Day July 17th — Worth doing!
  14. stop smoking — Worth doing!
  15. Wish Violet Sharp an Unstuck Birthday July 18th — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Meet a man that doesn't have "issues"
  2. Help Lucyann organise the bestest ever album launch in the whole universe
  3. eradicate the greengrocer's apostrophe
  4. Go to a Life Club
Watched:
  1. WALL·E — Worth consuming!
  2. Mamma Mia! — Worth consuming!

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