~hopped~ in 2007

2007 was 94% worth living.

In 2005, ~hopped~ did 71 things, went 18 places, met 4 people, and consumed 58 products.

Years: 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Become a Knight in Shining Armor
  2. list 43 classic women I would have loved to have known back in their day — completed 22 days later
  3. do 100 crunches every day
  4. Take 43 Internet quizzes
  5. spend less time watching television — completed 2 months later
  6. finish one book by Hemingway — completed 4 months later
  7. stop eating so much before bed — completed 7 months later
  8. do 50 consecutive push-ups — completed about 1 year later
  9. obtain a library position
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. see $5,000 return on my stock investments, hopefully within 1 year. — Worth doing!
  2. get a passport — Worth doing!
  3. drink 43 types of beer — Worth doing!
  4. buy a book from AbeBooks.com — Worth doing!
  5. Give 1000 cheers — Worth doing!
  6. turn myself off — Not worth doing
  7. earn my masters — Not worth doing
  8. have more energy — Worth doing!
  9. love — Worth doing!
  10. see a play in the theater — Worth doing!
  11. experience a paradise — Worth doing!
  12. get a meaningful tattoo — Not worth doing
  13. go horseback riding — Worth doing!
  14. survive 2006 — Worth doing!
  15. practice spontaneity — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Become a Knight in Shining Armor
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Wembley Stadium — Worth visiting!
  2. River Walk — Worth visiting!
  3. Space Needle — Worth visiting!
  4. Sears Tower — Worth visiting!
  5. Berlin Wall — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. The Dig — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Armageddon — Worth consuming!
  2. Pride and Prejudice (Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  3. Independence Day (Single Disc Widescreen Edition) — Not worth consuming
  4. Johnny English (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  5. The Spirit of St. Louis — Worth consuming!
  6. Night at the Museum — Worth consuming!
  7. The Pursuit of Happyness — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Baileys on the rocks — Worth consuming!
  2. Ginger Beer — Worth consuming!

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. escape from the Twilight Zone — completed 5 months later
  2. do 1,000 crunches in 10 days — completed 5 months later
  3. immerse myself in the roaring twenties — completed 8 months later
  4. make 2007 my year of victory! — completed about 1 year later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. list 43 classic women I would have loved to have known back in their day — Worth doing!
  2. drive the autobahn — Worth doing!
  3. delete my myspace account — Worth doing!
  4. ride in a horse drawn carriage — Worth doing!
  5. not give up — Worth doing!
  6. Go on holiday alone — Not worth doing
  7. find the perfect cider — Worth doing!
  8. Not talk for an entire day — Not worth doing
  9. watch a soccer game in a foreign country — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. do 100 crunches every day
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. The Greek Souvlaki — Worth visiting!
  2. Cloudcroft — Worth visiting!
  3. Eiffel Tower — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. Some Day We'll Laugh — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. Eden (US Release - 16 tracks) — Worth consuming!
  2. Harem — Worth consuming!
  3. Me and My Gang — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Bonnie and Clyde — Worth consuming!
  2. Rebel Without a Cause — Worth consuming!
  3. A Walk in the Clouds — Worth consuming!
  4. Son of the Sheik — Worth consuming!
  5. To the Last Man — Worth consuming!
  6. Old Ironsides

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. go on a holiday trip
  2. have synchronized walks with other 43thingers and post pictures here
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. go to the opera — Worth doing!
  2. meet someone famous — Worth doing!
  3. Cheerbomb Laurel - Can you think of a better way to welcome the first female robot ? — Worth doing!
  4. ski Smuggler's Notch — Worth doing!
  5. Share How You Came To 43 Things — Worth doing!
  6. spend less time watching television — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Take 43 Internet quizzes
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Gradiska — visited 29 days later
  2. Vermont Pub & Brewery — visited about 1 year later
  3. Mount Fuji
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Vermont Teddy Bear Factory — Worth visiting!
  2. The Vermont Folklife Center — Worth visiting!
  3. Stowe — Worth visiting!
  4. Smugglers' Notch — Worth visiting!
  5. On The Avenue Ice Cream Parlor — Worth visiting!
  6. Kelowna — Worth visiting!
Marked as failed on 43 Places:
  1. Antarctica
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. DoubleN
Read:
  1. The Best Time Travel Stories of All Time — Worth consuming!
  2. The Jazz Age: The 20s (Our American Century) — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. This Is It — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Lost - The Complete First Season — Worth consuming!
  2. Lost - The Complete Second Season — Worth consuming!
  3. My Sweet Little Village — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Frangelico — Worth consuming!
  2. Pama — Worth consuming!
  3. Trappistes — Worth consuming!

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April

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. get a massage — Worth doing!
  2. get my teeth cleaned — Worth doing!
  3. sell something on ebay — Worth doing!
  4. give up Red Bull — Worth doing!
  5. use proper grammar — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. go on a holiday trip
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Gradiska — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. ~*Serenity*~
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. Bill Clinton
  2. Bernie Sanders
  3. Peter Welch
Read:
  1. Contact — Worth consuming!
  2. Time Travel in Einstein's Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time — Worth consuming!
  3. Time Was — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. The French Lieutenant's Woman — Worth consuming!
  2. The Lathe of Heaven — Worth consuming!
  3. The Wait — Worth consuming!
  4. Stranger Than Fiction — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Ginger Beer — Worth consuming!
  2. King Arthur Honey Wine — Worth consuming!

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. go soaring again
  2. Run a 5k race — completed 8 months later
  3. run a 10K race
  4. Photograph 43 Sunsets
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. finish one book by Hemingway — Worth doing!
  2. reorganize my desk — Worth doing!
  3. list 43 women i wouldn't kick outta bed — Worth doing!
  4. build a sectional sofa — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. fly on the QSST
  2. go to space
  3. live in the UK again
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Wenatchee — Worth visiting!
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. Denis Petrov
Watched:
  1. A Beautiful Mind (Full Screen Awards Edition)
  2. The Thirteenth Floor
  3. The X-Files - Fight the Future — Worth consuming!
  4. NOVA: Einstein's Big Idea — Worth consuming!
  5. A Bit of Fry and Laurie - Season One — Worth consuming!
  6. The Queen — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Bols — Worth consuming!
  2. Ephemere Beer — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Hugo — Worth consuming!

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. enjoy this Summer by having one New & Fulfilling experience in July, August, and September — completed 3 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Wish Serenity0763 a Princess-for-a-Day Birthday June 7 — Worth doing!
  2. Wish ALEEM 2.43 a Making-The-Most-Of-His-20s Birthday June 21 — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport — Worth visiting!

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July

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. list the sexiest voices on the planet — Worth doing!
  2. celebrate SoCalLifer (Stephanie) very last day at work on the 16th July with lots of music, joyful flowers, good wine and great happiness! — Worth doing!
  3. Celebrate the 43rd day of Serenity's 43rd year on July 19th with a 43things PARTY!!! — Worth doing!
  4. Hike Mt. Mansfield — Worth doing!
  5. Wish SoCalLifer a sunny summer birthday on July 31! — Worth doing!
Read:
  1. The Darwin Awards 4: Intelligent Design (Darwin Awards) — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Hpnotiq — Worth consuming!

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August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. run a half-marathon race — completed 18 days later
  2. produce 5 pages/wk. in creative writing
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. stop eating so much before bed — Worth doing!
  2. escape from the Twilight Zone — Worth doing!
  3. do 1,000 crunches in 10 days — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Remove my tattoo
  2. go supersonic
Watched:
  1. Timeline (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  2. Pushing Tin — Worth consuming!
  3. The Triangle — Worth consuming!
  4. Lost Room (Mini-series Full Frame) — Worth consuming!

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September

Added to 43 Things:
  1. get caught up at work — completed 8 days later
  2. Enjoy a glass of Barossa Valley Red with 43T friends on Sunday 7th October at 11.30pm South Australia time
  3. Be a better Dad
  4. strengthen friendships
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. declare 01 - 07 September The Beatles Avatar Week — Worth doing!
  2. run a half-marathon race — Worth doing!
  3. wish Todd Schoonover a happy healthy and full of love birthday on September 15th — Worth doing!
  4. wish DoubleN a happy September birthday — Worth doing!
  5. cheerbomb SeptemberTwentySeven on 27 September — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. write a screenplay
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. JT_Whitman
Read:
  1. Str8 Bolt — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Flirting With Disaster — Not worth consuming

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October

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Wish Segsy a Colitis Free Birthday November 2nd — completed 1 day later
  2. finish the rest of "The Lost Room" miniseries — completed 2 months later
  3. write a song
  4. post random questions to see if anyone can give me a logical answer
  5. post 43 "rides" I'd love to own
  6. find artwork that inspires me
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. enjoy this Summer by having one New & Fulfilling experience in July, August, and September — Worth doing!
  2. get caught up at work — Worth doing!
  3. immerse myself in the roaring twenties — Worth doing!
  4. Hold a "Coffee Talk" with my 43T Friends on Saturday, October 13 at 9am EST — Worth doing!
  5. Revise my resume — Worth doing!
  6. buy a digital camera — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. go soaring again
  2. get a telescope
  3. ride the Kingda Ka
  4. scuba
  5. get a dog
  6. Enjoy a glass of Barossa Valley Red with 43T friends on Sunday 7th October at 11.30pm South Australia time
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Dr. Ronald L. Mallett
Read:
  1. Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality — Worth consuming!

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November

Added to 43 Things:
  1. donate to Planet Aid — completed about 1 month later
  2. Scan and upload old pictures
  3. support Doctors Without Borders (Medicins Sans Frontieres)
  4. Post Random Stuff
  5. buy a guitar
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Wish Segsy a Colitis Free Birthday November 2nd — Worth doing!
  2. finish my bathroom — Worth doing!
  3. Wish Flirt! an Eye-Winking Birthday on Eleven-Eleven!
  4. buy more artwork — Worth doing!
  5. Declare 10 - 16 November The Eagles Avatar Week
  6. finish reading "Timeline"
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Lindos
Read:
  1. Timeline — Worth consuming!

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December

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Christmas drinks anyone??? My place (that's South Australia), 6AM!!! Sunday 23rd December
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. revive the eyeball brigade and have another eyeball avatar week! — Worth doing!
  2. Wish Bill, The Super Renaissance Man, a Wonderful More Worldly Birthday on Dec 5th ! — Worth doing!
  3. read fluently upside down — Not worth doing
  4. have a white christmas — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. fly in a hot air balloon
  2. Christmas drinks anyone??? My place (that's South Australia), 6AM!!! Sunday 23rd December
Read:
  1. I love Galesburg in the springtime — Worth consuming!

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