#120: Read a novel

The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night-Time. Read it in a day. Excellent.

#7, #12, #167, #202, #225, #229, #325

Lots done over the past few days. It makes most sense to start with #225: Be in a Wedding Party (!!)

The lucky bride and groom are friends from college. I was groomsman number six, the most important groomsman. My duties included (but were not limited to): hand out rocks, hold keys, tell groomsman number 5 who everyone was that he didn't know, look awesome in a tux and create a wind tunnel under a table at the bachelor party. All of these were essential to the wedding, and I was happy to do my best in the situation. Being at the wedding helped me achieve goal #7: visit Jessica in Rochester, as it was her wedding! Kind of cheating, as it wasn't a unique trip, but she and her husband are moving, and I was specific, so it counts.

Speaking of being in Rochester and being unspecific, I went to a museum! Granted, it was a museum I had already been to, but that was years ago and The Strong Museum of Play has gone through a lot of changes! #202 is my sixth museum. Bangin'! Something that happened that I wasn't so proud of was #167...eat a garbage plate. Let me be clear: I LOVE plates...but it is simply not a good idea to go at 11:00 AM. It's just not. That being said, it's checked off.

We went to Ithaca for a few days in between and did an INSTANT GOAL! #325 is something I had wanted to do for a LONG time, but never thought I was going to be able to: Get all the recordings from Ithaca College from ensembles that I performed in. Made about 12 cds with works band (Maslanka's Golden Light, Hindemith sonata, The Cowboys, Sasparilla, Sleep...) to chorus (Faure Requiem, African Sanctus, NIA!...) to Vocal Jazz (September Song, Do You Know What it Means, Why Get Up...), to things I didn't perform in but loved (anything from WoCho...). Life is complete.

After Ithaca, Will and I went back to Rochester to present at the Mu Phi Epsilon conference. Lambda brought 7 collegiate members, and I was so happy to see all of them! Boston Alumni was well-represented, and Yuki won the performance contest, so I was psyched to see her perform at Eastman. Also so friends from Rochester Alumni, and a whole mess of faces I haven't seen in a while. Our workshop was well received, and we were very happy.

Ok, so it wasn't really planned this way...but Plymouth to Rochester to Batavia to Rochester to Ithaca to Batavia to Rochester to Batavia to Plymouth...that's a road trip. Holy F. I think a road trip is different every time, and as we spent a week driving all over creation, it totally counts. #7 is checked off.

So there you have it! Now, please don't comment on the fact that I have checked off almost ALL of the food items, and zero of the "fitness" or "hiking" or "sports" items.

#159 and #324

Back from Seattle! Here's what else happened...

#159: Try a New Recipe
Another delicious at home meal. Jill helped. Actually, she did most of it, but I made the sauce! Added lime, fish sauce, tamarind sauce, sugar and hot sauce of some kind. Fish sauce smells bad, but our Shrimp Pad Thai was delightful.

So have you ever thought, "I've ALWAYS wanted to do that!" about something supremely obscure? Part of the reason I added "add 50 new items on day 333/666" was for the goals I had forgotten about, or new goals to have. I've already started on these--watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail, hug Anderson Cooper, meet Jeanne Shaheen, deep fry something that no one has deep fried before...but there are some rare opportunities that come along and I've wanted to add them to the blog, but there was not a place for them. So I'm creating one. By taking away 5 from each of the "add 50 new goals" I get 10 new goals: Instant Goals.


#324: Instant Goal! Try Revolving Sushi!


The one that happened in Seattle (really a lot of them happened, but this one was the BEST) was eating sushi off of one of those revolving sushi lines. It was AWESOME.

Also, if you follow the blog avidly, which I know is a whole bunch of person, I've added pictures to the rest of the Seattle posts. Wonderful! (said like Prof. Oak in pokemon snap)