The List: Revisited.

I can't believe it's already been a whole year since I started this blog. And it's time to make New Years resolutions again! One of my very first entries was this list of 101 things I wanted to start changing/accomplishing, so I think it'd be good to go back, have a look at it, do a little revising, and continue with my progress.

An asterisk means I've ditched the old resolution entirely and written a new one. Commentary is in italics. Crossed-out ones have been completed!

101 Things, part 2:

1. Visit Armadale Castle in Scotland, the ancestral seat of my Scottish family.
2. See The Rasmus in concert.
3. Try absinthe, honest-to-God as-real-as-I-can-get absinthe, with a spoon and a sugar cube.
4. Finally delete my old MySpace (maybe start a new one, for networking purposes). No, no more MySpace. A blog is way better.
   
5. Buy more of my bras and panties in sets, so I'll match more often (nothing better than knowing that your unmentionables are coordinated, right ladies?).
6. *Don't be wasteful or buy things I don't need.
   
7. Grow another inch (5'5" sure was a surprise).
8. Sell more of my knits, and set up an actual website for myself to do so. Working on this one a bit, still... City Moth Knits is in existence, but not much more.
   
9. Get my hair cut in an actual style and keep it up (any ideas?).
10. ...and donate the cut part to Locks of Love.
11. Keep up with a written journal (because the internet isn't privy to everything, after all). This is going pretty well. I get behind sometimes, but at least I'm not losing journals like I used to.
    
12. Go on an epically underplanned road trip.
13. ...which reminds me, learn to drive and get my license (I know, I know, it's sad!).
14. *Work on the food blog more often with Tom.
    
15. Take more photographs and keep them better organised. And now I have a gorgeous new camera of my own to do this with!
    
16. Get my ears pierced. I'd like to stretch my lobes a little, but we'll see where that goes.
17. Play a harpsichord -- or at least just bang around on one.
18. Write more real letters and cards.
19. Learn about pairing food and wine.
20. ...and cook more fancy meals so that I may utilise such knowledge.
21. *Put spare cash into my savings more often. I missed my chance to go to Disneyworld free on my birthday, so I had to write a new one here. So sad. :C
    
22. Make cute little lunches in my bento box.
23. Buy a new bathing suit and wear it *without* my ubiquitous board shorts. Got the new suit, but no opportunities to wear it...
    
24. See Juliet's balcony in Verona.
25. Cleanse, tone, and moisturise my skin properly and regularly.
26. *Let my style evolve.
    
27. Visit New York City (I've never been, imagine that).
28. Buy the Red Curtain trilogy on DVD (Romeo + Juliet is my favourite).
29. Fill up a sketchbook.
30. Make Dean's List for the rest of my semesters. Two down, ONE to go!
    
31. Wander around a really beautiful library.
32. *Find a great pub to go to regularly, in whatever city I end up in after school.
    
33. Visit the Florida Keys.
34. Expand my family tree (in the charting it sense, not the adding to it sense).
35. Completely fill my iPod with music -- no movies, no pictures, solid tunes.
36. Touch a whale.
37. Participate in NaNoWriMo, and finish. Gave it a go last year, but didn't finish.
    
38. Shamelessly plug my endlessly talented friends.
39. Start a new blog for London.
40. Stop drinking soda entirely. I can't remember the last time I had a soda... I've kind of switched to coffee to get my caffeine fixes.
    
41. *Keep in touch with the friends I miss better.
    
42. Bake a cake with more than one layer and decorate it.
43. Make or buy a really excellent gift for someone special.
44. Discover my favourite mixed drink and learn how to make it perfectly.
45. Go to Italy and try to get around without speaking any English or resorting to mad gesturing.
46. Not take myself so damn seriously all the time.
47. Wear a little makeup more often. All these new eyeshadows I've started buying are getting well used!
    
48. *Exercise regularly and get back in shape.
    
49. Take up a new hobby.
50. Keep a daily planner and not let it get all ragged and scribbly.
51. Eat raspberries more often.
52. Discover 5 new favourite films. Not just "watch 5 new movies". Watch new movies and find 5 that are good enough to go in the favourites file.
53. Go on a double date.
54. Treat myself to a bunch of stargazer lilies.
55. Have an intellectual conversation about my favourite books.
56. Brush off the tiny inconveniences.
57. *Apply to be a graduate counselor for the international studies program in London -- and get the job, I hope!
    
58. *Make a penpal in another country. I did, and I should blog about it, haha.
    
59. Finish designing my tattoo.
60. ...and maybe have it actually put on.
61. Go to an organised steampunk meet-up.
62. Get a tarot card reading done.
63. Find and join a Parkour club.
64. Go to an Arsenal game and see them beat the snot out of Aston Villa. They did last week, 3 to zip, but I had to keep tabs on it via Tom's iPhone.
    
65. Use 'whilst' instead of 'while'.
66. Write down and save my original recipes so I don't forget them and never make them the same way again.
67. Go back to Williamsburg, Virginia.
68. Learn to grill a decent steak. Not trying for cry-over-its-deliciousness here, just actually edible for once.
69. Have an epic garage sale and buy myself a Wacom tablet with my earnings.
70. Keep up with my readings for class.
71. Take a multivitamin daily.
72. Attend a masked ball in a gorgeous costume.
73. Refine my cynicism. Not throw it away entirely -- it's one of my more useful traits -- just make it work for me, and not the other way around.
74. Find a job that I enjoy, preferably one that would allow me to travel.
75. Not skip class intentionally.
76. Plant a garden of my own.
77. Get a credit card.
78. Go to Burning Man.
79. Never rule out the unbelievably unlikely -- truth is stranger than fiction.
80. Let myself be more impulsive and spontaneous.
81. *Stand up for myself when I need to.
    
82. Write thank-you notes in a more timely fashion.
83. Create a polished resume.
    
84. Eat breakfast regularly.
85. Outline and write the story I've always wanted to.
86. Walk more. To the stores, around cities, my old neighbourhood, wherever and everywhere!
87. Stop procrastinating so damn much!
88. Get involved in a humanitarian project. Go somewhere and help someone or do something truly worthwhile (worthwhilst?).
89. Learn how to properly shoot a gun.
90. Be someone's designated driver.
91. Improve my flexibility and strength.
92. Read more and increase my vocabulary.
93. Avoid letting my phone run out of battery for days at a time. Failing at this one, still...
    
94. Write a really epic paper for my senior seminar project. It was pretty epic.
    
95. Drink tea more often, even daily.
96. Do not go into debt under anyone.
97. Avoid getting tan.
98. Start going camping again, and often!
99. Learn toasts in different languages.
100. Go on a transatlantic cruise like I've always wanted to.
101. Be fearless and self-sufficient, a steady voice and a lady spitfire -- and have no regrets along the way!

I also nixed the time requirement. Originally it was supposed to be a fixed list of 101 things to do in 1001 days, but I think I like changing them over the years and taking as long as I need.

So there! I have a direction to go in this year. If anyone else decides to make a big list, link me up, I'd love to read them. Happy New Year!