05 November 2009

fifty five

55. go to at least 2 shows every month

month one: terror firma house show

fifty one

51. have quality time with at least one friend each week

6/143

this is working out quite well, especially since sarah and i are brunching every weekend and i'm having lunch with lidia every week. easy peasy.

23 October 2009

forty four

44. read an avarage of one book each week

i try to do this anyway, and was devastated earlier this year when my computer died and i lost my list of all the books i'd read this year. i think this goal will get difficult when i get around to beginning my first three goals, and have to do schoolwork, but we'll see.

week one - suite francaise by irene nemirovsky

week two - to kill a mockingbird by harper lee
week three - the master by colm toibin
week four - lord of the flies by william golding
week five - junky by william burroughs
week six - 2666 by roberto bolano
week seven - animal farm by george orwell


21 October 2009

forty three

43. have at least one TV free day each week

i'm letting myself watch dvds, tv on dvd and tv on the internet. this goal is not really about watching less tv, it's about not watching tv i don't care about and trying to avoid all those ads.

3/143

five

5. choose one of my cookbooks and cook through the recipes in order

started! i have chosen donna klein's the tropical vegan kitchen to cook through (here). I made a little feast of the first three recipes on the weekend (photos soon) and they all went down a treat with my test audience of erle, brendan and blakey.

recipes completed so far:

  1. singapore style avocado-cucumber sushi rolls
  2. avocado mango crostini
  3. black bean and tropical fruit salsa
  4. butter bean guacamole

18 October 2009

i don't know where my 101th thing went! And I can't remember what it was!

fifty nine

59. eat at every cafe in the Eat Secrets Brunch card deck (with sarah)

we started this on the weekend.

1. richmond hill cafe & larder - we rated it 25/30
2. belgian beer cafe eureka - 12/30
3. jungle juice - 20/30
4. the great provider - 24.5/30
5. kanteen
6. madame sou sou
7. david's