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7. I finally finished Science of Sleep. It's a good movie, kinda like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Sad though :(

15. When you microwave popcorn, there are always cornels that DON'T pop. What you can do is put them in a bowl, cover them in a paper towel, and microwave them. You'll have to add your own flavoring but it makes you feel less wasteful of your popcorn, and popcorn rocks anyway! I think I might convert from microwave popcorn to regular popcorn.

28. Bahai seemed like a religion TOO good to be true. I have a book about different religions, but the content on Bahism was very limited. So I looked it up on wikipedia. It's pretty open as a religion compared to all others. I found that it's not okay with homosexuality, you can't consume alcohol, and you gotta pray everyday. But overall, still a really awesome religion. I'm sure moderates of it are very open people.

31. I finally mailed out the gifts for the ppl in Taiwan. Only took me a year to do it! ;p

62. It took about an hour or so, but I got all the thumbtacks OUT of my walls. That includes poster taht formerally hung on my walls. Sad to see them go, but I promise to find them a good home :)

82. For Valentine's Day, I took my boy canoeing. Partly to get this off my list ;p but it was fun! We picnicked to an island at the lake. Nice pretty day! :)

What Am I?

I'm not Chinese enough and not White enough
I'm chop choy
I'm awesome

Inspired by a book a friend loaned me : Part Asian 100% Hapa

100 Voted American Films

Just a lil' list for myself to see how many of these I've seen. Maybe this will be another goal of mine to achieve... or I can just leave it for the next list I make! :)

I've seen 20 out of the 100


1. It's a Wonderful Life 1946
2. To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
3. Schindler's List 1993
4. Rocky 1976
5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
6. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
7. The Grapes of Wrath 1940
8. Breaking Away 1979
9. Miracle on 34th Street 1947
10. Saving Private Ryan 1998
11. The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
12. Apollo 13 1995
13. Hoosiers 1986
14. The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
15. The Miracle Worker 1962
16. Norma Rae 1979
17. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
18. The Diary of Anne Frank 1959
19. The Right Stuff 1983
20. Philadelphia 1993
21. In the Heat of the Night 1967
22. The Pride of the Yankees 1942
23. The Shawshank Redemption 1994
24. National Velvet 1944
25. Sullivan's Travels 1941
26. The Wizard of Oz 1939
27. High Noon 1952
28. Field of Dreams 1989
29. Gandhi 1982
30. Lawrence of Arabia 1962
31. Glory 1989
32. Casablanca 1942
33. City Lights 1931
34. All the President's Men 1976
35. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967
36. On the Waterfront 1954
37. Forrest Gump 1994
38. Pinocchio 1940
39. Star Wars 1977
40. Mrs. Miniver 1942
41. The Sound of Music 1965
42. 12 Angry Men 1957
43. Gone with the Wind 1939
44. Spartacus 1960
45. On Golden Pond 1981
46. Lilies of the Field 1963
47. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
48. The African Queen 1951
49. Meet John Doe 1941
50. Seabiscuit 2003
51. The Color Purple 1985
52. Dead Poets Society 1989
53. Shane 1953
54. Rudy 1993
55. The Defiant Ones 1958
56. Ben-Hur 1959
57. Sergeant York 1941
58. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
59. Dances with Wolves 1990
60. The Killing Fields 1984
61. Sounder 1972
62. Braveheart 1995
63. Rain Man 1988
64. The Black Stallion 1979
65. A Raisin in the Sun 1961
66. Silkwood 1983
67. The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951
68. An Officer and a Gentleman 1982
69. The Spirit of St. Louis 1957
70. Coal Miner's Daughter 1980
71. Cool Hand Luke 1967
72. Dark Victory 1939
73. Erin Brockovich 2000
74. Gunga Din 1939
75. The Verdict 1982
76. Birdman of Alcatraz 1962
77. Driving Miss Daisy 1989
78. Thelma & Louise 1991
79. The Ten Commandments 1956
80. Babe 1995
81. Boys Town 1938
82. Fiddler on the Roof 1971
83. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936
84. Serpico 1973
85. What's Love Got to Do with It 1993
86. Stand and Deliver 1988
87. Working Girl 1988
88. Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942
89. Harold and Maude 1972
90. Hotel Rwanda 2004
91. The Paper Chase 1973
92. Fame 1980
93. A Beautiful Mind 2001
94. Captains Courageous 1937
95. Places in the Heart 1984
96. Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993
97. Madame Curie 1943
98. The Karate Kid 1984
99. Ray 2004
100. Chariots of Fire 1981

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4. I spent the whole weekend finishing the anime series, "Claymore." It started out fun and entertaining but kinda got boring towards the end... I enjoyed learning about this new world with this blonde girls that are assigned to kill monsters, and how they have monster blood in them. And just the details of their world interested me. But when they got to plot... yeah, sucked.
But I also think that it was partially because it was my goal to finish it this weekend! ;p I feel a little behind on completing goals and figured I should start getting on the ball! At least do the easy simple stuff because a lot of my goals require waiting for a few months... mainly my loans are stopping me from doing a LOT of goals. So I figured I might as well knock out a few goals now and not procrastinate more than necessary.

58. Everytime you flush, you use up a LOT of water. But a trick to this is adding a bottle full of rocks in the tank of your toilet. Therefore each flush uses a little bit less water than if the bottle wasn't there. It's still enough to sufficiently flush the toilet, but helps also with the water bill! :) Anyway... I made this goal, forgetting that we actually installed water efficient toilets... so they ALREADY conserve quite a bit of water. Well, what the heck right? I added a bottle full of water(does the same effect) in one of the toilets downstairs that gets the most usage. Still flushes quite fine even though NOW less water is being used to flush. SOOO, since that worked out, no harm could be done by adding water bottles(one being a former sesame oil bottle) to all the toilet tanks in the household so now we're more environmental PLUS a lower water bill due to it! :)

So now I'm exactly halfway to doing at least 70 goals out of the 99! :)

I think I'll try to do at least one goal a week, just so it'll keep my mind on completing goals this year but also remind me of the OTHER goals that take more effort like studying multiple times. :)

33/99

1. I've finished reading the book, Felidae! I really enjoyed it! It has this sarcastic cat with undertones of criticisms towards humans. It's very genius. I was introduced into it when I saw the movie on youtube. It's a little... strange, and out there. So watch out if you watch it!

8. I watched Finding Neverland with my mommy via Netflix. CRIED!!!!!

20. I've added rock bottles into the bathrooms at the school I work at. Actually, since then my job has become more and more environmentally friendly! I'm so happy that I'm making such an impact, small, but still! :)

54. I wrote a letter with my left hand. It was a tiring process that took over an hour to do! IT WAS PAINFUL! It was good practice for my fine motor skills but it was annoying because it's just a slow, tedious process. But it's nice to know that I did it.

97. There is this thing where, if you want to save a buck or two, you mail a letter to someone... but who you want it to go to is the return address, not the address it's supposed to be going to. I sent it out to my friend (the letter I wrote with my left hand) and hopefully they get it! But then again she lives in another city so she might not get it... so I might have to try it again! :)

28/99

53. I didn't wear hoops to go downtown, and I survived... I've done it more since! I have even not worn earrings, period!

57. Mommy helped me lug 3 boxes of unread magazines in my car and I recycled them today. Feels good to have less in the house!

74. One of my ways to save money, I take money out of the bank. So each week, I take out money to use for that week. This keeps me from using my credit card and therefore spending more money than I should. Helps me limit my spending which is nice! And if I'm good, the money spills over!

24/99

10. I watched Superbad finally. Pretty vulgar, funny though!

20. I made a recycle box for my director of the school. It's not a huge deal, but it's that much MORE paper that gets recycled! :)

37. I did something nice for a stranger today. I don't really know this chick, but she wants to work in my classroom... and I made sure to talk her up to my director, who is considering putting her into my room.

38. I finally went on a date that I KNEW WAS A DATE! I'm dating this guy from Ohio. He took me to an aquarium where I saw a HUGE snapping turtle. We went to the arcade for a little bit to play a few games. Then we went to a really expensive restaurant where we had meat (SHAME ON ME!!!)

81. I went to get free lessons at a salsa club. It was fun! They were surprised at how well I picked it up but OF COURSE! I'm a good dancer man!!! :)