Daniel Spils in 2008
2008, so far, is 92% worth living.
In 2005, Daniel Spils
did 53 things,
went 4 places,
met 14 people, and
consumed 23 products.
Daniel Spils has written 1 year in review entry…
- My year in review — 1 year ago
January
Added to 43 Things:
- learn Bach Prelude 1 in C Major — completed 2 months later
- stop watching so much tv — completed 2 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
- record an album in my basement — Worth doing!
- tackle a fleeing thief — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
Watched:
- Cloverfield — Worth consuming!
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February
Added to 43 Things:
- clean up the SE corner of 12th & Pike — completed about 1 month later
- Elect Barack Obama president
Completed on 43 Things:
- Sit on a jury — Worth doing!
- gather participants for the first 43T european meet-up — Worth doing!
- learn to cook delicious soup — Worth doing!
- Visit my Aunt Evelyn — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
- Samurai Noodle — Worth visiting!
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March
Added to 43 Things:
- Break a Bone — completed about 1 month later
- go swimming
Completed on 43 Things:
- play guitar in a really heavy band — Worth doing!
- get a houseplant (or two) — Worth doing!
- visit my Uncle George — Worth doing!
- Make 43 Things Faster — Worth doing!
- buy a robot co-op member a drink — Worth doing!
- try freecycle.com — Not worth doing
- go to a chiropractor — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Added to 43 Places:
- Great Stuff — visited 3 months later
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
Watched:
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April
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- go on a drunken camping trip — Worth doing!
- poop in my pants — Not worth doing
- Ski Alyeska in Girdwood, Alaska — Worth doing!
- learn Bach Prelude 1 in C Major — Worth doing!
- stop watching so much tv — Worth doing!
- clean up the SE corner of 12th & Pike — Worth doing!
- Hug a complete stranger — Worth doing!
- Learn to play the drums — Worth doing!
- own a dirt bike — Worth doing!
- wish Girl in the Curl a rockin' birthday on April 22! — Worth doing!
Watched:
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May
Added to 43 Things:
- go walking every day that I can
- Divide my time between two or more locations
- go to a frat party — completed 14 days later
Completed on 43 Things:
- learn how to use 43 Things — Worth doing!
- Break a Bone — Not worth doing
- read A Confederacy of Dunces — Worth doing!
- make banana bread
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
Watched:
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- Iron Man — Worth consuming!
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June
Added to 43 Things:
- eat raw fish — completed about 1 month later
Completed on 43 Things:
- Ban smoking in bars and restaurants in Washington State — Worth doing!
- see Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire — Not worth doing
- save 6 months of living expenses — Worth doing!
- do slow weights for a year — Worth doing!
- Eat more fruits and vegetables — Worth doing!
- cross country ski — Worth doing!
- go to a frat party — Not worth doing
- Drive across the United States from New York to San Francisco — Worth doing!
- Set up a Flickr account — Worth doing!
- go downtown — Worth doing!
- Drive on the freeway — Worth doing!
- learn how to drive stick-shift — Worth doing!
- Read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" — Worth doing!
- use cloth grocery bags — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Visited on 43 Places:
- Great Stuff — Worth visiting!
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
Listened to:
- Brothers in Arms — Worth consuming!
- Back in Black (Deluxe Digipak) — Worth consuming!
- Michael Jackson 25th Anniversary of Thriller — Worth consuming!
Watched:
- Battle in Seattle
- Anvil! The Story of Anvil — Worth consuming!
- Song Sung Blue — Worth consuming!
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July
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- Bike to work — Worth doing!
- eat raw fish — Worth doing!
- buy a cheap guitar — Worth doing!
- make more art — Worth doing!
- Have my car stolen — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
- Squire Park — Worth visiting!
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
Watched:
- Blow Up
- The Dark Knight — Worth consuming!
- Wall-E — Worth consuming!
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August
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- build community in my immediate seattle central district neighborhood — Worth doing!
- find the biggest SPAM offenders on 43 Things — Worth doing!
- attend my 20 year West High School reunion in Anchorage, Alaska — Worth doing!
- get a nice guitar amp — Worth doing!
- learn to play the Hammond B3 organ — Worth doing!
- sing for a lover, and have them sing something too... — Worth doing!
- understand RSS and how it works — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Visited on 43 Places:
- Nordstrom Rack — Worth visiting!
