Goal #2 on my 101 Things list is to compile a list of 101 things I did or accomplished in the previous 2.75 years. So I thought I’d keep track of and publish that list here.
- Completed my Graduate Diploma in Media Production
- Achieved all HD grades in one semester at university
- Fell in love
- Got engaged
- Got married
- Gave birth without any drugs
- Went to Singapore
- Went to Malaysia
- Went to Thailand
- Went to the UK
- Went to Portugal
- Went to Brazil
- Went to Boston, MA
- Went to New York, NY
- Went to 3 new US States (Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island)
- Road tripped around Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah and Colorado
- Went to Canada
- Went to Japan
- Went to Tokyo Disneyland
- Made 3 short films in a year (Present Vision, Barren, Between Friends)
- Read 16 books:
- “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown
- “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens
- “Quarantine” by Greg Egan
- “Doctor No” by Ian Fleming
- “Neuromancer” by William Gibson
- “The Yellow Peril from Sin City” by Hung Le
- “Foundation and Empire” by Isaac Asimov
- “Tongue Lashing” by Jean Kittson
- “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by JK Rowling (re-read)
- “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” by JK Rowling (re-read)
- “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” by JK Rowling (re-read)
- “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” by JK Rowling
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” by JK Rowling
- “Raising Boys”
- “Teach Your Child” by Dr Miriam Stoppard
- “Babies! A Parent’s Guide to Enjoying Baby’s First Year” by Dr Christopher Green
- Got my driver’s licence
- Bought a PS3
- Bought an apartment in Wembley
- Decorated my own home
- Rennovated my own home
- Bought an iMac
- Learned how to use Final Cut Studio
- Entered Raw Comedy 2006
- Looked after my mum when she had cancer
- Saw some films at the Singapore International Film Festival
- Wrote a feature film screenplay in a month (see Script Frenzy)
- Learned and used the Billing’s Method of Natural Family Planning
- Attended Engaged Encounter
- Co-wrote a one-act play
- Acted in two plays
- Acted in a short film directed by someone other than myself (“Chatroom 03” dir. Tove Krabo)
- Took 4 Screenworkshop 2 classes as a director (Romance and Seduction, Comedy, Improvisation, Emotion Recall)
- Watched Buffy series 1-3
- Saw 41 movies at the cinema:
- Robots (Apr 12th 2005)
- What the Bleep Do We Know? (Apr 22nd 2005)
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Apr 24th 2005)
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (May 21st 2005)
- Madagascar (Jun 26th 2005)
- Batman Begins (Jun 28th 2005)
- Mr and Mrs Smith (Jul 5th 2005)
- Fantastic Four (Jul 31st 2005)
- Wedding Crashers (Aug 28th 2005)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Sept 24th 2005)
- Serenity (Oct 11th 2005)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Dec 6th 2005)
- The Corpse Bride (Dec 30th 2005)
- Howl’s Moving Castle (Jan 12th 2006)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Jan 23rd 2006)
- The Producers
- Brokeback Mountain (Mar 17th 2006)
- The New World
- X-Men 3: The Last Stand (May 23rd 2006)
- Cars (Jun 27th 2006)
- Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Curse (Jul 10th 2006)
- Superman Returns (Jul 11th 2006)
- You, Me and Dupree (Aug 12th 2006)
- Book of Revelation (Sept 3rd 2006)
- Last Train to Freo
- God on My Side
- Borat (Nov 29th 2006)
- Casino Royale (Dec 26th 2006)
- Night at the Museum (Jan 2nd 2007)
- Happy Feet
- Spider-Man 3 (May 8th 2007)
- Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End (May 30th 2007)
- Knocked Up
- Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Jul 4th 2007)
- Evening (Jul 9th 2007)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Aug 1st 2007)
- The Simpson’s Movie (Aug 8th 2007)
- Ratatouille (Sept 12th 2007)
- Death at a Funeral (Sept 26th 2007)
- The Kingdom (Oct 3rd 2007)
- Cut my hair shorter than it’s ever been
- Got down to a record self-low of 52kg
- Started my own business with my husband
- Started making money off ComedyDownUnder.com
- Interviewed Cal Wilson and Andrew Hansen for ComedyDownUnder.com
- Joined The West Lodge Doctor Who Club of WA
- Sat on the Council of Owners for Wembley property
- Bought a kimono
- Saw “Spamalot” on Broadway
- Went up to the observatory of the Empire State Building
- Cooked a shephard’s pie for my Aunts Kaye and Lynn in Salt Lake City
- Hand-made ravioli
- Used cloth nappies on my son whenever I could
- Took a two week honeymoon
- Bought Final Fantasy XII for PS2
- Redesigned ComedyDownUnder.com
- Joined a Harry Potter Internet committee
- Sat on the committee for The West Lodge
- Took advantage of duty free alcohol
- Went to a {private} for the first time
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- Drove to Esperence and back in one weekend
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- Bought X-Men Legends on PS2
- Got Sims 2 for Mac
- Got Kingdom Hearts for PS2
- Nearly finished Kingdom Hearts
- Got Sonic game for PS3
- Bought HD video camera
- Edited my wedding video
- Explored a fallen castle in England
- Saw Stonehenge
- Saw the place where “Torchwood” is located
- Went to a Doctor Who exhibition in the UK
- Saw the ancient Roman bath in Bath
- Showed Doyle snow for the first time
- Introduced my husband and son to much of my family in the US
- Attended the second IGF meeting
- Designed a new web site for The West Lodge
- Worked as a Web Developer for the first time
- Got a spiffy microphone for my professional camera
- Got a smaller HD camera to take travelling
- Got a 6.0MP still digital camera
- Got some lights for film production
- Made a video of my honeymoon
- Participated in a breastfeeding study
- Bought a kimono
- Got into Doctor Who
- Got into The Bill
- Got into Supernatural
- Watched the entire series of Firefly
- Joined Facebook
- Caught up with an old friend from high school
- Paid off Jeremy’s mortgage on his Perth apartment
- Took Doyle for his 2 month immunisations
- Took Doyle for his 4 month immunisations
- Took Doyle for his 6 month immunisations
- Got the first two injections of the HPV vaccine
Dominica May 