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So many problems:

Meaningless:
1) ~~Watch “Brewsters Millions”~~
2) Scare someone really badly and get it on film
3) ~~Throw a really fun party.~~
4) ~~Have a margarita party on a Sunday afternoon.~~
5) Fashion photoshoot at clothing stores around town
6) Dress up in a DisneyLand style costume and hand out popsicles at the beach on a hot day.
7-9) TBD!

The heart smart category:
10) Interview my grandparents, blog about it, and scan photos.
11) Write one letter per month.
12) Make a family tree
13) ~~Have a sleepover party with my brother and drink margaritas at Chili’s, then play Wii.~~
14) Leave a server a really big tip in proportion to the ticket
15) Volunteer somewhere
16-19) TBD!

The Healthy Category:
20) Go to Yoga twice a week.
21) Ride my bike to work 3 days a week for the entire year.
22) ~~Join a women’s baseball team~~
23) Lose 10 pounds
24) ~~Run the Cincinnati Flying Pig Half Marathon~~
25) Do the Danskin Chicagoland Womens Triathalon.
26) ~~Get my wisdom teeth out~~
27-29) TBD!

Get Smart:
30) Learn Spanish.
31) ~~Take a knife skills class with Amy~~
32)~~Attend the Giants of Science lecture with Robert Krulwich and Jane Goodall~~
33-39) TBD

Food:
40) ~~Bike to an Ethiopian restaurant with Riki~~
41) ~~Bike to Veggie Bite on the south side with Amy~~
42) ~~Bike to Hot Doug’s~~
43) Make 1 new vegan recipe per week
44) ~~Plant a mini-herb garden.~~
45) ~~Plant a mini back-deck vegetable garden~~
46) ~~Vegan pizza party and movie night.~~
47) Host a fancy-pants dinner party
48) ~~Make this~~
49) TBD

Financial:
50) Increase what I’m putting into my savings accound by 25% per month.
51) Pay off all of my consumer debt.
52) Invest in a Roth IRA
53) ~~Do a full on written budget~~
54-59) TBD!

You tell me what to do:
60, Submitted by Minx) ~~Sing karaoke in front of a bunch of people. :(~~
61-68) TBD
69, Submitted by Aaron D.) Record a hip-hop record (at least 4 songs) with Riki and make a myspace music page for it.

The Culture Vulture:
71) ~~Visit the Museum of Surgical Science~~
72) ~~Go to the Brooklyn Museum~~
73) ~~Yankees Game~~
74) Ride on one of those Double Decker Red buses EDIT: This is $50. Such a rip-off. I'm going to replace it with something better.
75) ~~Top of the Empire State Building~~
76) ~~Walk the Brooklyn Bridge~~
77) ~~Ferry ride to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island~~
78) Visit the MoMA
79) Visit the NY Public Library

Travel:
80) Go to ~~Ecuador~~ Louisiana
81) Go camping with Riki
82) Visit Katie in North Carolina
83) Go to ~~Venezuela~~ Costa Rica
84-89) TBD

Random:
90) ~~Surprise Problem~~
91) Get new glasses
92) ~~Go to a Cubs game and sit in the skybox~~
93) ~~Find a place to live in New York~~
94-99) TBD… lots TBD…

Not unlike any other day, I will soon be making a fool of myself.

February 27th, 2008

First of all, I want to apologize for neglecting you, the loyal reader, and also you, 99 Blog. I’m sorry I haven’t posted in over a week. I have no excuse, and am here on bended knee asking you to take me back. I’m so sorry. I love you.

Now that that’s out of the way, lets move on to what you’ve all been waiting a whole week for - the You Tell me What to do vote. It was a tight race, this one, with 26 people fighting to change the face of this blog forever.

Ok, so it wasn’t really a tight race at all. You all knew karaoke would win, and it did. I even went to Live Band Karaoke last weekend just to get used to the idea of it. Riki wanted me to go ahead and sing and get it over with, but that would have been against the rules since the voting wasn’t over. These problems are all about the rules.

And, here it is: Problem #60 Sing Karaoke in front of a bunch of people

Just so you guys know, I can’t sing at all, and am a little shaken at the thought of getting up in front of the leather jacket bro-crowd at the Pontiac to sing. I will more than likely need 7 vodka sodas to get me ready for this one.

Thanks to everyone who voted, and double thanks for not making me organize a g-damned snowball fight. I would have been swearing under my breath like crazy if I had to do that.

I am a little sad though, that Barack Obama didn’t win.

PS - For anyone keeping tabs, I rode my bike twice last week, didn’t go to yoga at all, (see the right side bar for up to the minute progress) and made vegan chili for Problem #43. But it was kind of ugly and not very photogenic, so I spared you that one.

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1. minx | February 27th, 2008 at 5:44 pm

hey! i resent that frowny face next to this item on your official list.

i’m coming down in march. let’s make it happen.
2. jess casual | February 28th, 2008 at 11:41 pm

i was gonna ask you when you were coming… i cant wait for march. lets get drunk and sing some mf’in karaoke.
3. Sam | March 3rd, 2008 at 5:02 am

I voted for this one and would love to see it happen. Can you hold off till May?

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