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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
32-39) 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) Something that is in the works, I want to see if it happens before I post about it

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
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
81) Go camping with Riki
82) Visit Katie in North Carolina
83) Go to Venezuela
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…

Brewsters can’t keep me down

May 12th, 2008

This weekend, a full month after it showed up in our mailbox, I did the impossible… I finished Brewster’s Millions.

I could give you a review, tell you my deepest thoughts, explain how it changed me forever, but it didn’t so I won’t. I will say, if you are dying to watch an 80s comedy one day in the near future, leave this one for further down the list. Maybe even last, or never, on the list. Watch The Jerk or something of this quality first. I know The Jerk was released in 1979, but what’s a year?

In place of my review, watch this instead. Then, I’ll tell you again, go rent The Jerk.

OK, I think I figured it out. It’s John Candy. I don’t like John Candy. I know it isn’t right to speak ill of those who are no longer with us, but I just want to punch him in the arm so hard.

There is a lesson in here somewhere… what I thought would be my easiest problem became the most challenging. I will think about this more after I go have a snack.


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  • 1. Rachel  |  May 13th, 2008 at 5:17 pm

    What?! Brewster’s Millions does not deserve such loathing.

  • 2. Jessi  |  May 13th, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    I know, I know.. I’m not sure where it comes from, I just can’t get into BM.


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