Monday, October 10, 2016

28 Things: Progress Report Week 8

Work and school has been running me down a bit.  I've been forgetting to think about a lot of these.

1. Finish #52FilmsByWomen challenge (goes until end of 2016)

PROGRESS - I should have watched 5 films in this time, but I haven't quite reached that goal.  But I watched two!  I watched The 13th directed by Ava Duvernay, and also Bridget Jones' Baby directed by Sharon Maguire.  I also watched the fascinating The Fits directed by Anna Rose Holmer.

2. Collect the rest of the state quarters I am missing (I am missing Hawaii, Nebraska, Michigan, and Iowa) 

No Progress

3. Watch these 12 films : The Darjeeling Limited, Wild, Trainspotting, Equity, Carol, Absolutely Fabulous The Movie, 8 1/2, Songs My Brothers Taught Me, Diary of a Teenage Girl, Day for Night, The Fits, Brief Encounter

PROGRESS - I watched The Fits.

4. Read these 4 feminist reads: To the Lighthouse, The Feminine Mystique, The Beauty Myth, Americanah

No progress


5. Read 3 of these books that I own or have started reading: Shrill, We Were Feminist Once, Savage Grace, Anna Karenina, Lean In

No Progress

6. Visit Lambert Castle in Paterson, NJ

No Progress

7. Get my passport

No Progress

8. Get involved in local alumni film festival or environmental film festival

No Progress

9. Finish off another student loan

No Progress

10. Start to learn to play the drums

No Progress
Next Step - Find the drum sticks in the garage

11. Complete a serious outline for a screenplay

No Progress

12. Write a song

No Progress

13. Move  COMPLETE 


14. Put together an anthology of my Grandmother's poems

No Progress 

15. Lose a bit of weight

No Progress
Next Step - Get pass to gym classes!

16. Put together a collection of poems (30 poems, approx 2 new poems each month)

PROGRESS:  I have worked on this a lot! I was working on submitting some poems to something and got on a bit of a roll for about a week.  I've got about 33 poems!

17. Learn to use a sewing machine

No Progress


18. Go to see the Lion King on Broadway

No Progress

19. Get a new doctor

No Progress

20. Keep blogging & try to write for a new blog

No Progress - still behind!

21. Produce a short film (either my own film or for someone else)

No Progress

22. Go on a date

No Progress

23. Get something tailored

No Progress

24. Start a short, daily journal

PROGRESS - Still on target!


25. Write one of the articles/think pieces I've been contemplating (Snow White & the Huntsman, Bones, Pretty Little Liars, loud women)

No Progress

26. Learn either InDesign or Photoshop from Adobe Creative Suite

No Progress

27. Begin research & development for documentary project at work

No Progress 

28. Write fan letters to writers Fraser McAlpine and Brian Jay Jones

No Progress

Bonus Goals:
  • Practice changing a tire - No Progress
  • Start a scrapbook for life events - No Progress
  • Create postcards from friends' art or photos - No Progress
  • Write a draft of my practicum paper (not due until end of 2017) - TINY PROGRESS, I've been working on this a tiny bit.
Totals: Progress on 4/28 goals, 1/4 Bonus goals.

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