1. Finish #52FilmsByWomen challenge (goes until end of 2016)
PROGRESS - I'm still behind on this, I really want to catch up. I really enjoyed working on this challenge last (calendar year)! I need to stop watching junk and focus on checking out some lady directors again. I should have watched 6 films by women since the last report. I've watched two: Pelican Dreams and The Lifeguard. I enjoyed both. At the time I watched Pelican Dreams I was really depressed about the state of the planet and I was hoping that the film would cheer me up and although it really wasn't a depressing film it didn't make me feel any better. I also watched the final cut of the documentary film about women's education I've been working on which was directed by June Cross . . . I've got 3 films to catch up on! . . . I also watched The Girl on the Train, which I really liked and felt like it was directed by a woman but it wasn't HOWEVER it was shot by a woman (who also did Far from the Madding Crowd)!
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
No Progress
4. Read these 4 feminist reads: To the Lighthouse, The Feminine Mystique, The Beauty Myth, Americanah
PROGRESS: I finished Americanah! I really really liked it a lot!
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
TINY PROGRESS: I emailed the local environmental film festival about getting involved, but I've yet to hear back.
9. Finish off another student loan
COMPLETE! I completed this on a bit of whim! Originally planning on pay this off in January, I got frustrated trying to sort out a technicality and just paid it off three months early! Surprise! Now I just have one loan left and it is not very large, I plan on ridding myself of that one very soon as well!
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
No Progress
15. Lose a bit of weight
PROGESS: I've been going to the gym about twice a week for a few weeks now. I have also tried doing some yoga at home. And I'd say I significantly cut down on the amount of junk food I've been eating. Not sure if I have actually lost weight but I feel like I have!
16. Put together a collection of poems (30 poems, approx 2 new poems each month)
PROGRESS: I have worked a bit more on existing poems, added one or two more, and started looking at getting a set made into a little book. I probably need to make one or two major edits and additions before I really want to order anything but it has been exciting to think about. It has also given me some ideas for my project regarding my Grandmother's poetry.
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 - I've fallen behind a few times, but I've made sure to catch up within 2-3 days each time.
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
TINY PROGRESS - I've asked someone at work to help me get InDesign set up on my computer. I really think InDesign is the one I want to try first.
27. Begin research & development for documentary project at work
No Progress - I'm considering changing this because it looks like I will not be able to pursue this project at this time.
28. Write fan letters to writers Fraser McAlpine and Brian Jay Jones
No Progress
Bonus Goals:
Totals: Progress on 8/28 goals, 0/4 Bonus goals.
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) - No progress, I'm hoping to work on this this week because I have a meeting with my advisor.
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