Voosk in 2008
2008, so far, is 93% worth living.
In 2005, Voosk
did 18 things,
went 94 places,
met 0 people, and
consumed 83 products.
Years:
2007
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2008
January
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- Play in an orchestra — Worth doing!
- Be barefoot
- Watch The Godfather 1, 2, and 3 — Worth doing!
Read:
- Al Capone Does My Shirts (Newbery Honor Book) — Worth consuming!
- Because of Winn-Dixie — Worth consuming!
- Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
- The Shawl — Worth consuming!
- Princess Academy — Worth consuming!
- Whittington (Newbery Honor Book) — Worth consuming!
- The Art of Original Thinking: The Making of a Thought Leader — Worth consuming!
- Penny from Heaven (Newbery Honor Book) — Worth consuming!
- Rules (Newbery Honor Book) — Worth consuming!
- Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village (Waldo) — Worth consuming!
- Bless the beasts and children — Worth consuming!
- Hello Kitty Everywhere 2006 Engagement Calendar — Worth consuming!
- Your Library Goes Virtual
- Seeking Meaning: A Process Approach to Library and Information Services Second Edition — Worth consuming!
- A Corner of the Universe — Worth consuming!
→ See more from January
February
Added to 43 Things:
- get a new digital piano — completed 6 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
- read a Dickens novel — Worth doing!
- Quit Smoking — Worth doing!
Read:
- Cabaret Artist's Handbook: Creating Your Own Act in Today's Livliest Theater Setting — Worth consuming!
- Twisted Yoga — Worth consuming!
- No Applause--Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous — Worth consuming!
- Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life — Worth consuming!
→ See more from February
March
Completed on 43 Things:
- read all the Newbery Award winners — Worth doing!
- read "The Message" cover to cover — Worth doing!
- pay off my student loans
- drink more water and less pop
Added to 43 Places:
Visited on 43 Places:
- Solla Sollew — Worth visiting!
- Shedd Aquarium — Worth visiting!
- Art Institute of Chicago — Worth visiting!
- The Loop — Worth visiting!
- Field Museum Of Natural History — Worth visiting!
- Buckingham Fountain — Worth visiting!
- Sears Tower Skydeck — Worth visiting!
- Adler Planetarium — Worth visiting!
- CTA Randolph Street Station
- Grant Park
- Harold Washington Library Center — Worth visiting!
- Lower Wacker — Worth visiting!
- Near North Side
- Navy Pier — Worth visiting!
- John Hancock Center — Worth visiting!
Read:
- Little House on Rocky Ridge (Little House) — Worth consuming!
- Uncle Andy's: A FAABBBULOUS VISIT WITH ANDY WARHOL (Ira Children's Book Awards (International Reading Association)) — Worth consuming!
- Charlie and Lola: But Excuse Me That is My Book (Charlie and Lola (Hardcover)) — Worth consuming!
- I am Too Absolutely Small for School (Charlie and Lola)
- Hatchet — Worth consuming!
- I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola) — Worth consuming!
- Clarice Bean, Guess Who's Babysitting? (Clarice Bean) — Worth consuming!
- Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra (Caldecott Honor Book) — Worth consuming!
- Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present (World of Art) — Worth consuming!
- I'm Really Ever So Not Well (Charlie and Lola) — Worth consuming!
- Boo! Made You Jump! (Charlie and Lola) — Worth consuming!
- You Can Be My Friend (Charlie and Lola) — Worth consuming!
- But I Am an Alligator (Charlie and Lola) — Worth consuming!
- Mildred and Sam and Their Babies (I Can Read Book 2) — Worth consuming!
→ See more from March
April
Visited on 43 Places:
- Acton
- Brookline Village — Worth visiting!
- Coolidge Corner — Worth visiting!
- Coolidge Corner Station
- Central Kitchen
- Herrell's Ice Cream — Worth visiting!
- Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage — Worth visiting!
- The Globe Corner Bookstore
- Kendall Square Station
- Middle East
- Noir
- California — Worth visiting!
- Arlington Heights
- Round Lake — Not worth visiting
- Woodstock
Read:
- I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed (Charlie and Lola) — Worth consuming!
- What Planet Are You from, Clarice Bean? — Worth consuming!
- I've Won, No I've Won, No I've Won (Charlie and Lola) — Worth consuming!
- Charlie and Lola: Snow is My Favorite and My Best (Charlie and Lola (Hardcover))
- We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog (Charlie and Lola) — Worth consuming!
- Across the Rolling River (Little House) — Worth consuming!
- Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagara Falls (Mirette) — Worth consuming!
- Barbarians at the Gates of the Public Library: How Postmodern Consumer Capitalism Threatens Democracy, Civil Education and the Public Good
- Pigeon Wants..., The — Worth consuming!
- Awakening the Entrepreneur Within: How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies
- A Little House of Their Own (Little House) — Worth consuming!
- Little City by the Lake (Little House) — Worth consuming!
- Buster catches a cold — Worth consuming!
- On Top of Concord Hill (Little House) — Worth consuming!
- Charlie and Lola: Say Cheese! (Charlie and Lola) — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
- Bedtime Stories — Worth consuming!
- Putumayo Presents: Acoustic Brazil — Worth consuming!
- Putumayo Presents: Italian Café — Worth consuming!
- Putumayo Presents: Celtic Crossroads — Worth consuming!
- Caribe! Caribe! — Worth consuming!
- The Ultimate Adventure
- Zydeco
- Putumayo Presents: Music from the Wine Lands — Worth consuming!
- Putumayo Presents: The Caribbean — Worth consuming!
- Putumayo Presents: Acoustic Africa — Worth consuming!
- Putumayo Presents: Gypsy Groove — Worth consuming!
Watched:
- Groundhog Day — Worth consuming!
- L'Auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment) — Worth consuming!
- Cirque du Soleil - La Nouba — Worth consuming!
- Touch the Sound - A Sound Journey With Evelyn Glennie — Worth consuming!
- Globe Trekker - France
- Charlie and Lola, Vols. 1 and 2 — Worth consuming!
- Globe Trekker: New England USA
- Coffee Date — Worth consuming!
- Globe Trekker: Ultimate Scandinavia
→ See more from April
May
Listened to:
- The Best of the Smiths, Vol. 1 — Worth consuming!
- Best of Bee Gees — Worth consuming!
Watched:
- Charlie & Lola: Vol 3 & 4 — Worth consuming!
→ See more from May
June
Completed on 43 Things:
Read:
- It's a Dog's Life, Snoopy — Not worth consuming
- The 50 Secrets of Highly Successful Cats: or How to Succeed With Humans (Without Really Trying) (Without Really Trying) — Worth consuming!
Watched:
- Grumpy Old Men — Worth consuming!
→ See more from June
July
Completed on 43 Things:
- eat more raw food — Worth doing!
- play the piano — Worth doing!
- See a Broadway musical, on Broadway — Worth doing!
- keep a dream journal — Worth doing!
Read:
Listened to:
- London Calling — Worth consuming!
Watched:
- Breakfast at Tiffany's — Worth consuming!
- The Butterfly — Worth consuming!
- how to murder your wife — Worth consuming!
→ See more from July
August
Completed on 43 Things:
- buy an alto trombone — Worth doing!
- get a new digital piano — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
- buy a smart car
- get a master's degree in library science
- Take the GRE
- help people wake up and realize that God is a fairy tale for adults and that no one will answer their prayers, so they might as well stop putting their life in the hands of a fictive figure and start living their life without fear.
Read:
- Wolves — Worth consuming!
- The Gigging Musician: How to Get, Play, and Keep the Gig
Listened to:
- Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band — Worth consuming!
