The Longlist: Part 2

[stapsdoes101things]

Here's the next section of the longlist. Any comments?

- make pilgrimage to Canterbury
- come out to family
- be out at work
- compile a family lexicon
- monthly memory post à la deana_in_texas
- compile a bank of family stories
- do a first aid course
- go to a jazz event
- go to a folk event
- make will
- compile a Paris bus songbook
- go to a BookCrossing meet
- start a book blog
- start an Official BookCrossing Zone
- walk Offa's Dyke or across England
- give up alcohol for a month
- write 1 letter in longhand every month
- squirrel-proof birdfeeders and birdboxes
- make a loan via Kiva
- do A Day In My Life
- leave guerrilla art
- wild release 101 books
- make a donation for every goal left incomplete at the end of the 1001 days
- learn about how music works - be in a position where I would be able to pass Grade ? Theory
- learn about heraldry
- take singing lessons
- transcribe more of the family tree
- eat only local produce for 1 day
- eat only British produce for 1 week
- do 3 things to help others reach their 101
- join bone marrow donor registry
- get next level award from Blood service
- learn about meteorology
- do NaBloPoMo
- collect a set of photos of the Royal Arms and be able to date them by the heraldic variations
- have really nice underwear (not necessarily sexy - just high quality, well-fitting and comfortable)
- read the Bible
- post recipes to AllRecipes.co.uk, rather than just making them!
- make a quilt for any surprise babies (other people's, that is. If I have any surprise babies myself I shall rethink the list quite seriously.)
- pass driving test
- volunteer
- enter random competitions for the hell of it

Comments

[freddiefraggles]

Music: Grade 5 theory is required for all instrument grades above... grade 5. At least, it was when I did grade 8 singing.

A friend of mine is doing 101 in 1001 as well, but I doubt he's thought it through in quite the same way as you have and are. Perhaps you could get in touch.

[coloursofdusk.livejournal.com]

Various responses, I'll try to order these in the same order the goals appear! Just some thoughts:

Coming out to my family was very anticlimactic (I can tell the story another time, if you like!) but I'm glad I did it. If putting it on the list makes it more likely to happen, go for it! Same for work, although that's a harder concept for me - do you just drop it into conversation? Wear a badge? (Joking!)

A family lexicon sounds really interesting! What would it consist of?

Doing a first aid course was really educational and has actually come in useful a couple of times now. I highly recommend it.

A book of family stories sounds lovely, I wish my family would tell their stories more often.

Specific folk events that you might consider:
IVFDF, Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival. There's a strong Exeter presence there each year, and the people are very relaxed and friendly, a mixture of students and non-students and their families.

Sidmouth Folk Festival - Catmint has experience of this one, but I remember various people praising it.

Grade 5, as Freddie said, is a useful grade, as it allows you to take other high level exams and is roughly the equivalent of a GCSE in music if you combine it with a Grade 5 in singing/an instrument.

The Antony Nolan Trust (bone marrow people) actually sent me a flyer about signing other people up the other week. They can now do it by sending you a saliva test kit by post, you don't have to go get a blood test. Here's the website link: http://www.anthonynolan.org/What-you-can-do/Save-a-life/Online-application.aspx

Nice underwear can be expensive, but it's really worth it to have clothes that fit properly. I can't really afford it right now, but BHS/ M&S are good middle-of-the-range shops. However, sometimes their bras are really ugly. (Pink lace on a clashingly-coloured bra, urgh).

I really like the quilt idea - must they be surprise babies? What if they are planned? Or is it just that you're not expecting anyone to have children anytime soon? (Tongue firmly in cheek for these questions!)

Having a driving licence, even without a car, is a very liberating feeling. And after you're twenty-five you can hire cars much more easily!

[doriana]

What is a Paris bus songbook?

Collecting family stories is a great idea! I also liked the making a quilt idea (though I admit I lol'd at the surprise babies bit), it's good to be prepared!

[cuculine]

You have wild-release a particular book that has sentimental meaning to me, in the particular copy to which I am attached on Part 1 of this list. Perhaps combine that with wild release 101 books? So that it becomes a two-part goal: Wild-release 101 books, one of which must be a copy with sentimental value. Maybe even make it the 101th book you release, as the conclusion.