#39- Make mixed CD's for at least 12 of my friends

I only have one more to make, so this one will be completed soon!

#27- Make an effort to spend more time with friends that I know on an acquaintance level that I respect and think I could be better friends with if I

Did this with a few of the ladies I work with. I love them to bits now!

#29- Try to make time to see my parents and remaining grandparents

We spent a wonderful week in Alaska with my mom in July!

#43- Have a conversation with Darian's biological father

I would count this as half complete. I called him, heard his voice and hung up. I decided at the last second that I have really nothing to say to him.
Then I contacted his sister via email. (Thinking online conversations are easier to deal with) She finally wrote back saying she would rather talk in person. I heard from someone else that it might not be a good conversation if I do speak to them, so I decided I was not ready for the whole voice to voice contact. So in the end I came closer to talking to him than I have in 11 years, but I think I will wait another five before I actually hear his voice again.

#48- Reveal something to someone that might effect their life in some way.

Did this, but I can't say that it effected them in a positive way. The jury is still out on that one.

#63- Tell a joke to a small group of friends at a party

I did this one at a party at Licia's house. I told the joke:

Q: How do you make a tissue dance?

A: You put a little boogie in it.

Some people laughed, some people groaned. Hey! It counts!

#65- Sing really loud while walking to the corner store and back

My daughter and I did this. A few people smiled, but that was about it. We sang the Skiddermarick a dink a dink song together all the way to the store and back.

#79- Get an arty photo taken while wearing my wedding dress completely out of context, like walking barefoot down the city street or something.

Completed. I took a bunch of black and white photos of me in my wedding dress. They turned out pretty creepy/dark.

#23- Apologize to someone from the past that I hurt

Did this one. It was good because it helped shed some light on some things. In fact after all is said and done, it turns out I didn't really do anything wrong, they just tried to turn it on me because they were protecting a pretty dark secret of their own.

#66- Ask for an autograph

Complete. I asked Leeni for one of her first autographs at her first record release show over the summer.

#59- Go to one of the silent movie nights at the paramount

Complete! With a slight venue change. I went to the Moore and saw a silent movie during SIFF. It was pretty cool.

This is what I wrote about it on June 17th:

Last night Licia, Holly, Carl and I went to see The Unknown at The Moore. (Carl looked like the luckiest guy in the city having three beautiful redheads as his date! Oh and he seemed much healthier now than his posts from a few days back. Seems he is on the road to healing.)

It was a pretty trippy movie. It was the only silent film Joan Crawford ever did and really the best I have ever seen her look.

The best part was the soundtrack! The band Portastatic was playing live as the soundtrack. Having been a Superchunk fan back in the day I was in heaven.

Special thanks to Sean for giving us the tickets! We would not have even known about it if we didn't run into him at the party the night before.

Here is what the Moore website said about the movie:

Tod Browning's freakish 1927 film stars Lon Chaney as carnival knife thrower Alonzo the Armless and Joan Crawford as the carnival girl he hopes to marry. The lo-fi indie-rock ensemble Portastatic, led by Mac McCaughan of Superchunk, will unveil an original live score composed for SIFF for this rarely-seen silent oddity.