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58) Watch 100 films I haven't seen before - In Progress [9/100]

• Tropic Thunder - why did the Vietnamese speak Mandarin? Other than that, a good laugh out loud (or if you prefer, 'lol') film.
  
• Ponyo - see below
  

82) Go to a Morecambe match - DONE (23/02/10)






A cold Tuesday night consisting of trams, drunk Mancs, snow and a burnt mouth from eating my Balti pie too quickly. The football? League 2 standard. But I definitely wasn't let down by the atmosphere - something that Jack had told us about. A constant stream of chants, songs and war cries were accompanied with a bass drum for the whole 90 minutes. Even a chorus of "Shoes off, if you love Morecambe" left a group of people balancing on one leg. Shame I wasn't able to celebrate a goal. Maybe next time...when the sun's out.

92) Watch the entire Studio Ghibli collection - In Progress [1/19]
The number is just an estimate since a quite a few are TV spots or are Japanese only (some of which I've included anyways along with soon-to-be released films). I've seen about 5 already from when I was much younger so I am definitely looking forward to bringing back these memories.

• Ponyo - It annoys me when people are so closed minded when it comes to experiencing anything different - hence only four of us went to see this at the AMC. I wasn't disappointed and left the cinema with a big smile on my face humming the tune played over the closing credits. The animation was amazing but something which I've come to expect from Miyazaki with many similarities to his previous films. To those who would only watch a film if there's explosions or gore then, believe it or not, this isn't the film for you. This is a kid's film. But a brilliant one at that.
  

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3) Donate blood 3 times - In Progress [1/3]

Thursday 9th Feb - My first time
along with Danielle. Pretty straightforward and I was surprised how normal I felt afterwards considering I have had quite a low blood pressure since childhood. I'm not going to say no to free biscuits though. Giving blood has been high on my list for a few years but I've never gotten round to it. If you're the same then I urge you to book an appointment...now!

58) Watch 100 films I haven't seen before - In Progress [7/100]

• No Country For Old Men - a very long...and slow...film... But good nontheless.
  
• Funny People - even longer. It felt like a full 90 minute comedy film...with an extra hour drama thrown in. I'd rather Sandler stuck to Zohan-esque films.
  
• My Name is Khan - Could a film possibly be longer than the previous two? Yes, but I didn't mind one bit (except for the numb arse). This was a brilliant feel-good film with bags of emotion and an ounce of humour. There was an abundance of overacting but what else can you expect from a 'Bollywood' film.
• The Island - Rubbish.
  

75) Find 10 'Space invaders' around Manchester - In Progress [1/10]
First one found on Sackville St. ...which I've walked down many a time and never noticed it before. Ah well.

101) Get back in touch with my artistic side - In Progress
My 'leave-it-too-late-to-get-a-decent-costume' t-shirts for Chloe's birthday night out. Shame I didn't have any fabric pens. Sharpies didn't do it justice.

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12) Get fit - In Progress
Moved onto at least 100 reps and 50 situps a day quite quickly. And now with hiking hopefully being a regular event, along with badminton and football, things are looking up.

15) Get someone else to make a list - Done (recently)
Not just one but two! Maybe a few more who seem interested. Seriously, it's something worth doing. Most of these things on my list are things which I've always wanted to do...but have never been motivated enough to actually fulfill. Now that it's written down, it seems a hell of a lot more manageable. Even if you're not convinced, give it a shot anyway - it won't do any harm.

30) Go hiking 5 times - In Progress [1/5]
Sunday 31st Jan - only decided the day before to go and, even in the morning, we didn't have a definitive destination. We ended up in Glossop, Derbyshire and spent a good 5 hours out covering alot of ground. Barbed wire fences, wet feet, ice, Peak vs. Lake District arguments and geordie cows. All in all, a decent hike.

41) Win Premier League with Hartlepool... - In Progress
Harry has broken Fifa. No further comments.

101) Get back in touch with my artistic side - In Progress
It's coming back slowly but surely. My snow penguin didn't turn out bad. The blog header is my rubbish attempt at using GIMP but it's a start at least. And thanks go to Paul for sorting out the HTML.

Amendments

Just thought I would make some changes to make things and bit more realistic/challenging.

3) Donate blood 3 times
11) Go skiing/snowboarding
21) Use Twitter/Buzz

39) Go watch Newcastle Utd in a final win a Premiership match
42) Punch a whale Do the coast to coast walk

45) Complete a Final Fantasy XII

47) Win a bet on the football
54)Be vegetarian for ONE three days

Unfortunately, DayZero doesn't have an editing function for the tasks so, when changing them, the numbers will be different. I'll be using the blog as main reference for the list.


"What time is it?"

"Halloumi cheese time!"