EJ Brie in 2006

2006 was 99% worth living.

In 2005, EJ Brie did 22 things, went 138 places, met 2 people, and consumed 555 products.

Years: 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. keep up with the dishes — completed about 1 month later
  2. wake up when my alarm clock goes off — completed about 1 month later
  3. Stop comparing myself to other people — completed 11 months later
  4. get a better job — completed about 1 year later
  5. paint M's office — completed about 1 year later
  6. Believe in myself
  7. clean out the garage
  8. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
  9. Kiss in the rain
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. wake up earlier on workdays — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Walt Disney World — visited 2 months later
  2. Lake Tahoe — visited 4 months later
  3. Pittsburgh — visited 3 months later
  4. Pawleys Island
  5. Outer Banks
  6. Toronto
  7. Florida Keys
  8. World Trade Center Site
  9. Amsterdam
  10. Jamaica
  11. Las Vegas
  12. China
  13. Ocracoke Island
  14. Monticello — visited about 1 year later
  15. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore — visited about 1 year later
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Petaluma — Worth visiting!
  2. Point Reyes National Seashore — Worth visiting!
  3. Golden Gate Park — Worth visiting!
  4. San Francisco — Worth visiting!
  5. City Lights Bookstore — Worth visiting!
  6. Ghirardelli Square — Worth visiting!
  7. Ferry Building — Worth visiting!
  8. North Beach — Worth visiting!
  9. Sutro Heights Park — Worth visiting!
  10. Market Street — Worth visiting!
  11. The Stinking Rose — Worth visiting!
  12. Peet's Coffee — Worth visiting!
  13. Mission District — Worth visiting!
  14. Sonoma — Worth visiting!
  15. Sebastiani — Worth visiting!
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. David Sedaris
  2. Desmond Tutu
Read:
  1. The Catcher in the Rye — Worth consuming!
  2. Animal Farm — Worth consuming!
  3. The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part 2) — Worth consuming!
  4. Written on the Body — Worth consuming!
  5. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Winterson, Jeanette) — Worth consuming!
  6. In Her Shoes: A Novel — Worth consuming!
  7. Brokeback Mountain: Now a Major Motion Picture — Worth consuming!
  8. The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the RIngs) — Worth consuming!
  9. Sidhartha — Worth consuming!
  10. Gaslight — Worth consuming!
  11. Switch — Worth consuming!
  12. Seeing Dell — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. Little Earthquakes — Worth consuming!
  2. Fumbling Towards Ecstasy — Worth consuming!
  3. Surfacing — Worth consuming!
  4. Not a Pretty Girl — Worth consuming!
  5. Afterglow — Worth consuming!
  6. The Beatles 1 — Worth consuming!
  7. Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff — Worth consuming!
  8. Under the Pink — Worth consuming!
  9. Not So Soft — Worth consuming!
  10. No Mermaid — Worth consuming!
  11. Ani DiFranco — Worth consuming!
  12. Imperfectly — Worth consuming!
  13. Puddle Dive — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. The Fisher King — Worth consuming!
  2. The Matrix — Worth consuming!
  3. Love Actually (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  4. Being John Malkovich — Worth consuming!
  5. Hotel Rwanda — Worth consuming!
  6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  7. Catch Me If You Can (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  8. Forrest Gump (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  9. When Harry Met Sally... — Worth consuming!
  10. Life of Brian — Worth consuming!
  11. The Pelican Brief — Worth consuming!
  12. Mean Girls (Special Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  13. Mona Lisa Smile — Worth consuming!
  14. My Big Fat Greek Wedding — Worth consuming!
  15. Big — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Gin and Tonic — Worth consuming!
  2. Chocolate Martini
  3. garlic bread — Worth consuming!
  4. Fresh pasta with herb-infused olive oil, aged shaved parmesan and fresh ground pepper — Worth consuming!
  5. Checkers Cab cabernet — Worth consuming!
  6. Lindt chocolate truffles — Worth consuming!
  7. Vodka martini — Worth consuming!

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February

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. keep up with the dishes — Worth doing!
  2. drink more water — Worth doing!
  3. wake up when my alarm clock goes off — Worth doing!
Read:
  1. Organizing from the Inside Out, second edition: The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office and Your Life — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. The Lion and the Cobra — Worth consuming!
  2. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill — Worth consuming!
  2. Rent (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Short Ribs braised with porter ale — Worth consuming!
  2. Short Ribs baked with pasta, vodka sauce, and cheese — Worth consuming!
  3. Grizzly Peak Steelhead Red Ale — Worth consuming!
  4. Sleepytime tea — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Law & Order SVU — Worth consuming!
  2. Law & Order — Worth consuming!

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March

Added to 43 Places:
  1. TriBeCa — visited 8 months later
  2. Meatpacking District — visited about 1 year later
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Lower East Side — Worth visiting!
  2. East Village — Worth visiting!
  3. Soho — Worth visiting!
  4. Battery Park — Worth visiting!
  5. Bangor — Worth visiting!
  6. Baltimore — Worth visiting!
  7. Dayton — Worth visiting!
  8. Washington State — Worth visiting!
  9. Tennessee — Worth visiting!
  10. Knoxville — Worth visiting!
  11. Nashville — Worth visiting!
  12. Louisville — Worth visiting!
  13. Waterville — Worth visiting!
  14. Springfield
  15. Fond Du Lac
Read:
  1. Where the Wild Things Are — Worth consuming!
  2. The Bell Jar: A Novel (Perennial Classics) — Worth consuming!
  3. The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) — Worth consuming!
  4. Love Medicine — Worth consuming!
  5. The Bean Trees: A Novel — Worth consuming!
  6. Sounder — Worth consuming!
  7. Bridge to Terabithia — Worth consuming!
  8. The Secret Garden — Worth consuming!
  9. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall) — Worth consuming!
  10. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Full-Color Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  11. Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) — Worth consuming!
  12. Grapes of Wrath, The (20th Century Classics)
  13. The Westing Game — Worth consuming!
  14. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics) — Worth consuming!
  15. Billy Budd and Other Stories (Penguin Classics) — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. A Night at the Opera — Worth consuming!
  2. The Joshua Tree — Worth consuming!
  3. Kind of Blue — Worth consuming!
  4. The Immaculate Collection — Worth consuming!
  5. Automatic for the People — Worth consuming!
  6. Songs in the Key of Life — Worth consuming!
  7. The Wall (Deluxe Packaging Digitally Remastered) — Worth consuming!
  8. Quadrophenia — Worth consuming!
  9. Born in the U.S.A. — Worth consuming!
  10. Born to Run — Worth consuming!
  11. Under the Table and Dreaming — Worth consuming!
  12. Thriller — Worth consuming!
  13. Music from the Motion Picture "Purple Rain" — Worth consuming!
  14. Crash — Worth consuming!
  15. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Coming to America — Worth consuming!
  2. Dead Man Walking — Worth consuming!
  3. Life Is Beautiful — Worth consuming!
  4. The Shawshank Redemption — Worth consuming!
  5. American Beauty — Worth consuming!
  6. Magnolia (New Line Platinum Series) — Worth consuming!
  7. Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition with Bonus Disc) — Worth consuming!
  8. 2001 - A Space Odyssey — Worth consuming!
  9. Crimes and Misdemeanors
  10. Kill Bill, Volume 1 — Worth consuming!
  11. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  12. The Princess Bride (Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  13. The Lord Of The Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  14. Sideways (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  15. Hitch (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Sushi — Worth consuming!
  2. Chocolate — Worth consuming!
  3. Hot Dog — Worth consuming!
  4. BBQ'd Salmon — Worth consuming!
  5. Kebab — Worth consuming!
  6. jambalaya — Worth consuming!
  7. Cheesecake — Worth consuming!
  8. Gyro — Worth consuming!
  9. Paella — Worth consuming!
  10. Venison — Worth consuming!
  11. fried green tomatoes — Worth consuming!
  12. Pasta — Worth consuming!
  13. Buffalo Wings — Worth consuming!
  14. Falafel — Worth consuming!
  15. Chicago style hot dog — Worth consuming!

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April

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. replace my roof — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. University Of Virginia — visited about 1 month later
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Walt Disney World — Worth visiting!
Listened to:
  1. The Beatles (The White Album) — Worth consuming!
  2. Abbey Road — Worth consuming!
  3. Off the Wall — Worth consuming!
  4. Are You Experienced — Worth consuming!
  5. Blood Sugar Sex Magik — Worth consuming!
  6. War — Worth consuming!
  7. Californication — Worth consuming!
  8. Music — Worth consuming!
  9. Alanis Unplugged — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Annie Hall — Worth consuming!
  2. Serendipity — Worth consuming!
  3. Kissing Jessica Stein — Worth consuming!
  4. Spider-Man (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  5. Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  6. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  7. Do The Right Thing - Criterion Collection — Worth consuming!
  8. Angels in America — Worth consuming!
  9. The Day After Tomorrow (Widescreen Edition) — Not worth consuming
  10. Moonstruck — Worth consuming!
  11. Two Weeks Notice (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  12. Desperately Seeking Susan — Worth consuming!
  13. Maid in Manhattan — Worth consuming!
  14. Conspiracy Theory — Worth consuming!
  15. Coyote Ugly (Unrated Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Beignets — Worth consuming!
  2. Muffuletta — Worth consuming!
  3. Amish soft pretzels — Worth consuming!

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. always leave room on my list for one more thing — completed about 1 year later
  2. be emotionally stronger
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. See Ani Difranco play live. — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Lake Tahoe — Worth visiting!
  2. Pittsburgh — Worth visiting!
  3. University Of Virginia — Worth visiting!
Watched:
  1. Dogfight — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Reed's Extra Ginger Brew — Worth consuming!
  2. Beets — Worth consuming!
  3. Spaghetti Carbonara — Worth consuming!
  4. scrambled eggs — Worth consuming!
  5. Coffee — Worth consuming!
  6. Chicago Style Pizza — Worth consuming!
  7. Pumpkin Pie — Worth consuming!
  8. Thai iced tea — Worth consuming!
  9. Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich — Worth consuming!
  10. Soft Shell Crab — Worth consuming!
  11. roast potatoes — Worth consuming!
  12. Edamame — Worth consuming!
  13. Caprese Salad — Worth consuming!
  14. bagel with lox and cream cheese — Worth consuming!
  15. Chai Latte — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Margarita — Worth consuming!

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. watch less television — completed 2 months later
  2. Allow myself to only be treated well by the people I choose to have friendships and relationships with. If they do not, I need to find the courage to move on without them. — completed 3 months later
  3. heal a broken heart (mine) — completed 10 months later
  4. replace the ceiling fans in my dining and living rooms
  5. Paint the exterior of my house
  6. not worry so much
  7. get a passport
  8. stop living paycheck to paycheck
  9. repaint my office/guest room
  10. look at the stars more often
  11. Let go of the past
  12. take my dogs for more walks
  13. sort, purge, organize my papers
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. own a giant American-style fridge — Worth doing!
  2. Buy a House — Worth doing!

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. buy a digital camera — completed about 1 month later
  2. practice 'Happiness Manifesto' periodically — completed about 1 year later
  3. Clean out the basement
  4. Document what exists in my garden and design a plan for what I'd like to add to it
  5. stay focused on my own priorities
  6. make my front yard into a beautiful garden
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Get a nickname people will actually call me by — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. The Great Pyramid of Giza
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Grand Central Terminal — Worth visiting!
Listened to:
  1. Get Away from Me
  2. Afterglow Live (CD/DVD) — Worth consuming!
  3. Try This — Worth consuming!

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August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. forgive those who have hurt me — completed 10 months later
  2. Identify 10 new ways for me to save money.
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. watch less television — Worth doing!
  2. Do something creative every day — Worth doing!
  3. Declare 8/20 to 8/26 'The Thundercats' program avatar week — Worth doing!
  4. mourn the loss of Pluto as a planet — Worth doing!

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September

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Find out who is subscribed to me.
  2. do a Breast Self Exam every month — completed 11 months later
  3. Be granted the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and to have the wisdom to know the difference...
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. buy a digital camera — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Monterey — visited about 1 month later

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October

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Create a Surrender Box
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. buy a kitchen aid mixer — Worth doing!
  2. Allow myself to only be treated well by the people I choose to have friendships and relationships with. If they do not, I need to find the courage to move on without them. — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Find out who is subscribed to me.
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Folsom Street Festival — Worth visiting!
  2. The Castro
  3. Monterey — Worth visiting!
  4. Gilroy — Worth visiting!
  5. Los Osos — Worth visiting!
  6. Montana De Oro — Worth visiting!
  7. Guerneville — Worth visiting!
  8. Armstrong Woods State Park (redwoods) — Worth visiting!
  9. Bodega Bay — Worth visiting!
  10. Mountain View — Worth visiting!
  11. Cannery Row — Worth visiting!
  12. Novato — Worth visiting!

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November

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Raise my "relationship" standards! — completed 7 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Stay up all night talking, then watch the sun rise with someone. — Worth doing!
  2. get a professional massage — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. TriBeCa

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December

Added to 43 Things:
  1. submit something for The Dirty Show — completed 22 days later
  2. clean my room
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Cheerbomb Calissa has finally graduated in honor of this great milestone in her life! — Worth doing!
  2. do cognitive exercises in Dr. Burns' book "Feeling Good" — Worth doing!
  3. dye easter eggs — Worth doing!
  4. Stop comparing myself to other people — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Create a Surrender Box

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