More Bridey Trivia

If I went to Hogwarts I would be in Ravenclaw. I would also be able to see Thestrals.

I used to think that mushrooms were the most disgusting food, but now I kind of love them.

When I was fifteen I decided to marry Billy Corgan.

One of my habits that drives my husband crazy is leaving half-drunken drinks around the house.

I've never liked the taste of coffee although I quite like the smell.

The most interesting job I've ever had was working at a sex expo.

I frequently die in my dreams (when that happens the dream switches to third person and I continue to follow what's going on).

Donald Sutherland gives me the heebie jeebies.

My Favourite Movies (of All Time)

There are some movies that I can watch over and over again, but still I never seem to get sick of them! If I had to pick only three, my favourites would be:

The Princess Bride
You know how some movies you loved as a kid, and then watch as an adult, leave you really disappointed? The Princess Bride is nothing like that. I think that I like it more every time I see it. When I found out that some of my friends hadn't seen it before I forced them to watch it, because if you haven't seen this movie, then I'm sorry but we can't be friends anymore.

Click here to watch the trailer. 

Favourite Quotes

• Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
• Inconceivable!
• You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
• Have fun storming the castle!
• Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

Super Troopers
I first saw this movie when I was sixteen, and I still find it hilarious. I'm not sure whether this means that my sense of humour hasn't progressed since then, or that Super Troopers is just so good. Watch it for yourself and you can decide!

Click here to watch the trailer.

Favourite Quotes

• Who wants a moustache ride?
• I swear to God I'm going to pistol whip the next guy who says "shenanigans".
• He's already pulled over, he can't pull over anymore!
• These boys get that syrup in 'em, they get all antsy in their pantsy.
• Yes, you are freaking out... man.

Amélie
This movie always makes me smile (and want to go and live in Paris!). The story is sweet, the characters are quirky, and the imagery is beautiful. Amélie is a heroine for introverts, dreamers and lovers of crème brûlée everywhere.

Click here to watch the trailer.

Favourite Quotes

• I like to look for things no one else catches.
• With a prompter in every cellar window whispering comebacks, shy people would have the last laugh.
• This is called facing reality. And that is exactly the last thing Amelie wants!
• I'm nobody's little weasel.

What are your favourite movies?

True or False

Once I was unintentionally punched in the face at a rock concert.

I never learned to whistle properly.

If I wanted to I could probably quote all of Jurassic Park.

I've been a can can dancer in two different shows.

When I was a teenager I got sick of having curly hair so had it all shaved off.

I've never broken a bone.

If I really like a book I'll usually reread it, sometimes straight away.

I don't own a hair brush.

I was a vegetarian for nearly four years.

When I was little a went through a stage of making everyone call me Arnold.

My Life List

I first realised the power of list-making when I was twenty two. I was cleaning out some papers and found a list I'd made a year or so earlier with a few short term, mid term and long term goals scribbled down. I can't remember everything on the list, just two of my long term goals, two things I thought wouldn't happen for years:

• Live by the sea
• Have my own company

Of course, the reason I remember them is that they had already come true, just a few months after I'd written them down. Owen and I were living in our first home together which was literally across the road from the beach, and after a couple of months being a self-employed event organiser I'd incorporated my own company. Since then I've become a little obsessed with lists...

When I first started this blog I wrote a 101 in 1001 list and for the first year or so I was quite diligent about crossing goals off. My interest waned in the second half of the project, but by the time the 1001 days were up I still managed to cross off 64 goals. When I took another look at the list a few days ago I realised that without even thinking about it another 8 goals were also complete. It would seem that lists work even when you don't pay attention to them!

Now I get excited whenever I sit down to write a list of things I want to have/be/do because just the act of putting them down makes me feel that it's only a matter of time before they come true. I've recently been revising my Life List and getting excited about the possibilities, I'm always thinking about new things to add!

101 in 1001

The Mission
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days

End Date
By a huge coincidence the date of completion for my 101 in 1001 list is my birthday!
Friday 28 May 2010

Progress
64 tasks completed within 1001 days
18 tasks completed since then

Fun

1. Climb three trees (complete)

2. Try surfing at least five times
3. Bake at least thirty different cupcake recipes
4. Go skiing somewhere in Europe

5. Perform at a dance festival or event (complete)
6. Go camping five times with Owen (complete)
7. Go on at least ten picnics (complete)

8. Read one poem by Rumi everyday for two months
9. Take a jazz dancing class for ten weeks

10. Go on an adventure once a month (complete)

11. Learn two new card games (complete)

12. Eat at five new restaurants in Christchurch (complete)
13. Go to a live music concert (complete)

14. Attend a play (complete)

15. Go to three fireworks displays (complete)

People

16. Send really nice Christmas cards to friends and family (complete)

17. Get updated addresses of all my friends (complete)

18. Invite friends round for an old fashioned tea party (complete)

19. Buy flowers for someone I love (complete)

20. Write a group email at least once a month

21. Visit friends in Auckland (complete)

22. Make a list of the birthdays of people I know and send a card/email/text on time (complete)

23. Smile at one random person each day (complete)

24. Write a letter to my Grandpa (complete)

25. Take my parents out for dinner (complete)

Travel

26. Get a new passport (complete)

27. Take a tour around Europe (complete)

28. Spend at least a week in Paris (complete)

29. Go to the Louvre (complete)

30. Order in French at a French restaurant (complete)

31. Ride in a gondola in Venice
32. Go to Rome (complete)
33. Visit the Acropolis in Greece (complete)
34. See the pyramids in Egypt
35. Order a Guinness in Ireland

36. Visit Stonehenge (complete)

37. Go to a market in Morocco
38. Take part in the tomato festival in Spain
39. Go to Turkey

40. Visit Amsterdam (complete)

41. Visit a concentration camp (complete)

42. See the midnight sun in Scandinavia

43. Go to Thailand (complete)

44. Spend one day just lazing on a beach (complete)

45. Go on a train ride (complete)

Creative

46. Fill at least three Moleskine/CIAK journals (complete)

47. Write three short stories
48. Take at least ten photos a day for six months

49. Do at least two posts a week on my blog (complete)

50. Customise the appearance of my blog (complete)

51. Learn three new pieces on the piano (complete)

52. Paint a picture (complete)

53. Buy a piece of art that I love (complete)

54. Put all my photos in a photo album (complete)

55. Scan all my favourite photos from the last eight years (complete)

56. Knit a scarf (complete)

Career

57. Write an in-depth career plan (complete)

58. Get rid of all my extra flash drives and only have two (complete)

59. Sort out all my paperwork and either file or discard (complete)

60. Complete the Graduate Diploma in Career Development

61. Have some volunteer work experience as a career adviser (complete)

62. Write a business plan for my company

63. Find five new event related contracts for my company (complete)

64. Get a working visa for the UK (complete)

65. Work in the UK for three months (complete)

Financial

66. Save $12,000 to travel round Europe by 27 April 2008 (complete)

67. Pay off the remaining money owing on the lounge suite (complete)

68. Donate $500 to charity

69. Save for a deposit on a house (complete)

Health & Vanity
70. Keep a food/exercise log for at least three months

71. Do 20 press ups in a row (complete)

72. Go running once a day for at least a month (complete)

73. Lose five kilograms (complete)
74. Go on at least three hikes

75. Learn how to do a basketball layup (complete)

76. Join a sports team and go to at least 90% of games (complete)

77. Take a multi-vitamin every day for at least three months (complete)

78. Develop a skin care routine (complete)

79. Have a pedicure (complete)

80. Grow my hair until it reaches the level of my bellybutton (complete)

81. Eat at least one serving of vegetables for every dinner (complete)

82. Get up before 7.00am every day for at least two weeks (complete)
83. Be a vegetarian for one month (complete)

Random

84. Take part in BookCrossing (complete)

85. Buy a dishwasher (complete)

86. Write a list of guidelines to live by (complete)

87. Buy a laptop (complete)

88. Bake a loaf of bread from scratch (complete)

89. Make crème brulee

90. Learn how to make twenty new dishes (complete)

91. Go to the dentist (complete)

92. Go for a walk in the moonlight (complete)

93. Buy ten pieces of clothing that are suitable for work (complete)

94. Own fifteen good pairs of shoes

95. Buy a waterproof watch (complete)
96. Sell my car before travelling (complete)

97. Sell my piano before travelling

98. Grow a herb garden (complete)

99. Donate blood

100. Make a snowman (complete)

101. Write a new 101 in 1001 list

Alternative 11

1. Complete the Graduate Certificate in Career Development (complete)

2. Sell my computer before travelling (complete)

3. Be a WWOOFer

4. Buy a bicycle (complete)

5. Learn to drive a manual
6. Take a photography class

7. Read five “classic” novels (complete)

8. Write a letter to someone I admire but have never met (complete)

9. Get a PO Box
10. Get business cards for my company
11. Climb to the top of Mount Fyffe (complete)