The Little 101: 88. Rip all of my CD's into iTunes.

Monday, October 04, 2004

88. Rip all of my CD's into iTunes.

After a weekend spent ripping discs as fast as I could I'm still only a third of the way through my collection. The total so far is

941 songs, 2.5 days, 3.62 GB

Just to give you an idea about what I've ripped so far here are the first ten songs selected at random by the iTunes Party Shuffle.

Pistachio Medley -- Smashing Pumpkins
Getchoo -- Weezer
Maps -- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Harder Now That It's Over -- Ryan Adams
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town -- Pearl Jam
Perfect Circle -- REM
Disseminated -- Soul Coughing
Is It Safe -- Our Lady Peace
Where Is The Love -- Black Eyed Peas
Ce-Matin La -- Air
Wheel -- John Mayer

The 101

1. Learn to play tennis.
2. Go white-water rafting.
3. Read every book I own.
4. Lose 15 pounds.
5. Run in at least one 5K race.
6. Attend the Bonnaroo music festival.
7. Watch no TV for a month.
8. Join a campaign for a local election.
9. Volunteer one weekend a month for at least three months.
10. Complete a Saturday New York Times crossword.
11. Learn a card trick.
12. Attend a Red’s game.
13. Attend a UK Basketball game.
14. Attend a LSU home football game.
15. Go to the Kentucky Derby.
16. Go to Keeneland.
17. Learn how to make a specialty drink.
18. Find the 100 secret packages in GTA: Vice City without a guide.
19. Win a National Championship in NCAA Football.
20. Achieve highest ranking in Hot Shots Golf 3.
21. Eat Vegetarian for a week.
22. Write 6 handwritten letters to my grandparents.
23. Visit New York City.
24. Visit Chicago.
25. Read three books about the history of Kentucky.
26. See all of Woody Allen’s movies.
27. Attend a Radiohead concert.
28. Attend a REM concert.
29. Go on an overnight hiking/camping trip.
30. Read 10 biographies.
31. Buy a piece of local art.
32. Make my own art.
33. Travel somewhere by train.
34. Write a letter to my senator about an issue that is important to me.
35. Write a letter to my representative about an issue that is important to me.
36. Write a letter to my local representative about an issue that is important to me.
37. Enter a short story in a contest.
38. Enter a poem in a contest.
39. Build a coffee table.
40. Build a media center.
41. See a performance at a local playhouse.
42. Perform Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” at a karaoke bar.
43. Attend a play at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.
44. Learn a magic trick.
45. Read my own poetry at a poetry slam.
46. See all AFI top 100 movies.
47. Do five minutes of standup at an open mic night.
48. Clean out and organize the closet in my living room.
49. Give up caffeine for two weeks.
50. Attend a Sabbath service.
51. Writer a letter to the editor of the Herald-Leader.
52. Take a picture of myself each week of the project.
53. Eat caviar.
54. Eat Escargot.
55. Eat octopus.
56. Go deep sea fishing.
57. Take a beach vacation.
58. Get contact lenses.
59. Make and jar my own tomato sauce.
60. Make and jar my own barbecue sauce.
61. Learn to play at least one song on the harmonica.
62. Change the sparkplugs in my car myself.
63. Complete 50 pushups straight.
64. Complete 50 situps straight.
65. Make a mashup.
66. Take a photography class.
67. Complete a photography project.
68. Take ballroom dance lessons.
69. Vote in every election I am eligible to vote in.
70. Pay off my credit cards.
71. See a movie at the Kentucky Theatre.
72. Read the last five National Book Award winners.
73. Read the last five Pulitzer Prize winners.
74. Donate money to my local public radio station.
75. Donate money to my local public television station.
76. Eat at Furlong’s a purported Cajun restaurant in Lexington.
77. Read every strip in the complete Calvin and Hobbes.
78. Read all of Don Dellilo’s books.
79. Read all of Chaim Potok’s books.
80. Teach myself CSS.
81. Teach myself XHTML.
82. Redesign the Little Room from the ground up.
83. Start an investment portfolio.
84. Bowl a 150 or higher.
85. Hit a bucket of balls at a driving range.
86. Teach myself to type (sad I know).
87. Go canoeing.
88. Rip all of my CD’s into iTunes.
89. Buy new speakers for my computer.
90. Keep and roll all of my change for the duration of the project.
91. Buy new living room furniture.
92. Plant and nurture a container garden.
93. Design and wear my own clothing using Café Press.
94. Finalize all of my existing short stories.
95. Finish the edits on my manuscript.
96. Continually submit both the manuscript and shorts until accepted or retired.
97. Watch all 3 Godfather movies.
98. Get a harness for the cats and try “walking” them.
99. Make a Rainy Day mix CD
100. No computer for a week except for writing (no blogging).
101. Get involved with BookCrossing.

: Name: Kyle; Location: Lexington, Kentucky, United States

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