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The list of complete tasks can be found here, at the Day Zero website. As I work on or complete a task I plan on making a post here. For the most part, posts may get made as soon as the task is decided on, as a means of explaining the task, making a list of possible parts of the task, and making a bare-bones list of things that will get filled in for the task. For example, I've set the goal of reading 100 books during the three years - I plan on making a post filled with a brief explanation of that task (eg, what constitutes a book, any kind of overlap between tasks, etc.) and then making a bare list of 100, which will be filled in as I complete this task. Once a task is complete, I'll link it here, in the main post.
( The Completed Tasks )
The ocarina: here
A sheet music book for starters: Zelda Song Book
Eventual add-ons: necklace ocarina and theory book
The ultimate dream: Clay Tenor Ocarina
I want to get back into music so incredibly badly and I've always wanted to learn to play an ocarina. These two things are combining into one in this task, and I hope to eventually have a decent sound clip of myself playing the ocarina that I can post here proudly. I'm very excited for this goal; although it will be a gradual process, the choice of the C major tenor ocarina should give me a bit of an edge, as that is also the key a flute is played in. Pictures of the ocarinas as I purchase them and song clips will be posted here as they come.
Edit 4/14/11 @ 11:30am: Put in the order for the ocarina. While browsing the site this morning to place the order, I found that they had recently put up a deal package, here. I ended up purchasing this one instead because it ended up being cheaper than buying the ocarina and the song book individually. It should hopefully arrive in a few days. I'm excited!
Edit 4/18/11 @ 9:53pm: Got the ocarina today! It's been great fun playing it and I've already been able to play a few of the shorter songs from the Zelda song book, most notably Requiem of Spirit, which seems to be the one I'm best at so far. It's quite quick to get the hang of, it seems, and my previous experience playing a flute has definitely put me at a huge advantage since concepts such as tone, articulation, and reading the music are old hat to me. I hope to practice at least several times a week - once I can play every song in the Zelda songbook, I'll purchase another song book, and do the same with that.
A sheet music book for starters: Zelda Song Book
Eventual add-ons: necklace ocarina and theory book
The ultimate dream: Clay Tenor Ocarina
I want to get back into music so incredibly badly and I've always wanted to learn to play an ocarina. These two things are combining into one in this task, and I hope to eventually have a decent sound clip of myself playing the ocarina that I can post here proudly. I'm very excited for this goal; although it will be a gradual process, the choice of the C major tenor ocarina should give me a bit of an edge, as that is also the key a flute is played in. Pictures of the ocarinas as I purchase them and song clips will be posted here as they come.
Edit 4/14/11 @ 11:30am: Put in the order for the ocarina. While browsing the site this morning to place the order, I found that they had recently put up a deal package, here. I ended up purchasing this one instead because it ended up being cheaper than buying the ocarina and the song book individually. It should hopefully arrive in a few days. I'm excited!
Edit 4/18/11 @ 9:53pm: Got the ocarina today! It's been great fun playing it and I've already been able to play a few of the shorter songs from the Zelda song book, most notably Requiem of Spirit, which seems to be the one I'm best at so far. It's quite quick to get the hang of, it seems, and my previous experience playing a flute has definitely put me at a huge advantage since concepts such as tone, articulation, and reading the music are old hat to me. I hope to practice at least several times a week - once I can play every song in the Zelda songbook, I'll purchase another song book, and do the same with that.
Number 16 - Join a Book Club
Apr. 14th, 2011 12:16 am(This is a placeholder post. Not really sure how or where to go about doing this but I'll put some thought into it.)
Number 15 - Buy Something from Etsy
Apr. 13th, 2011 10:58 pmAnything in particular will count for this. I love supporting artists and crafters making their own products, and I prefer to buy something handmade than something commercially made to help support fellow artists. For now I'll store in this post possible future purchases; once I decide on what to buy, I'll link to it here with pictures as well as a little write up of the product. Ideally, I'll probably buy more than one thing from an Etsy site throughout the three years, but for now one purchase is a good start.
( Potential Purchases )
( Potential Purchases )
Number 14 - Make a Custom Recipe Book
Apr. 13th, 2011 12:42 amAnother fairly simple task that will become completed as I work on the other tasks in my challenge. The recipe book should be in hard copy format, not digital, and can be in any form that I see fit. I'd like to make something by hand, using just the basic supplies that I can purchase at an arts and crafts store. The finished product hasn't been thought of much, as I have very little to put inside of it just yet, but it's likely that I will attempt to print the recipes on some sort of card stock and then store them in a box or folder that I create myself. Pictures, once they are actually a thing, will get be shared here, as well as a description of how I've set up my recipe book/box/collection.
This task goes hand in hand with this and this task, and will be completed as they are.
This task goes hand in hand with this and this task, and will be completed as they are.
Number 13 - Go to Five Different Museums
Apr. 13th, 2011 12:38 amNeeds to be a museum I have never been to before. Location doesn't matter and distance from where I currently am doesn't matter. Type of museum - ie, art museum or historical museum - doesn't matter either, so long as it can be considered a museum. There are several that I would love to visit, funds and time allowing, and others I feel will likely be a spur of the moment decision. A full trip through the museum will count as a visit; stopping at a museum for only a brief period of time will not count unless a majority of the content of the museum is viewed in that time. Coming away with a small memorabilia of my visit is an added bonus; should I acquire anything of that sort, I'll do my best to scan or photograph it and link to it here, in the list.
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Number 12 - Read 100 Books
Apr. 13th, 2011 12:29 amThis one is quite the goal! While I think 100 books is something I am capable of, it will definitely be a challenge. I hope it encourages me to read more often and read more of the things that I want - it'll be a motivator to finally clear out my bookshelves a bit! A good source of book ideas, should I run out (which is likely to happen with such a steep reading goal) comes from the the BBC Big Read. I've currently read 21 of the 100 novels listed, but there are plenty more that I am interested in eventually reading, so it should keep me interested for a while.
As for specifications, any size, shape, genre, or style counts as a book here. As long as they are of a reasonable length, graphic novels will count as well. Short story collections count if they are read to completion; each installation in a series counts as it's own book; children's novels, while likely not something I would read with any interest, do not count.
Books on the list that are entirely in italics are either currently being read or are planned reads for up next. Books written normally are completed. Books with an asterisk next to them are personal favorites. Books that are linked lead to a review on some review site or in another post of this journal.
Running total: 7/100 as of 7/24/2011
( The List )
This task is similar in nature and can be contributed by this task and this task.
As for specifications, any size, shape, genre, or style counts as a book here. As long as they are of a reasonable length, graphic novels will count as well. Short story collections count if they are read to completion; each installation in a series counts as it's own book; children's novels, while likely not something I would read with any interest, do not count.
Books on the list that are entirely in italics are either currently being read or are planned reads for up next. Books written normally are completed. Books with an asterisk next to them are personal favorites. Books that are linked lead to a review on some review site or in another post of this journal.
Running total: 7/100 as of 7/24/2011
( The List )
This task is similar in nature and can be contributed by this task and this task.
Number 10 - Do a Walk for a Cause
Apr. 13th, 2011 12:27 amThis has a lot of potential outlets, and it will be a bit before I've decided on what would be the best walk for what I want to accomplish. There's Walk for the Cure currently in sign-ups in the area, and I may be interested in signing up as the team leader for the Unit 225 BE team, but only if there's enough support to encourage this. The past few years I've mentioned it no one has shown interest in going along, so we'll see.
Either way, this post will be the eventual site of pictures, a write up, or other sorts of information about the walk for a cause that I will eventually do.
Either way, this post will be the eventual site of pictures, a write up, or other sorts of information about the walk for a cause that I will eventually do.
Or, if there's some sort of event that prevents me from making a certain recipe during a certain month, make a total of 33 new recipes, as this is the number of months that the challenge spans. These recipes can be anything from baked goods to full-blown meals. Side dishes count as recipes as long as they are something more complicated than simply a baked potato or some-such, since there has to be some element of cooking challenge there. This goal is here in an effort to enhance my skills at cooking and to slowly encourage me to cook food at home more than eating prepackaged foods or food from work. Hopefully over time I'll have built a nice repertoire of recipes for future use.
( The Recipes )
This task goes hand in hand with this task and is relevant to this task.
( The Recipes )
This task goes hand in hand with this task and is relevant to this task.
This is more of an opportunity to find out what these things are, to recognize that there are many things in my life that make me happy and to help focus on the happier things rather than the frustrating, more depressing things that I tend to normally focus on. I'd like to print this list in some form and keep it somewhere close at hand afterward, so I can keep it in mind at all times. I'll also post the list here, for the sake of having a complete journal about the challenge.
Number 5 - Bake a Cake from Scratch
Apr. 13th, 2011 12:12 amI've actually done this before, but I really want to get into baking and various other forms of cooking more, so I thought a cake would be a fun way to do this. The kind of cake I make will likely depend on what the occassion is, since I feel a bit odd baking a cake just to eat between Ron and I, but I'll most likely use a variation of this recipe. It's a safe bet that the pineapple upside-down cake will be made at some point, although I'd also like to try my hand at making my own buttercream frosting, which would likely go with a chocolate or yellow cake instead. Pictures and the eventual recipe will go in this post once this task is completed.
Number 4 - Read Ten Classic Books
Apr. 12th, 2011 10:46 pmA pretty straight-forward goal: I want to read at least ten "classic" novels throughout the course of the challenge. This number may keep going if I read more than ten, which is likely, but for now I've picked an easy number.
A good list of classic literature can be found here which will probably be a good source of ideas when I begin picking the books that I'd like to read. However, I'm using my own discretion here - I think that I've spent enough time studying literature as an English major that I can decide what would be considered classic well enough for the purposes of this task. If I, for whatever reason, pick a novel and then find myself utterly incapable of finishing it, it doesn't count for the list. The book has to be read to its completion and if I give up I have to cross it off the list and pick another.
Italicized books are ones that I have put on the list but haven't actually read yet. Books written normally are ones that I have finished. Total: 0/10
1. Ulysses by James Joyce
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A good list of classic literature can be found here which will probably be a good source of ideas when I begin picking the books that I'd like to read. However, I'm using my own discretion here - I think that I've spent enough time studying literature as an English major that I can decide what would be considered classic well enough for the purposes of this task. If I, for whatever reason, pick a novel and then find myself utterly incapable of finishing it, it doesn't count for the list. The book has to be read to its completion and if I give up I have to cross it off the list and pick another.
Italicized books are ones that I have put on the list but haven't actually read yet. Books written normally are ones that I have finished. Total: 0/10
1. Ulysses by James Joyce
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