Due to the immense dissatisfaction plaguing my life, I have decided to jump aboard one of those make-yourself-better, achieve-more, you-can-do-it practices that have been circulating all over the Internet. It’s called “Mission 101″ and is essentially a self-imposed challenge to tick items off a list comprised of 101 things you mean to do in your life, in 1001 days. I don’t really want to get into it right now (the neety-greety and whatnot), so here’s an external link to the LiveJournal community dedicated to the progress reports of participating members.

I’ve attempted this a few times (once in 2008 and another time in 2009) but I found myself abandoning it or not really “giving it my all,” so to speak. This time, I’m going to really have a go at it, though. I’ve listed 48 items right now, and they can be found over at the ‘ongoing’ tab of my Listography account. Here’s a few items I have:

• Learn at least three constellations
• Watch The Big Lebowski
• Submit a story to McSweeney’s
• Write a letter to Jonathan Safran Foer
• Graduate

I’m still in the process of making my list, so if you have any good suggestions, please feel free to leave a comment below. I’m super excited about this, to be honest. Stay tuned! I might blog about the shenanigans I get myself into. Or not. They could be potentially embarrassing things.

STROKES SHIRTS UPDATES: Winners, if you were wondering where your shirt is, they are still at my house because I haven’t sent them, yet. Patience, please. :) I’ve given Kasey’s hers because I saw her in school one time. So, there. You’ll get them soon. I just need to get other things out of the way.