#15 Keep a blog for over a year!

One year old tomorrow! I have an early notice so when people get round to reading this, this website will be one year old, as I started it on the 1st of June 2010. Wow a year flown by so fast! I've had to change my list around a lot, so a few of the things that I did go out and complete aren't on there any more, but there are things I wouldn't have done without this blog and I intend to keep going! Oh and some other good news, I got my actual donor card today (which i'll post a picture of later) and this is what the letter said:

"Dear Ms Gymer,
Thank you for joining the NHS Organ Donor Register by registering on our website and making the commitment to help others live after your death.

The Register gives hope to more than 10,000 people of all ages across the UK who desperately need an organ transplant. Although more of these life saving operations take place than ever before, many people - on average three a day- will die waiting for a transplant simply because there are not enough organs avaliable.
(Then it goes on stating some of my personal details, and that I'm going to donate any of my organs or tissue, as well as where to get information.)
Thank you once again on behalf of the many people who need a transplant. Their future depends on the generosity of others, like you, to save and transform their lives.

And all I did was put in a few details online! Oh and thank you to my bloggers and other Listers out there who keep me going and ticking things off! (Not letting me post pictures... hmmpf)

100 Books in 100 weeks

So I was having a look at my list and I realised that although I started off well, through my exams and coursework I've kind of dwindled off of my book list. So I thought to challenge myself, I'm going to do 100 book in 100 weeks, in which i'm going to be reviewing a book every Monday until it's completely done! However, I realised that I have read 7 books already, and though that isn't a massive achievement - 93 books in 93 weeks didn't sound as good. So I'm going to swap a few round to make up the numbers and post the list on another blog I'm going to create that I'll leave a link to :).
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#40 (movie list) Shawshank Redemption

Get busy living or get busy dying

I don't usually write reviews for films, even when they're great. Another thing I don't usually do is like to put a title or ranking on "my greatest films" or "my greatest books" of all time because you can't see and read them all nor really judge all the different genres and movies as one...However, there are times when you have to make some exceptions.

I just watched my number one on my movie list Shawshank Repemption, and can honestly say it is one of the most beautiful and greatest movies I've ever seen. There is a point in which Andy says 'Get busy living or get busy dying' and I think that truly if you stop being busy living you do get busy dying, and this is one of those films that makes me so glad to have a bucket list.

I greatly urge any fellow people, especially bucket listers, to see this film to the end. Very rarely have I been quiet so moved. Or if you only have a few minutes, take a moment to listen to this soundtrack:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTeE4wdfEVY

I can't get enough of it. :)

#46 - Sign up for organ donation

I'm a Superhero woo! So I finally got round to signing up for organ donation, and not in the sense of 'Oh I didn't know how.' or 'Oh I couldn't I was busy', no it was literally just getting the courage to actually do it, because the idea of it is quite scary! I don't want to think about being dead and having people cut me up and share my organs around! When I heard they can use your eyes (only a small part- your corneas) I could just imagine being a blind ghost knocking things over and moaning thinking 'oh why did I sign up for that blasted thing!?' for all eternity. This may seem pretty silly, as I'm an atheist, I don't believe in ghosts. So I went online, went to the organ donation website(http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/default.jsp) it took me about 3 minutes and that's it!

So now when I get round to passing away (though of course not until this long and increasing longer lis

t is completed) I can help someone else live. I must admit the main reason I kicked myself into doing it was because I realised that I wouldn't hesitate if someone I loved needed a donation and it's better than them all just rotting away. Are any other donors out there and did you go through the same thing as me or just get on with it? :P

#61 - Create an awesome canvas painting

Hello again! So as some of you might know, i'm reaching the end of my Art A-level, and I recently finished a canvas that I felt especially proud of finally getting round to so I thought I'd shove it up. It's based partially on the work of Sylvia Ji and Swan Lake/Black Swan (the film) - because you know, when I chose the theme 'speed and motion' i though, "hey let's base it on the creepy ballet psychodrama i saw!" so without further ado here it tis

(oh and it is meant to have a gothic twist on it. This styling is going to end up on a Ballet costume which i'll have done in a few weeks and i'll post that up too :). This is the so called "red swan" the combination of the "black swan" and "white swan" that i invented, which is the cause of the swirling red patterns on her face. If you're still interested in knowing more, leave me a message and i'll explain, thanks! I hope you all agree to its awesomeness!!!)

#62- The World's Biggest Roller Coasters

Okay so i've stolen this idea from Shelley (Thanks Shelley! http://youngandexciting.blogspot.com/2010/07/14-ride-worlds-biggest-rollercoasters.html)

Because I love Roller coasters and defiantly want to test my nerve and stomach! So here's the list, i'll post later on when plans are being made to get to each of them, i'm sure this list will remain in progress for quite some time...

1- Kingda Ka USA, New Jersey

2 - Steel Dragon 2,000 Japan

3- Millennium Force Ohio

4- Top thrill Dragster Ohio

5- Dodonpa Japan

6 -Thunder Dolphin Japan

7- Goliath Switzerland

8- Dragon Khan Spain

9- Titan Texas

10 - Nemisis England

Updated list!

Hey was looking for inspiration for changing my list around a bit because I want it to be even bigger and better and more challenging than before. I'm going to try and write a review for every film and book and have a photo of each actual thing that I tick off (or at least one that reminds me of it) so that they don't fly by without significance. So woo for updates!

Not long now...

Home stretch for coursework and exams! Phew. After the 20th of June I've got all of summer before shooting off to uni woo hoo! Which means crossing the first thing off of my bucket list (1. go to university) is fast getting ticked off. Working through the last of my art coursework too, i'm currently working on this Black Swan/Swan lake costume so hopefully that'll turn out okay, and i'm working on a canvas inspired by Sylvia Ji, i'll post some pics up when it's done.

Oh I won an astronomy award though I know little to nothing about astronomy. The question was, if the whole universe was put in a box what would the box look like. And i won! What would you have put? I'll put up my answer a bit later ;). Oh and i might be buying my 'one really expensive thing you weren't supposed to buy' in the form of a prom dress, but we shall see... I'm not usually one to splash out for one night occasions but hey, it's the end of a big stage for me and you only get it once right?

I'm going to try and post on here more often, even with things that aren't part of the lists they're still part of my life. So speak to you all soon, leave a comment etc. Oh and my next thing to do is get a cookbook to start working through, any suggestions? I want it to be one that shows you about how to cook more than just giving a standard bunch of recipes. Julia Child's book was one suggestion. Thanks, chocs ;)

p.s. who else is loving the song Skinny Love by Birdy??