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Hi, I’m the director of The New Celebrity. This page is more on the personal side, but my work spills over more than not.

101 Things in 1001 days

I love life. There are so many possibilities and only so much time. Here’s a list combining possibilities and time. One hundred and one goals, all accomplished in one thousand and one days (about 2.7 years). I want to dream big, but I want to accomplish more. List created and started August 2009 (end date April 30, 2012).

(hat tip: Drew Myers)

TRAVEL

#1 Visit to Japan

#2 Fly around the world

#3 Go camping with my family in New Mexico like the old days

#4 Take my parents on vacation

#5 Take my Aunt Jeann on a trip

#6 Use the wifi on the train from London to Edinburgh

#7 Fly on a plane with wifi

#8 Go first class on Virgin Atlantic

SIMPLE

#9 Have a basil plant for longer than a month

#10 Go golfing with my dad

#11 Watch the sunrise (complete darkness to rise)

#12 Stay up all night

#13 Eat French Toast with fresh Maple Syrup

#14 Draw a portrait of a friend

DAY CHANGERS

#15 Spend a day on the beach, no internet, no phone, no paper, no pen

#16 Memorize ‘Ash Wednesday’ by T.S. Eliot

#17 Teach a little kid a new word

#18 Write my parents a thank you letter

#19 Write my Aunt Jeann a thank you letter

#20 Write my grandparents a thank you letter

#21 Host a dinner party once a month

#22 Read a book that blows my mind

#23 See a broadway show (would be my first)

#24 Climb to the top of a mountain

#25 Call a friend I haven’t spoken to in over a year

#26 Eat ice cream on a hot day

#27 Play with a dog for an hour

#28 Have a philosophical debate

#29 Cry in public

MEET

#30 John Safran

#31 Ryan Adams

#32 Jessie Ball

#33 Chris Matthews

#34 Emiliana Torrini

#35 Natalie Imbruglia

GIVE

#36 Blood (strong fear of needles in this one)

#37 Carry groceries for an older person struggling

#38 Find something beautiful in everyone I meet

#39 Work at a food bank on Thanksgiving

#40 Help someone change a tire on the side of the road

#41 Buy groceries for the person in front of me

#42 A quarter (or more) to a kid to buy a ride or gum or a game

#43 A smile at the exact right time

SEE

#44 Kierkegaard’s Grave

#45 a Dior Homme fashion show

#46 The Godfather Trilogy (I know)

#47 Big Bend

#48 The Ocean (not from a plane window)

#49 A giant redwood tree

EXPERIENCE

#50 Find a video game and play it till I beat it

#51 A rain forest

#52 Spend a week at sea (not a cruise)

#53 Find a song I can ‘do’ in karaoke

#54 Have a date at the Celeste Restaurant

#55 Write a restaurant review

#56 Tour NASA

#57 Attend TED

#58 One month as a vegan

#59 Have a conversation with a terminally ill patient

WORK

#60 Consult a company that makes a product that directly impacts the lives of my parents.

#61 Have an employee blog about how much they love our work

#62 Speak at South by Southwest

#63 See Levelland (my hometown in Texas) make the national news for something progressive

#64 Hit a million in a year

#65 Hire someone who completely changes my company (in a good way)

#66 Speak in congress (state or federal level)

#67 Start the new celebrity dinner time talks

#68 Be part of an article some shape or form in Monocle Magazine

FUN

#69 Participate in a snowball fight

#70 Get a massage and don’t stop half way through because it tickles

#71 Go to Evening Song at St. Paul’s and sit through the whole thing

#72 Pay for a shave in an old fashion barber shop

#73 Write a poem about my grandfather

#74 Take a class in the martial arts

#75 Find a city to live in for more than five years

#76 Take formal dance lessons

#77 Go to my ten year high school reunion

#78 Restudy Czech and surprise my Czech friends with my abilities

#79 Make a really amazing investment

#80 See a Rothko

#81 See a Damian Hurst exhibit

#82 Attend a political rally

#83 Drive 100 mph

#84 Do a master cleanse

#85 Pop champaign cork across the room

#86 Plant a tree

#87 Play in an ARG (alternative reality game)

#88 Eat in a new restaurant by myself

#89 Be in a parade

#90 Ride a roller coaster

#91 Ask someone to mentor me

#92 Be someone’s mentor

#93 Be part of a psychological experiment

#94 Hot air balloon

#95 Design my own cocktail

#96 Make fire without matches

#97 Get an app in the iPhone app store

#98 Be an extra in a film

#99 Sleep till eleven (I’m a morning person)

#100 Go skinny dipping

#101 Drink myself into a serious/silly/serious/silly conversation at a pub