Books Read in 2007, 2008, 2009

January

February

1. Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, Seth Godin
2. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell
3. How to Run a Theater: A Witty, Practical and Fun Guide to Arts Management, Jim Volz
4. Invitation to the Party: Building Bridges to the Arts, Culture and Community, Donna Walker-Kuhne
5. The Art of the Turnaround: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Arts Organizations, Michael Kaiser
6. Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business, Erik Qualman
7. PR 2.0: New Media, New Tools, New Audiences, Deirdre Breakenridge
8. The Commercial Theater Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals, Frederic B. Vogel and Ben Hodges
9. Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust, Chris Brogan and Julien Smith
10. Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: A Strategic Guide for Nonprofit Leaders, Holly Ross, Katrin Verclas, and Alison Levine
11. The Performing Arts in a New Era, Kevin F. McCarthy, Arthur Brooks, Julia Lowell, and Laura Zakaras
12. Marketing for Cultural Organisations: New strategies for attracting audiences to classical music , dance, museums, theatre and opera, Bonita M. Kolb
13. Performing Arts Management: A Handbook of Professional Practices, Tobie S. Stein and Jessica Bathurst

March

14. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, Elizabeth Gilbert
15. Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction, David Sheff

April

May

16. School for Husbands, Wendy Holden
17. 21 Steps To Happiness, F.G. Gerson

June

18. The Break-Up Diet: A Memoir, Annette Fix

19. Everyone Is Beautiful, Katherine Center

July
20. The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown

August
21. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
22. The Giver, Lois Lowry
23. Moloka’i, Alan Brennert

September
24. The Birth of Venus, Sarah Dunant

October
25. As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl, John Colapinto
26. It’s a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties, Emily Franklin

November

December
27. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe

• 12/18/2005 -- 101 in 1001 – 67.33% Complete
• 7/19/2006 -- About
• 9/15/2008 -- 101 in 1001 #2 – 47.52% Complete

One of my favorite musicals of all time is Tony Award winning Best Musical Fiddler on the Roof.  This is just a stunning work, both on-stage and on-screen.  Topol is the embodiment of a time and place that no longer exist, and I cry every time!

When I was in high school we did Fiddler on the Roof my sophomore year, and that was when the theatre bug grew into the theatre interest that has brought me to where I am today.  I had always enjoyed theatre and thought it was a fun hobby, but that was the time when I realized that I needed to spend all my free time in rehearsal!

Fun fact: Fiddler on the Roof was the first run of a musical in history to surpass the 3,000 performance mark!

Once I start getting tired from the Blogathon, I’ll most likely pop in the Fiddler on the Roof DVD!

This post is for the Blogathon 2009! I am blogging for The Actor’s Fund. For more information about what I am doing, please click here, or you can sponsor me!

• 7/25/2009 -- Theatre in 1960 (Blogathon ’09 #5)
• 7/26/2009 -- Theatre in 2004 (Blogathon ’09 #44)
• 7/26/2009 -- Theatre in 2001 (Blogathon ’09 #41)

This important work won both the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1956.

The Diary of Anne Frank is the stage adaptation by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. of the book The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank.  At a time when America was still raw from World War II, this brought to light a completely fresh perspective, and created a work that would compel school children for years to come.

This post is for the Blogathon 2009! I am blogging for The Actor’s Fund. For more information about what I am doing, please click here, or you can sponsor me!

• 7/25/2009 -- Theatre in 1965 (Blogathon ’09 #10)
• 7/27/2008 -- Books in the Workplace (Day of Blogs ’08 #44)
• 7/16/2009 -- Blogathon 2009 – Sponsor Me and Support The Actors Fund!

To top it all off, mark of #49, #62, and #96 from my 101 in 1001!

This post is being re-posted on 7/7/09 – I had a backup malfunction and lost 3 months of posts, and so I am re-posting them through my findings with Google Cache. I did NOT delete the comments, I just have no way of restoring them. I am sorry if you commented and it is lost!

• 9/15/2008 -- 101 in 1001 #2 – 47.52% Complete
• 7/19/2006 -- About
• 7/26/2008 -- Recycled Reading Meme (Day of Blogs ’08 #17)

Monday, “Your Weight”: Oprah discusses her recent weight gain and thyroid issues, her trainer Bob Greene makes an appearance
Tuesday, “Your Health”: Dr. Oz gives us his Ultimate Health Checklist and lots of other helpful information
Wednesday, “Your Spirit”: several spiritual leaders discuss living in a way that is open and honest to yourself
Thursday, “Your Money”: Suze Orman gives us her financial action plan for 2009 (and offers her book up as FREE download until January 15)
Friday, “Your Sex Life”: Dr. Laura Berman helps us get off on the right foot sexually

It’s interesting that the theme for the week is being honest – with yourself, your partner, your family . . . in general. This is not necessarily something that I struggle with, but it is something I try to be very conscious of in general. Right now I think about this in context with the big decisions I will be facing in the next couple of months (What internship should I take? In what direction do I want to start off my career?). Along with my internship comes moving (which means that I not only will face starting over in a new city with new people, but what does that mean for my relationship with my boyfriend, who is in school here and will not be coming with me?).

As I face these decisions, I’m really starting to shape who I am as an adult and what kind of person/friend/employee/etc. that I want to be. And with every decision, I ask myself “am I being honest with who I am and who I want to be?”.

As for Oprah – I always enjoy Dr. Oz (if for nothing more than a reminder of what I should be doing) and Suze Orman always makes me feel good because, for the most part, I already do all the things she says to do. I think that Dr. Berman is an interesting new character in Oprah’s line-up, and I’m curious to see how far this relationship goes. I thought the weakest day this week was the episode with the spiritual leaders, but it’s entirely possible that I feel that way because I have much more specific spiritual beliefs and desires, so all these general spiritual conversations leave me feeling unfulfilled. I’d personally rather talk about God, not a “power” or “universal truth” or whatever the popular terminology is at the moment (though I completely understand why Oprah is taking this route, and it’s her show, so she can present the material however she wants to).

All next week (January 12-16) Oprah will be having “webinars” with each of these speakers (Monday’s will be with Bob Green, Tuesday’s with Dr. Oz, etc.), and there’s actually a decent amount of content on Oprah.com regarding each of the episodes that occured this week.  I think it’s great that Oprah’s beginning to really utilize her website to add additional value to her show.

Any one else been tuning in?

• 9/15/2008 -- 101 in 1001 #2 – 47.52% Complete
• 7/22/2008 -- Are you ready to stay awake?
• 8/28/2006 -- Busy weekend!

Books Read in 2007, 2008

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

1. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
2. The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides
3. The Tenth Gift, Jane Johnson
4. The King Must Die: A Novel, Mary Renault

August

5. The Bull from the Sea, Mary Renault
6. Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World’s Most Coveted Handbag, Michael Tonello
7. Ishmael, Daniel Quinn

September

October

November

8. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
9. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
10. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
11. Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer

December

• 5/11/2010 -- Books Read in 2010
• 9/15/2008 -- 101 in 1001 #2 – 47.52% Complete
• 12/18/2005 -- 101 in 1001 – 67.33% Complete

So classes start tomorrow, and I’m back to the grind.  I think that this term will be a little less rigorous than last term (I have one less class), so I am looking forward to that.

I can also cross items #8 (they were out by New Year’s!) and #30 on my 101 in 1001 list.

Big things are coming in 2009 – I’m starting the search for an internship (already have an interview lined up for January!), I’ll be moving once the term is over, I’m helping Lisa with WordPress Chicago which takes place in June – and that’s just the first half of the year!

• 9/15/2008 -- 101 in 1001 #2 – 47.52% Complete
• 12/29/2005 -- Thursday Thirteen – 19
• 5/27/2009 -- Everything changes at once!

I am still working in the school’s development office as the development intern and the production marketing office as a marketing associate, so I’m really getting a feel for many different aspects of the business.  And I’m also gearing up for applying for internships for next year. To prepare, I reworked my resume (#26 on my 101 in 1001), which it DESPERATELY needed.  I’m pretty satisfied with how it turned out too!

I actually had a sort of phone interview this week with a theatre that I would really like to work with in Atlanta next year, and they’ve asked me to come for a more formal interview in person, probably in January.  I’m also starting to prepare other applications, though I may wait to act on them until this term is over (most of my classmates are waiting until January to start this process, so I am a tad early).

Exciting news came through this week about one of my other classes – we’re going to New York!  My Producing in the Commercial Theatre class will be going to NYC for a week to meet with various different people in the commercial theatre (Broadway) industry – producers, marketers, etc.  We really didn’t think the funding would come through on this, so we are so excited that it’s going to happen!

And once I’m back from that trip, I’ll have just a couple of weeks off from school (but not work) before we start back up again.  I can’t wait until school is over, LOL!

• 9/15/2008 -- 101 in 1001 #2 – 47.52% Complete
• 7/27/2008 -- Books in the Workplace (Day of Blogs ’08 #44)
• 1/23/2008 -- Holidays, Hospitals, and Higher Learning

The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (i.e. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (i.e. represent some amount of work on my part).

This project was taken from Triplux.

I completed my first 101 in 1001 on September 15, 2008!

The things that I say I want to MAINTAIN will be counted as completed if they are maintained for at least two months. I figure that if I maintain something for at least that long, then it’ll be habit.

Tasks I have completed will be struck through and a completion date will be listed that is linked to a post about the completion of that task. Tasks that I have begun will be italicized and a beginning date will be listed.

Started: September 15, 2008
Due Date: June 13, 2011
Tasks Completed: 48
Tasks Remaining: 53

1. Make this list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. If anything was left incomplete from my previous 101 in 1001, then figure out why I didn’t do it, and see if I can rework the goal. If so, it has to be on this list (these items have a ** in front of them). Completed 9/15/08

Religious
2. Join a small group/women’s Bible study.
3. Start writing again at Reading Red Letters and MAINTAIN it. Completed 12/26/09
4. Find a church home wherever I move to after school. Completed 12/26/09
5. Read at least 10 books by C. S. Lewis.
6. MAINTAIN regular daily prayer time. Begun 12/15/09
7. **Plan a religious fast and complete said fast (probably 3 days, but that’s flexible).
8. **Read the Bible from beginning to end.

Family/Friends

9. Send Christmas cards in a timely fashion in 2008. Completed 12/30/08
10. Send Christmas cards in a timely fashion in 2009. Completed 12/26/09
11. Send Christmas cards in a timely fashion in 2010. Completed 12/15/10
12. **Go to a concert with Daddy. Completed 8/15/09

Health
13. Get serious about meal planning and menus
14. Start and MAINTAIN drinking 8 glasses of water a day.
15. Get professionally fitted for a bra at a store that sells bras in my size. Completed 8/28/09
16. Learn to eat at least 3 new fruits and vegetables (doing this one again).
17. **Start and MAINTAIN regular exercise.
18. **Reach my weightloss goal and MAINTAIN it.
19. **Start and MAINTAIN regular flossing. Completed 10/28/09
20. **Get my stomach into fit enough condition so that a pierced bellybutton won’t look ridiculous (and if I keep my courage, actually pierce the bellybutton – but even if I don’t go through with it, the option is nice to have).
21. **MAINTAIN taking vitamins regularly.
22. **MAINTAIN monthly breast self exams.

School
23. Find an internship. Completed 3/23/09
24. Complete my graduate thesis. Completed 5/5/10
25. Graduate from UNCSA. Completed 5/29/10

Career

26. Find a job upon graduating. Completed 7/19/10
27. File paperwork for LLC for virtual assistant business and become OFFICIAL. Completed 8/28/09
28. Have at least 6 clients for Tizzy Consulting.
29. Find a new format for my resume and rework it. Completed 11/8/08

Financial

30. Become financially independent from my parents.
31. Save $5 a day and deposit into my savings account (doing this one again).
32. Contribute every month to saving for a house down payment.
33. Fully fund Roth IRA in 2008. Completed 12/31/08
34. Fully fund Roth IRA in 2010.
35. Create a budget which allows me to give 10% to church and charity.
36. MAINTAIN using coupons as I grocery shop when able (many organic products do not get coupons).

Travel

37. Get a new car – and I’m the one paying for it. Completed 4/11/09
38. Visit Alaska.
39. Take another cruise.
40. See New York City when it’s decorated for Christmas. Completed 12/8/08
41. Travel to a different country.
42. Go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter once it opens.
43. **Take a vacation to Atlanta with Mama – go shopping and see an exhibit at the High Museum. Completed 1/26/09
44. **Travel to Washington, D.C. At least see major monuments, the White House, and the Smithsonian. Completed 7/10/10
45. **Mount all my hat pins somehow (this replaces the previous “buy nice map and put a push-pin in every place I’ve been”)

Personal Betterment
46. Perform 10 random acts of kindness to complete strangers (0/10).
47. Have more involved communication with my sponsored child.
48. Get up the minute that the alarm goes off every day for a month.
49. Give blood if eligible (attempting to do this one again). Completed 9/10/09
50. Write a personal mission statement.
51. Wear makeup every day for a month. Completed 5/1/09
52. Write “to be read” letters to selected people (letters to be read upon my death by the people who mean the most to me). Completed 10/15/10
53. Pay for the person behind me at a fast food drive thru (doing this one again). Completed 12/1/10
54. Write a book.
55. **Stop biting fingernails.
56. **Update my journal and MAINTAIN it.

Organize/Purge

57. Organize, file, and store all my notes/keepsakes from my graduate classes. Completed 10/1/10
58. Move a large portion of my items stored at my parents’ house to my place. Completed 8/15/09
59. Sell, donate, give, or throw away 101 items (doing this one again). Completed 3/27/09
60. Create a filing system for all paperwork and MAINTAIN it. Completed 1/1/11
61. Sort through all clothing three times. Completed 10/7/10
62. Sort through all of my books and BookCross or give away a LARGE amount (at least 50). Completed 3/27/09
63. Rearrange books so that they truly are according to the Library of Congress system. Completed 6/30/09
64. **Finish entering all my books into a database. Completed 5/25/09
65. FLY. Begun 3/22/09

Technology
66. Write 500 blog posts (more attainable than 1001). (163/500) Begun 9/15/08
67. Participate in Blogathon 2009 Completed 7/26/09
68. Participate in Blogathon 2010 Completed 7/16/10
69. Participate in Blog Action Day 2008 Completed 10/15/08
70. Participate in Blog Action Day 2009 Completed 10/15/09
71. Participate in Blog Action Day 2010 Completed 10/15/10
72. Participate in NaNoWriMo Completed 12/1/10
73. Build up a decent audio/visual system. Completed 6/17/10
74. Start a system for regularly backing up my computer(s) and MAINTAIN it. Completed 5/1/10
75. Complete an email purge of all unnecessary old emails. Completed 5/12/10

Entertainment

76. Read through my A-Z Challenge.
77. Join local library. Completed 8/28/09
78. Decrease my LibraryThing TBR tags by at least 71 books (to less than 262 books, which was 50% of my books when I moved to Atlanta).
79. Re-read all the Harry Potter books.
80. Re-read all the Star Wars books.
81. Read at least 150 books (40/150).
82. Reach a Gamerscore of at least 3,000 on XBox360 (currently at 2,160).
83. Go see a famous jazz musician/group in concert. Completed 2/22/11
84. See a Cirque du Soleil show I haven’t seen (doing this one again). Completed 11/21/10
85. Go see a movie at the movie theater alone. Completed 8/30/09
86. See an opera. Completed 4/16/10
87. **Complete The Sims 2 Legacy Challenge. Completed 9/15/09
88. **Finish clearing my previous Netflix queue. (344/494) Begun 12/19/05
89. **Read 75% of the list of books that my friends have sent me. (24/85) Begun 12/19/05
90. **Watch 90% of the Greatest Films in 101 Things to Do Before You Die. (102/119) Begun 12/19/05
91. **See 100% of AFI top 100 movies. (81/100) Begun 12/19/05
92. **See 75% of Entertainment Weekly’s top 100 movies. (58/75) Begun 12/19/05

In the Kitchen
93. Rework my chocolate chip cookies recipe so that it is healthier.
94. **Learn to use cast iron skillets without messing up the seasoning.
95. **Find and make a good cheese fondue recipe (may require several tries).

Just for Fun
96. Find some attractive skirts that I can wear daily (not just on special occasions) and wear them! Completed 10/28/09
97. Complete a New York Times crossword (any day of the week)
98. Be super silly – take Oprah’s product recommendation. Completed 5/2/09
99. **Learn to drive a stick shift.
100. **Win something (anything) from a lottery ticket.

101. On June 13, 2011, publish a new 101 in 1001.

• 12/18/2005 -- 101 in 1001 – 67.33% Complete
• 7/19/2006 -- About
• 7/27/2008 -- Longest Meme Ever (Day of Blogs ’08 #32)

This post is for the Day of Blogs 2008! I am blogging for Children’s Literacy Initiative. For more information about what I am doing, please click here, or you can sponsor me!

• 7/26/2008 -- Recycled Reading Meme (Day of Blogs ’08 #17)
• 7/22/2008 -- Are you ready to stay awake?
• 7/27/2008 -- NaNoWriMo (Day of Blogs ’08 #36)