The Progress -- #2, 33, 45, 93 & #37 completed!

2. Lose 50 pounds - in progress
so i joined a gym exactly one week ago. it is close to my house and so far i have been off to a good start i am trying to go as much as possible and this past week i only missed two days due to work conflicting with the times. so 5 out of 7 days is not bad for the first week. i have a good set-up too since the gym is open till 11pm at night i can go every night after work at around 930 and work out for an hour at least. and when i am at play rehearsal i can slide in after as well since i never rehearse later than 930 either. so all is good. this is my first step to losing some weight. hopefully it works out.

33. Read 20 Books (11/20) - in progress
i read two books by suzanne collins (yes they were teen fiction. shock) they were part of a three book series. the first one is called, the hunger games, and the second one is called, catching fire. i absolutely loved them so much. i could not put them down from start to finish. i was so excited to read them fully. they are amazing books and i recommend them to everyone. such a good story line and i cant wait for the final book to come out as well. they were definitely a re-read type of book. i will probably re-read them after i am finished reading the book i am currently on which is the lost symbol aka another da vinci code book.

37. Go on a vacation with friends --- COMPLETED!!!
Well about two weeks ago i went to vegas with some of my friends from work. it was a blast. i had such an amazing time and cant wait to do round two. haha. but on a serious note this trip was exactly what i needed and wanted in a vaca. lots of drinking, partying, and hanging out poolside. what more could i have asked for? glorious times with a glorious crew. we stayed at the ny ny which was a great hotel much better than the flamingo that i stayed at my first time i went. just a better atmosphere there. i would definitely stay there again. and it was not too crowded just a perfect time to go on vacation.

45. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) -- in progress
blink 182!!!!! i went to see blink for my second time and it was just as great as my first. they played with falloutboy and panic at the disco and they were all great. i danced well actually in my case shoulder shimmied the whole night. travis is sooo sick. his drum solo killed and as always i dont think you could ever not like blink music. they are just good fun summer time music.

# 6, 33, 37, 45 - the progress

6. Make a cookbook with all my parents recipes
so far i have bought a recipe box instead of an actual book. i think this will be more fitting for me to easily put recipes in. i like the look and idea of the box itself which holds little cue cards of recipes. so far i have taken the recipes i needed from sandy and now when i go up north to my cottage next week im gonna scrounge through my moms. this way i can have a good load of them. heres a list of the recipes i have put in here so far: - flaming cheese - warm crab dip - spinach dip both cold and warm - chicken potato caesar salad - peanut butter cookies - cream cheese frosting - chocolate zucchini bread so hopefully i get fill up my box that way once i move out i will have a bunch of stuff i can make on my own. * the pictures on the sides are my cute box and recipe cards :) *

33. Read 20 Books (9/20)
Night World: Secret Vampire, Daughters of Darkness, Spellbinder - L Jane Smith
i have borrowed a series from a friend at work called nightworld and they are a series of books based around this secret world full or vampires, shapeshifters, and witches. its an okay series, they are very easy reads and fast. the books i have are three stories in one. so far I have read the first book of three and i am now on to the second book with three more stories. i want to pick up her vampire diaries set as well because i am interested in reading those before the television show comes out this fall.

37. Go on a vacation with friends
i have booked a vegas trip with some of the kids i work with at telus. we are going in september for four days three nights. it should be ridiculous... we are staying at new york new york.

45. Attend 5 concerts (0/5) i bought tickets to see blink 182 at dte august 22nd, with farah. i am super pumped and think its gonna be an amazing show. i saw them last time at the same venue and it was great so this should be just as good. i also bought tickets to see brand new at the fillmore october 2nd for brandon and me to go as his brithday present. so that should be sick considering i tried to go see them play this past month and could not get tickets for the life of me.

#49. See Alexisonfire live - completed

#49. See Alexisonfire live again before the break-up rumours come true - COMPLETED!

So yesterday i went to warped tour and got to see alexisonfire :) it was a good time as always it just sucks when you see them at such a huge event because they only get allotted a half an hour slot for play time. so that's pretty much like 6 songs plus some chatting with the crowd. so i would have liked to get a decent set out of them but its all good. i got my watch out cd signed too which will add to my collection of aof stuff. it was also my first time at warped tour which was a cool experience in itself.

things the i disliked about warped tour...
- why would 3oh3 be playing or the millionaires... both bands are lame.
- there are so many dirty kids walking around with no shoes. sick.
- i saw lots of vendors selling michael jackson shirts? what? really?

things i liked...
- alexisonfire, underoath
- seeing all the ugly tattoos kids have
- checking out some bands i had never heard

so all in all it was a good day. the sun fried me though and i was re-hydrating myself all day off of beers which probably isnt a good thing. hence why i must have felt sick last night. but ya a good accomplished goal.

49. See Alexisonfire live - the progress

49. See Alexisonfire live again before the break-up rumours come true

SOOOOOOOO the day has come kids... tomorrow i will be attending the vans warped tour where my boys alexisonfire will be playing! so yay there new cd came out a few weeks ago and i will be fully satisfied after seeing them tomorrow hopefully :)

i am so pumped!
i cant wait!

anyways ya i will for sure report more once i actually get to see them.

#96 completed + #93 progress

96. See Spring Awakening - COMPLETED!

so i ended up going to toronto this week for two days to visit sarah and also see spring awakening on tour. it was amazing. the music is so great and the actors were awesome. i had already known all about the play since i had looked up clips for the broadway cast on youtube and listened ot all the music before going. so i was obsessed with seeing it and then it came true on wednseday. we went to the matinee showing at the canon with all the silver foxes haha. anyways the women behind us obviously didnt know anything about the play at all because they were hoping for the play to liven up more which is funny considering the show is about teenagers, sex, suicide and abuse. Come on lady what made you think this play would be the upbeat type? but anyways i loved it. here are a couple pics documenting the completion....

with my ticket and programme

sarah and i outside the canon

view from our seats. we sat in the balcony but the view was still perfect. your not allowed to take pics so i had to be sneaky without flash during intermission.

#93. Go To 20 new restaurants that I have never been to (1/20) - the progress

the pickle barrel (toronto)
while in toronto sarah, shawn and i went out for dinner at the pickle barrel. it was really good food. we had a lobster and artichoke dip with chips to start and then i had shrimp and crab pasta as my meal. the food was delicious and so filling. the only downside to the restaurant was that the menu was huge so it took forever to decide what to order. since there was sooooo much to choose from.

# 96 - see Spring Awakening (the progress)

96. See Spring Awakening (96-98 are all musicals that I have been dying to see but haven't got a chance too yet.)

so i noticed that next week i have a few days off in a row and by chance one of my friends whom lives in toronto text me saying that she heard spring awakening is in toronto and she really wants ot see it. so i got all excited and sent her a message back saying that i wanted to see it as well. so i have three days off in a row and i decided that i am going to venture up to toronto. so i just bought tickets online for wednesday matinee show. im pumped. this musical is going to be so good. i have been following the music and all the internet craziness around it for a while now and since it is just set off on the national tour this is a perfect time. this is the first tour of it as well so its the original tour cast playing. check out the website and the music. its really good and has a rock edge to it. so yay in less than a week i will have another complete to add to the list.

#33 Read 20 Books (8/20) - the progress

i have finished yet another book.

it's the new one to be released in the james patterson maximum ride series called 'max'. it was actually pretty good. i enjoyed it and read it extremely fast which is always a good sign. the is one dealt more with character relationships especially max and fang rather than fighting bad guys. and i also liked that it was 'environmentally friendly over-kill' which i found a couple of the other books to be. it was just good. and they are going to be releasing a movie coming out in 2010 based on the first book. which is pretty sick. only 12 more books till i complete the task!