#28--Continue with Disney DVD collection

Currently, I have Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, and The Lion King (all platinum editions), as well as Pollyanna and Mary Poppins (whatever editions of those are out). The other platinum editions that have been released are Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (which I'll have to look for used, as it's back in the Disney vault *bleh*) and Bambi (which is still available new). Coming out this year are Lady and the Tramp (February), and the one I'm most excited about, The Little Mermaid in October. Friggin Disney and their limited release schedule. I never know what to get and when.

For the record, I'm not buying any of the direct-to-DVD sequels Disney seems to have a thing for now. There is no fairy tale called Cinderella 3, hate to tell you. (Yet there will be such a movie in 2007.)

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#59--Knit a sock a month, #16--January's beer

I think what I did sort of counts...I knit a full sock and two half socks. I'm hoping to finish the two half-socks in February, then I can get back on my real sock-a-month schedule.

Also, a couple weeks ago (during my brief respite from being sick) I tried a Japanese beer, Kirin Ichiban. (It was either that or Sapporo, and the waitress told me Sapporo was equivalent to Bud Light, so the Kirin it was!) It was a decent lager, nothing outstanding though. Not sure what I'll try in February.

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#8--Attend graduate women's cohort in 2006

Applied for the CRA-W grad cohort today. It's being held in San Francisco again, this time at the end of March rather than the end of February. So, most likely I'll be spending my birthday in San Francisco. I'm hoping Laura will be available that night, because even though I don't especially care about my birthday, I think I'd get depressed not spending at least part of the day with someone I know and care about.

Anyway, as applications are due at the end of February, I'd imagine that's when I'll find out if I'm accepted, though considering the application is mostly vital statistics and not any sort of qualitative thing, I can't imagine that I wouldn't be. Hell, I applied on practically the last day last year and was accepted, and today was the first day of applications.

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#26--Watch every DVD I own

Well, I've been sick for the past 5 days, so this one has gotten a lot of help. I've gone through probably 20-25 discs since last Thursday. Not helpful that this is also the kind of sick that means I don't sleep much/well, so I've had extra time to watch movies. Yay for working on one of my 101 things, but boo for being sick.

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#9--Continue to raise GPA, #59--Knit a sock a month

Well, GPA raising should be easy in the future, as this last semester knocked it down quite a bit. I mean, I'm not going to be cliched and say there's nowhere for it to go but up...but it's a solid B right now. I'm not used to that. My stellar B- in theory brought it down a few pegs. Fortunately this semester I'm taking an AI class, and I'm usually good in that.

As for the sock-a-month, I didn't succeed in knitting one in December, because, well, I didn't really knit in December. But as the first half of January is break, I'm probably going to get through at least two this month :-) That'll make up for it.

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#21--Try two new cuisines, #33--Watch a foreign film

Russ and I went out for Salvadoreño food on Wednesday. It's similar to Mexican food, but I didn't like it quite as much. Rather plainly seasoned. And the restaurant was out of plaintain chips, which are what I really wanted to try. Perhaps next time we go there (the restaurant was a good value, and it's near where Russ lives, so I'm sure we'll go there again.)

Next up: There's a Pakistani restaurant in Bangor that I've been wanting to try. However, I think it's Ramadan right now, so quite likely it's closed for a bit. Edit: I'm an uninformed moron...Ramadan was in October this year. I just looked it up. Thus, I have no excuse to not go eat Pakistani food sometime soon.

As for the foreign film, it's sitting in a Netflix envelope by my DVD player right now. It's Like Water for Chocolate. I absolutely adored the book, and I've heard good things about the movie. I don't think Russ will be into it, so I'm planning to watch it tomorrow after he heads home.

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