eighties86 in 2008

2008, so far, is 100% worth living.

In 2005, eighties86 did 13 things, went 52 places, met 0 people, and consumed 208 products.

Years: 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Apr | May | Aug

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. be an exchange student (again...)
  2. speak english fluently
  3. take a trip on the old route 66
  4. Learn to surf
  5. Visit Italy
  6. donate blood as often as possible
  7. Take more photos — completed 3 months later
  8. Visit Scotland — completed 6 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. go to London — Worth doing!
  2. be an exchange student — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Liverpool
  2. Italy
  3. Switzerland
  4. Edinburgh Castle
  5. Los Angeles
  6. Oslo
  7. Australia
  8. Palace of Versailles
  9. Edinburgh
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. United Kingdom — Worth visiting!
  2. Musée Du Louvre — Worth visiting!
  3. Newcastle — Worth visiting!
  4. Barbastro — Worth visiting!
  5. Spain — Worth visiting!
  6. Cathedral of Notre-Dame — Worth visiting!
  7. Fraggle Rock — Worth visiting!
  8. France — Worth visiting!
  9. Notting Hill — Worth visiting!
  10. Disneyland Paris — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) — Worth consuming!
  2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) — Worth consuming!
  3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) — Worth consuming!
  4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) — Worth consuming!
  5. The Historian — Worth consuming!
  6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) — Worth consuming!
  7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) — Worth consuming!
  8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) — Worth consuming!
  9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone — Worth consuming!
  10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. Sticky Fingers — Worth consuming!
  2. A Hard Day's Night — Worth consuming!
  3. All That You Can't Leave Behind — Worth consuming!
  4. Californication — Worth consuming!
  5. Help! [UK] — Worth consuming!
  6. Please Please Me — Worth consuming!
  7. With the Beatles — Worth consuming!
  8. Outlandos d'Amour [Digipak] — Worth consuming!
  9. Meet the Beatles! (U.S. LP) — Worth consuming!
  10. Bye Bye Love (single) — Worth consuming!
  11. Gimme Some Lovin' (single) — Worth consuming!
  12. Hound Dog (single) — Worth consuming!
  13. Long Tall Sally (single) — Worth consuming!
  14. My Generation - The Who (single) — Worth consuming!
  15. Respect — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Psycho (Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  2. St. Elmo's Fire — Worth consuming!
  3. Top Gun (Widescreen Special Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  4. Pretty in Pink — Worth consuming!
  5. Dead Poets Society — Worth consuming!
  6. Labyrinth — Worth consuming!
  7. The Witches of Eastwick — Worth consuming!
  8. Sixteen Candles — Worth consuming!
  9. The Sound of Music (Two-Disc 40th Anniversary Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  10. Hairspray — Worth consuming!
  11. The Aristocats (Disney Gold Classic Collection) — Worth consuming!
  12. Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express — Worth consuming!
  13. The Color Purple — Worth consuming!
  14. 101 Dalmatians (Limited Issue) — Worth consuming!
  15. The Sword in the Stone (Disney Gold Classic Collection) — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Blue Suede Shoes (single) — Worth consuming!
  2. Born to Be Wild (single) — Worth consuming!
  3. Bridge Over Troubled Water (single) — Worth consuming!
  4. California Dreamin' - The Mamas and the Papas (single) — Worth consuming!
  5. Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin (single) — Worth consuming!
  6. Don't Be Cruel (single) — Worth consuming!
  7. Eleanor Rigby (single) — Worth consuming!
  8. The Great Pretender (single) — Worth consuming!
  9. Heartbreak Hotel (single) — Worth consuming!
  10. Hey Jude (single) — Worth consuming!
  11. House of the Rising Sun (single) — Worth consuming!
  12. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (single) — Worth consuming!
  13. I Walk the Line (single) — Worth consuming!
  14. I Want to Hold Your Hand (single) — Worth consuming!
  15. I Want You Back (single) — Worth consuming!

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April

Consumed:
  1. Vegetable stir fry and noodles — Worth consuming!
  2. Chicken Tikka — Worth consuming!

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May

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. be part of a major international event/project — Worth doing!
  2. Take more photos — Worth doing!
  3. pierce my ears — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. The Cavern Club
  2. Yellow Submarine
  3. John Lennon's Childhood Home
  4. Eleanor Rigby Statue
  5. The Beatles Story
  6. Penny Lane
  7. George Harrison's Birthplace
  8. Paul McCartney's Childhood Home
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Paris — Worth visiting!
  2. England — Worth visiting!
  3. Ireland — Worth visiting!
  4. Dublin — Worth visiting!
  5. Pubs — Worth visiting!
  6. Guinness Brewery — Worth visiting!
  7. Dublin Spire — Worth visiting!
  8. Temple Bar — Worth visiting!
  9. Remains Of The Old Wall — Worth visiting!
  10. Dublin International Airport — Worth visiting!
  11. O'Connell Street — Worth visiting!
  12. National Museum Of Ireland — Worth visiting!
  13. National Gallery of Ireland — Worth visiting!
  14. River Liffey — Worth visiting!
  15. Ha'penny Bridge — Worth visiting!
Listened to:
  1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band — Worth consuming!
  2. Por La Boca Vive El Pez — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. The Piano — Worth consuming!
  2. The Matrix — Worth consuming!
  3. Hannah and Her Sisters — Worth consuming!
  4. Fight Club (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  5. Taxi Driver — Worth consuming!
  6. Secrets and Lies — Worth consuming!
  7. Pretty Woman (15th Anniversary Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  8. Braveheart — Worth consuming!
  9. The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  10. The Gold Rush (2 Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  11. Dances with Wolves — Worth consuming!
  12. A Streetcar Named Desire (Original Director's Version) — Worth consuming!
  13. Clueless — Worth consuming!
  14. Shine — Worth consuming!
  15. The Red Shoes - Criterion Collection — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Stir-Fry — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Animal Crossing: Wild World — Worth consuming!
  2. Nintendo Wii — Worth consuming!
  3. Coconut Body Butter — Worth consuming!

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August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. get up earlier
  2. get in touch with people I have lost touch with
  3. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
  4. Dress better
  5. be Fitter, happier, more productive,
  6. own the beatles discography
  7. Live in Newcastle again (for a little while)
  8. Do something new every month
  9. Never stop learning
  10. Complete things
  11. learn to cook really well
  12. be more creative
  13. make fimo jewellery
  14. clean my room
  15. travel the world
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Visit Scotland — Worth doing!
  2. live in a foreign country — Worth doing!
  3. learn to speak italian — Worth doing!
  4. Go to England — Worth doing!
  5. own a Beatles shirt
  6. tour Durham cathedral — Worth doing!
  7. Study at Newcastle University — Worth doing!
  8. Visit France — Worth doing!

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