Cooee!

The List 2.0 is up and running. Not exactly complete, organised or on a useful url, but in existence nonetheless.

I do still intend to finish wrapping up here, but there was a good reason to get the second 101 underway.

Ok, I just checked and apparently cooee is an Aussie thing, but "Hey everyone, I'm over here, come and find me!" didn't have the same ring.

#11 and #88 - Stockings and dealnames

Status: Failed, but...

To continue the post-mortem of the 101 1.0...

These two became intertwined in a story. Technically, they are fails. I did not find the ultimate pair of stockings and I did not come up with a particularly hilarious dealname. However, the two goals got more than their fair share of airtime.

In the early part of the 1001 days, I spent many a cocktail-hour debating the benefits of stay-ups over pantyhose and whether real stockings were viable in today's busy world... I spent lunch-hours browing hosiery racks frustratedly and would inevitably find the right shade, dernier, toe style, control-ness and waist height, only to walk away with 3 packs in the wrong size.

And then I got laid off. Which has received very limited blog-space I know, but stuff it, you can psycho-analyse me later. I decided to try my hand at entrepreneurship - hosiery style. I did weeks of research, built a cashflow model, started a business plan, planned marketing and started talking to chinese manufacturers. And came up with a cool business name and bought myself the domain name.

It's not exactly a dealname, but in a way it's cooler. It's more mine. And I didn't exactly find the perfect stockings, but boy did I put some energy into finding/creating them.

The business is on ice for the moment. Couldn't tie down my SCA (sustainable competitive advantage, like, duh) and finally caved in to my craving to become a doctor (Med school application is pending).

So there you have it. A few revelations from a shy blogger and a peek at just where a 101 might lead you...

#1. Orient Express

Status: Fail

An earlier train journey...

I can't believe that of the 101 tasks, this one didn't make it. It was my first list item and one I desperately want to do. Sadly, just last year, the train stopped technically being called the Orient Express (it used to be listed as such in the timetable) but the route is still there and I'll keep trying to do it.

And another...

#39 (new). Wikipedia

Status: Epic Fail (I'm on a roll of humility here, give me a break)

I still like this task, I just never thought of anything I particularly wanted to write about. I do have one idea now, so maybe I'll give it a go in the next 101.

#38 (new). Scrabble Bingo (as it is apparently called in parts of the world)

Status: Epic Fail

Thanks to Partizan92 for photo

I WILL do this. I swear I will. It's going on the List 2.0. I did play a bit of scrabble over the last 1001 days, but clearly not enough.

Looking back at this has prompted me to sign up to the Internet Scrabble Club, where I am currently getting absolutely whipped by minimoodle 182-80. I like to think I have a reasonable vocabulary and haven't heard of any of her (surely not a he) first 4 words. My family has always eschewed "official" scrabble dictionaries in favour of common use words. You can't use it if you can't use it in a sentence. And no obscure 2-letter words - it becomes a different, and much more boring, game if it's all about memorising those.

Game Over. I lose 346-264. Longest word = WINDY. Not as shameful as it started out, but not good. The interface actually isn't bad. I could do a game or two a week I think...

#26 (new) Play Poker

Status: Fail

I don't like not being good at things. And I'm not good at poker. By definition really, seeing as I've never played. There were a few occasions in the year or two this was on the list that I could have achieved it. But I would have sucked. In front of people.

I do still think this is one of those skills that a modern accomplished young lady should possess. So perhaps it goes to List 2.0.

(I really should have posted sooner and got that last post off the top...)