Ryan’s Blog

I’m not usually one to fall for blogging trends, but this one caught my eye. A little more than a year ago, I started a “101 in 1001″ list. Basically, the goal is to make a list of 101 things to do, and set a time limit of 1001 days to do it all. At the end of timeframe, you are supposed to take the number of uncompleted items, double it, and donate that amount in dollars to Charity. 

I must admit, I started off really well. But, a few things in life knocked me off track. My wife and I had a baby, I changed jobs, and a slew of other things. I’ve realized that I’ve only got about a year left, and I really need to get moving.

Probablly my most ambitious of my 101 goals is to watch every movie to ever win an Academy Award for “Best Picture.” At first, I wasn’t able to find a lot of the movies, especially the early ones from the 1920’s and 1930’s. A then… I found Netflix. One of their categories for finding movies is, guess what, “Best Picture Winners.” Looks like I might be able to knock this one out after all.

I’ll be adding more pages to the website for each of the more indepth projects as I go along. Today, I added my full 101 things list, and a page for my “Best Picture” list. Next, I think I’ll restart my Home Theatre PC project.