Time (actually very late) for another update on the 101 things list.
I sent my Rolleiflex camera in for service (#55), it works out that the taking lens has a small chip in it (grrr…), but apparently it’s pretty minor, and I went ahead and approved the repairs to the mechanicals (shutter and transport overhaul as weil as a new hi-lux focusing screen). Total bill $456, and an 11 week turn-around… Well I don’t use that camera often anyway.
Most of this week’s activities centered around small-scale financial housekeeping. I’ve already posted about the portfolio diversification (#88).
I finally bothered getting rid of long-distance service to the house (#80). Attempts to cancel through AT&T (our actual long-distance provider), led to hours on hold and finally being told that I had to contact my local provider to cancel my LD service (huh?). So back on hold to get Verizon (which wasn’t too bad), and continually turning down enhanced Verizon services (long distance, regional toll, DSL, DirectTV, etc), and we’re no longer paying for long-distance service on our landline (which pretty much exists for a DSL endpoint and 911 service).
CraigsList came through with a quick sale for my old G4 Powerbook (#91). My sale ad (for about $100 less than the going price) produced a bunch of prospective buyers, and this time I only had to deal with 2 no-shows to find an actual honest to god party interested in actually buying the laptop. He bought the laptop, but only one of the 1GB memory chips, so I still have an extra GB laying around.
I only managed to watch 2 movies from the 102 list this week, but got out to the theater and saw Curse of the Golden Flower, which means I’ve covered 1 movie in a foreign language.
Walked on 3 days this week for a total of 2 hours, and continued eating breakfast (6 days this week) and cooking meals (5 days). Overall things are going pretty well. The only real setback came over the weekend. One of my fellow graduate students finally finished up his Ph.D after a significant amount of time. The resulting parties (going away and oddly enough his 34th birthday), meant that I spent lots of time in bars and restaurants, and the scale showed it. I tipped the scales at 248 lbs, up 3 lbs from last week, and not a good sign.
remaining: 95 items, 93 movies, 49 lbs. in the next 987 days.