Not to be confused with those lists of one hundred inane personal facts or speculations (which may be found here) this is something of a collective of penance for things I am not yet certain. I am avowed to do one thousand things of a positive nature I wouldn’t ordinarily do, just to see how long it takes me. I’m also curious to see if it makes the world stop turning or something equally cliché as that.

^{Rules, Disclaimer and Other Miscellaneous Fine Print}

^{Items do not necessarily have to be to the outrageous benefit of others, and should serve primarily as a life experience for me, Virginia the Queen, but they should likewise not be pointedly detrimental to anyone else. Items must be of a positive nature. Suppressing the urge to poke someone in the eye is certainly nicer than the alternative, but it doesn’t exactly count. Items may only count once, regardless of magnitude, perceived or otherwise. Taking my sister’s children anywhere will definitely feel as if it should count for at least forty seven spaces, but that would defeat the purpose of this list, whatever that may be. Items shall be dated and specific. I will not be able to say “A couple of days ago, I thought Person X was a total lunatic and wanted to ignore them. Instead, I did something for them I maintain was nice.” Items must be genuinely out of the ordinary for me. The point becomes moot if I just catalog the random things I already do anyway. That’s not growth, that’s…something antithetical to that, but not quite the same as shrinking.}

1) 7/9/2006 - Sent Habitat for Humanity a check for $20 despite the fact I wholly disagree with their local actions and find the program itself to be of little socially redeeming value. It’s not my vision, but it is someone’s and I suppose even begrudging support helps.

2) 7/10/2006 - De-grossified fifty-ish years of crud from a cast iron skillet for my mom.

3) 7/17/2006 - I’ve got nothing, nada, zilch. I suuuuck.

4) 10/1/2006 - I did Tempo’s resumé, and I did it well. I didn’t want to do it in the first place and I should’ve really mangled it.

5) 10/10/2006 - I made a helpful suggestion to a total stranger about ways to enhance her future celebrity status.

6) 10/13/2006 - I just let it go, which was both difficult and entirely out of character for me.

7) 3/2/2007 - I gave away my umbrella on my way to the MARTA station this morning to a woman carrying her toddler uphill in the rain. It seemed like a nice thing to do at the time, but I can’t say I’m not sorry it wasn’t one of those Phone Company logo umbrellas I have taking up space on my closet floor and not the one that looked like a Van Gogh painting.

8) 5/11/2007 - I bought stranded people gasoline at the QT near my office.