*Watched 1917, Notorious (1946), Indiscreet, and The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford.
*Booster shot Pfizer vaccine. Sixth shot overall.
*Finished reading 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.
*Ate bibigo Steamed Dumplings Chicken & Vegetable and Birds Eye Garlic Chicken for the first time.
*Flashlights, first aid kit, and smoke detectors checked.
*I voted.
Blogger's note: Today's blog is posted at both Innovating Common Knowledge and Finding Raymond Mar.
The number 300 references my 300th blog I wrote on Dec 7, 2008. I selected my top 30 blogs out of the first 300 blogs I wrote. I updated the top 30 blogs for the first time on 300 Revisited on Feb 4, 2009. I update the top 30 blogs for the second time. These are good changes. The blog is another example time changes people's thoughts and opinions. The edits are as-is.
1. Never take anything and anyone for granted.
2. Trust my gut feeling.
3. My [updated] daily top five rules for living: (1) Don't criticize, condemn, and complain. (2) Don't act like a jerk or bitch. (3) Always speak calmly and be calm. (4) Don't daydream when driving. (5) Keep your head up high . . . look at their cute face when talking.
4. Continue to live life finding what you want to do.
5. Never judge a person by their appearance.
6. Remember to learn from 03/02/23-->[your] failures as well as your successes.
7. It takes patience to learn who a person is for long-term family, friend, business, and romantic relationships.
8. Do something else to take your mind off something you hate.
9. Meet new people and make new friends continuously.
10. It's OK to be alone.
11. You must earn what you want in life.
12. You are responsible for yourself.
13. 12/29/16-->Schools have summer vacations; life doesn't have summer vacations. Life has vacations. Life has seasons like sports and TV series. Fiscal years, resets, endings. Life can say one continuous life; however, there are chapters, volumes, parts, checkpoints. 12/29/2016-->There are times in our lives everyone needs to stop and take a breath. Time outs and checkpoints are part of life.
14. Age is just a number.<--05/04/21
15. Have courage to say goodbye to anything precious.
16. First years, first impressions, first go-around, and first successes are equally important as second years, second impressions, second go-around, and second successes.
17. 07/12/14-->Everyone has the right to find happiness. Pursue happiness to find happiness.
18. Be patient. Never rush.
19. Take life one day at a time. 12/31/16-->Increment from Freakonomics. 04/26/15-->Have fun, learn, and enjoy.
20. If you talk the talk, you must stand by your talk.
21. Do something to receive something.
22. Money is a way to help people, create action, and show appreciation.
23. Fight the pain, the suffering, and the struggles to keep living.
24. Use your mind to see.
25. Time is the ultimate judge.
26. Live the present. Live the moment 07/06/15-->[intelligently].
27. Wait 24 hours for goods or services less than $100 and 48 hours for greater than $100 to avoid the urge to splurge.
28. Do the little things and they add up in time.
29. Life is a marathon, not a sprint.
30. When you in a jam, go back to the basics.
I include a bonus. The lessons I learned attending De Anza College:
1. Everyone is human.
2. Go with the flow.
3. Timing is everything.
4. Use it or lose it.
*Ate Honey Bunches Of Oats Vanilla for the first time.
*Finished reading The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man by John Perkins, and She Comes First by Ian Kerner.
*Watched Waiting (2005), 48 Hours, Drugstore Cowboy, Maximum Overdrive, and All Quiet On The Western Front (2022).
*Ate at Halal Street Hot Pot & Xinjiang Cuisine restaurant for the first time.
*Watched Ex Machina, Bruce Almighty, The Bad News Bears (1976), and Why Worry?
*Finished reading His Dark Materials Book II: The Subtle Knife and His Dark Materials Book III: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman, and Harry Potter And The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne.
*Played Taiwanese Mahjong for the first time.
*Wore Buffalo underwear for the first time.
*Finished reading 1906 A Novel by James Dalessandro, An Abundance Of Katherines by John Green, The Power Of One by Bryce Courtenay, and His Dark Materials Book I: The Golden Compass by Philip Pallman.
*Watched Guy Ritchie's The Covenant, Platoon Leader, Strike Commando, Monsters Of Man, and High Risk.
*Watched The Color Of Money, Fahrenheit 451, Saw II, Valley Of The Dolls (1967), The Man In The White Suit, and Big Nothing.
*Wore Eddie Bauer lounge shorts for the first time.
*Finished reading The Lord Of The Rings Part One The Fellowship Of The Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
*Replaced license plate lights.
*Ate at Amakara and Cheung Hing restaurants for the first time.
*Tested negative for COVID-19.
*Watched Happiness, Carlito's Way, World's Greatest Dad, and God Bless America.
*Cooked with Kinder's Garlic Salt seasoning for the first time.
*Drank Starry soda for the first time.
