I just checked not only my credit report but also my credit score. The credit report shows an error--someone misspelled my last name, and it shows up as an alternate to my real name. When I clicked on it to dispute it, it said I can't do that online and gave a telephone number. After several minutes of a phone tree forest I was told hey, typos happen. It's not affecting your credit score. ...do you still want to dispute this trivial thing? Guess not.
My credit score came back and I'm thrilled with it--a B in their convoluted, non-FICO number system. Not bad for two and a half years of credit history. Oh, and in those two years I've had four addresses. Natch.
The friendly if ill-designed report even had some "tips" to help me improve my score. They boiled down to grow older (for a longer credit history) and buy a house. Um... no?
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Completing 101 things by January 22, 2011.
The List
Completed items.
In progress items.
Removed items.
Craft
1. Knit 40 pairs of socks (9/40)
2. Design a sock
3. Give a pair of socks to someone other than my mom
4. Complete Irtfa'a shawl
5. Make 20 dishcloths or tawashi (7/20)
6. Complete a lace scarf
7. Try spinning
Work
8. Get gainful employment in radio or Japanese
9. Take a 4-5 day "omg I need a break" vacation twice a year (2/6)
Media
10. Read the New Yorker the week I get it for 8 weeks straight (8/8)
11. Watch 20 documentaries (4/20)
12. Get through my entire podcast folder once (now: 6 hours)
13. Back up important files to external hard drive
14. Review 10 pieces on PRX (0/10)
15. Do one narrator-less piece
16. Do one "sound art" piece
Food
17. Try 20 new recipes (0/20)
18. Make 10 new cookies/treats (0/10)
19. Get the oven working
20. Make and freeze meals ahead of time (1/20)
21. Try 10 new teas (10/10)
22. Find 3 wines I like (0/3)
Health
23. Go ice skating 3 times (0/3)
24. Get my annual exam (0/2)
25. Do the fasting blood test
26. Take vitamins every day for a month (0/30)
27. Take an intro to ballet class
28. Stretch nightly for one month (0/30)
29. Get an eye exam and new glasses
30. Go veggie for one week
31. Get a simple manicure
Finance
32. Check credit score once a year (1/3)
33. Donate to Glide
34. Become a member of KQED
35. Grow savings account to "x"
36. Get out of SIP plan
37. Move checking account to a better bank
38. Update info at work
39. Join the ACLU
40. Donate to a political campaign
Japanese
41. Complete second grade kanji (160 characters)
42. Complete third grade kanji (200 characters)
43. Complete fourth grade kanji
44. Complete fifth grade kanji
45. Complete sixth grade kanji
46. Take level 2 JLPT
47. Pass level 2 JLPT
48. Finish 社会 textbook
49. Interpret for someone (ただでもいい)
50. Take another class at Soko Gakuen
51. Write 10 bilingual blog posts (0/10)
52. Get a Japanese magazine subscription
53. Write a letter to Ken's grandmother
102. Get paid to translate J->E
Shopping
54. Buy a laptop
55. Buy a rice cooker
56. Find another pendant I love
57. Buy a nice nightgown
58. Procure a fitting black necklace cord
59. Get fitted for a bra
60. Buy 2 threadless t-shirts (3/2)
61. Buy a furniture upgrade that I love
62. Buy a DS game in Japanese
63. Go to Rainbow Grocery
Entertainment
64. Go to 7 different museums (1/7)
65. See 3 plays (0/3)
66. Entertain as best my dinky apartment will allow (1/5)
67. Organize get togethers with my friends (2/5)
68. Get out to see a movie (2/5)
69. See a sit down concert
70. Visit a planetarium
71. Try 20 new restaurants (20/20)
72. Enjoy a "me" lunch (1/15)
73. Go to 5 "only in SF" events (4/5)
74. Attend a rock concert
75. Have a full on Movie Night with Ken
76. Have a sleepover with "Girls' Night"
77. Celebrate a summer solstice
78. Play a board game with friends
79. Go to a hands-on science museum
Betterment
80. Volunteer for 3 different organizations (1/3)
81. Send mom a b-day "care package"
82. Move
83. Get rid of 101 material things (101+/101)
84. Memorize a poem
85. Learn 5 constellations (0/5)
86. Vote (1/3)
103. Finish a Tuesday NYT crossword
104. Finish a Wednesday NYT crossword
105. Finish a Thursday NYT crossword
106. Finish a Friday NYT crossword
Travel
87. Return to Japan
88. Visit a foreign country other than Japan or Canada
89. Visit a state I've never been to
90. Visit an aquarium
91. Visit a beach for more than a day
92. Travel somewhere with Ken
93. Go to a service at Glide
94. Go to an amusement park
95. Visit WEBS again
96. Go on an Alcatraz night tour
97. Go to a drive-in
98. Go to an SF beach
99. Go on an SF walking tour
100. Go to Western Canada
101. Go to NYC
In progress items.
Craft
1. Knit 40 pairs of socks (9/40)
2. Design a sock
3. Give a pair of socks to someone other than my mom
4. Complete Irtfa'a shawl
5. Make 20 dishcloths or tawashi (7/20)
6. Complete a lace scarf
7. Try spinning
Work
8. Get gainful employment in radio or Japanese
9. Take a 4-5 day "omg I need a break" vacation twice a year (2/6)
Media
10. Read the New Yorker the week I get it for 8 weeks straight (8/8)
11. Watch 20 documentaries (4/20)
12. Get through my entire podcast folder once (now: 6 hours)
13. Back up important files to external hard drive
14. Review 10 pieces on PRX (0/10)
15. Do one narrator-less piece
16. Do one "sound art" piece
Food
17. Try 20 new recipes (0/20)
18. Make 10 new cookies/treats (0/10)
19. Get the oven working
20. Make and freeze meals ahead of time (1/20)
21. Try 10 new teas (10/10)
22. Find 3 wines I like (0/3)
Health
23. Go ice skating 3 times (0/3)
24. Get my annual exam (0/2)
25. Do the fasting blood test
26. Take vitamins every day for a month (0/30)
27. Take an intro to ballet class
28. Stretch nightly for one month (0/30)
29. Get an eye exam and new glasses
30. Go veggie for one week
31. Get a simple manicure
Finance
32. Check credit score once a year (1/3)
33. Donate to Glide
35. Grow savings account to "x"
36. Get out of SIP plan
37. Move checking account to a better bank
38. Update info at work
39. Join the ACLU
40. Donate to a political campaign
Japanese
41. Complete second grade kanji (160 characters)
42. Complete third grade kanji (200 characters)
46. Take level 2 JLPT
47. Pass level 2 JLPT
48. Finish 社会 textbook
49. Interpret for someone (ただでもいい)
51. Write 10 bilingual blog posts (0/10)
52. Get a Japanese magazine subscription
53. Write a letter to Ken's grandmother
102. Get paid to translate J->E
Shopping
54. Buy a laptop
55. Buy a rice cooker
56. Find another pendant I love
57. Buy a nice nightgown
58. Procure a fitting black necklace cord
59. Get fitted for a bra
60. Buy 2 threadless t-shirts (3/2)
61. Buy a furniture upgrade that I love
62. Buy a DS game in Japanese
63. Go to Rainbow Grocery
Entertainment
64. Go to 7 different museums (1/7)
65. See 3 plays (0/3)
66. Entertain as best my dinky apartment will allow (1/5)
67. Organize get togethers with my friends (2/5)
68. Get out to see a movie (2/5)
69. See a sit down concert
70. Visit a planetarium
71. Try 20 new restaurants (20/20)
72. Enjoy a "me" lunch (1/15)
73. Go to 5 "only in SF" events (4/5)
74. Attend a rock concert
75. Have a full on Movie Night with Ken
76. Have a sleepover with "Girls' Night"
77. Celebrate a summer solstice
78. Play a board game with friends
79. Go to a hands-on science museum
Betterment
80. Volunteer for 3 different organizations (1/3)
81. Send mom a b-day "care package"
82. Move
83. Get rid of 101 material things (101+/101)
84. Memorize a poem
85. Learn 5 constellations (0/5)
86. Vote (1/3)
103. Finish a Tuesday NYT crossword
104. Finish a Wednesday NYT crossword
105. Finish a Thursday NYT crossword
106. Finish a Friday NYT crossword
Travel
87. Return to Japan
88. Visit a foreign country other than Japan or Canada
89. Visit a state I've never been to
90. Visit an aquarium
91. Visit a beach for more than a day
92. Travel somewhere with Ken
93. Go to a service at Glide
94. Go to an amusement park
95. Visit WEBS again
96. Go on an Alcatraz night tour
97. Go to a drive-in
98. Go to an SF beach
99. Go on an SF walking tour
100. Go to Western Canada
101. Go to NYC
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