101 Updates: Silents, States, and Guns
Categories: 101 in 1001
Date: Wednesday, 9 January 2008, at 12:46 pm
Catching up on my 101 in 1,001 List, here are the latest updates from the last couple of weeks:
#49 — Obtain copies of silent films written by Charles Darnton and learn more about his career. — Over the Christmas break, I watched the new DVD of The Iron Horse, directed by John Ford, which, as far as I know, is the only currently available silent movie that was written by my great-granduncle Charles Darnton. Not too long ago, I also found and photographed his old flat in the Miracle Mile neighborhood. There’s more that I can do eventually (including having another go at the Margaret Herrick Library), but I’m considering this done for now. Charles Darnton, my father’s mother’s father’s sister’s husband, is the only close relative who was significantly involved in the film industry, although this bit of trivia hasn’t helped my career in the slightest!
#51 — Visit the last of the 50 states. — This one is not done yet, but I just visited several new states that I had not fully been to before: Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Michigan. Thus, I now have only four more states to visit until I’ve been to all of them! By the way, I was just in Charleston, West Virginia, for my 9th Annual New Years Eve Roadtrip.
#96 — Have my dad teach me how to take apart and clean a gun. — While visiting my family in Northern California, I finally completed this item, something that I should have learned how to do a long time ago!