To Laugh Often...: CPA

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

CPA

And... it has begun. I mailed off my CPA application to take the BEC portion of the CPA. I was thinking of taking it in January some time. I should be studying quite a bit for it. I am NOT looking forward to such studying. Until later, wish me luck in studying!

-Jake

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LindsayNovember 12, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Good luck, Jake!!!!!
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Jake's 101 accomplishments in 1001 days

1. Get my picture taken in a photo booth
2. Make a commercial selling myself (non-sexually)
3. Pullups: Phase 1 (10), Phase 2 (15), Phase 3 (20)
4. Bench press: Phase 1 (275lbs), Phase 2 (295lbs), Phase 3 (315lbs)
5. Run in the rain twice (0/2)
6. Go skinny dipping once
7. Go line dancing
8. Take a ballroom dance class
9. Check my credit scores twice (0/2)
10. Join a professional organization (AICPA, etc)
11. Unexpectedly pay for the person behind me in a drive through.
12. Go techno dancing
13. Open an IRA
14. Get a new driver's license
15. Go to 2 comedy shows (0/2)
16. Go roller skating
17. Fly a kite
18. Sleep under the stars
19. Go to 3 hockey games (0/3)
20. Try thirty three different types of wine (3/33)
21. Sing Karaoke
22. Go to 5 festivals/fairs (1/5)
23. Be naked for an entire day
24. Learn basic human anatomy (muscular, skeletal, nervous, cardiovascular, lymphatic, epidermal, organs, etc systems)
25. Go geo-caching
26. Ride on a train somewhere
27. Learn Spanish with Rosetta Stone
28. Transfer $5 into savings for every item crossed off my list (3/101)
29. Attend an arts event (play or symphony)
30. Go indoor rock climbing 5 times (0/5)
31. Take a picture of myself every week for 52 weeks. (2/52)
32. Buy a guitar and teach myself how to play it via Youtube
33. Go to a country outside the U.S.
34. Go on a cruise
35. Save: Phase 1 ($1,000), Phase 2 ($3,500), Phase 3 ($6,000)
36. Go on a zipline
37. Buy a pitching wedge from a thrift store and go to a driving range
38. Live only on a cash budget for 1 month (no credit or debit cards)
39. Create and Follow a budget for 6 months (0/6)
40. Buy produce from a farmer's market at least 5 times (0/5)
41. Don't watch TV for a month (0/31)
42. Go ice skating
43. Watch all the movies that have won Best Picture (1/81)
44. Take a multi-vitamin every day for two months (0/62)
45. Drink a protein shake every day for a month (0/31)
46. Get a new computer
47. WoW gold: Phase 1 (5,000), Phase 2 (7,500), Phase 3 (10,000), Phase 4 (20,000)
48. Go fishing
49. Play Bingo
50. Go to a bar every night for a week (0/7)
51. Go on five picnics (0/5)
52. Sit in a Jacuzzi while it's snowing on me or outside
53. Make a snowman
54. Go to bed at 9 pm everynight for a week five times (0/5)
55. Make a time capsule
56. Go mini-golfing three times (0/3)
57. “Unplug” for an entire weekend: no internet, phone or television.
58. Go to an aquarium
59. Go to three museums (3/3) (7/3 - 7/4/09)
60. Go to seven concerts (2/7)
61. Pay back my parents
62. Build a sandcastle
63. Go in the ocean twice (1/2)
64. Drive a stick shift
65. Learn how to read music
66. Go through a human maze (corn, tree, hedges maze)
67. Get another character to lvl 80. SHAMAN!
68. Learn every capital in the world (0/195)
69. Learn every country in the world (0/195)
70. Sleep (or lay in bed) for 15+ hours
71. Don't drink a carbonated beverage for one month (0/31)
72. Go to a soccer game
73. Go to six baseball games (1/6)
74. Go to seven football games (0/7)
75. Go to 3 states I've never been (0/3)
76. Grippers: Phase 1 (#2), Phase 2 (BBSM), Phase 3 (#2.5), Phase 4 (#3)
77. Fall asleep on a beach
78. Go skiing once
79. Watch 5 sunrises (0/5)
80. Stop biting/picking at my fingernails for a week (0/7)
81. Go to the Zoo twice (0/2)
82. See a movie in 3-D at the movie theatre (7/9/09) UP!
83. Hike from Lindsay's to Downtown once
84. Take a CPR class
85. Spend $0 for a two week period
86. Ride around the mountains during fall to see the leaves
87. Go to the Biltmore House and try some wine
88. Hike the Table Rock trail
89. Go camping at least twice (0/2)
90. Run: Phase 1 (2 miles), Phase 2 (3 miles), Phase 3 (5k), Phase 4 (5 miles)
91. Visit Washington D.C. (7/3-7/4/09)
92. Pushups: Phase 1 (50), Phase 2 (75), Phase 3 (100), Phase 4 (150)
93. Get a new job making more money
94. Obtain a CPA license
95. Get the necessary hours to have a CPA (0/9)
96. Pass the Financial portion of the CPA
97. Pass the Audit portion of the CPA
98. Pass the REG portion of the CPA
99. Apply for the CPA
100. Pass the BEC portion of the CPA
101. Read all the books of the Personal MBA (1/95)

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