I'm doing 42 things
Today...
10 hours ago
... I am going to write at least 5,000 words if it kills me.
Amanda's Life List
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1. Do NaNoWriMo
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2. Accomplish at least 5 things daily for 43 days
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3. complete "The Artist's Way"
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4. Write daily
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5. make my development as a dancer a priority again
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6. Have a totally different life by this time next year
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7. Do things that scare me
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8. Read 52 books in 2009
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9. “Have a kick ass body that stops traffic without jumping in front of it”
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10. Practice Yoga
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11. do the splits
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12. Perform a bellydance solo in public
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13. learn to sew
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14. Ride a mechanical bull
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15. aprender a cocinar la comida mexicana como la puta madre
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16. have an astrological reading
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17. learn to ride a horse
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18. Learn to Salsa
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19. learn the arabic alphabet
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20. brush up on my French
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21. take more photos
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22. have a profile picture on facebook that I actually like
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23. find a new place to call home
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24. buy new underwear
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25. revamp my wardrobe
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26. Do 43 things i've never done before!
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27. see more live music
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28. make the most of where I live
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29. go back to New Mexico
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30. go to Nova Scotia this summer
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31. Keep in touch with old friends and make new friends
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32. celebrate the day of the dead in oaxaca
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33. Visit my friend Jessica
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34. list my "someday" goals
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35. Fund 43 microloans through Kiva.org
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36. read the quran
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37. watch 52 movies in 2009
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38. Try B's 5am kickboxing class.
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39. get control of my bedroom
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40. have at least $750 in my savings account by the end of the year
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41. Apply for at least 5 jobs per week until I find something
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42. Lose more than 16 pounds by the end of 2009
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Recent entries
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1 day ago
36. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Not really sure what to say about this, but Javier Bardem… holy crap he’s nice to look at. I also really like Penelope Cruz more in this movie than I have in other things that I’ve seen her in. I haven’t watched her in a ton of movies, and I really know nothing about acting, but she’s always kind of seemed like the same person. Maybe I just liked her more in this movie because like her character I’m a little unbalanced romantically… and I find it really satisfying to fight in Spanish. If I’m going to suffer anyway, I might has well throw in a few creative flourishes, right? I’ve never used a gun though, or tried to stab anyone. Clearly, there are limits.
Tomorrow?
1 day ago
I’m going to ask her if she plans on going tomorrow morning… Kickboxing doesn’t really appeal to me at all, probably because I can’t imagine that I’ll be very good at it. On the other hand, I can’t really imagine my friend liking it either, and she’s crazy about going to the classes… I think that she’s only missed one in 4 months.
I also think that starting my day out by imagining that I’m punching a sleazy race horse driver in the face for making unsolicited sexual comments would be kind of a nice way to start the morning. Now that track gossip has it that I’m back with Efrain, my gorgeous and kind (to me at least…) but kind of mean looking ex-boyfriend, they’ve backed off, but a couple of weeks ago, 3 different MARRIED drivers propositioned me within about an hour. I’m 60 lbs overweight, have no idea how to flirt, and go to the track in a ponytail and dirty old work clothes, so it’s not really that I’m unresistible… it’s more that they imagine that they’re somehow entitled to women thinking that they’re a big deal. Most of them are pigs but harmless, but there are rumours that one of them tried to rape a woman at the track a couple of weeks ago. I don’t know… leaving bellydance class, I always feel pretty tough and confident, but in all honesty, I’ve never punched anyone or anything. Not that I’d absolutely do it unless physically threatened, but feeling that I could knock someone’s teeth out might be pretty good for me.
