ArgyleSneakers




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  1. 1. learn to drive
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  2. 2. Leave flowers on the grave of someone I don't know
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  3. 3. find myself in a situation where it makes sense and is in fact absolutely necessary to say "frankly my dear, I don't give a damn"
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  4. 4. learn to ride a bike
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  5. 5. lay in the grass and stare at the clouds
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  6. 6. Make a snow angel
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  7. 7. Give a present to a complete stranger
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  8. 8. Bury something somewhere for someone else to find
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  9. 9. Send a message in a bottle
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  10. 10. write a letter to my future self
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  11. 11. hit all the buttons in a crowded elevator
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  12. 12. engage telemarketers in friendly but futile conversation
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  13. 13. Do a backflip on a trampoline
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  14. 14. See every Cary Grant movie
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  15. 15. have a clawfoot bathtub
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  16. 16. have a penpal
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  17. 17. Collect 100+ movie ticket stubs
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  18. 18. ride in a hot air balloon
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  19. 19. Get my own Vespa
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  20. 20. Become fluent in another language
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  21. 21. learn to swim
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  22. 22. Learn to play a musical instrument
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  23. 23. Go to a concert
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  24. 24. Get over my fear of public speaking
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  25. 25. own a classic car
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  26. 26. See a Broadway show
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  27. 27. Read College Board's 101 Books for College-Bound Reader's List
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  28. 28. See all of the movies that won the Oscar for "Best Picture"
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  29. 29. beat all of the final fantasy games
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  30. 30. Get every possible ending in each Silent Hill Game
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Collect 100+ movie ticket stubs (read all 13 entries…)
I'm not dead, I swear. 9 months ago

30. Death Race
31. Babylon A.D.
32. Burn After Reading
33. Ghost Town
34. Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
35. W
36. RocknRolla

30, 31, and 33 were all seen against my will by the way.



Collect 100+ movie ticket stubs (read all 13 entries…)
Damn I fail at updating. 15 months ago

27. Cloverfield
28. Sex and the City
29. The Dark Knight



learn to drive
Huzzah. Baby steps. 16 months ago

I have been slowly working on the whole driving thing. I tried driving mom’s car with her walking me through it. Yeah, you know how people are always like “Never get your parents to teach you driving!”? Well, people are right. Ugh. I gave up immediately because she was stressing me out so badly. Now my uncle’s wife, who happens to be a cop, is helping me out. She’s great. I started out driving up and down their driveway, then I drove around in their huge field, and then on my most recent lesson we actually drove on a real road! Well, it was in this area owned by pretty wealthy people. It’s, I think, around 3 miles of recently paved road, and there are only 2 houses in the entire area. So basically, no cars! (Apparently the owners get in at around 5:30, when we were there). Or so I thought. It was during my first attempt that as I was just getting ready to turn around in the little circle area at the end, I noticed in the rear-view mirror that a car was behind me. Well, it went more like “Huh. What’s that red, boxy looking… OH SHIT IT’S A CAR.” I freaked out a little bit, mostly because I literally had no idea how long the car had been behind me, and Chan (uncle’s wife) just calmly told me to stop, and let the car go around me. I survived the first go around, and then started again on a second try, and then finally a third try. I believe it was on the third try that a car passed me on the opposite side of the road. That obviously wasn’t AS bad as finding that other car behind me the first time. So yes, I believe that means I drove 18 miles that day? That’s almost a trip to Charlottesville!

So yes, I’m slowly starting to feel less anxious about driving and I think I’m starting to enjoy it more. :]



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