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Atomboy

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Atomboy's Life List

  2. 1. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
    320 entries . 21 cheers     		743 people
  3. 2. work my way through the "Faces of Your Soul: Rituals in Maskmaking, and Guided Imagery with Ancestors, Spirit Guides and Totem Animals" Book.
    10 entries . 11 cheers     		2 people
  4. 3. have a Shiatsu acupressure massage
    3 entries . 14 cheers     		1 person
  5. 4. do my parachute jump that was cancelled in February 2006
    3 entries . 30 cheers     		1 person
  6. 5. make magic a constant part of my life
    5 entries . 17 cheers     		43 people
  7. 6. Master the yoga Handstand: it scares me at the moment!
    2 entries . 5 cheers     		1 person
  8. 7. become an expert in blowing soap bubbles
    4 entries . 21 cheers     		2 people
  9. 8. get a tattoo to mark the end of this difficult past year, and to remind me never to return to the place I was in last year
    11 entries . 21 cheers     		1 person
  10. 9. Go to the London Sivananda Centre for their next yoga intensive w/end.
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		1 person
  11. 10. learn Spanish so I can dream of travelling around South and Central America
    2 entries . 18 cheers     		1 person
  12. 11. Complete my MRes without going crazy!
    7 entries . 2 cheers     		1 person
  13. 12. go to Japan
    3 entries . 26 cheers     		3,334 people
  14. 13. go on retreat
    2 entries . 9 cheers     		7 people
  15. 14. learn to scuba dive and swim with manta rays
    2 entries . 11 cheers     		1 person
  16. 15. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
    31 entries . 5 cheers     		7,171 people
  17. 16. go to the Orkney Islands and see all the cool stone circles there
    2 entries . 17 cheers     		1 person
  18. 17. go for a midnight picnic on Saunton Sands when the weather gets warmer.
    2 entries . 7 cheers     		1 person
  19. 18. backpack around India
    1 entry . 12 cheers     		26 people
  20. 19. eliminate the words "I'm Sorry" unless I really really mean it.
    2 entries . 27 cheers     		9 people
  21. 20. Keep taking the tablets!
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person
  22. 21. convert my laptop to Linux and only use open source software
    3 entries . 2 cheers     		1 person
  23. 22. start that pee wee herman collection I've always promised myself I would do someday
    2 entries . 7 cheers     		1 person
  24. 23. walk across the Yorkshire Dales
    2 entries . 17 cheers     		2 people
  25. 24. See Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		16 people
  26. 25. complete Liber MMM
    4 entries . 1 cheer     		2 people
  27. 26. Buy some running shoes and take up running again
    2 entries . 13 cheers     		1 person
  28. 27. go to Portland, Oregon as it sounds like a really cool place...
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  29. 28. Do a permaculture design course at some point over the next couple of years
    1 cheer     		1 person
  30. 29. Get the house built by the time I'm 50
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  31. 30. prepare for, and protect myself from, Winter blahs
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  32. 31. buy a wood burner for winter
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  33. 32. Go to a North Devon Moot before the end of 2009.
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  34. 33. make a papier mache robot
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		1 person
  35. 34. see Sufjan Stevens live
    3 cheers     		84 people
  36. 35. do more social, political, spiritual and artistic actions to bring about positive changes in the world
    7 cheers     		1 person
  37. 36. buy a hammock
    6 cheers     		38 people
  38. 37. Get off the grid
    2 cheers     		50 people
  39. 38. Make the area outside my front door more appealing by pruning the bushes and planting some kind of cosmic garden.
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		1 person
  40. 39. meditate every day in November for at least 10 minutes
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  41. 40. Take down the old shed and recycle the wood for a flower bed and make a bonfire with all the rest.
    1 cheer     		1 person
  42. 41. Go to COP 15
    1 entry     		1 person
  43. 42. Find out what the whole 43T werewolf controversy is about...
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person
  44. 43. make a raised bed for next years veg.
    1 cheer     		1 person

How I did it
How to I want to leave a mix cd/tape on a bench
It took me
1 month
It made me
musical

How I did it: Compiled some songs, burnt them to CD, designed a cover, designed a CD picture, printed it, put it all in a cute little CD bag, scoped out the possible benches, left one on a bench, went back to check it had gone. Read how I did it…

Nov 06, 01:43AM PST | 2 comments | 3 cheers


How to understand Deleuze
It took me
24 months
It made me
rhizomatic.

How I did it: I read A Thousand Plateaus, went to a reading group, talked to people who know much more about Deleuze than I ever will, thought about it, thought about it some more, thought about it even more. Read how I did it…

Oct 15, 03:35AM PDT | 0 comments


How to learn to dance like shakira
It took me
90 days
It made me
small and humble

How I did it: It was fun, I got to throw some fantastic rock and roll shapes and I got in touch with my inner Shakira, which is something everyone has to do once in their lives.I kept asking myself, "what would Shakira do?" WWSD? I avoided her music and any of her videos as I felt it was more important to express the archetypal Shakira rather than the actual Shakira - more about the dance of the universe,  rather than pulling a lotus position in a… Read how I did it…

Oct 15, 03:10AM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers


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Recent entries
Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful. (read all 320 entries…)
21.11.09. 1 hour ago

1. I got the essay outline done.
2. Time to lie in bed.
3. Train ticket to The Wave came.
4. A new warm cardie with fake fur lining – it’s a bit East 17 and I look like a chav yeti in it, but what’re ya gonna do? I lurve it anyway!
5. The way the dog wags her whole lower body when she wags her tail. I’m grateful to share that joy.

Nov 21, 02:09PM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments


Complete my MRes without going crazy! (read all 7 entries…)
It's not getting better... 2 days ago

....lectures cancelled at short notice, lectures over-running by 40 minutes, essay titles only given out this week. Very poor :-( Still it’s nearly over now. Huzzah!

Nov 19, 10:39AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful. (read all 320 entries…)
19.11.09. 2 days ago

1. All is well at home.
2. This work nonsense will eventually dissolve.
3. Echinacea Tincture: yesterday I wrote to a friend “I rarely get colds” in a smug oh-I’m-vegan-and-oh-so-healthy-way and then woke up this morning with (you guessed it) A COLD!!!! Hopefully the Echinacea Tincture will do its stuff.
4. Mad Max came today – I haven’t seen it in years and hope it’s super-bad.
5. A cup of tea and a moan when I got home; thanks for listening Mr T!

Nov 19, 10:34AM PST | 4 cheers | 2 comments


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I want to:

The world wants to...

marry my soulmate get over him Watch all the season two episodes of Lost before anyone else. create the soundtrack to my life Live in Washington DC Be Happy and Healthy have a driver license kochhas wants to Read one book per month waste more time be at peace meet Shah Rukh Khan start working out bramblekite wants to make a stained glass panel Learn to fly move to barcelona Take better care of my dog Make new friends learn more about astrology party all night finish college love learn to like black coffee Create my Dream Team decorate my apartment never get married learn to love change the world
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