I'm doing 43 things
Backtalk's Life List
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1. write a short (microfiction) story
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2. Join the Sierra Club
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3. Do the Duval Street Crawl
1 person -
4. Go to Yellowstone
31 people -
5. Go to Yosemite
70 people -
6. Visit Death Valley
19 people -
7. play ragtime songs on the piano
1 person -
8. read graphic novels
2 people -
9. live in Ireland for a summer
1 person -
10. Join the ACLU
5 people -
11. Learn how to screen print t-shirts
1 person -
12. spin, die, and weave my own scarf
1 person -
13. establish a workout routine (again)
1 person -
14. use the leftover fabric in my closet to make a quilt.
1 person -
15. organize a street art show
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16. read the Fountainhead
78 people -
17. scrapbook the odd bits I've collected from my travels
1 person -
18. lower my blood pressure
135 people -
19. allow someone to love me
1 person -
20. listen to more honkey tonk
1 person -
21. fall in love so hard I annoy other people with my happiness
1 person -
22. become a foster parent
172 people -
23. watch Pink Floyd's The Wall
4 people -
24. do my own canning
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25. hike to the top of Mt. Rose
1 person -
26. play the bass guitar like a badass
1 person -
27. have children
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28. go camping on my motorcycle
1 person -
29. play a song on my brother's guitar
1 person -
30. become adept at Photoshop
1 person -
31. learn to play the piano (again)
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32. have a vegetable garden
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33. skate in a roller derby bout
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34. learn to recognize constellations
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35. see the Rocky Horror Picture Show in a theater
1 person -
36. sell my old/unused items on Ebay or craigslist.
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37. play the flute
55 people -
38. learn how to solder
4 people -
39. take the GRE
455 people -
40. drink too much and dance on a table at a bar
1 person -
41. perform a bellydance
1 person -
42. become a bit of a kitchen witch
1 person -
43. take riding lessons
1 cheer15 people
How I did it: My company gives us 5- and 10-year appreciation gifts--we can pick anything we want from a pre-selected list/catalog. My co-worker didn't see anything he wanted so he let me pick. I chose the 12' lake kayak. It arrived in the mail. Voila! Read how I did it…
How I did it: I wasn't planning on traveling alone. I thought I'd travel with my husband. I got my passport-- and divorced instead. Within three months, I was in London alone. It was intimidating and scary the first time. But since then, I've taken a number of trips alone. Sometimes I meet up with friends living abroad-- so I'm not alone the whole time every time. But even when I'm traveling with others I like … Read how I did it…
How I did it: I bought a last-minute deal in a Czech grocery store! My buddy--the one that was living in Prague-- said charter companies would have last-minute deals advertised at the local Carrefour. So, sure-as-shit.... there was a booth with a binder filled with last-minute deals. Fly out of Prague to Hurghada, Egypt. The package, along with airfare, included all transportation, lodging, and food. I think we paid less t… Read how I did it…
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