 I'm doing 33 things |
| 1. |
Accept myself and others with all our flaws
3 entries . 49 cheers |
3 people |
| 2. |
Apply to all of the schools I was scared of rejection from, just for kicks and giggles!
3 cheers |
1 person |
| 3. |
Be a better friend
8 entries . 13 cheers |
5,996 people |
| 4. |
Become ambidextrous
2 entries . 7 cheers |
868 people |
| 5. |
Come off as less arrogant
7 cheers |
3 people |
| 6. |
Decrease my sarcasm
1 entry . 3 cheers |
2 people |
| 7. |
Exercise more now that the snow is gone
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1 person |
| 8. |
Find A More Positive Outlook On Life
1 entry . 16 cheers |
11 people |
| 9. |
Get a job- ANY job
2 entries . 1 cheer |
357 people |
| 10. |
Graduate from college
4 cheers |
6,133 people |
| 11. |
Have a PhD
6 cheers |
13 people |
| 12. |
kick the economic crisis in the canoogies by doing at least one NEW AND FULFILLING (and quite possibly thrifty and frugal) thing in April, May, and June!
1 entry . 1 cheer |
8 people |
| 13. |
Learn to juggle
2 cheers |
1,174 people |
| 14. |
Listen more to others, talk less about myself
1 entry . 5 cheers |
1 person |
| 15. |
Master the Spanish Language
5 cheers |
22 people |
| 16. |
Play in an orchestra
2 entries . 7 cheers |
54 people |
| 17. |
Put a message in a bottle and throw it out to sea
5 cheers |
826 people |
| 18. |
Read 1,000 books
51 entries . 12 cheers |
202 people |
| 19. |
Run a half marathon by the end of 2010
1 entry . 1 cheer |
2 people |
| 20. |
Run a marathon by the end of 2012
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1 person |
| 21. |
See a Broadway play live in New York City
4 cheers |
1 person |
| 22. |
Skip class less
4 entries . 2 cheers |
2 people |
| 23. |
Stop allowing fear to hold me back and subsequently kick butt at life!
2 cheers |
1 person |
| 24. |
Stop interrupting people
2 entries . 1 cheer |
82 people |
| 25. |
Stop saying stupid things when I'm nervous
1 entry . 2 cheers |
13 people |
| 26. |
Stop fearing myself
7 cheers |
2 people |
| 27. |
Stop feeling so angry towards my friends and family
2 entries . 3 cheers |
3 people |
| 28. |
Straighten and whiten my teeth
8 entries . 1 cheer |
3 people |
| 29. |
Study biology in the rain forest
2 cheers |
2 people |
| 30. |
Swordfight with baguettes down the sidewalk in a highly-trafficked area
4 cheers |
1 person |
| 31. |
Think before I speak
3 cheers |
564 people |
| 32. |
Volunteer at an animal shelter
1 entry . 19 cheers |
523 people |
| 33. |
Write a list of ways to make myself a better person and finish everything on it
1 entry |
2 people |
How I did it: Persistence and a lot of lucky coincidences. My friend had been telling me to apply to his university, and I did to make him happy, but I had never expected that I would actually find that I liked it! But visiting a school so far away would be impossible!Never say "never"!The admissions office was sympathetic to my plight (that is, that I am broke) and bought me plane tickets to visit and provided a room with a student and meal vouchers… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I didn't start my college search early enough; I just barely had a list of colleges by July, and it was hardly narrowed down. It took a long time, and some woes when the guidance office made me withdraw completed applications, and it was difficult to choose from nine great schools, but in the end, financial aid and visiting (and great outreach from the admissions office) led me to choose DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I don't really know. Berating myself, I guess. It's not the healthiest way to go about doing things, but we're closer now than we were this time last year. Read how I did it…
okay, it’s been a wicked long time since I updated and I’m not even sure that this is everything, but…
55 – Charles Darwin, On Natural Selection
56 – Sophocles, Antigone
57 – Plato, The Last Days of Socrates (Five Platonic Dialogues)
58 – Moses?, Genesis
59 – Plato, Symposium
60 – Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
61 – Sir Thomas More, Utopia
62 – Virgil, The Aeneid
63 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
64 – St. Augustine, Confessions
I liked this, although it sort of depressed me (and I found a squashed fly in chapter 13. The hazards of used books, I suppose). It was a satire on political thought: on governmental tyranny, political dissidents, those who want change, those who fight against change, those who believe modern youth are corrupt and those who let them just run around and have their way. In the end, I almost believed Burgess to be a nihilist: nobody can win, so why bother existing? Everybody is bad and evil in the end, and they spawn their bad and evil children and let the cycle continue. Oh my. I enjoyed it, though; it made me think, and I like that quality in a novel, even if this sort of reminded me a bit too much of other dystopian novels I’ve read.
I read this once before, during the summer prior to tenth grade, but I don’t think I properly understood all of the deeper aspects other than the humour way back when. This was an assigned reading for my English class and I, again, enjoyed it—not as much as Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, but it was a worthwhile read and by far not the worst thing I’ve ever read. (Writing the paper ruined it a little, though.)
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Bohdel wants to visit all 50 states
go skinny dipping
join
fall in love and stay in love
Daily: Reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful (Happiness Manifesto #2)
miette wants to Complete 85 of the 100 Most Completed Goals
watch all James Bond movies in order
move to a new city
live simply
live on a houseboat
design and build my own home
Read 1984
learn english
Fly a plane
Own a dog
start a band
Read all the books in my "must read" pile
declutter
Pamela wants to get better at keeping in touch with people who are important to me
be happy with who I am
