I'm doing 35 things
After becoming obsessed with watching pro tennis a year ago, I wanted to learn how to play. I’ve been playing occasionally since last summer, and while I’m not great I have definitely improved.
FallOfFingolfin's Life List
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1. Play Javert or Enjolras in Les Miserables
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2. Read more often
432 people -
3. be less stressed
190 people -
4. age gracefully
356 people -
5. Be more like Jean Valjean
1 person -
6. Attend White Sox Spring Training, Opening Day, and Postseason
1 person -
7. understand economics
45 people -
8. go on a Great American Road Trip
17 people -
9. learn more spanish
183 people -
10. see a baseball game in all of the nation's ballparks
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11. see France, Italy, and Spain
2 people -
12. go back to England
79 people -
13. Watch Spurs play at Wembley
2 people -
14. go to a World Series game
92 people -
15. have a White Sox season ticket.
1 person -
16. Go to a Springsteen concert
2 people -
17. learn how to play the piano
707 people -
18. try to decide if I have faith or religion and what I have faith or religion in.
29 people -
19. See Bob Dylan in concert
36 people -
20. read war and peace
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21. see Wagner's Ring Cycle
12 people -
22. get a master's in history
6 people -
23. learn french
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24. read all Victor Hugo's works
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25. visit Jimmy's grave again someday
1 person -
26. live in a big city for some period of time
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27. be a theatre director
3 people -
28. road trip like Kerouac
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29. visit Notre Dame cathedral
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30. get rid of acne for good
4 people -
31. be taller
274 people -
32. Go to the World Cup
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33. Visit Japan
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34. Act professionally
21 people -
35. attend the 4 major tennis tournaments
5 people
How I did it
It made me
Passionate 
How I did it: I became a One Hotspur Lilywhite International MemberMade sure to buy tickets right at the on-sale dates.Booked travel as far in advance as possible.Got cheapest tickets available--the Lane is pretty intimate and there isn't a bad seat in the house. Read how I did it…
It made me
Fulfilled
How I did it: The study abroad department at my home university in the States. I could have studied in Canterbury or Sunderland, but chose Leicester due to its reputation as a university and for its centralised location. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
I briefly wrote for a White Sox blog at www.southsideshowdown.com.
I then went on to write about sports and other things at www.whatkindofbloghasitbeen.wordpress.com
I haven’t updated in ages but hopefully I’ll start it up again.
This February I began my student teaching as a high school social studies teacher, with a freshman World Cultures class and a junior US history class. It is certainly stressful and I’m dealing with some growing pains, but it is very rewarding.
