I was kind of on the outskirts of the large drum circle at Eeyore’s Birthday Party here in Austin. It was my first time going there and actually the first time I’ve taken my djembe out in public, so I didn’t really think of getting a shoulder strap to get closer to the action. Still, it was great fun and now my shoulders hurt. I’ll do a better job next time and maybe I’ll even dress up.
Hekima's Life List
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1. To live instead of exist
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2. Learn to play tabla
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3. learn Tai Chi
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4. Learn Flash
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5. learn to transcribe braille
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6. set boundaries
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7. learn how to play the Djembe
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8. learn to play the doumbek
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9. Stop blaming myself
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10. get engaged
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11. get married
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12. be more assertive
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13. become a better hindu
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14. finish writing all the books I have started writing
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15. celebrate ganesha chaturthi
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16. learn Latin
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17. To get more people to say "top of cool"
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18. have Strong Bad answer my email
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19. retrace Don Quixote's route through Spain
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20. learn to play the mandolin
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21. win the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
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22. get corrective eye surgery or lasik
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23. sleep better
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24. Learn Sanskrit
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25. overcome my fear of crowds
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26. fly
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27. become like yoda.. so wise, so green..
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28. grow wings
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29. see a purple cow
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30. Own an elephant
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31. ride an elephant in India
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32. buy the world a coke
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33. eat mor chikin
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34. stop procrastinating
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35. buy Canada
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36. take off every zig
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37. learn to talk as flatly as Ben Stein
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38. live without pain
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How I did it: I'm having some pain issues right now and acupuncture was just something I wanted to try. It's not the only approach I'm taking to the problem and I don't expect it to solve everything, but some of what I have is a fairly straightforward tension issue and I wanted to try something besides massages. (They're nice, but having stuff kneaded hurts sometimes.) I thought maybe I was a little crazy for doing it, so I shopped around until I found… Read how I did it…
...Or maybe very rusty. :P I’m not sure how much I remember. I just took a community college course (which actually is a lot better than it sounds because the instructor was pretty awesome) and I never got around to taking the second part, so I guess I’m probably gonna have to start over. I really enjoyed it and wanna start again soon.
Well, as much as I like my other hand drums, tabla’s what I really wanna buckle down and learn. I’m not an expert on Indian music, but I am fascinated by the rhythms and really look forward to learning them. That and I hope it’ll bring me closer to Ganesha.

