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Perlle




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Perlle's Life List

  2. 1. visit every winery on the CT Wine Trail at least once.
    1 cheer     		1 person
  3. 2. visit & find something to do in every town in connecticut
    3 entries     		3 people
  4. 3. Photograph every town in Connecticut
    		1 person
  5. 4. watch all movies on AFI's 100 Best movies list
    2 team members . 1 entry . 3 cheers     		444 people
  6. 5. visit all 50 states
    4 entries . 3 cheers     		8,527 people
  7. 6. Run the NYC Tunnel to Towers 5K
    2 cheers     		1 person
  8. 7. write a nonfiction book and have it published
    4 cheers     		2 people
  9. 8. create a theory
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		1 person
  10. 9. Go and see a SHUTTLE Launch in person
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		16 people
  11. 10. write with ease with my left hand
    2 entries . 6 cheers     		3 people
  12. 11. learn to ride a bike
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		666 people
  13. 12. find people to play volleyball/badminton with
    2 entries . 5 cheers     		1 person
  14. 13. own a hard-top convertible
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		2 people
  15. 14. visit all the major religious denominations' services
    4 entries . 6 cheers     		2 people
  16. 15. see the aurora borealis
    6 cheers     		2,003 people
  17. 16. see a play I've written be performed
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		4 people
  18. 17. go hang gliding
    4 cheers     		468 people
  19. 18. design my own house plan
    2 entries . 6 cheers     		8 people
  20. 19. be an audience member for a TV show taping
    2 cheers     		66 people
  21. 20. take a hot air balloon ride
    2 cheers     		252 people
  22. 21. kiss the blarney stone
    5 cheers     		328 people
  23. 22. spend the day at Walden Pond and read Thoreau
    5 cheers     		1 person
  24. 23. attend the Emerson Reading Circle in Concord
    2 cheers     		1 person
  25. 24. visit every continent
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1,892 people
  26. 25. try doing stand-up comedy at an open-mike night
    4 cheers     		14 people
  27. 26. Drive the entire length of route 66
    7 cheers     		17 people
  28. 27. create a list of 100 must-read books and read them.
    4 team members . 1 entry . 3 cheers     		1,073 people
  29. 28. have an article published in a well-known magazine
    6 cheers     		1 person
  30. 29. Find a geocache in every state
    2 entries     		2 people
  31. 30. Pay off my student loans and credit cards
    1 entry     		15 people
  32. 31. perfect my pilates routine
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		1 person
  33. 32. Ride a Camel
    2 cheers     		512 people
  34. 33. learn calligraphy
    3 cheers     		617 people
  35. 34. Attend the olympics.
    4 cheers     		315 people
  36. 35. buy an old farmhouse in Missouri
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		3 people
  37. 36. invent something
    2 cheers     		1,432 people
  38. 37. write a fiction book and have it published
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		1 person
  39. 38. do a charity walk
    		53 people
  40. 39. Take a wine tasting class
    		86 people
  41. 40. take a fencing class
    		17 people
  42. 41. read a book about every country in the world
    1 entry     		4 people
  43. 42. create a butterfly & hummingbird garden
    		4 people
  44. 43. Watch 12 Criterion Collection films each year.
    1 entry     		1 person

How I did it
How to get a new job
It took me
4 months
It made me
Weeeee!

How I did it: Not just with work, but this was a big part of it...So, people think that if you work for the State you have it made. So. not. so. I had to decide that my happiness was more important that a semi-secure pension plan. I mean, really, nothing is for sure, so why trade my whole life for a chance at having a retirement sum? It just doesn't make sense when you think about it. Sure there were those who thought I was crazy. I did try to transfer… Read how I did it…

Oct 15, 2009, 06:58AM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to run 2 miles
It took me
2 months
It made me
happy

How I did it: I slowly worked up to it. I've been much busier since and can't get out to jog every day. I've gone back to jogging a mile at one time, but eventually I will get back up to two...and maybe even more. :) Read how I did it…

Jul 01, 2009, 07:06AM PDT | 0 comments


How to exercise at least once a week for a three months
It took me
7 months
It made me
Woohoo!!!

How I did it: Really, it took me seven years of failing at dieting and exercise to finally get this. I even changed this goal many times trying to make it simple enough for me to stick to. Finally in August 2008 I decided to forget everything except exercising at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes and improving my diet in simple ways. Today I stepped on the scale and found that I had officially lost 31 pounds. I am so excited about this!Now I know the… Read how I did it…

Mar 22, 2009, 07:29AM PDT | 0 comments


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read a book about every country in the world
My list so far...

1. China
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

2. Japan
Several by Haruki Murakami: Kafka on the Shore, Norwegian Wood, Wind-up Bird Chronicle

3. Austria
Old Masters by Thomas Bernhard

4. Czech Republic
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

5. France
Quite a few: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust

6. Germany
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

7. Italy
Too Much Tuscan Sun by Dario Costagno

8. Sweden
Millennium Trilogy

9. USA
Too many to recount

10. England
Second only to the US

Jun 13, 04:03AM PDT | 0 comments


Watch 12 Criterion Collection films each year.
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I started this challenge back in 2006. There are so many of these films I don’t think I could ever watch them all. But watching a dozen a year will eventually make a dent in the list.

I have watched a total of 62 Criterion films, not counting the 10 I had seen prior to starting this challenge. So far, I have met my goal every year, but I am quite behind this year. It’s May and I haven’t gotten around to watching even one film from this collection this year. So, I need to spend some time watching some movies!

May 27, 09:23PM PDT | 0 comments


Participate in a book club for a year.
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I have never been much of a joiner, but I am happy I stuck with this for the time I allotted. I definitely learned a lot along the way.

May 27, 09:09PM PDT | 0 comments


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I want to:

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find the symbol for my next tattoo pass biology fall in love again createkg wants to Lose 30 pounds be more patient Share a night under the stars Lose Weight and Get Healthy Run around town in a bear suit learn to play bass guitar visit every MLB stadium write music watch the IMDB.com Top 100 movies play the game halo online make a free layout for my imvu home page Lolly wants to get rid of things I don't need financial independence Appreciate people for who they are lose 20 lbs Read every Far Side Comic Strip stop procrastinating hotwire a car lose weight meditate daily be more outgoing celebrate my benign schizophrenia Buy a House Clean out my closet.
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