My first experience driving a manual transmission was a bit of a disappointment. When my friend from Olkusz let me get behind the wheel of his Audi, I expected that I’d at least be able to do as much as drive forward, but each time I jerked the car a meter up the road, the engine would turn off. Eventually I became so frustrated that I decided to call it a lesson.
ScreamingMonkey's Life List
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1. Stop picking the skin on my thumbs
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2. Study abroad
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3. Meet my pen pals
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4. Read the Lord of the Rings trilogy
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5. Improve my short-term memory
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6. Stop worrying about the future and embrace the present
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7. Create my own reality
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8. Meet my sister
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9. Learn to juggle
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10. Come out
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11. Write my name in wet cement
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12. Visit a nude beach
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13. Whiten my teeth
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14. Witness the aurora borealis
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15. Figure out what to do with the rest of my life
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16. Solve the Rubik's Pyramid
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17. Learn a third language
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18. See the stars
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19. Do a backflip
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20. Go to an opera
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21. Learn the art of compromise
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22. Regulate my circadian rhythm
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23. Go on a road trip
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24. Get lost in a hedge maze
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25. Stop feeling guilty about spending money on myself
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26. Go for a midnight picnic
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27. Make a quilt
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28. Learn how to drive a stick shift
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29. Get involved in my community
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30. Compile a detailed timeline of amazing historical events that have taken place over the course of my lifetime
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31. Fly a kite
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32. Go skinny dipping
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33. Visit a ghost town
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34. Keep a travel blog while living abroad
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35. Let go of jealousy
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36. Find an alarm clock solution
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37. Go paintballing
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38. Watch a space shuttle launch
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39. Stop eating to kill boredom
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40. Start creating art again
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41. Leave funny messages on sugar packets in restaurants
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How I did it: A few friends of mine shared their salvia experiences with me, and I became very tempted to give it a try. As salvia divinorum is legal in Canada and can be purchased in most corner stores and head shops, getting my hands on it was not difficult.After thoroughly researching the effects and safety guidelines for using salvia, my best friend and I purchased a glass pipe and 1 gram of 20x at a local head shop downtown. We waited a few days a… Read how I did it…
Marek is a Polish pen pal of mine, with whom I’ve been corresponding via e-mail for nearly two years. This Wednesday we planned a rather spontaneous get-together for Thursday morning, and arranged to meet in front of the glass fountain in Wrocław’s beautiful old city square.
I waited around in a nearby grocery store called Feniks until I got a phone call from Marek letting me know that he was on location. I had a bit of fun creeping up on him from an ancient alleyway behind the fountain as he whirled around trying to find me, and we spent a long day together, walking the streets of Wrocław and stopping by my house for sweet cheese and pancakes. We’re planning a trip up to the mountains next week!
This morning I got an e-mail from my coordinator informing me that international services received a confirmation from ISEP about my placement at the University of Wrocław!
I stopped by the office later in the day to pick up my acceptance forms. More forms!
I’ll be the first student from my university to study in Poland.
There will be a cheese and wine reception for all the 2009/2010 exchange students on April 8th.
