ScreamingMonkey




I'm doing 41 things
 

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  1. 1. Stop picking the skin on my thumbs
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    1 person
  2. 2. Study abroad
    6 entries . 52 cheers
    2,357 people
  3. 3. Meet my pen pals
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    4 people
  4. 4. Read the Lord of the Rings trilogy
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    53 people
  5. 5. Improve my short-term memory
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    3 people
  6. 6. Stop worrying about the future and embrace the present
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    1 person
  7. 7. Create my own reality
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    36 people
  8. 8. Meet my sister
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    33 people
  9. 9. Learn to juggle
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    1,170 people
  10. 10. Come out
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    249 people
  11. 11. Write my name in wet cement
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    517 people
  12. 12. Visit a nude beach
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    98 people
  13. 13. Whiten my teeth
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    2,061 people
  14. 14. Witness the aurora borealis
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    10 people
  15. 15. Figure out what to do with the rest of my life
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    23 people
  16. 16. Solve the Rubik's Pyramid
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    4 people
  17. 17. Learn a third language
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    196 people
  18. 18. See the stars
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    25 people
  19. 19. Do a backflip
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    826 people
  20. 20. Go to an opera
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    122 people
  21. 21. Learn the art of compromise
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    2 people
  22. 22. Regulate my circadian rhythm
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    1 person
  23. 23. Go on a road trip
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    3,485 people
  24. 24. Get lost in a hedge maze
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    22 people
  25. 25. Stop feeling guilty about spending money on myself
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  26. 26. Go for a midnight picnic
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    71 people
  27. 27. Make a quilt
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    1,090 people
  28. 28. Learn how to drive a stick shift
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    188 people
  29. 29. Get involved in my community
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    31 people
  30. 30. Compile a detailed timeline of amazing historical events that have taken place over the course of my lifetime
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    1 person
  31. 31. Fly a kite
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    550 people
  32. 32. Go skinny dipping
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    3,086 people
  33. 33. Visit a ghost town
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    34 people
  34. 34. Keep a travel blog while living abroad
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    2 people
  35. 35. Let go of jealousy
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    2 people
  36. 36. Find an alarm clock solution
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    1 person
  37. 37. Go paintballing
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    284 people
  38. 38. Watch a space shuttle launch
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    956 people
  39. 39. Stop eating to kill boredom
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    1 person
  40. 40. Start creating art again
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    4 people
  41. 41. Leave funny messages on sugar packets in restaurants
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    2 people

How I did it
How to smoke salvia
It took me
4 days
It made me
fly away!


Recent entries
learn how to drive a stick shift
Not as easy as I thought 4 months ago

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.



Meet my pen pals
Meeting Marek from Poznań 6 months ago

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!



study abroad (read all 6 entries…)
I've been accepted! 7 months ago

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.



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