I'm doing 41 things
Thank God...
4 years ago
Yes, it’s finally finished. Don’t ask me to read it for a few, um, months.
Sooterkin's Life List
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1. Send a message in a bottle
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2. learn to raise just one eyebrow
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3. Publish a Children's Book
3 cheers228 people -
4. read every Booker Prize winning novel
1 cheer41 people -
5. Be a good sister
1 cheer126 people -
6. Read Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince
3 cheers472 people -
7. see the northern lights
3 cheers16,901 people -
8. Read "Don Quixote"
3 cheers83 people -
9. Make a quilt
1 cheer1,093 people -
10. Be a food critic
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11. re-learn how to play the piano
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12. win a macarthur genius award
3 cheers5 people -
13. learn how to drive stick-shift
4 cheers4,457 people -
14. stop procrastinating
3 cheers26,956 people -
15. Become a carpenter
1 cheer7 people -
16. Get a phd in english literature
3 cheers29 people -
17. throw decent pots on a wheel
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18. Learn Dutch
1 entry . 7 cheers577 people -
19. Visit Egypt
2 cheers896 people -
20. visit St Petersburg
3 cheers68 people -
21. create one slang word that catches on in pop culture, even if I don't get the credit when it is added to the OED
5 cheers71 people -
22. Go hot air ballooning in Africa
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23. Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
1 entry559 people -
24. Visit Patagonia
1 cheer100 people -
25. Drive across the USA
1 cheer2,162 people -
26. ride the orient express
1 cheer82 people -
27. write a novel
1 cheer9,665 people -
28. Go to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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29. Live in a tiny fishing village
1 cheer5 people -
30. watch the IMDB.com Top 100 movies
1,018 people -
31. Take more pictures
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32. read every book I own
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33. see the Democratic Party reinvent itself and take back America!
5 cheers340 people -
34. Finish what I start
2 cheers3,838 people -
35. learn to wink
1 cheer48 people -
36. write and send thank you letters on time
1 cheer13 people -
37. see the Daily Show live
1 cheer199 people -
38. learn about wine
2 cheers829 people -
39. Raise kids that are smarter and nicer than me
1 cheer49 people -
40. see a ghost
1 cheer569 people -
41. Watch more television
8 people
Recent entries
Maybe I should get rid of this one...
4 years ago
This is one of those unreasonable goals, though I do think it inspires a positive mindset. I don’t think I’ll ever actually read all of the books I possess, and maybe I shouldn’t even aspire to. A sure sign that someone isn’t a book person is that they come into your house and say, “Wow, have you actually read all of these?!?”
I'm going to Trieste!
4 years ago
Looks like I’ll be able to strike this one off the list soon. I’m going to a conference in Trieste at the end of the month. It seems like such an interesting city, and I hear good things about northern Italy.
