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StrawBerryMaj

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I'm doing 40 things
  

StrawBerryMaj's Life List

  2. 1. Smile more often
    1 cheer     		413 people
  3. 2. Quit Biting My Nails
    		352 people
  4. 3. Organize my apartment
    		89 people
  5. 4. Open up to my loved ones
    1 cheer     		1 person
  6. 5. practice yoga weekly
    		19 people
  7. 6. Overcome my fear of commitment
    		9 people
  8. 7. Go on a road trip
    		3,496 people
  9. 8. Explore the Smokey Mountains
    		1 person
  10. 9. Master the Russian Language
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  11. 10. clean out my car
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  12. 11. Backpack across Europe
    		831 people
  13. 12. Be friends with my brother
    		10 people
  14. 13. Get Published
    		1,998 people
  15. 14. Own a dog
    		811 people
  16. 15. Meet my boyfriend's family
    		8 people
  17. 16. Learn to knit
    		3,511 people
  18. 17. Photo blog
    		4 people
  19. 18. Learn new recipes
    		46 people
  20. 19. Go somewhere new in DC once a month
    		1 person
  21. 20. Get married
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  22. 21. Eat healthier
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  23. 22. give out a compliment a day
    		2 people
  24. 23. Finish my t-shirt quilt
    		4 people
  25. 24. Get in shape.
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  26. 25. Go thrift shopping
    1 cheer     		8 people
  27. 26. Watch 100 movies in 2009
    		52 people
  28. 27. call my parents more often
    1 entry     		64 people
  29. 28. pray daily
    		422 people
  30. 29. do something spontanious
    		14 people
  31. 30. draw
    		410 people
  32. 31. visit all 50 states
    		7,156 people
  33. 32. blog daily
    		66 people
  34. 33. embrace my sexuality
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  35. 34. learn to drive stick shift
    		230 people
  36. 35. Work for the government
    		13 people
  37. 36. Get my graduate degree
    1 entry     		22 people
  38. 37. Decorate my apartment
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		273 people
  39. 38. take more pictures
    1 cheer     		14,310 people
  40. 39. Keep my house cleaner
    		127 people
  41. 40. Visit moscow
    1 cheer     		99 people

How I did it
How to start writing again
It took me
1 year
It made me

How I did it: Writing for me just takes a lot of motivation. I am usually motivated to sit down and write a paper (last semester, I did tons of papers.) But to sit down and write something fresh and new and innovative, is really hard. I started writing stories again this summer. At first they were very short and only mere exercises, or fandom based, but they got me writing! My ADD just won't allow me to sit down for long though, so my long stories that… Read how I did it…

Feb 09, 10:05AM PST | 2 comments | 3 cheers


How to go to Israel
It took me
10 days
It made me
Excited

How I did it: Any college student under the age of 26 years of age, can enroll in a free trip to Israel! It was an amazing and eye-opening ten day trip for me, and allowed me to connect both with the friends that participated in my group, and with my jewish heritage and faith. If you are a Jewish college student, look into a free trip by going to the Taglit Birthright website listed below! Read how I did it…

Feb 08, 12:20PM PST | 1 comment | 1 cheer


How to get accepted to graduate school
It took me
4 years
It made me
Excited!

How I did it: After four years of slaving away at my undergrad, I applied to at least 10 schools all around the United States for masters and PhD programs. To tell you the truth, it was stressful, daunting and intellectually debilitating in both the wait and the rejection. It's not to say that I got accepted to more than one school, but I got rejected from a lot more than I got into. The rejections came faster than the offers, so within the first month… Read how I did it…

Feb 07, 10:44AM PST | 0 comments | 3 cheers


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Get my graduate degree
This semester: 9 months ago

I am taking a full 9 credit hours:

A Reading/Survey course in 20th Century American History
*Lots of reading. Maybe even too much reading.

History of U.S. Foreign Policy
*Lots of bullshit. And lots of International Relations majors.

History of Soviet Russia
*This is an interesting class! Once we get past pre-1917 Russia.

Feb 08, 01:02PM PST | 0 comments


decorate my apartment
Project Saucify: 9 months ago

I’ve been working between school on my days off to do some thrift shopping and some parusing of different places to hopefully make my apartment seem a little more mature. Right now, no room is all the way done (unless you want to count the bathroom.)

Right now I’m working from the bedroom out. Right now I’m looking for a used wingback or victorian era chair that I can learn to reupholster myself. I’m big into the do it yourself projects, so I feel that while it’d be challenging to do it myself, I’d find it really fun.

My bedroom is inspired from French noir art, and so far, I just need a white display/bookcase that is narrow to put in the corner, and a wingback chair that will be comphy enough to read in by the window, and look really nice.

If you have any ideas from the DC area, let me know!

Feb 08, 12:58PM PST | 0 comments


call my parents more often
Mom Sundays 9 months ago

I live in Washington DC. My parents live in Florida. My relationship has been, for most of my life, centered around my mother.

My father and I see each other almost daily when I’m home. We talk, but it’s strained most of the time and almost always centered around school. I love my father, but his relationship with his own mother, and women in general is strained at best, so he has trouble connecting with the things I’m interested in.

I call my mother ever Sunday, just to talk. She’s more of the emotional rock in my family relationship. In high school, I hated my mom. She was the lady that wanted me to put on makeup, dress myself up, go be social with people around me. At the time, I thought she was absolutely nuts, but as I got older and moved into my 20’s, I realized the values that she was trying to instill in me. It wasn’t about looking good or being popular. It was the motions of self-respect, self-confidence and self-knowledge. She’s a smart lady. Most of the time.

I hope that the older I get, the more my dad will see the point in my accomplishments. At my age, he still hopes that I’ll wake up one day and want to go to law school. It’s hard to want to pick up the phone and call him. But I know I gotta.

But today is Mom Sunday.

Feb 08, 12:44PM PST | 0 comments


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handoftheemu wants to make something of my life take a photography class collect movies Find a balance between the things I want to do and the things I need to do Take more photos become a director become a teacher write poetry meet mcfly write more letters be a GREAT grandparent! Visit Japan lose three stones (42 pounds) have six pack abs contribute to society Learn how to podcast Kiss in the rain Write more Volunteer design my own house, have said house built, and decorate it however i want. Stine SF wants to Lose 30 pounds write a song Trauma_Junkie wants to be a better runner get straight A's this semester be healthy Find an old friend pray the rosary daily find out who i was in my past life
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