StrawBerryMaj

is working hard. And possibly hardly working.



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StrawBerryMaj's Life List

  1. 1. Smile more often
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    412 people
  2. 2. Quit Biting My Nails
    356 people
  3. 3. Organize my apartment
    89 people
  4. 4. Open up to my loved ones
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    1 person
  5. 5. practice yoga weekly
    19 people
  6. 6. Overcome my fear of commitment
    9 people
  7. 7. Go on a road trip
    3,487 people
  8. 8. Explore the Smokey Mountains
    1 person
  9. 9. Master the Russian Language
    1 entry
    5 people
  10. 10. clean out my car
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    203 people
  11. 11. Backpack across Europe
    824 people
  12. 12. Be friends with my brother
    10 people
  13. 13. Get Published
    1,992 people
  14. 14. Own a dog
    810 people
  15. 15. Meet my boyfriend's family
    8 people
  16. 16. Learn to knit
    3,496 people
  17. 17. Photo blog
    3 people
  18. 18. Learn new recipes
    46 people
  19. 19. Go somewhere new in DC once a month
    1 person
  20. 20. Get married
    18,558 people
  21. 21. Eat healthier
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    10,099 people
  22. 22. give out a compliment a day
    2 people
  23. 23. Finish my t-shirt quilt
    4 people
  24. 24. Get in shape.
    9,362 people
  25. 25. Go thrift shopping
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    9 people
  26. 26. Watch 100 movies in 2009
    54 people
  27. 27. call my parents more often
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    64 people
  28. 28. pray daily
    418 people
  29. 29. do something spontanious
    14 people
  30. 30. draw
    411 people
  31. 31. visit all 50 states
    7,122 people
  32. 32. blog daily
    65 people
  33. 33. embrace my sexuality
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    5 people
  34. 34. learn to drive stick shift
    230 people
  35. 35. Work for the government
    13 people
  36. 36. Get my graduate degree
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    22 people
  37. 37. Decorate my apartment
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    274 people
  38. 38. take more pictures
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    14,305 people
  39. 39. Keep my house cleaner
    126 people
  40. 40. Visit moscow
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    99 people

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


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


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


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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.



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!



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.



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