University
22 months ago
Finally got in after two years of trying, and one of the first classes I’m taking? Arabic! On my way towards completing the goal.
| 1. |
Eat at El Bulli
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30 people |
| 2. |
Win NaNoWriMo
1 cheer |
63 people |
| 3. |
Decorate my Apartment
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267 people |
| 4. |
Play a live show
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21 people |
| 5. |
Quit being a wallflower
1 cheer |
4 people |
| 6. |
Finish building my guitar
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2 people |
| 7. |
Grow watermelons
1 cheer |
5 people |
| 8. |
record an album
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1,129 people |
| 9. |
completely blow away my parents dinner parties with my own
1 cheer |
1 person |
| 10. |
go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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18,115 people |
| 11. |
turn heads
1 cheer |
86 people |
| 12. |
go to Burning Man
1 cheer |
1,400 people |
| 13. |
express myself freely
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23 people |
| 14. |
keep better track of my spending
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5 people |
| 15. |
meet and hang out with my neighbors
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1 person |
| 16. |
believe in something with absolute, unshakable conviction
1 cheer |
1 person |
| 17. |
get over my fear of heights
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219 people |
| 18. |
have people have faith in me
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1 person |
| 19. |
Pick up a foreign hitch-hiker and show them an awesome time
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1 person |
| 20. |
compete in legit poetry slams
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1 person |
| 21. |
build an MP3 player
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9 people |
| 22. |
learn to sew my own clothes
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384 people |
| 23. |
learn arabic
1 entry |
2,042 people |
| 24. |
never fly coach again
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1 person |
| 25. |
meet the dalai lama
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382 people |
| 26. |
Visit Morocco
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103 people |
| 27. |
write a cookbook
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238 people |
| 28. |
Get healthy
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854 people |
| 29. |
cure my insomnia without medication
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2 people |
| 30. |
Say "no" every time i feel like it and not feel guilty
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376 people |
| 31. |
stop caring so much
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25 people |
| 32. |
eradicate the greengrocer's apostrophe
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24 people |
| 33. |
make friends
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1,668 people |
| 34. |
learn my way around the city
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1 person |
| 35. |
fight advertising
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1 person |
| 36. |
learn to how to hold a conversation
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1 person |
| 37. |
Start sailing again
1 cheer |
24 people |
| 38. |
shop at small locally owned stores more often
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8 people |
Finally got in after two years of trying, and one of the first classes I’m taking? Arabic! On my way towards completing the goal.
I can’t see any downside here. It’s the best beer I’ve ever had, it’s cheap, it’s plentiful, it’s easy, and it’s got great bragging rights. I’d recommend it to anyone.