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SurlyAardvark

SurlyAardvark's Life List

2. 1.

   have a custom banjo made for me 10 entries . 4 cheers

   1 person

3. 2.

   find consistency of tone and the scales on my musical saw 2 cheers

   1 person

4. 3.

   deflate to 260 lbs. 1 entry . 1 cheer

   1 person

5. 4.

   Work as a wandering storyteller at Silver Dollar City (a Branson, MO, theme park) 2 entries . 3 cheers

   1 person

6. 5.

   learn to freemount a giraffe unicycle 2 cheers

   1 person

7. 6.

   Commute twice (and then regularly) to work on my unicycle 5 entries . 26 cheers

   1 person

8. 7.

   juggle a sustained five ball cascade 7 cheers

   2 people

9. 8.

   write letters to the software companies that make the games I love, detailing the specific aspects and touches that I enjoyed especially 4 entries . 2 cheers

   1 person

10. 9.

    finish my adolescent spy novel, "Wun," and get it published 17 cheers

    1 person

11. 10.

    master the art of clawhammer banjo 1 entry . 8 cheers

    1 person

12. 11.

    design and build a front porch on my house 9 cheers

    1 person

13. 12.

    skydive 8 cheers

    9,867 people

14. 13.

    learn to speak Italian semi-fluently. 6 cheers

    1 person

15. 14.

    learn finger-style guitar 1 entry . 5 cheers

    5 people

16. 15.

    shave my head and grow my beard long 7 cheers

    1 person

17. 16.

    take my family on a houseboat vacation 7 cheers

    1 person

18. 17.

    be able to identify ten constellations by sight 5 cheers

    1 person

19. 18.

    get a kilt from Utilikilt (utilikilt.com) and wear it to teach in. 2 entries . 6 cheers

    2 people

20. 19.

    ride my unicycle in a kilt (how bizarre would THAT look?) 4 cheers

    1 person

21. 20.

    learn to ride, and then own, a motorcycle. 6 entries . 3 cheers

    1 person

22. 21.

    establish an art-welding/metal sculpture business 8 cheers

    2 people

23. 22.

    work as a short order cook for a summer 2 entries . 6 cheers

    1 person

24. 23.

    attract more bats to my property 5 entries . 5 cheers

    1 person

25. 24.

    eat only when hungry and stop when pleasantly full, thus divorcing myself from my greed for food 4 entries . 4 cheers

    1 person

26. 25.

    design and build (have built) a prairie style home into which my bride and I can retire one day 5 cheers

    1 person

27. 26.

    write and get published a book detailing my method of teaching vocabulary through storytelling 6 cheers

    1 person

28. 27.

    encourage a cure for alopecia areata (which my little girl, Melly, has) 1 entry . 4 cheers

    1 person

29. 28.

    Stop slinking through life 10 cheers

    1 person

30. 29.

    ride my giraffe unicycle in a parade while playing a banjo and wearing a sign that says, "Don't vote for me!" 4 entries . 3 cheers

    1 person

31. 30.

    participate in a pie fight 2 entries . 7 cheers

    2 people

32. 31.

    play the role of Tevye in a production of "Fiddler on the Roof" 3 cheers

    1 person

33. 32.

    establish a weekly night out for my bride and me to enjoy each other's company away from home. 4 cheers

    1 person

34. 33.

    learn to play the Iron & Wine version of "Such Great Heights" to sing to my excellent bride 7 cheers

    1 person

35. 34.

    live in daily obedience to God, because He cares for me so. 2 cheers

    1 person

36. 35.

    complete a three mile loop near my house in under 40 minutes. 2 entries . 1 cheer

    1 person

37. 36.

    throw a Molotov Cocktail 1 entry . 1 cheer

    7 people

38. 37.

    get all the achievements in SOME Xbox360 game, thus "completing" the game. 1 entry

    1 person

39. 38.

    Make incremental changes. No more overzealous good intentions that result in early failure. 4 cheers

    2 people

40. 39.

    play my musical saw for Nipher's Variety Show 1 entry . 1 cheer

    1 person