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Kalibebti

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Kalibebti's Life List

  2. 1. Train.
    10 entries . 7 cheers     		12 people
  3. 2. submit my poems to journals (monthly)
    1 entry . 15 cheers     		22 people
  4. 3. IRAN
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		33 people
  5. 4. Sell my writing
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		9 people
  6. 5. Music-O-Meter
    44 entries . 6 cheers     		1 person
  7. 6. Real Resume. :D (Then list 43 nonprofits & companies representative of the type of entity I wouldn't mind working for.)
    9 entries . 17 cheers     		1 person
  8. 7. Find Spirituality in Nature
    43 entries . 25 cheers     		2 people
  9. 8. write a (sloppy, half-formed if need be) poem every day (or so) during June 2009
    5 entries . 2 cheers     		4 people
  10. 9. Be Tilda Swinton.
    4 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  11. 10. Work my legs so by mid-July they look like THIS
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  12. 11. Sing every day. Find more musicians to sing with. :D
    6 entries . 15 cheers     		1 person
  13. 12. Take it to the next level.
    8 entries . 5 cheers     		3 people
  14. 13. Learn to surf. ..............................Go kiteboarding.
    7 entries . 19 cheers     		1 person
  15. 14. Hit the heavy bag at the gym. Get 30+ min cardio per day because it's good for my brain. Take a walk every morning.
    19 entries . 40 cheers     		1 person
  16. 15. Write the screenplay & figure out the rights issues etc.
    2 entries     		1 person
  17. 16. Go to Sunset Cliffs at sunset next full moon weekend. Rent a bicycle and pedal around Coronado Island. Ride the Blue Line. Have a picnic on the beach at sunrise.
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  18. 17. Remember that balance is wobbly.
    10 entries . 32 cheers     		1 person
  19. 18. Complete a list of 11 novels, 11 short stories, 11 poems and 10 essays I wish to emulate.
    14 entries . 5 cheers     		1 person
  20. 19. Play chess with Professor C.
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  21. 20. Get back in touch with old friends. (BP, RD, SG, FC, SJ, CJ, AN) while there is still a chance they actually remember who I am.
    4 entries . 13 cheers     		1 person
  22. 21. Do what I do because that's who I am.
    3 entries . 24 cheers     		1 person
  23. 22. Publish all my *&%$#!?!!ing poems because they're damn good! Get Breadloaf funding this year. Get a low-residency MFA in poetry & fiction...and become Poet Laureate of Anywhere.
    4 entries . 40 cheers     		1 person
  24. 23. Go outside & play.
    10 entries . 35 cheers     		2 people
  25. 24. Bother people every day. INVENT ALTERNATIVES. Make my 2 websites. MUSE ALOUD.
    3 entries . 9 cheers     		1 person
  26. 25. complete a personal siddur in poetry / dream journal
    12 entries . 10 cheers     		1 person
  27. 26. Identify 10 skills I've forgotten/never use and exercise them in at least one quantifiable way every month: play flute in a woodwind quintet again.
    4 entries . 25 cheers     		1 person
  28. 27. Take A. to Ten Thousand Waves in January 2010 by working at least pt as an arts/culture reporter and op/ed.
    3 entries . 19 cheers     		1 person
  29. 28. Condescend to meet deadlines even though they are abhorrent works of evil whose very existence at the nexus of art and economic enterprise is antithetical to creation.
    21 cheers     		1 person
  30. 29. Meditate on the 8/15 dream and the 1/16 dream. Meditate on nothing, because it's good for my brain. Practice acknowledging suffering & releasing fury. Sustain awareness of the necessity of mindful action.
    6 entries . 27 cheers     		1 person
  31. 30. Live my life by answering this question: What would you do if you knew you had not failed?
    4 entries . 35 cheers     		1 person
  32. 31. save the polar bears
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		18 people
  33. 32. Call on Amnesty International to add the state of California to its list of human rights abusers.
    3 team members . 2 entries . 7 cheers     		2 people
  34. 33. Befriend no more fanatics.
    2 entries . 8 cheers     		1 person
  35. 34. Hike around Scotland drinking whiskey and sleeping in castles (or hostels) with my man. Climb Mt. Whitney & yell like Tarzan!
    2 entries . 39 cheers     		1 person
  36. 35. travel all 7 continents during my lifetime & start by reading the Lonely Planet Guide to Croatia.
    7 entries . 18 cheers     		1 person
  37. 36. Build a house shaped like a four-dimensional labyrinth with lots of moving parts
    3 entries . 14 cheers     		1 person
  38. 37. Consider that being more, not less, self-interested might actually solve most of my problems and achieve even non-self-interested goals.
    2 entries . 12 cheers     		1 person
  39. 38. THRIVE IN DIFFERENT WORLDS
    6 entries . 26 cheers     		1 person
  40. 39. Of Cabbages and Kings
    16 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  41. 40. Catch up on April-May poem respondings.
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  42. 41. Visit Mahinui's treehouse B&B : )
    3 cheers     		1 person
  43. 42. Mindless chores get me what I want.
    3 entries . 1 cheer     		1 person
  44. 43. Apply for volunteer Amnesty International positions that would teach me new stuff.
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		1 person

How I did it
How to begin to leave off the caffeine, alcohol & junk food in preparation for total abstinence during (hopefully) 2010 pregnancy.
It took me
5 months
It made me
feel & look better!

How I did it: It was an overhaul.  It's still in progress.  I had some assistance from the universe's sense of humor that I won't elaborate on here.  By no means have I reached a state of abstinence with the caffeine or alcohol, but the junk food has been kicked not only to the curb but all the way into the gutter, down the storm drain, and hopefully not into any fresh- or saltwaterways but elsewhere the sun don't shine.  Read how I did it…

Jun 18, 07:27PM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to write a poem a day during May 2009
It took me
38 days
It made me
Half finished!

How I did it: Very grateful to those who continue to keep the poetry goal afloat.  I was not very present this month and still hope to make time to catch up on things like commenting.  Because writing is admittedly more where I find my own true spirituality than anywhere else, it's just such a sweat and not pretty at times, I am incredibly grateful that I have been carried along in this group poetry canoe only occasionally dipping my pad… Read how I did it…

Jun 07, 12:35PM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to photograph May trip to see Mom
It took me
6 days
It made me

How I did it: I am more touched and grateful than I can say to you who commented on these photos as I posted them.((((((((((((((Big hugs to ya´ll)))))))))))))) Read how I did it…

May 22, 03:25PM PDT | 0 comments


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Of Cabbages and Kings (read all 16 entries…)
from *Colleen* 2 days ago

Baked the famous “spicy” banana bread from our family recipe (it has cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, & cloves in it). I made one loaf with hazelnuts & one loaf with chocolate chips, & left one loaf “plain”. smile

Jul 04, 03:57AM PDT | 0 comments


post random questions daily and see if anyone plays with me and answers them :) (read all 87 entries…)
I'm sure someone has already asked this but 2 days ago

why are there supposedly only roughly 25% fewer Things than actual site users?

“2,062,382 people in 15,149 cities are doing 1,615,148 things”

Jul 04, 03:26AM PDT | 4 comments


Post a six word essay every day! (read all 40 entries…)
Accept the things I cannot change. 2 days ago

I am a maniac. It’s cool.

; )

Jul 04, 03:09AM PDT | 0 comments


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I want to:

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be a jedi write for a newspaper forget him be financially independent publish a book live in Australia gain muscle Get my deposit back Molimo wants to Lose 30 pounds read the bible cover to cover become a film editor go to the caribbean write something worth reading get a passport finish my degree Volunteer re-learn french nevernamed wants to learn to play the ukulele save a life learn to read lips Learn to DJ read the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin memorize all the U.S. presidents, in order be more positive NOT see or contact him in any way/any form for 60 days Tristan wants to witness the end of IE get a 100 feedback rating of 100% positive feedback on ebay water
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