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learn to play one song on guitar
Start off easy 15 months ago

I’ll start with just one song – to play on my guitar, from memory, perfect every time, with lyrics half-decently sung.

I’m thinking “Whole Wide World” by Wreckless Eric is a good place to start, it’s super easy and “Stranger Than Fiction” scene was <3



buy my own car in the US
Immigrant ftw! 15 months ago

Next year, I’m going to have to figure this out, with credit history, etc. all needing to be transferred over to the US.

It sounds redundant but I know it’s going to be something of a hassle, so I’m psyching myself up for it already.



weigh (a healthy) 170 lbs
Gain healthy weight 15 months ago

I need to build muscle mass, I’m unhealthily underweight. Ya ya, I know – most people need to lose weight, but it’s as hard for me to gain it as it is for most people to lose it.

My strategy will be two-fold: diet and exercise. I’m going to try eating more, but moreover having more protein in my diet. Combine this with exercise, specifically weight-training exercise that should build muscles, and hopefully I’ll see positive results over the next few months.



die a noble death
How morbid is this? 15 months ago

It’s probably not healthy to have “goals” related to your own death :P



start a great career I'll enjoy
Zapraki 18 months ago

My new job has been pretty sweet so far, and I truly believe it’s only going to get better as time goes on.



sleep in a quinzhee
Quinzhee 2 years ago

It was a lot of shoveling snow to make one, but it was pretty cool to go winter camping without a tent.

A good set of instructions can be found here:
http://www.instructables.com/id/EAN4IW8WBGEP286LE7/



learn to fence
Unlikely for now 3 years ago

I was going to take a fencing course at UofC but now I doubt I will. Oh well, fencing still seems cool. Maybe one day I will revive this goal.



see at least one great rock concert this next year
The Who! 3 years ago

Live at the Saddledome, it was freakin’ awesome.



hit level 60 in World of Warcraft
Untitled 3 years ago

Sad day, cancelled my account. So long WoW, it was fun while it lasted (not long).



stay awake for 60 hrs. straight
Carpe noctum 3 years ago

It was probably pretty stupid, but it was definitely worth doing. Spent one whole night at home working, one whole night at work working, and one whole night travelling via air.

And ya, at the end, I was really quite tired and my sleep pattern was screwed up for a few days.



stay awake for 48 hrs for no good reason (read all 2 entries…)
Not as hard as it sounds 3 years ago

Once you get past the initial desire to sleep, it’s pretty easy to convince your body that you just aren’t going to rest. Stay busy and keep your mind focused on doing stuff or spend the time with other people.



Hike the West Coast Trail
Awesome! 3 years ago

Did it in 5 days, south to north. The weather was perfect (no rain) and the terrain was ruggedly amazing. It’s a pretty tough haul, with all the slopes, roots, sand slogging, ropes, ladders, etc. but it was totally worth doing. Great sense of accomplishment when you finish.



stay awake for 48 hrs for no good reason (read all 2 entries…)
Untitled 3 years ago

Current personal best is 42 hrs. Some day (soon?) I’ll do 48.



work at the office all night and into the next day
Untitled 3 years ago

It wasn’t “worth it” but I’d do it again anyway.



fly like Arthur Dent
Falling without hitting the ground 3 years ago

I’ll just dream about it instead.



always have the right song at the right time
Sound of silence 3 years ago

Too impossible to be practical. Music is great, but it’s not everything. Sometimes you actually have to talk or something. And sometimes, nothing speaks louder than silence.



Sing like James Hetfield
Often imitated, never duplicated 3 years ago

I’ll just sing like me instead.



visually express the images I see in my mind but cannot describe with words
Thousands of Words 3 years ago

That’s what poetry is for



get on TV for something cool
IAWS 3 years ago

Ya, I’d rather be an unsung hero



read the top 10 novels of all time
Status report 3 years ago

According to The Observer (2003):

1. “Don Quixote” by Miguel De Cervantes
2. “Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan
3. “Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe
4. “Gulliver’s Travels” by Jonathan Swift
5. “Tom Jones” by Henry Fielding
6. “Clarissa” by Samuel Richardson
7. “Tristram Shandy” by Laurence Sterne
8. “Dangerous Liaisons” by Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
9. “Emma” by Jane Austen
10. “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley



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