a_defenestrated




I'm doing 36 things
  

a_defenestrated's Life List

  2. 1. buy a house
    		12,590 people
  3. 2. live in the english countryside
    1 entry     		11 people
  4. 3. get published
    1 entry     		1,998 people
  5. 4. learn HTML
    1 entry     		753 people
  6. 5. Live in Barcelona
    1 cheer     		144 people
  7. 6. Be debt free
    2 entries     		2,038 people
  8. 7. finish my moleskine
    2 entries     		3 people
  9. 8. Be a freelance writer
    2 entries     		77 people
  10. 9. Learn violin
    3 entries     		371 people
  11. 10. learn French
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		10,621 people
  12. 11. run a half marathon
    3 entries     		1,916 people
  13. 12. Become fluent in Spanish
    1 entry     		1,925 people
  14. 13. Submit writing for publication
    1 cheer     		3 people
  15. 14. Write for a travel publication
    1 cheer     		2 people
  16. 15. stop letting myself be taken advantage of
    		3 people
  17. 16. work in a creative job for a year at least
    		1 person
  18. 17. go to grad school
    1 entry     		992 people
  19. 18. Pass the D.E.L.E. with flying colors
    1 entry     		1 person
  20. 19. eat a croissant with butter in fabulous Paris
    1 entry     		2 people
  21. 20. Ride a motorcycle
    		762 people
  22. 21. Visit Prague
    		343 people
  23. 22. Stamp out my passport
    		3 people
  24. 23. Visit New Orleans
    		213 people
  25. 24. have financial freedom
    		115 people
  26. 25. Work from my laptop anywhere in the world
    		1 person
  27. 26. get my pilot's licence
    		42 people
  28. 27. travel the U.S. in an R.V.
    		34 people
  29. 28. write a short story.
    		1,011 people
  30. 29. go horseback riding again
    		62 people
  31. 30. travel the world
    		18,554 people
  32. 31. go to a nudist colony
    		131 people
  33. 32. excersize every day for a month
    1 entry     		5 people
  34. 33. Improve my palette
    1 entry     		1 person
  35. 34. Go to India
    1 entry     		1,081 people
  36. 35. Live on a houseboat
    1 entry     		100 people
  37. 36. have multiple sources of income
    1 cheer     		8 people

How I did it
How to visit new york city again
It took me
6 weeks
It made me
ecstatic

How I did it: Impulsively, I purchased a plane ticket and hoped I'd be able to get the time off.  My friend that I hadn't seen in ages phoned me up and invited me.  I knew it was something I had to just do, or else I wouldn't sieze life by the balls ever again.  When I came back, I was still so full of energy that I walked around for hours in parts of my own city I hadn't really familiarized myself with.  It was strange to see how m… Read how I did it…

Oct 08, 2008, 08:47AM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


Recent entries
go to grad school
Untitled 3 months ago

I’m really thinking about a Masters of Library Science. I really think I’d be good in a library. It involves research, detective work, and strange bits of information. Also, it’s a specialized bit of knowledge.

I’m nervous, though. I’m not sure if I can cut it. It took me so long to get my bachelor’s degree…

And I’m really in debt from that.

Aug 09, 02:47PM PDT | 1 cheer | 1 comment


become fluent in spanish
I think I am... 8 months ago

I realized just now that I am pretty good. My roommate from Cuba and I were reading HOY together and I did a better job of interpreting horoscopes than she did!

My vocabulary could improve, my grammar could improve, but I’m pretty good. I should give credit where credit is due. I’m too hard on myself. Native speakers have called me fluent, and I couldn’t accept it. But I would feel confident in a Spanish speaking country doing just about anything.

Mar 19, 05:06PM PDT | 0 comments


run a half marathon (read all 3 entries…)
haven't given up yet 8 months ago

but I had a huge setback. I’m supposed to raise lots of money for the Leukemia/Lymphoma society, but I couldn’t. So I stopped training.

But I will get back out there and do it on my own terms.

Mar 19, 05:03PM PDT | 0 comments


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go pull an all-nighter and see the sunrise Hike in the Grand Canyon Ray wants to learn Mandarin make a background with my picture as the background Learn swordplay Compare myself to no one, but who I was yesterday get married find my birth parents take an IQ test learn pottery pet a penguin go back to Paris be the voice of a cartoon character have a garden buy a snowboard create a list of 100 must-read books and read them. Succeed...or fail...but try without fear take more photographs get a tattoo [or] tattoo's chris2belluk wants to win the lottery stop eating fast food be a good person legendaryjerry wants to identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money) plant a garden visit paris overcome depression and anxiety watch all movies on AFI's 100 Best movies list
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