Adrian

ever changing like a butterfly



I'm doing 43 things
 

Adrian's Life List

  1. 1. Buy less stuff
    5 entries . 14 cheers
    62 people
  2. 2. learn to paint
    18 entries . 69 cheers
    1,158 people
  3. 3. be able to tell stories
    1 entry . 66 cheers
    4 people
  4. 4. do more geek things
    2 entries . 103 cheers
    4 people
  5. 5. go to another 5 of the 50 best restaurants
    2 team members . 8 entries . 27 cheers
    16 people
  6. 6. Volunteer
    5 entries . 47 cheers
    4,889 people
  7. 7. learn how to dance
    7 entries . 49 cheers
    850 people
  8. 8. make a sock monkey
    4 entries . 51 cheers
    84 people
  9. 9. yoga
    10 entries . 23 cheers
    594 people
  10. 10. use the word 'brouhaha' more
    3 team members . 3 entries . 56 cheers
    38 people
  11. 11. be a bright young thing
    5 entries . 28 cheers
    13 people
  12. 12. say 'hi' to at least one stranger each day
    4 entries . 67 cheers
    228 people
  13. 13. Practice random acts of kindness
    9 entries . 46 cheers
    761 people
  14. 14. compete in a triathlon
    1 entry . 26 cheers
    250 people
  15. 15. reconnect with old friends
    3 entries . 15 cheers
    447 people
  16. 16. take a massage class
    1 entry . 18 cheers
    55 people
  17. 17. Go to more Good Pub Guide pubs
    2 team members . 1 entry . 16 cheers
    6 people
  18. 18. do one hundred consecutive push-ups
    7 entries . 12 cheers
    297 people
  19. 19. Start telling those assholes that spit on the sidewalk that they are FUCKING PIGS!!!
    48 cheers
    2 people
  20. 20. get angry more often
    4 entries . 9 cheers
    15 people
  21. 21. live by the sea
    2 entries . 34 cheers
    522 people
  22. 22. never lose my sense of wonder
    4 entries . 35 cheers
    403 people
  23. 23. Join the Slow Food Movement
    1 entry . 29 cheers
    27 people
  24. 24. share more books via www.bookcrossing.com
    2 entries . 10 cheers
    106 people
  25. 25. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
    4 entries . 12 cheers
    7,170 people
  26. 26. Learn Aikido
    2 team members . 2 entries . 12 cheers
    359 people
  27. 27. Find more people who enjoy the inane and celebrate the nonsensical
    9 entries . 30 cheers
    87 people
  28. 28. grow chillis
    5 entries . 1 cheer
    2 people
  29. 29. Read all the books on the BBC Big Read Top 100
    2 team members . 2 entries . 10 cheers
    232 people
  30. 30. read higher-order perl
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    6 people
  31. 31. buy something for a stranger from their Amazon.com wish list
    1 entry . 25 cheers
    27 people
  32. 32. Live life by my new motto - "What would Jack do?"
    4 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  33. 33. Lose 1 Stone
    1 entry . 3 cheers
    76 people
  34. 34. twitter
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    13 people
  35. 35. sit somewhere with a great view, a great friend, and a damn decent bottle of wine.
    1 entry . 29 cheers
    106 people
  36. 36. get a photo in the Guardian
    1 cheer
    1 person
  37. 37. submit a photo to the BBC gallery
    4 cheers
    2 people
  38. 38. Start a team that will take random and unusual photo's and post them. Be creative and whacky with them!!
    5 team members . 15 entries . 8 cheers
    13 people
  39. 39. Learn Spanish
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    15,504 people
  40. 40. take a pottery class
    9 cheers
    359 people
  41. 41. gather participants for the first 43T european meet-up
    56 team members . 5 cheers
    52 people
  42. 42. find a nice little thing somewhere on the street
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    10 people
  43. 43. follow recipes from Nigel Slater's 'The Kitchen Diaries' in 2006
    5 entries . 1 cheer
    5 people

How I did it
How to run a mountain marathon
It took me
4 weeks
It made me
woo hoo


How to scan all my old photographs
It took me
14 days
It made me
job done


How to grow a beard
It took me
21 days
It made me
beardy


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Recent entries
follow recipes from Nigel Slater's 'The Kitchen Diaries' in 2006 (read all 5 entries…)
Two Nige recipes yesterday 1 month ago

1. Lemon Trifle – from the Kitchen Diaries
2. Pumpkin Laska – from his new book “Tender”

Both were awesome – something about cooking Nigel just seems to work. I am a similar cook in terms of approach – not too much measuring and lots of good gutsy flavours.

Yummmo!



share more books via www.bookcrossing.com (read all 2 entries…)
I released a book today.... 1 month ago

I hope somebody picks it up and registers it.

Long dark teatime of the soul – a really great book.



grow chillis (read all 5 entries…)
Gave up waiting for it to go red 2 months ago

Picked it today and had it in a ginger, garlic, chilli and king prawn stir fry – yum yum yum….



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