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Adrian

ever changing like a butterfly



I'm doing 43 things
  

Adrian's Life List

  2. 1. Buy less stuff
    5 entries . 14 cheers     		63 people
  3. 2. learn to paint
    18 entries . 69 cheers     		1,153 people
  4. 3. be able to tell stories
    1 entry . 66 cheers     		4 people
  5. 4. do more geek things
    2 entries . 103 cheers     		4 people
  6. 5. go to another 5 of the 50 best restaurants
    2 team members . 8 entries . 28 cheers     		16 people
  7. 6. Volunteer
    5 entries . 47 cheers     		4,869 people
  8. 7. learn how to dance
    7 entries . 49 cheers     		846 people
  9. 8. make a sock monkey
    4 entries . 51 cheers     		84 people
  10. 9. yoga
    10 entries . 23 cheers     		592 people
  11. 10. use the word 'brouhaha' more
    3 team members . 3 entries . 56 cheers     		38 people
  12. 11. be a bright young thing
    5 entries . 28 cheers     		13 people
  13. 12. say 'hi' to at least one stranger each day
    4 entries . 67 cheers     		228 people
  14. 13. Practice random acts of kindness
    9 entries . 46 cheers     		759 people
  15. 14. compete in a triathlon
    1 entry . 25 cheers     		250 people
  16. 15. reconnect with old friends
    3 entries . 15 cheers     		445 people
  17. 16. take a massage class
    1 entry . 18 cheers     		55 people
  18. 17. Go to more Good Pub Guide pubs
    2 team members . 1 entry . 16 cheers     		6 people
  19. 18. do one hundred consecutive push-ups
    7 entries . 12 cheers     		296 people
  20. 19. Start telling those assholes that spit on the sidewalk that they are FUCKING PIGS!!!
    48 cheers     		2 people
  21. 20. get angry more often
    4 entries . 9 cheers     		15 people
  22. 21. live by the sea
    2 entries . 34 cheers     		522 people
  23. 22. never lose my sense of wonder
    4 entries . 35 cheers     		403 people
  24. 23. Join the Slow Food Movement
    1 entry . 29 cheers     		27 people
  25. 24. share more books via www.bookcrossing.com
    2 entries . 10 cheers     		106 people
  26. 25. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
    4 entries . 12 cheers     		7,137 people
  27. 26. Learn Aikido
    2 team members . 2 entries . 13 cheers     		360 people
  28. 27. Find more people who enjoy the inane and celebrate the nonsensical
    9 entries . 30 cheers     		87 people
  29. 28. grow chillis
    5 entries . 1 cheer     		2 people
  30. 29. Read all the books on the BBC Big Read Top 100
    2 team members . 2 entries . 10 cheers     		232 people
  31. 30. read higher-order perl
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		6 people
  32. 31. buy something for a stranger from their Amazon.com wish list
    1 entry . 25 cheers     		27 people
  33. 32. Live life by my new motto - "What would Jack do?"
    4 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  34. 33. Lose 1 Stone
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		76 people
  35. 34. twitter
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		12 people
  36. 35. sit somewhere with a great view, a great friend, and a damn decent bottle of wine.
    1 entry . 30 cheers     		105 people
  37. 36. get a photo in the Guardian
    1 cheer     		1 person
  38. 37. submit a photo to the BBC gallery
    4 cheers     		2 people
  39. 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
  40. 39. Learn Spanish
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		15,444 people
  41. 40. take a pottery class
    9 cheers     		358 people
  42. 41. gather participants for the first 43T european meet-up
    56 team members . 5 cheers     		52 people
  43. 42. find a nice little thing somewhere on the street
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		11 people
  44. 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 I did it: I started from a history of road and park running - mainly around London.  When I was much younger I used to do quite a lot of hill walking but in retrospect I should have a lot more mountain training - fell running etc etc.  We set off really well but after four hours my calves were twanging like a banjo and the idea of running the descents was not even an option.  The sense of freedom from running without paths or road on the top of a m… Read how I did it…

Jun 10, 02:39PM PDT | 1 comment | 5 cheers


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

How I did it: Scanning four in at a time and then using infranview to automatically crop then saved quite a lot of time.Infranview is free so nobody has any excuse - it is most theraputic to have the all on the computer. Read how I did it…

Mar 07, 02:52PM PST | 0 comments | 2 cheers


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

How I did it: 1.  Don't shave2.  Trim with a beard trimmer3.  Don't shave4.  Think about using hair conditioner on the beard (it makes it softer)5.  Get used to being able to see something on your face.6.  Use the beard to hide things7.  Avoid getting food in it - runny egg is a particular problemI kept my beard for about 2 years on and off - it has been gone for about 4 months now - I think it will come back again someday Read how I did it…

Mar 07, 10:17AM PST | 0 comments


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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 3 weeks 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!

Oct 11, 03:56PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


share more books via www.bookcrossing.com (read all 2 entries…)
I released a book today.... 4 weeks ago

I hope somebody picks it up and registers it.

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

Oct 06, 03:07PM PDT | 0 comments


grow chillis (read all 5 entries…)
Gave up waiting for it to go red 1 month ago

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

Sep 13, 01:43PM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


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learn how to grind lbis43 wants to go to Mexico make xanga layouts go to London become a millionaire blog take the road less traveled watch more movies be a better sister learn to shoot a gun Quilt more own my own home woodstockdc wants to surf more often Wear more dresses smell the roses meet new friends go to law school go clubbing start a vegetable garden learn telepathy Make a quilt play guitar be a man grrriamatiger wants to accept myself eat healthier Make people laugh. Read the entire Bible make a new friend
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