allegro665




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allegro665's Life List

  1. 1. learn to SCUBA dive
    2,559 people
  2. 2. run a marathon
    10,420 people
  3. 3. see the northern lights
    16,874 people
  4. 4. make a list of 100 movies I want to see this year and see them.
    28 people
  5. 5. make my own cd
    51 people
  6. 6. dance en pointe
    83 people
  7. 7. Build a Secret Underground Lair
    46 people
  8. 8. Swim with dolphins
    7,357 people
  9. 9. Read the Metamorphoses in original Latin
    1 cheer
    1 person
  10. 10. build a treehouse
    389 people
  11. 11. be a great mother
    275 people
  12. 12. play in a rock band (again)
    4 people
  13. 13. Go to a fancy dress ball (period acceptable)
    1 person
  14. 14. fire a gun in a shooting range
    132 people
  15. 15. write and illustrate a children's book
    1 cheer
    261 people
  16. 16. spend a year in Japan
    10 people
  17. 17. make a stop-motion animated movie
    21 people
  18. 18. See Angkor Wat
    23 people
  19. 19. take a flying lesson
    21 people
  20. 20. build a trebouchet
    1 person
  21. 21. sew a quilt
    131 people
  22. 22. learn to dive
    241 people
  23. 23. build a ship
    9 people
  24. 24. catch a squirrel
    21 people
  25. 25. swing dance
    160 people
  26. 26. pole dance
    234 people
  27. 27. travel the world
    18,517 people
  28. 28. learn magic
    457 people
  29. 29. fly in a hot air baloon
    607 people
  30. 30. crew a tall ship
    1 entry
    3 people
  31. 31. go on an archaeological dig in Greece
    3 people
  32. 32. speak 6 languages
    5 people
  33. 33. finish reading Les Miserables in original french
    1 person
  34. 34. build a robot
    419 people
  35. 35. become an aerial silk artist
    25 people
  36. 36. do a backbend
    65 people
  37. 37. bellydance
    293 people
  38. 38. live abroad
    1,304 people
  39. 39. Get married....and STAY married
    434 people
  40. 40. make croissants from scratch
    8 people

How I did it
How to meet Neil Gaiman
It took me
1 day
It made me
very very excited


Recent entries
Get really good at Guitar Hero
w00t 15 months ago

Being good at Guitar Hero is really cool for about 15 seconds worth of fame. You know, like when you go to a party and you’re the most sober one there and all these drunken REAL guitar players are like “OMGZ let’s play this shit!” and they suck hard and then you, quietly, unassumingly, take up the controller and blaze through the song of choice on expert level rocking the crap out of everyone there who immediately begin to gawk and cheer you on through the very end.
Then they realize you’re sober and jeer you out of the room.

The only awesome part about being good at Guitar Hero is Rock Band which suggests that you at least have enough social skills to have similarly geeky friends.
Yes, Rock Band is a sweet party game (almost as cool as Mario Kart 64). Yes, if you always insist on obsessively playing ONLY the guitar and getting ONLY 5 stars on expert level people will no longer think you’re cool but instead on of “those” people with too much time on their hands. Let us work on moderation, people…

On the other hand, Guitar Hero is an awesome music game with a great conceptual design. Buy it for your kids and friends because they will love you for it. Buy YOURSELF rock band and pretend you’re a superstar, while honing your concepts of rhythm and singing along to bad 90s rock. You know you want to.



learn to sew
Don't be one of those hem-stapling button-taping broken-zipper-tossing Non-Sewers! 15 months ago

Once you get going, sewing is brilliantly simple and fast. An awesome skill which NEVER goes out of style (YES, EVEN FOR GUYS!) Even if you can only do the most basic repairs (which anyone can learn quickly) everyone will think you’re terribly handy and useful, including yourself. Start by hand (look it up basic stitches online, they make sense) and then eventually learn to use a machine. Study your store-bought clothes once you get going so you have better idea of what you’re going for as a finished look. Once you have the patience to get going, life is good!

Unfortunately with any skill you become to go-to for “can you fix this” but just be very honest if you don’t know if you can or if you don’t have the time. Start small and be confident with your own projects before you start doing orders for others.

PS- FOR THE MORE ADVANCED USERS:
Yes, threading a serger will always suck. I promise it never gets any easier and will always make you want to defenestrate the machine. Resist the urge.



Read Machiavelli's "The Prince"
Untitled 15 months ago

One of my all-time favorites. Very practical in application and very useful because it’s commonly referenced. PLUS it’s short! YAAAAAAAAAAAY!



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