amaniellen on 43 Things

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1. Try out 43 Things
3,286 people
2. learn spanish
15,503 people
3. live to be at least 100 years old
5 people
4. live only on cash, debt free
1 cheer 3 people
5. have a drink and smoke with Tom Waits
4 cheers 5 people
6. test this site
2 people
7. watch all the movies on my netflix list
1 cheer 5 people
8. learn Italian
1 cheer 5,736 people
9. Fall in real love: ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't live without each other love.
1 cheer 1,279 people
10. eat only homemade food for a month, 3 meals a day
4 cheers 2 people
11. co-create a collaborative, sustainable world
1 cheer 33 people
12. Stop smoking cigarettes
3 cheers 127 people
13. stop wasting time
1 cheer 3,552 people
14. judge less
1 cheer 75 people
15. spend six months driving around the USA
2 cheers 4 people
16. spend a year in France studying perfume and writing
3 cheers 1 person
17. cook my way through a book
1 cheer 2 people
18. dive the red sea and the Great Barrier Reef
1 cheer 5 people
19. be in the audience during Oprah's favorite things show
17 people
20. make enough money
27 people
21. write and publish a book
777 people
22. live in either New York or Boston for a year
1 person
23. travel Egypt and learn my heritage
1 person
24. own a cabin close enough to retreat to, far enough away to feel like a retreat
1 person
25. floss daily
386 people
26. garden more
58 people
27. get rid of all the Things in my home that I don't love by 2006
1 person
28. practice yoga regularly
1 cheer 698 people
29. learn to make perfume
1 cheer 9 people
30. download 50 songs from emusic.com for free, then remember to cancel the account
16 people
31. publish a book
2,146 people

32.

question each expenditure of time and/or money, as often as possible, asking myself, "Does this choice make me closer to or more distant from who and what I want to be?"

23 people

33. do a vipassana meditation retreat
71 people
34. increase my flexibility
289 people
35. learn my impact on the earth and plant enough trees to counteract it
4 people

Recent entries

own a hybrid car

I didn't give up, I changed my mind. 2 years ago

I’ve learned that about half of the pollution that any vehicle adds to the atmosphere happens in the CREATION of that vehicle.
So I’d rather convert an engine to veggie oil or drive biodiesel.

May 01, 2007, 10:04PM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments

own an iPod

iPod 2 years ago

I wasn’t sure if I’d use an iPod if I had one, and was hugely hesitant to invest the $300+, just to see if I’d use it.
Enter the mini shuffle, stage right.
Perfect! $80 and holds 2G of music, all I think I’ll ever need, since I like the idea of programming what I listen to, instead of carrying it all around with me. I love it! I have only used it twice, and I’ve had it three months. I don’t live the kind of life that needs musical accompaniment all the time, and I like listening to the radio (talk).
When I go for more walks in the spring, I imagine I’ll use it more. ditto road trips maybe?

May 01, 2007, 10:02PM PDT | 0 comments

whistle with my fingers

I love it! 3 years ago

I tried for years to whistle with my fingers. I’d drive around, basically spitting on my hand, down my arm, with nary a toot.
One day I was on vacation with a friend in New Orleans, and we got separated. I could see her, but she couldn’t hear me from two blocks down the street. I stuck my fingers in my mouth as I’d been instructed by many finger-whistling friends in the past, and blew.
I got the perfect New York taxi driver whistle, Stephanie turned around, we were reunited and all was well.
For a few years after that, I could only get the whistle when I needed it- lost a friend in a crowd, needed a taxi in NY (that was satisfying), etc. Now though, I can muster the whistle when I need it, and I love it.

Jul 14, 2006, 02:02AM PDT | 2 cheers | 2 comments

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