 I'm doing 20 things |
| 1. |
get business cards
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23 people |
| 2. |
learn to play the erhu
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40 people |
| 3. |
learn cantonese
2 entries . 3 cheers |
254 people |
| 4. |
be a tea connoisseur
2 entries . 2 cheers |
43 people |
| 5. |
write a book... a good book that people will want to read
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253 people |
| 6. |
memorize a poem a week
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7 people |
| 7. |
learn to cook
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7,818 people |
| 8. |
learn to draw
1 entry |
1,917 people |
| 9. |
see all of verdi's operas
1 entry |
1 person |
| 10. |
Shower with cold water
2 entries |
2 people |
| 11. |
Learn to juggle
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1,113 people |
| 12. |
learn how to read and write Zhuyin Fuhao
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1 person |
| 13. |
Learn to read Arabic
1 entry |
15 people |
| 14. |
fire a gun in a shooting range
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127 people |
| 15. |
become ambidextrous
2 entries . 2 cheers |
851 people |
| 16. |
learn the alexander technique
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45 people |
| 17. |
lose 10 kilograms
1 entry |
73 people |
| 18. |
Schedule my time better
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14 people |
| 19. |
Get on a better sleep schedule
1 entry |
16 people |
| 20. |
learn kung fu
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698 people |
So I’ve already devoured Wild Swans, My Antonia and The Castle of Otranto since Nov. 1. I’m working on Ficciones by Borges now, but when that’s done I have a bit of a dilemma: do I try to finish all of Jane Eyre in the time remaining, or do I try to find another English language book somewhere in China?
I don’t speak Arabic, and I don’t feel a very very strong urge to focus on learning how to speak it; instead, I’m just fascinated by the different ways of writing languages. And it would be nice to already have the written form under my belt if I ever do want to learn to speak it…
I already know pinyin, but I’m annoyed by the fact that whenever I flip through a dictionary there are a whole bunch of “characters” that I don’t recognize: those are zhuyin fuhao, a form of Chinese phonetics even older than pinyin and used mostly in Taiwan and in mainland Chinese dictionaries.
It shouldn’t be toooooo tough…
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Parker wants to improve my Russian
read the top 50 censored books
build my dream house
Travel route 66
be a nicer person
make my own xanga layout
play in the rain
adopt a Greyhound
go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
mattholland wants to Learn Japanese
fasting
do kegels every day
see the northern lights
finish school
watch smallville
be an adventurer
think before i speak
Be a NASCAR Driver
Not care what people think about me
make a Flash animation
have skinny thighs
attackferret wants to spend more time outdoors
exercise more
Publish a paper
Keep a journal
