i have walked through the desert knowing my direction by following the north star, but that’s not particularly hard. my studies had definitely helped me survive though. i guess my ultimate goal for navigation is being stuck at sea and being able to correctly (at least roughly) get to New Jersey or another specific place.
Kate's Life List
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1. live in laissez-faire communally owned quarters
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2. act on more of my ideas
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3. eliminate small talk
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4. not be sucked into a life of bureaucracy
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5. make it a sin for people to use my name in vain
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6. be a shepherd in Ireland
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7. have a secret recipe
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8. frolick through a meadow of wildflowers
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9. be on/work for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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10. play the piano again
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11. carve a totem pole
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12. climb some of Mt. Everest
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13. learn to navigate by the stars
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14. make my own shoes
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15. be silent for a week
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16. train myself to say "ay!" or "yip!" instead of "ow!"
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17. fix and take photos with my old Agfa Anastigmat camera I bought at a French town wide garage sale
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18. find a place where I could live forever
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19. hike the Appalachian Trail from start to finish
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20. win a lifetime supply of Orangina
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21. learn a language that is not dead
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22. think locally, act GLOBALLY
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23. run a marathon
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24. live as a hermit for a while
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25. smuggle cheese made with unpastuerized milk into the USA
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26. choose a night and run through every sprinkler I can find
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27. adopt a dog and have it be my best friend
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28. make a large mosaic floor for my house of the future
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29. convince eveyone that they do not necessarily need to drink 8 glasses of water a day
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30. do a respectable handstand
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31. stay on Desolation Peak
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32. explore a cave
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33. wink creepily whenever possible
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34. run the Rim to Rim Race
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35. read the Odyssey in its original language
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36. Send a message in a bottle
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Recent entries
not quite done, but improved.
2 years ago
last summer i went crazy and roadtripped.
2 years ago
best thing i’ve ever done. i found some worthy companions (mostly my then-boyfriend, drew) and went to mexico, arizona, north carolina, new jersey, maine, niagara falls, santa cruz, CA, and the american southwest and all he places in between. my car got stuck in sand and i walked 30 miles through mountain lion country then hitched 40 miles to find a telephone that worked. i have a lot of stories, but my mai regret is not having a camera. definitly recommend going on a roadtrip, especially if you’re feeling a bit adrift in life.
