I'm doing 31 things
October 14, 2009
3 weeks ago
- just finished a very satisfying book
- new qwerty phone exceeded my expectations
- cool fall weather
- hot coffee on cold mornings
- struggling to find a path in life
avacadojer's Life List
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1. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
2 team members . 105 entries . 2 cheers735 people -
2. read every book I own
52 entries . 5 cheers2,115 people -
3. Pass the Maryland bar
2 entries4 people -
4. see the northern lights
2 cheers16,847 people -
5. Make my living as a writer
3 cheers108 people -
6. learn to write left-handed
1 entry46 people -
7. speak spanish fluently
2,133 people -
8. Learn to play the piano
1 entry7,406 people -
9. visit all 50 states
1 entry . 1 cheer7,111 people -
10. take a trip on the old route 66
18 people -
11. work because I like to, not because I have to
2 entries . 1 cheer3,432 people -
12. baseball season ticket holder
1 entry2 people -
13. read all of asimov's books
3 entries3 people -
14. Watch all of the Best Picture Winners
4 people -
15. read all of ray bradbury's books
1 entry3 people -
16. see all TIM BURTON movies
3 entries5 people -
17. read the Chronicles of Narnia
1 entry . 2 cheers218 people -
18. read everything Arthur C. Clarke ever published
2 people -
19. Read all of Michael Crichton's Novels
9 entries3 people -
20. read the Dark Tower series
3 entries . 2 cheers24 people -
21. Read all the novels by John Grisham
3 entries20 people -
22. Watch all of Alfred Hitchcock's movies
2 entries . 1 cheer214 people -
23. read all of the James Bond books
4 entries . 2 cheers1 person -
24. read all of Stephen King's books
2 entries109 people -
25. Read all of Edgar Allan Poe
3 entries2 people -
26. read all of Sherlock Holmes
5 entries7 people -
27. read every book by steinbeck
1 entry2 people -
28. Read all of Robert Louis Stevenson's fiction
1 entry1 person -
29. read the Time Quintet
3 entries . 1 cheer1 person -
30. read all scott turow's books
1 person -
31. read all of Samuel Youd's works
3 entries1 person
How I did it
It made me
The Bar remains! 
How I did it: I took the LSAT, applied to several schools, and enrolled at the best/cheapest one I got into. After I enrolled, I did just about all my homework and showed up at class. After three years of that, the powers that be got tired of me and kicked me out with a juris doctor. Read how I did it…
It made me 
How I did it: I started at page one of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, then I read through the other four books of that series. I acquired the two Dirk Gently books and read those from page 1 to page 300. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Next: 2/5
2 months ago
Next is the next to last of Crichton’s books. I’m still debating whether I’ll read his pseudonymous works, but I don’t really count them as his anyway. I’m just waiting for his posthumous book, Pirate Latitudes to come out.
Turning a new page
2 months ago
Anybody’s who’s been reading some of my comments on here knows that I have over 100 books sitting on my to-read shelf, with more and more books being added all the time. I’m tired of being a slave to my book shelf. But, rather than go on a reading tear, I’m going to start getting read of books I don’t really care to read. Life is short, and you only have time to read so many books. There are so many authors I want to read who wrote so avidly (e.g., Stephen King, Agatha Christie, Isaac Asimov) that I don’t have time to read everything that I might possibly want to read. I’m just about through Michael Crichton’s catalog, and that’s taken me quite some time. So I think I’m going to start borrowing from the library rather than keep accumulating books.
Freedom!
