badmilk

has inexplicably strong fingernails, and weak everything else



I'm doing 40 things
 

badmilk's Life List

  1. 1. fight my arthritis
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    3 people
  2. 2. mouse-proof my mom's house
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    1 person
  3. 3. reduce the risk of a fire in my mom's house
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    1 person
  4. 4. stop letting the tourists ruin my summer
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    1 person
  5. 5. Exercise five days a week
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    32 people
  6. 6. meditate daily
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    3,984 people
  7. 7. spend more time with my mom
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    87 people
  8. 8. only smoke cigarettes while drinking or after sex
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    1 person
  9. 9. see Tom Waits live
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    16 people
  10. 10. stop saying "awesome" so often
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  11. 11. practice yoga more regularly
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    9 people
  12. 12. make a list of 10 things I'd want to do if I were going to die in 6 months
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    1 person
  13. 13. stop eating chocolate
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    87 people
  14. 14. Learn to navigate Philadelphia
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    1 person
  15. 15. eat something green every day
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    2 people
  16. 16. paint more pictures this summer
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    1 person
  17. 17. take more pictures of my boyfriend and I
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    2 people
  18. 18. read all the Dinosaur Comics in order
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    2 people
  19. 19. have an affair with a professor
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    8 people
  20. 20. learn to oil paint
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    98 people
  21. 21. help others before they hurt others
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    1 person
  22. 22. Improve my posture
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    2,659 people
  23. 23. run a 5k
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    2,175 people
  24. 24. finish learning french
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    45 people
  25. 25. have sex in a cave
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    3 people
  26. 26. get another tattoo
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    3,427 people
  27. 27. donate my eggs
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    91 people
  28. 28. buy orthopedic shoes
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    1 person
  29. 29. join Mensa
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    293 people
  30. 30. take the GRE
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    457 people
  31. 31. go zorbing
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    309 people
  32. 32. have a secret underground lair
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    436 people
  33. 33. See all the films that have won the Best Picture Oscar
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    304 people
  34. 34. identify 100 things that piss me off
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    122 people
  35. 35. identify 100 things that make me happy.
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    2,262 people
  36. 36. make mixed CDs for my friends
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    5 people
  37. 37. read the top 50 censored books
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    57 people
  38. 38. take another African Drumming class
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    1 person
  39. 39. read all of the Y: The Last Man series
    1 person
  40. 40. eat five or six small meals a day
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    1 person

How I did it
How to thoroughly clean my espresso machine
It took me
1 day
It made me
pleased


How to always be friends with my ex, Kevin
It took me
2 years
It made me
pleased


How to let my ankle heal
It took me
2 years
It made me
woohoo!!


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mouse-proof my mom's house (read all 3 entries…)
The peppermint attack has been launched. 4 months ago

Tonight I soaked several cotton balls in peppermint oil. I threw a couple into each bedroom, each bathroom, behind the washer and dryer, under the kitchen sink, and in one of the lower cabinets. That’s when I ran out, so the empty bottle is in one of the upper cabinets while the stopper and cap are in others. I’m going to need another bottle of peppermint oil to finish the job thoroughly.

Luckily, we like the smell of peppermint. If it were spearmint that drove mice away, I might have to warm up to rodents…

We’ve stopped catching them in the attic traps. Hopefully, the peppermint will drive them up to the attic (if not away from the house completely) and we’ll be rid of the rest of these buggers.



learn the thriller dance
nah 4 months ago

I heard a couple weeks ago that it makes you die.



fight my arthritis (read all 3 entries…)
Food Journal 4 months ago

On some -mornings- ...err, on some days, I notice when I wake up, my hands are notably more sore and stiff than on others. My knees and bag feel week and achy. Something just isn’t right.

Last week, I was experiencing exceptionally stressful neck pain which stopped me from getting to sleep. I caved and, against my better judgment, took a TylenolPM I found in the medicine closet. I woke up the next day, achy, swollen, stiff, and quite frankly, afraid. It wore off. When it happened again a few days later after not having taken any meds, I decided I should start writing down the details of everything I subject my body to to draw conclusions from the patterns that arise. So I’ve started keeping a log of the food I’ve been eating. In it, I also keep track of the way I feel each morning, whether I’ve exercised or practiced qi gong, and what adjustments or treatments I’ve received that day. Hopefully I’ll be able to find some dots big enough to connect, or at the very least, improve my handwriting, however incrementally.



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