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I'm doing 39 things
  

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  2. 1. see the northern lights
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  3. 2. run a marathon in the 90 and over age group
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  4. 3. learn to ballroom dance
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  5. 4. Kiss someone at midnight on New Years!
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  6. 5. Run the Princess Half Marathon in 2010
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  7. 6. Practice yoga regularly
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  8. 7. get a picture published by Jones Soda
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  9. 8. remember the things I used to believe in as a kid
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  10. 9. swede a film
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  11. 10. learn to drive stick shift
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  12. 11. live in a sunflower field
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  13. 12. write a book
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  14. 13. learn how to blow glass
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  15. 14. have a go at cheese rolling
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  16. 15. Get into opens in Irish dance
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  17. 16. Learn to whistle with my fingers
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  18. 17. Put a message in a bottle and throw it out to sea
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  19. 18. Participate in an Improv Everywhere scene
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  20. 19. get my photography published
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  21. 20. find work I'm passionate about
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  22. 21. stand in four states at once
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  23. 22. go to coney island
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  24. 23. run up the "rocky steps" in philly
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  25. 24. Go to the Kentucky Derby and wear a big hat
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  26. 25. go to a world series game
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  27. 26. see eddie izzard live
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  28. 27. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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  29. 28. walk across abbey road barefoot
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  30. 29. Have an eleventy-first birthday
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  31. 30. take pictures in a photobooth
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  32. 31. Love truly, madly, deeply
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  33. 32. Kiss a stranger
    		754 people
  34. 33. go to oktoberfest
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  35. 34. see the green flash
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  36. 35. own a garden gnome
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  37. 36. learn to surf
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  38. 37. start a Christmas tree farm
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  39. 38. become a morning person
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  40. 39. Take a ride in the CASH CAB
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How I did it
How to see a falling star/comet
It took me
1 day
It made me
Amazed.

How I did it: Awkward and funny story. My dad had told me about the meteor shower coming up (I will have to check back which one...) and I looked up the best times to watch it, which happened to be between midnight and two in the morning. I was home for a holiday at the time...and my parents' home has one of those alarm systems that they set at night that goes off if you open the door. When the meteor shower came around, everyone else had gone to bed, … Read how I did it…

Jul 09, 10:11PM PDT | 0 comments


How to lay in a field at night and look at the stars
It took me
1 day
It made me
reflect.

How I did it: Well, it wasn't in a field, it was on my driveway. But I could see the stars very well. I lay out on my driveway with my sister and friend, and we looked at the stars and picked out constellations. We shone a flashlight up into the sky, and you can see where the light of the flashlight ends. It makes you feel like you live in a giant bubble, like in The Truman Show, and that where the light ends is where the atmosphere ends and the rest o… Read how I did it…

Jul 09, 09:55PM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to jump into a fountain
It took me
1 day
It made me

How I did it: One of the traditions at Florida State University is to get thrown into the Wescott Fountain on your birthday. It used to be illegal, but the cops realized students would continue doing it. They made it legal, which in turn made it boring. So now it is again an illegal activity, but the cops usually turn up and say, "That's illegal, Happy Birthday." I got thrown in my freshman year and became a "true Nole". Read how I did it…

May 14, 12:34PM PDT | 0 comments | 3 cheers


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Recent entries
become a better photographer (read all 2 entries…)
Over a year later... 16 months ago

Flickr is a fantastic source of inspiration! For those of you who have listed this as your goal, I highly encourage you to get an account there. I’ve learned a lot from my little point and shoot, and also benefited from photo editing programs such as GIMP (downloadable) and picnik.com. I recently got a Nikon D50, and I’m loving it! Now I’m checking out lenses…and really leaning towards a 50mm f1.4. Of course, I’m still improving every day, and I’ve got plenty to learn! But I’m putting this goal down as “accomplished”. ;-)

Jul 11, 2008, 01:59PM PDT | 5 cheers | 2 comments


see a show on Broadway
Untitled 22 months ago

I went to see The Seafarer over Christmas. I had already seen it at the National Theater in London, and it had two of the same people who were in it then, both of whom are brilliant, Jim Norton, and Conleth Hill. It also had David Morse playing Sharky, and he was brilliant as well. I could see this play over and over again.

Jan 04, 2008, 09:03PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


ride a double-decker bus.
Untitled 2 years ago

And of course it’s best to ride on the top level, and even better when you’re in Professor Duckworth’s class and going to a museum.

Jul 18, 2007, 09:21PM PDT | 0 comments


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I want to:

The world wants to...

Create my Dream Team get on birth control kochhas wants to Read one book per month decorate my apartment Get out more study at MIT Learn Ruby Swim in a bioluminescent bay start a non-profit read the Bible daily go on a mission Spring Clean and get rid of the stuff I don't need get a four pack learn to screenprint learn french Own a nightclub meet hilary duff in person and hang out, because i know i am her biggest fan no matter what anybody else says Live a more Healthy Life Greg wants to save $500 patent an invention upload a song buy a camera get a husky meet Jack Sparrow meet Hugh Laurie learn piano make friends all over the world
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