I'm doing 39 things
1. Waking up when I woke up without needing an alarm (because it’s the weekend).
2. Having a nice cup of freshly-brewed coffee in the morning.
3. Going down to the Wolfville Farmers’ Market with my son in the rain.
4. Having some delicious pakoras and samosas for lunch.
5. Getting my hair cut. It’s the first time that my hair wasn’t cut by my mom (who is a hairdresser).
Chris Campbell's Life List
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1. Update my blog regularly
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2. Explore how 43 things can be a social change tool
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3. Get (or renew) a passport
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4. go walking every day that I can
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5. learn processing
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6. go to Scotland
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7. create a Keynote theme
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8. organize my paper files every month
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9. Label and organize my videotapes
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10. redo my portfolio
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11. digitize old home videos
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12. get the Seinfeld box set
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13. Invest in the Just Us Coffee cooperative
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14. Invest in the Acadia Cinema Cooperative
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15. Visit Ireland
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16. change the world
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17. read and implement Getting Things Done
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18. become a Wikipedia contributor
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19. Never stop learning
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20. learn to cook healthy vegetarian dishes
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21. Organize my home office
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22. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
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23. buy a robot co-op member a drink
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24. hike 100 kms in National Parks
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25. mail a postcard to The Robots from one of my 43 Places
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26. Make entries for all of my 43P destinations.
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27. join 43 43Ters in proposing 43 taglines for 43T.
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28. Practice Yoga regularly, with the wonderful, worldwide alumni of 30-in-30
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29. Joyfully & Easily Capture Love in at Least 43 Posts in Our Own Unique Way
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30. Post most memorable 43thing sentence of the week here
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31. Make a film about 43 Things
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32. Have mini virtual film festivals where we watch and discuss groups of films
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33. go on a virtual world tour, by inviting other 43ers to post photos of their city and/or its landmarks
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34. Have 43people help Flirt's 43things Teddy Bear travel around the world!!!
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35. Get 8 people to share 8 things that I (probably) didn't know about them
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36. Create and play surrealist parlor games
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37. See a movie in NYC with NYCinephile
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38. hack my Canon so I can shoot RAW
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39. Do the Buy Local Challenge
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How I did it
It made me
smile in the dark. 
How I did it: At 8:30pm I went around the house and shut off the lights, shut down my laptop, turned off the tv and most of the other things that consumed electricity. We lit some candles and I sat down with my son and played a board game for a while. Looking around the neighbourhood I saw that many of the neighbours had their lights off as things brighten up after 9:30 when earth hour was over. Read how I did it…
It made me
connected 
How I did it: I found interesting 43Ters with Vox blogs through this goal and by connecting with 43Ters who already had Vox blogs. Sometimes it was through messages sent directly, and other times it was based on what people had posted. Read how I did it…
It made me
hear beautiful music
How I did it: I installed the iScrobbler plugin with iTunes and started submitting all of songs that I listen to to last.fm. About every month or two I'll listen to recommendations and I'll usually find things that I buy. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
10 days and 101 films
1 month ago
I didn’t initially intend to break the 100 film mark, but in the course of watching films as being part of the Canadian Jury, I watched very many and that started a momentum that continued as I sailed past 100 films last night.
It is such a great festival and there is a very friendly, casual vibe to the event that is wonderful.
This year I’ve seen 30 feature films and 71 shorts and I’m not sure if I will beat that mark for a while. A little bit overwhelming, but strangely addictive. The only downside is that I didn’t get to spend as much time with friends as I would have liked.
The only things left now are the awards ceremony in an hour followed by the closing film and closing party and then some sleep and I return to my regular, less film-saturated life for another year.
The 29th Annual Atlantic Film Festival
2 months ago
I’m deeply immersed in the 29th edition of the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This year I am honoured to be one of the members of the Canadian jury, so I’m watching all of the Canadian Feature dramas and shorts, which is about 25 feature films and a few more shorts, so I will easily exceed my goal before I finish my jury duty.
As I write this on Day 3 of the festival I’ve seen 19 feature films and later tonight I’ll see a couple more, so I will be almost at the halfway point for this goal.
I love the festival, the films and the socializing that accompanies it. This is my favourite time of the year. What could be better than watching and talking about films for a week and a half?
