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bookish

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bookish's Life List

1. stop being freaked out by people with swine flu at my library
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2. do first things first!
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3.

Become still-minded and think what do I want? What do I REALLY want?
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1 person

4. Stop wasting time before time wastes me
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5. floss more
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6. get my asthma under control
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7. Get to work on time this week
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8. Keep track of all the movies I watch in 2009
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9. Keep track of all the books I read in 2009
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10. Go cross-country skiing
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11. identify 100 words that make me happy
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12. attend Vipassana
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13. trial run: write down three goals for today
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14. play the book game with me here!
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15.

watch the famous BBC version of Pride and Prejudice, because, as Picasso's Muse said, deep down I know it is something I simply must do.
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16. Exercise
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17.

For Girl in the Curl: Prayers for a full recovery & Wellness Energy
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18. learn the names of flowers and trees
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19. interesting tidbits
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20. Wish Madam Ish a New and Interesting 43rd Birthday May 5, 2009
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21. list my "someday" goals
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22. list three things that made me happy today
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23. do things that make me happy in this time of possible sadness
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24. challenge heteronormativity
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25.

Shamelessly ask my 43 friends to help support and sponsor Segsy in the 2009 Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis Walk.
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4 people

26. give Wren cheers and hugs
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27. Wish NonnaCookBooker A Happy Birthday
3 cheers 2 people
28. Wish RuthG a Convivial Frugal Birthday on July 4th with Fresh Poetry
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29.

Wish Phensy a chimptastic, vine swinging, banana throwing, birthday on July 9th.
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19 people

Recent entries

Keep track of all the books I read in 2009 (read all 50 entries…)

Ms. Hempel Chronicles by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum 2 days ago

Prolly one of my favorite books of the year—in the top three!

Ms. Hempel Chronicles tells the story of a young middle school teacher, but in many delicious layers – not everything revealed at once. It’s lyrical, literary writing at its best – not self-consciously ironic prose, but light, stunning, glorious, insight into a complicated lovely human being.

P.S. I really don’t like the illustration on the cover all that much. umm… Wait. I like the cover illustration, but just not for this book!

PPS I hope that someone like Miranda July makes a film of this book. Only she could do real justice to it, i think…

PPPS – Now i really wanna check out Sarah Shun-lien Bynum’s other book, Madeleine is Sleeping

Jul 01, 04:08PM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments

Keep track of all the books I read in 2009 (read all 50 entries…)

The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman 2 days ago

umm…. i am seriously forgetting. have i already mentioned reading this book? i think not, but if i already have, then please excuse.

anyway, if indeed i did forget, then that would be a travesty, so i will err on the side of writing about this book twice.

The Story Sisters is a twisty creepy beautiful lyrical story of three sisters who grow up with great love and with great pain.there are dark elements, heartbreak, horror, fantasy elements, travel and a beautiful fairygodmother-like grandmama who lives in Paris…

thoroughly engaging and absorbing.

Jul 01, 04:01PM PDT | 3 cheers | 7 comments

Congratulate Robot Daniel on his Impending Nuptials

dear Daniel 2 days ago

congratulations, man!!!!!
wishing you all the best, and more!

Jul 01, 05:42AM PDT | 5 cheers | 0 comments

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