I'm doing 23 things
Well...
3 months ago
I did it. On Tuesday to the pool, I said, “Screw this… I’m wearing a bikini.” So I did. So I didn’t look great in it, but I’m getting there. Blah. One day, I will wear a bikini with confidence. :)
Gwen's Life List
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1. Learn the lyrics to "Montala" by Miguelito
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2. go to a drive-in movie
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3. be smashingly interesting
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4. see more live music
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5. Throw a pair of my shoes over an electrical line
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6. Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
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7. be fluent in Spanish
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8. become more cultured
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9. live an adventure
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10. Learn how to beat people up with an umbrella
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11. get my cartilage pierced.
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12. spend less than three hours on the Internet each day
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13. become so fantastically good-looking I cause people of all genders, and their pets, to stop what they are doing and vomit capriciously because I make them look like asssssss
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14. fax cheese
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15. Name 10 songs that over the course of time, have meant something to me, and say why
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16. fictionalize my autobiography
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17. hike the appalachian trail
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18. color an entire coloring book
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19. rasterbate
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20. Host a foreign exchange student
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21. carpe diem
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22. learn to french braid
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23. be able to wear a bikini
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How I did it
It made me
Relieved 
How I did it: Embarrassingly, I never wrote a thank you note to my host mother when I stayed with her nearly 2 YEARS AGO. As an awful person, I kept putting it off because I was too lazy to write it in Spanish. Finals came last week and to procrastinate, I decided it was finally time. You know, it wasn't horrible the way I was expecting it to be! Read how I did it…
It made me 
How I did it: On Valentine's Day evening, a friend and I decided the library would be pretty empty. So we brought post its and pens. We were right; no one was there. We wrote post its and drew pictures and basically tagged the library. It was great to walk across campus the next day and hear people talking about the post its in the library. Some of them are still there 2 months later! Read how I did it…
It made me
EXUBERANT
How I did it: It took me 4 days to do the whole road trip thing. I know it took me 16 years to get a license and 2 years to get a car, but if you already have both of those, there's nothing stopping you. I had a week-long October break from school so I flew back home. Immediately, I drove to pick up my best friend. I called her when I was in front of her house, and she came out screaming and crying and laughing. There was only one thing to do. Pick up … Read how I did it…
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15 months ago
Every Sunday night in a nearby park, a band plays. Last night I went with my dad. It was nice not only to get closer to attaining this goal, but also to spend time with my dad.
Not there yet
15 months ago
It’s hard for me to define fluency. I speak in Spanish, I dream in Spanish, I think in Spanish. At the same time, I recognize that I have soooo much left to learn of the language. Last year, 5 of my 10 classes were taught in Spanish. I’m really comfortable with the language, but feel like learning more about the cultures behind it has something to do with fluency too. By some standards, I guess I’m fluent. I consider myself bilingual, but I’m still waiting for the day I FEEL fluent.
