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The Bridge Fairy

is writing a standup comedy set... I'm not procrastinating... really!



I'm doing 38 things
  

The Bridge Fairy's Life List

  2. 1. Be sugar-free!
    13 entries . 41 cheers     		2 people
  3. 2. Walk my dog everyday
    6 entries . 39 cheers     		131 people
  4. 3. walk 10,000 steps a day
    11 entries . 40 cheers     		156 people
  5. 4. Go swimming twice a week
    12 entries . 24 cheers     		17 people
  6. 5. Floss every day
    4 entries . 23 cheers     		1,241 people
  7. 6. Get up when my clock goes off
    2 entries . 10 cheers     		74 people
  8. 7. Go to bed by midnight every night
    1 entry . 13 cheers     		2 people
  9. 8. Minimize existing clutter and excess possessions
    14 entries . 48 cheers     		398 people
  10. 9. Live below my means
    7 entries . 41 cheers     		94 people
  11. 10. Reclaim my garden
    3 entries . 28 cheers     		1 person
  12. 11. Be early
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		23 people
  13. 12. write more letters
    1 entry . 11 cheers     		1,846 people
  14. 13. Try a new recipe each week
    13 entries . 8 cheers     		181 people
  15. 14. See the northern lights
    13 cheers     		19,100 people
  16. 15. go to Hawaii
    1 entry . 14 cheers     		1,940 people
  17. 16. See the US Open
    8 cheers     		7 people
  18. 17. visit paris
    12 cheers     		1,436 people
  19. 18. visit antarctica
    6 cheers     		510 people
  20. 19. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
    8 cheers     		21,508 people
  21. 20. not crash and burn at Christmas
    5 entries . 16 cheers     		1 person
  22. 21. Train my crazy cat to drink out my guests water glass and to lick the cookies I served to them.
    5 entries . 13 cheers     		1 person
  23. 22. write a book
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		31,073 people
  24. 23. Build my own cabin
    5 entries . 17 cheers     		15 people
  25. 24. Win a story slam!
    		1 person
  26. 25. write thank you cards
    		42 people
  27. 26. Be a better person
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		3,936 people
  28. 27. Think more about others and less about myself.
    1 cheer     		1 person
  29. 28. Update my 43 Things list
    1 cheer     		1 person
  30. 29. write an entry a day for 30 days
    1 entry     		1 person
  31. 30. Be less obcessive about food
    2 cheers     		1 person
  32. 31. Enjoy every moment
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		72 people
  33. 32. Lose 25 pounds
    5 entries . 2 cheers     		1,584 people
  34. 33. make a smaller ecological footprint
    5 entries . 11 cheers     		1,014 people
  35. 34. turn my porch into a porch again -- not a storage facility
    6 entries . 6 cheers     		1 person
  36. 35. LAUGH EVERY DAY
    4 entries . 13 cheers     		396 people
  37. 36. learn origami
    7 cheers     		403 people
  38. 37. Admire the beauty in every day
    3 cheers     		1 person
  39. 38. Get rid of one possession every day
    14 entries . 10 cheers     		31 people
Recent entries
Compete in a story slam
The newbie placed third!

And I didn’t fall off stage! or wet my pants!

I told a 5 minute story in Durham, NC at The Monti: www.themonti.org

Everyone in the audience and the host Jeff Polish was great. They were all very sweet and supportive of the newbie.

Here is the story I told – it was a hard one to get through. #kleenex

https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=367553399950491

Apr 17, 2012, 09:28AM PDT | 1 cheer | 2 comments


declare Feb 1-7 Hasselhoff Avatar week (read all 5 entries…)
Hail! Hail! The gangs all here!

Hi guys! Everyone is looking fine in their HOFF-ness.

Feb 02, 2009, 09:05AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


learn how to drive stick-shift
Danger: newbie stick driver teaches self.

I taught myself to drive a stick. When leaving church one Sunday, my brother wanted to take me out and show me. I know my brother well. In front of everyone so he could laugh? I refused.

At school the next day, I asked my cousin and his friends what and how. And then I waited. One night when no one was home, I took the car and went around and around the block. After 8-12 trips around, I was just about a pro.

The next day at school I had to get some more advice from my cousin because the car hiccupped just a bit I let the clutch out. I was “popping” the clutch he said. Let it out slower – feel it catch – then gradually let it go.

I went out another night around and around the block again. I still had to practice getting started on hills for another month or so. (It helps if you use the parking brake.) But unless on an incline, by the end of the second night, I shifted gears as smooth as silk.

The next Sunday came and brother put me in the drivers seat. I put on a great show: I protested and whined—it was the worst thing ever. Were my parents (in the station wagon with the other kids) going to let him humilate me like this? And they drove off. If I wanted a ride home I had to drive. SO I put the car in gear and drove out of the church yard gracefully. For the first and only time in our entire lives my brother was hacked. “Somebody’s been teaching you.” I still don’t know if he believes I taught myself.

I did kill the engine once on the way home – he got in laugh – but just a small one. (1) One. ;-)

Jun 08, 2008, 09:40PM PDT | 2 cheers | 1 comment


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