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mad musical genius

is studying ancient greek.. and latin :)



I'm doing 32 things
  

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  2. 1. develop Habit 3 (Put first things first)
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  3. 2. develop Habit 2 (Begin with the end in mind)
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  4. 3. develop Habit 1 (Be proactive)
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  5. 4. pass grade 3 on the cello
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  6. 5. improve my communication skills
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  7. 6. read more classics and poetry
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  8. 7. explore the world of art more
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  9. 8. learn about the 18th century
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  10. 9. be able to do one wide grip overarm pull up (just one!)
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  11. 10. be able to do 10 pull ups (palms facing) with good form
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  12. 11. learn how to prepare 10 excellent vegetarian meals
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  13. 12. memorise all the forms in the back of Wheelock's
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  14. 13. Lose weight to 9 stone
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  15. 14. make a list of 43 things i know very little about, and then learn at least 3 things about each of them
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  16. 15. learn how to work out ratios and percentages
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  17. 16. learn the times tables up to 15 x 15
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  18. 17. be able to put my hands flat on the floor by the end of September
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  19. 18. do the front splits (on both sides) by the end of November
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  20. 19. be able to do the middle splits by the end of February 2010
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  21. 20. Become a Polyglot
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  22. 21. learn to identify trees
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  23. 22. write a will
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  24. 23. press some flowers
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  25. 24. Donate my body to science
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  26. 25. memorise one more poem every week
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  27. 26. be able to write all the dates of Kings and Queens' reigns since Henry III
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  28. 27. go out, invite friends over, or do something else social at least once a month
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  29. 28. read the classics
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  30. 29. learn ancient greek
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  31. 30. learn to identify some common wildflowers in the Cornish hedges
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  32. 31. write myself 5 letters on futureme.org
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  33. 32. study for Level 1 British Sign Language (BSL)
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How I did it
How to memorise pi to 100 places
It took me
2 days
It made me
feel good :)

How I did it: I broke the numbers down into four groups, with five lines of five numbers in each.  Then I just took each group in turn, and memorised it!The whole process was surprisingly similar to memorising words, in a poem format. Read how I did it…

Feb 28, 02:41PM PST | 1 comment | 3 cheers


How to get a digital camera
It took me
30 days
It made me
happy!

How I did it: I gave some money to my mother, and we picked out a suitable camera from Kodak's website.  The one I'm getting has 8.1 Megapixels, and a 5x optical zoom.  You can also take videos with it, which is cool.  She's getting it for me, so perhaps this is not much of a 'how did you do it' story, but oh well!I'm really happy to be getting one, as recently I've become interested in flowers and trees etc, and it will be really handy … Read how I did it…

Dec 20, 2008, 03:31PM PST | 0 comments


How to go trampolining
It took me
7 days
It made me
sore but happy

How I did it: I went to a trampolining class at work, which I can go to for free yay!  The sister and mum of a lifeguard at work taught the class.  I learned how to do front drops, go to sitting from standing, and also how to go from sitting to 180 degrees sitting, and then back to standing.  All good fun, but need several days to recover before I go again!  My muscles don't like me anymore! Read how I did it…

Sep 28, 2008, 11:13AM PDT | 0 comments | 3 cheers


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be able to write all the dates of Kings and Queens' reigns since Henry III (read all 2 entries…)
Untitled 4 weeks ago

Okayy.. so far..

Henry III 1216-1272
Edward 1 1272-1307
Edward II 1307-1327
Edward III 1327-1377
Richard II 1377-1399
Henry IV 1399-1413
Henry V 1413-1422
Henry VI 1422-1461 & 1470-1471
Edward IV 1461-1470 & 1471-1483
Edward V 1483
Richard III 1483-1485

yay!

Oct 10, 04:53PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


memorise all the forms in the back of Wheelock's (read all 6 entries…)
Untitled 4 weeks ago

So far, I’ve learned the forms of nouns of the first, second and third declensions (although only the first two example nouns of the third). It’s a start.. quite a few more pages ahead of me to look forward to yet though, as there are still the adjectives and verbs to learn!

Oct 05, 01:33PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


read the classics (read all 14 entries…)
Untitled 4 weeks ago

Wow! Just realised that I only have three books to finish, and I will have completed my ‘first set’ of ten books! (For those who don’t know, when I first added this goal I compiled a list of books and plays to read, divided into ten sets of ten—see my earlier entries.)

Now I only have Thucydides, Flaubert and Tolstoy to go. I think I’m going to allow myself to start a book from the second set as soon as I only have one book left :) (and that’s probably going to be Tolstoy as he’s so long.. :S)

Oct 05, 01:28PM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments


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meet conan o'brien learn how to drive stick-shift love get rid of all my acne write in my journal grow out my hair : ) wants to Lose 20 pounds stop smoking forever exercise regularly build my own website Grow my hair long (again) Become a pirate Save for a holiday start college play with a tiger visit all 50 states get enough sleep spend an entire day watching the extended version of all three Lord of the Rings movies back-to-back-to-back Keep my bedroom clean and organized be rich wooleyduck wants to get out of debt Learn Flemish travel to Africa learn many languages be more confident move to another state lose 25 pounds
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