I'm doing 30 things
One down, two to go.
11 months ago
I read the Fellowship of the Ring a while ago, and I’m hoping to get The Two Towers and The Return of the King for Christmas! :)
chibiamai's Life List
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1. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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2. finish reading "Moby Dick"
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3. lose 15 pounds
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4. play a piano sonata composed by schubert
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5. learn to play the complete Moonlight Sonata
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6. teach myself Calculus
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7. Read "His Dark Materials" by Philip Pullman
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8. learn Malay
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9. Learn Japanese
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10. transfer
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11. learn calculus
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12. learn how to drive stick-shift
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13. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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14. Read 100 classic novels
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15. finish my novel
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16. Get a 2200+ on the SAT
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17. study abroad
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18. wear a size 8
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19. finish 10 prompts (LJ)
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20. Learn to cook
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21. get up in the morning and exercise 3 times this week
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22. Finish Eternal Sonata
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23. watch all of the star trek: TOS episodes
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24. read the iliad
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25. read The Odyssey
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26. Read The Lord of The Rings
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27. Visit Japan
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28. go on a cruise
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29. attend a Solvay conference in Brussels
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30. play tridimensional chess
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How I did it
It made me
well-traveled. 
How I did it: Parents & I took a month off from school. We hopped in the car and started driving east. Since it was autumn, traditionally one of the lesser busy vacation times, we didn't usually make reservations ahead of time; we just stopped when we were tired. We drove over all of New England, the mid-Atlanetic seaboard, most of the northern mid-west and drove through the Mountain region twice (to and from California). We saw many of the most fa… Read how I did it…
It made me
not hungry anymore
How I did it: I just looked at the lid under the Quaker Oatmeal box and decided it looked simple enough. I found all the ingredients, mixed them up, baked them, and voila! Fresh cookies! Read how I did it…
It made me
accomplished
How I did it: I just sat down and wrote whenever I could--between doing homework, while watching TV, just before going to bed. Whenever I had the time to pull up Word, I did. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Half way there
11 months ago
I have about fifty-one thousand words down from NaNoWriMo this year, but I’m only halfway through my story. But now I can actually care about where the plot is going, as opposed to stuffing it full with purple prose. I think the last half of this story will be a lot more stream-lined, more dialogue, less description. I hope to have it finished by the end of the year!
Untitled
16 months ago
1. Great Expectations
2. A Tale of Two Cities
3. To Kill A Mockingbird
4. 1984
5. A Christmas Carol
6. Lord of the Flies
7. The Great Gatsby
8. Dracula
9. The Picture of Dorian Gray
10. A Farewell to Arms
I’ve read a lot more, but these are the ten that jumped first to my mind. :)
