I'm doing 36 things
In progress...
4 months ago
I have tickets to see the mountain goats November 11th and 12th in Seattle and Portland.
Words cannot even express how excited I am!
crissat's Life List
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1. learn to speak, write and read french, spanish and italian fluently
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2. learn to salsa dance and belly dance
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3. get all my tattoos: peacock, robin's egg, quito, kali maa, and ts elliott quote
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4. volunteer for food not bombs, the italian cultural centre and the vancouver winter solstice festival
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5. attend shambahla and burning man
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6. give blood
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7. swim in all of the oceans
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8. be marvelously happy and spectacularily sad when the occasion demands
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9. write letters, not facebook messages
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10. stop biting my nails
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11. breathe deeply all day, every single day
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12. ace the lsats
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13. love more, especially those who hurt me
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14. drink wine on the grass in paris as it rains
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15. never miss a summer at hornby again
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16. sail around the world
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17. Learn to play the cello
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18. be constantly reading and learning through my lifetime
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19. have a long term relationship with an intellectual, physical and emotional equal who makes me belly laugh
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20. go to guatemala
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21. have good posture
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22. get a degree in political science and law
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23. be published
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24. attain financial independance
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25. see the mountain goats live, see andrew jackson jihad live
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26. live in italy
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27. work for the U.N.
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28. learn to cook well
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29. master the art of driving
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30. get involved politically
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31. attain and maintain a level of fitness reasonable for my body
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32. skydive
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33. be more outgoing and fearless!
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34. have a garden and a cat wherever I live in the world
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35. meditate and stretch daily
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36. read a poem at vanslam (vancouver poety slam)
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