I'm doing 33 things
7 November 2009
2 weeks ago
davidd's Life List
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1. complete NaNoWriMo 2009
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2. Log 5000k at Nike+.com
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3. clean out the clutter
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4. throw away 43 boxes of things I don't need
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5. Get £500 in my paypal account by selling stuff through ebay
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6. stop procrastinating
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7. Do 101 sit-ups for 101 consecutive days.
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8. Do 100 push-ups daily for 100 consecutive days
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9. Reduce my weight to 11 stone
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10. Be More Confident
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11. create a Travel Blog
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12. Have Over One Million Dollars in my Checking Account
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13. Create an Enchanted Tiki Room
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14. learn to play "Dardanella" on the piano
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15. Go to La Tomatina in 2010
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16. Log 100 dives
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17. Uh... Carve Pumpkins with Narilka
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18. Produce a Web Comic
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19. Open a Commodities Trading Account
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20. Become an Adorable Wunderkind
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21. Learn Tagalog
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22. Learn to surf
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23. become proficient in portrait photography
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24. pay off my mortgage
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25. Complete Some of These Goals!
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26. spend ten weeks in Europe in 2010
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27. Build a deck.
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28. Hang out with Autumn
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29. learn Zannah's real name
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30. Write more - even if it is crap.
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31. compete in a triathlon
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32. perform an AMAZING science magic show
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33. digitally record Dorothy Provine record albums
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: Early October, started out on North Kaibab Trail at 6:00 a.m. Carried 4 quarts of Gatorade and some trail mix bars. Walked briskly and steadily. It seemed easy... until the ascent began! Didn't need much water until the start of the climbing. The last couple or three hours, it's all about putting one foot in front of the other. Total time: 10-1/2 hours. I learned a few things, and were I to do it again, I think I could easily shave an hou… Read how I did it…
It made me
Yayness!
How I did it: I practiced for 14 hours over the course of several weeks, back and forth in my driveway, to learn to stand up on the RipStik. I still can't claim that I can "ride" it, not in a sense comparable to the kids I see zipping around effortlessly. But I can "stand up on it," and finally managed to "stand up on it" and stay standing for one mile today. Read how I did it…
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