I'm doing 36 things
turns out i dont love them, even perfect ones
Alison Staudinger's Life List
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1. become a Fulbright scholar
1 entry . 6 cheers32 people -
2. take a bath entirely in champagne
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3. make home-made root beer
1 entry . 7 cheers36 people -
4. Read Tacitus in Latin
1 entry . 8 cheers3 people -
5. stop feeling guilty
1 entry258 people -
6. visit my grandparents
67 people -
7. lose weight without being obsessed
73 people -
8. Have a drawer full of matching underwear/bras
2 cheers27 people -
9. throw a drink in someone's face like they do in old movies
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10. Get a drink thrown in my face
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11. do the splits
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12. Watch every episode of Star Trek
1 entry482 people -
13. have better posture
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14. Get a PhD
1 cheer2,962 people -
15. publish
2 cheers101 people -
16. be a good teacher
1 cheer147 people -
17. pay off debt
1 cheer704 people -
18. learn german
5,235 people -
19. test every scent produced by BPAL
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20. change all of my products over to items made by "lush"
4 people -
21. write a short story collection
1 cheer26 people -
22. be more assertive
1 cheer711 people -
23. eat at every restaurant on 1st and 2nd between Bell and Pike (in Seattle)
1 entry . 3 cheers25 people -
24. avoid passive voice
1 entry . 1 cheer9 people -
25. Discover secret coves of wholesome fun in Seattle.
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26. hug dinosaurs
2 team members . 5 cheers23 people -
27. Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
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28. become comfortable volunteering at a nursing home
1 entry . 1 cheer1 person -
29. Live and work in the Czech Republic
1 entry . 1 cheer32 people -
30. watch Professor Taylor's 50 Favorite Films
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31. Sew myself a skirt
1 cheer17 people -
32. master the art of polenta
3 cheers3 people -
33. Attend the Slow Food Movement's University of the Science of Gastronomy
24 people -
34. Start a Roth IRA
3 cheers93 people -
35. pay off my student loans
2 cheers3,044 people -
36. write my dissertation
62 people
Recent entries
This is an oft mocked goal. I want the world to know how serious I am about this goal. I want that sort of romantic shock, and the stares of restaurant patrons. I want someone to actually be this angry with me, and not by any of my caressing attempts to diffuse the situation.
I used to be able to do the splits without a second thought. Now, thanks to a year old hip flexor injury, I can barely touch my toes. I pray that the rest of aging goes more smoothly, and that somehow I will magically be able to afford yoga classes again.
