elcarmean




I'm doing 41 things
 

elcarmean's Life List

  1. 1. Help research cancer and other diseases with Folding at Home
    9 team members . 9 entries . 39 cheers
    8 people
  2. 2. sail around the world
    29 cheers
    885 people
  3. 3. Be an awesome big brother
    2 entries . 45 cheers
    2 people
  4. 4. round cape horn
    11 cheers
    9 people
  5. 5. get a captains license
    12 cheers
    2 people
  6. 6. restore politeness, refinement, tact and other old-fashioned niceties
    45 cheers
    68 people
  7. 7. travel the world
    14 cheers
    18,582 people
  8. 8. Join the Peace Corps
    19 cheers
    2,393 people
  9. 9. travel to every continent
    3 entries . 20 cheers
    1,409 people
  10. 10. Stamp out mis-guided Ché adoration worldwide
    1 entry . 9 cheers
    11 people
  11. 11. get a cat
    17 cheers
    869 people
  12. 12. Learn how to remember peoples' names
    7 cheers
    1,716 people
  13. 13. take massage lessons
    11 cheers
    94 people
  14. 14. Learn to cook
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    8,198 people
  15. 15. Read "Don Quijote de La Mancha"
    9 cheers
    72 people
  16. 16. Buy a boat and sail the seven seas
    6 cheers
    10 people
  17. 17. Walk the Camino de Santiago
    9 cheers
    165 people
  18. 18. Practice random acts of kindness
    1 entry . 9 cheers
    761 people
  19. 19. live aboard
    6 cheers
    28 people
  20. 20. sail the mediterranean
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    70 people
  21. 21. Learn a third language
    1 entry . 10 cheers
    197 people
  22. 22. make a difference in someone's life
    1 entry . 11 cheers
    1,223 people
  23. 23. Learn to surf
    8 cheers
    7,375 people
  24. 24. Rid the world of alcohol (by drinking it.. one drink at a time)
    4 team members . 10 cheers
    14 people
  25. 25. be able to bench press my body weight
    5 cheers
    70 people
  26. 26. Read more books
    1 entry . 11 cheers
    11,008 people
  27. 27. scuba dive more
    1 entry . 9 cheers
    76 people
  28. 28. finish my masters
    267 people
  29. 29. practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty
    9 cheers
    13 people
  30. 30. build a snowman like Calvin
    4 cheers
    3 people
  31. 31. get better at darts
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    35 people
  32. 32. take the foreign service exam
    4 cheers
    32 people
  33. 33. Continue to update my Goodreads list
    2 people
  34. 34. show the world that all Americans aren't the McDonald's-lusting, Fear-mongering, war-loving, single-language learning, television-obsessed, culture-killing xenophobes we're made out to be by our leaders and media...
    20 cheers
    6 people
  35. 35. Convince at least one 43er with the goal "become anorexic" that this is a really stupid goal...
    3 team members . 6 cheers
    4 people
  36. 36. learn to ride a motorcycle
    1,666 people
  37. 37. help people
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    1,356 people
  38. 38. drink tea every day
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    27 people
  39. 39. remember that life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out
    13 people
  40. 40. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
    2 cheers
    442 people
  41. 41. be like Amelie
    1 entry . 11 cheers
    49 people

How I did it
How to run the Rome Marathon
It took me
18 weeks
It made me


How to run a marathon
It took me
18 weeks
It made me


How to run a half marathon
It took me
3 months
It made me


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Recent entries
travel to every continent (read all 3 entries…)
Update 2 4 months ago

Update:
1)Europe – I lived in Spain and Italy and I’ve traveled just about everywhere but the nordic countries and some of Eastern Europe.
2)Africa – Morocco, South Africa, Namibia.
3)North America – Grew up in the US, have been to Canada many times.
4)Central America/Caribbean – I’m in Honduras at the moment doing a summer internship, and I’ve travelled most of the Caribbean.
4)South America – Spent time in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina.
5)Asia – Lived in Nepal, travelled to Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Tajikistan, Turkey (although mostly the European side), and extremely short bouts in China and India.
6)Australia/Oceania – NOT YET
7)Antarctica – This is the only one I’m not really hoping for, but I’d like to be near Antartica as I sail through Cape Horn (another goal for the future).



scuba dive more
First time since I got my certification 4 months ago

This past week I took a refresher course in Utila, Honduras, and then did six dives over the course of the next 3 days. These are the first dives that I’ve done since I got my PADI Open Water certification 4 years ago, and it felt so much more natural now than it did then. I’m glad I did the refresher course, and happy that we got to see some really cool things like two eagle rays.



get better at darts (read all 2 entries…)
Finally put up the dart board 8 months ago

I’ve been living in Italy now since August, and I bought a dart board at the end of October, but never put it up because I didn’t have a nail or anything to protect the wall from my roommates. I finally put it up about a month ago, but have been so busy with classes that I haven’t played much. However, having it up and playing every once in a while is improving my game, and the board was about 15 euros with six darts, so I’m not out much money either!



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