I'm doing 43 things
I made a drunken pact with a friend to exchange a mix of Australian stuff and the sort of kooky electro that I like for what he enthusiastically called a “death metal and grindcore primer”. I’m not sure if I really want that sort of priming but I’ll listen to it at least once.
elphboy's Life List
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1. trade mix CDs
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2. scuba dive
2,479 people -
3. learn to ride a motorcycle
1,907 people -
4. buy a suit
1 entry . 1 cheer29 people -
5. Give blood
1 cheer3,075 people -
6. not drink for a fortnight
3 entries . 1 cheer1 person -
7. Cycle from Glasgow to Edinburgh in a day
1 entry . 2 cheers1 person -
8. learn to build Debian packages
1 entry . 1 cheer6 people -
9. create a LEGO masterpiece
3 cheers65 people -
10. Sell my old laptop
1 cheer144 people -
11. make a chess set
2 entries . 3 cheers6 people -
12. grow a handlebar moustache
1 entry . 1 cheer6 people -
13. read through all the bits and pieces I've written
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14. learn Tai Chi
1,147 people -
15. Buy an SLR camera
39 people -
16. Write a detective novel
5 people -
17. Contribute to an open source software project
1 cheer780 people -
18. keep track of every book i read this year
1 entry . 1 cheer51 people -
19. record my dreams
1 entry . 1 cheer336 people -
20. own my own home
1 cheer1,458 people -
21. draw more
2 cheers2,326 people -
22. live in paris
1 cheer951 people -
23. walk around mugdock castle
1 entry . 1 cheer1 person -
24. finally read Ulysses by James Joyce
1 entry . 4 cheers1 person -
25. learn to meditate
1 entry . 4 cheers1,831 people -
26. Get the LPI Certification
1 entry19 people -
27. do a triathlon
1 entry372 people -
28. learn french
1 entry . 3 cheers12,433 people -
29. hack
1 cheer2,429 people -
30. send in a postcard to PostSecret
1 entry . 4 cheers126 people -
31. make a short film
2 entries . 2 cheers670 people -
32. touch my toes
1 cheer186 people -
33. walk Hadrian's wall
1 cheer30 people -
34. climb 10 munroes
2 people -
35. go stickering
2 cheers5 people -
36. grow a bonsai tree
1 cheer265 people -
37. Live in a lighthouse
5 cheers97 people -
38. build a bike
2 entries68 people -
39. submit an article to kuro5hin.org
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40. read all the books I own
1 entry . 2 cheers1,279 people -
41. Quit my job
2 entries . 2 cheers1,217 people -
42. use pgp
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43. cycle to germany 2006
2 entries . 2 cheers1 person
Recent entries
Will (tentatively) be my last day in this job, although I haven’t actually checked if that’s a weekend or not. If it is, I’m even closer to my last day.
I was thinking that I might try to swing some sort of transfer deal when I move to London, but now I just want to get out of this company…
I’ve been to one of these before and I managed to score an old road bike (now sadly perished) for pennies. eBay is just seeming like a hassle for something so big.
