I'm doing 30 things
Stale mate
5 months ago
After many, MANY conversations with women about their weddings, I’m 99% certain that we will elope.
For me, it’s not about the wedding, it’s about the marriage.
esphixiet's Life List
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1. get out of debt
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2. weigh 180 pounds
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3. make love in the rain
2 cheers2,076 people -
4. Fly a plane
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5. Meet My Seattle Johnny
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6. Go out West
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7. Go back to South Africa
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8. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
1 entry . 4 cheers5,506 people -
9. Learn to weld
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10. Swim more
2 cheers338 people -
11. buy art
1 cheer100 people -
12. learn to ride a motorcycle
4 cheers1,663 people -
13. Worry less.
1 entry . 4 cheers4,543 people -
14. get married
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15. see The Colbert Report live
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16. buy a wood lathe
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17. buy an iPod and learn to hack it
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18. learn to ballroom dance
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19. go to Hawaii
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20. Visit every Canadian Province and Territory
5 entries . 2 cheers18 people -
21. Go on a tropical vacation
1 cheer21 people -
22. fight
1 entry . 1 cheer166 people -
23. send more snail mail
1 cheer113 people -
24. Buy a House
1 cheer12,548 people -
25. print and bind my online journal
2 entries . 1 cheer2 people -
26. Move back to Ontario
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27. live on the east coast
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28. participate as an artisan in the One Of A Kind Show
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29. survive this deployment
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30. move to the west coast
1 entry45 people
How I did it
It made me
proud of myself. 
How I did it: The ultimate act of taking control of my life was moving out of my mother's home. Consequently, I moved to a province where I literally knew a single person, my partner. Building your life from its foundations is exhilarating, terrifying, romantic, impractical, and myriad other things. It's a crash course in life, that's for sure. Read how I did it…
It made me
feel truly loved.
How I did it: Much cajoling, hinting, innuendo, teasing... etc. We used the occasion of his imminent departure (to another province for an indeterminate period of time) to celebrate with sex. She and I have an emotional history, he and I have a deep and passionate Love, the three of us now have one hell of a story. Perhaps one day we'll have an encore... Read how I did it…
It made me
elated
How I did it: It was at the Mariposa Folk Festival. They were doing "studio sessions", which meant they were performing on the grass instead of the stage. before hand, everyone was mulling around. Me and my fellow festival-goer simply approached him and asked him for a photo and a signature. He was the awkward one. I had invested too much emotionall into his music to be reserved. My friend told me that I was his biggest fan. I admitted the fact, and to… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Survive
5 months ago
I will.
We will.
With open communication, and endless understanding, we can do this.
considering completion...
5 months ago
I was actually going to say I completed this goal. I don’t really feel like I worry much anymore. I’m very confident in my emotional relationship. We have a spectacular physical one, too. I have a good life. I really have nothing to worry about.
... right now…
End September, Michael is being deployed to Afghanistan. Perhaps I’ll keep this goal up a little while longer to see if, once he’s back home, I’ve kept this cool demeanor.
Cross fingers. That’s my heart going off to war.
