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Stuart Gilbert

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I'm doing 37 things
  

Stuart Gilbert's Life List

  2. 1. Clear out the clutter in my spare room
    3 entries . 4 cheers     		1 person
  3. 2. pay off my credit card
    2 entries     		1,514 people
  4. 3. be able to do all 75 of Esquire's "Things Men Should Be Able to Do" list
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		1 person
  5. 4. Learn to drive a manual car and pass my driving test in the UK.
    6 entries . 10 cheers     		8 people
  6. 5. learn to walk on my hands
    2 entries . 14 cheers     		58 people
  7. 6. Eat everything on BBC's '50 things to eat before you die' list
    18 entries . 22 cheers     		48 people
  8. 7. watch all movies on AFI's 100 Best movies list
    43 entries . 13 cheers     		413 people
  9. 8. Watch Film 4's 50 films to see before you die
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		11 people
  10. 9. Watch the top 250 movies on the Internet Movie Database
    21 entries . 13 cheers     		451 people
  11. 10. listen to all Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums
    60 entries . 12 cheers     		9 people
  12. 11. Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
    4 entries . 16 cheers     		559 people
  13. 12. Write a movie script
    2 entries . 16 cheers     		382 people
  14. 13. send a message in a bottle and get a reply
    2 entries . 32 cheers     		31 people
  15. 14. find a message in a bottle
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		249 people
  16. 15. sleep with japanese twins
    2 entries . 20 cheers     		27 people
  17. 16. save someone's life
    2 entries . 12 cheers     		987 people
  18. 17. join the Mile High Club
    1 entry . 11 cheers     		903 people
  19. 18. see the aurora borealis
    18 cheers     		1,766 people
  20. 19. shoot a gun
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		350 people
  21. 20. learn how to shuffle cards
    1 entry . 13 cheers     		51 people
  22. 21. bungee jump
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		3,437 people
  23. 22. learn to snowboard
    10 cheers     		2,451 people
  24. 23. get rid of all my clutter
    4 entries . 14 cheers     		1,142 people
  25. 24. light a fire using only sticks
    2 entries . 12 cheers     		20 people
  26. 25. find a midnight train to Georgia and leave on it
    1 entry . 22 cheers     		4 people
  27. 26. save some throw-away money to play the stock market with
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		2 people
  28. 27. learn to read music
    6 cheers     		678 people
  29. 28. learn how to crack a safe
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		2 people
  30. 29. learn to spin a pen
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		55 people
  31. 30. break 200 in bowling
    6 entries . 3 cheers     		6 people
  32. 31. generate hydrogen through electrolysis for some purpose or other
    1 entry     		1 person
  33. 32. take a vow of silence
    2 cheers     		152 people
  34. 33. make a citizen's arrest!
    6 cheers     		14 people
  35. 34. jet ski
    2 cheers     		70 people
  36. 35. run with the bulls in Pamplona
    		292 people
  37. 36. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
    1 entry     		18,607 people
  38. 37. Release 99 red balloons
    1 entry     		13 people

How I did it
How to learn first aid
It took me
1 day
It made me
Happy happy!

How I did it: My company asked for a couple of people to be first aiders, and so I volunteered straight away.I got sent on a 1 day basic course with the St. John Ambulance folks. Read how I did it…

Oct 19, 07:10AM PDT | 0 comments


How to plant a garden
It took me
2 months
It made me
Super happy

How I did it: I planted a few plants in pots in the spare room and spent a considerable amount of time digging two squares out of the garden to be used as vegetable patches.I planted potatoes in one and they've now sprouted. I've got plenty of other things to be growing in the other patch, and I'm looking forward to it all growing and being eaten! Read how I did it…

Apr 20, 03:52AM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to build a trebuchet
It took me
3 days
It made me
jump and laugh.

How I did it: Dave and I bought some wood and some tools from B&Q one day.We assembled a frame based almost entirely on guess-work. We changed a few things around when we realised how wrong we were, then we left it for a few weeks.When we finally got back to working on it we bought some cement and set it in an upturned CD spindle case with a closed hook sticking out. This turned out not to be weighty enough, so we bought some big bolts and stuck tw… Read how I did it…

Apr 16, 04:15AM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


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Recent entries
go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
Got one semi-planned 1 week ago

A friend of mine is supposed to be coming to visit in December, and rather than sit around my house we’ve had the idea to just drive somewhere.

From here in the midlands in the UK it should really be possible to get to a huge number of places in the 3-5 days we’ll have.

I’d like to go to at least one place out of the country, even if it’s just France or Ireland for a while, but we’ll see where the roads take us. :D

Nov 08, 07:16AM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments


pay off my credit card (read all 2 entries…)
Bigger problems 1 week ago

I have paid off the credit card I had when I first set this goal, but since then a new one was opened for purchasing some furniture on.

Since this happened my ex-girlfriend and I split up. So I bought her out of the house. This means that I now have a loan, the credit card, all the bills, and the mortgage to pay each month.

I still plan on getting rid of the credit card, but there’s £650 on it at the moment, and I’ve got solicitor fees to pay to switch the name on the mortgage, etc.

My financial life is complicated at the moment, but I will be trying to do as much as possible to make it easier for myself.

The completion of this goal would be a good start.

Nov 08, 03:42AM PST | 0 comments


Learn to drive a manual car and pass my driving test in the UK. (read all 6 entries…)
Here we go again 2 weeks ago

I decided to make a move on this again. My theory has expired since I passed it over 2 years ago.

I remember saying that if it took me more than 2 years then I would just give up forever, but that’s ridiculous.

I updated the DVLA to let them know my new address so I can get a new provisional with the paper counterpart. Then I booked myself in for a theory test on December 15th.

I don’t think it should pose too much of a problem since I managed it before with only minimal practice, but I think I’ll put in a bit more effort this time.

I think it’s really time to get this goal off my list once and for all!

Nov 04, 05:56AM PST | 0 comments


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