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Stuart Gilbert

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I'm doing 36 things
  

Stuart Gilbert's Life List

  2. 1. pay off my credit card
    6 entries . 6 cheers     		1,541 people
  3. 2. Gather all of my documents and media onto one computer (and back it up regularly)
    1 entry     		1 person
  4. 3. be able to do all 75 of Esquire's "Things Men Should Be Able to Do" list
    1 entry . 14 cheers     		1 person
  5. 4. learn to walk on my hands
    2 entries . 13 cheers     		69 people
  6. 5. Eat everything on BBC's '50 things to eat before you die' list
    21 entries . 20 cheers     		47 people
  7. 6. watch all movies on AFI's 100 Best movies list
    45 entries . 12 cheers     		444 people
  8. 7. Watch Film 4's 50 films to see before you die
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		17 people
  9. 8. Watch the top 250 movies on the Internet Movie Database
    22 entries . 12 cheers     		461 people
  10. 9. Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
    11 entries . 14 cheers     		591 people
  11. 10. Write a movie script
    2 entries . 14 cheers     		402 people
  12. 11. send a message in a bottle and get a reply
    3 entries . 30 cheers     		31 people
  13. 12. find a message in a bottle
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		248 people
  14. 13. sleep with japanese twins
    2 entries . 21 cheers     		25 people
  15. 14. save someone's life
    2 entries . 11 cheers     		1,105 people
  16. 15. join the Mile High Club
    1 entry . 11 cheers     		937 people
  17. 16. see the aurora borealis
    16 cheers     		2,004 people
  18. 17. shoot a gun
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		413 people
  19. 18. learn how to shuffle cards
    1 entry . 13 cheers     		56 people
  20. 19. bungee jump
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		3,908 people
  21. 20. get rid of all my clutter
    5 entries . 12 cheers     		1,133 people
  22. 21. light a fire using only sticks
    2 entries . 12 cheers     		23 people
  23. 22. find a midnight train to Georgia and leave on it
    1 entry . 19 cheers     		3 people
  24. 23. save some throw-away money to play the stock market with
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		2 people
  25. 24. learn to read music
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		728 people
  26. 25. learn how to crack a safe
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		2 people
  27. 26. break 200 in bowling
    6 entries . 2 cheers     		8 people
  28. 27. generate hydrogen through electrolysis for some purpose or other
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		3 people
  29. 28. take a vow of silence
    1 cheer     		192 people
  30. 29. make a citizen's arrest!
    7 cheers     		15 people
  31. 30. jet ski
    1 cheer     		89 people
  32. 31. run with the bulls in Pamplona
    1 cheer     		345 people
  33. 32. When someone asks me what superpower I'd like, say "The power to make you interesting."
    1 cheer     		2 people
  34. 33. Release 99 red balloons
    3 entries . 1 cheer     		18 people
  35. 34. win a pub quiz
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		20 people
  36. 35. Learn to drive a manual car and pass my driving test in the UK.
    7 entries . 8 cheers     		7 people
  37. 36. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
    1 entry     		21,235 people

How I did it
How to listen to NME's top 100 albums of last decade
It took me
1 month
It made me
happy

How I did it: I found that most of the albums are on Spotify, and the few that aren't are available on Grooveshark. Much easier than Rolling Stone's top 500 of all time to get hold of. Read how I did it…

Dec 06, 2010, 08:49AM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to listen to all Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums
It took me
4 years
It made me
Happy and unhappy

How I did it: Holy crap, I can't believe it's over!I started out with this goal around about 4 years ago. I mostly listened to albums that I'd got from various sources because I'd only heard something like 13 of them when I began.Earlier this year I realised that a program called Spotify gave me access to a huge number of the albums. When I'd exhausted the ones on Spotify I moved on to a site called Grooveshark to get the last ones.I got stuck on one f… Read how I did it…

Nov 04, 2010, 09:05AM PDT | 0 comments | 3 cheers


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, 2009, 07:10AM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


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Recent entries
Gather all of my documents and media onto one computer (and back it up regularly)
Getting started

I have an old computer from years ago with 2 200GB hard drives in it. I’m fairly certain I’ve only got one operating system on there, so it should be quite simple to get the data off using the hard drive enclosure I ordered last night.

I have a couple of other hard drives around the house (I think) that might have old data on them, so I’ll try to find those.

I’ve got an old laptop with Windows and Linux installed on it, so that’s another couple of partitions I’ve got to look at.

I’ve also got my newest laptop and the iMac that Cheryl and I bought the other day. I think the iMac is going to be the place I have it all collected, but maybe the laptop will get a copy too.

Not sure about the backup method at the moment, but the iMac has a bunch of good options, so I think that’ll be easy a bit later down the line. :)

Jan 15, 02:46AM PST | 0 comments


Learn to drive a manual car and pass my driving test in the UK. (read all 7 entries…)
Haha, not likely now

I’ve moved to London and my theory test has expired again. To learn to drive would require passing it a third time. There’s very little need for a car in London though, and a parking space in my building costs £25k, so there’s not much chance of me being interested for the next few years.

Jan 14, 11:38AM PST | 0 comments


Eat everything on BBC's '50 things to eat before you die' list (read all 21 entries…)
44/50 - Reindeer

This should really be number 43 as I had it quite a while ago. I saw some sliced reindeer (sounds weird to say that) in the Ikea food store when I went there with Cheryl and I had it in some delicious sandwiches at work.

Nice, but not exactly common around here so I probably won’t be having it again for a while.

Jan 14, 10:44AM PST | 0 comments


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I want to:

The world wants to...

find the symbol for my next tattoo pass biology fall in love again createkg wants to Lose 30 pounds be more patient Share a night under the stars Lose Weight and Get Healthy Run around town in a bear suit learn to play bass guitar visit every MLB stadium write music watch the IMDB.com Top 100 movies play the game halo online make a free layout for my imvu home page Lolly wants to get rid of things I don't need financial independence Appreciate people for who they are lose 20 lbs Read every Far Side Comic Strip stop procrastinating hotwire a car lose weight meditate daily be more outgoing celebrate my benign schizophrenia Buy a House Clean out my closet.
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