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funnyvalentine

In LOVE with Stockholm and her WONDERFUL far-too-gorgeous boyfriend!!!



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  2. 1. Create my own Podcasts
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  3. 2. Write a Cirque du Soleil-ish something, and then produce it myself!
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  4. 3. Make my own Halloween costume. Something weird, like a window or a lamp or a cricket. The creature, not the game, though that might be fun, too...
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  5. 4. get a see-through umbrella that is shaped more like a half circle than a regular umbrella shape
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  6. 5. Apply to work in Antarctica for at least 6 months
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  7. 6. Finish reading Science and Health
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  8. 7. Get a captioning job
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  9. 8. take a music course/write a good song
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  10. 9. go on an archaeological dig
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  11. 10. audition for Cirque Du Soleil
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  12. 11. sew a basic quilt
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  13. 12. Forsake it all to gain it all...
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  14. 13. Travel around the world for an entire year
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  15. 14. Work at a job that I absolutely LOVE
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  16. 15. Learn all of the native languages of all of the players of the Colorado Avalanche from the teams from the years 1996-2006...and improve myself by absorbing the strengths of the cultures I visit/live with!
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  17. 16. Get my ESL teaching certificate
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  18. 17. Have that transformative private school experience, like in the movies (Dead Poets'Society, Finding Forrester, etc., etc.,etc.)
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  19. 18. Go on a road trip with friends across the USA
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  20. 19. Paint something art-ish onto a piece of furniture. Something "too much," something "cottage style." Something copied from a masterwork, like the lady in the shell.
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  21. 20. take a "museumology" course
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  22. 21. learn to whistle
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  23. 22. Love myself completely, accept my mistakes, settle into myself. Relax, feel beautiful. The whole bit.
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  24. 23. Take a "paddan boat" tour of Gothenburg
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  25. 24. This is not an actual goal...this is fermentation
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  26. 25. Fill up my passport with stamps
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  27. 26. Read one novel per week written in the magical realism style...
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  28. 27. Send a postcard to Postsecret
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  29. 28. get a bachelor's degree
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  30. 29. go to Heaven
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  31. 30. Spend at least one hour per day on each of my creative passions for one month
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  32. 31. Complete the C25K running program
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  33. 32. start a body book
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  34. 33. Become a fun-coach! Make incredible money from it!
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  35. 34. Have something published in a newspaper or magazine.
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  36. 35. Study abroad (squared)
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  37. 36. Organize my diaries; write a memoir
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  38. 37. make pasta from scratch
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  39. 38. Participate in the hospital holiday card project...or start one of my own!!
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  40. 39. think of at least ten things I would do if I knew I could not fail.
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  41. 40. Complete "The Vein of Gold" by Julia Cameron
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  42. 41. restore my eyesight naturally
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  43. 42. become a tour guide
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  44. 43. Get my eating disorder under control permanently
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How I did it
How to be outdoorsy
It took me
26 years
It made me
Serene/centered

How I did it: I used to hate being outdoors for very long (what with the bugs, the cold/extreme heat...etc. etc. etc.) but then I got some walking sticks for free from a friend of mine.  The walking sticks phenomenon has not hit the USA yet, as far as I know...but they are HUGELY popular here in Sweden.  They give you something to do with your hands while walking, and they let you go a lot faster, so that you don't get that bored/panicky feel… Read how I did it…

Jun 21, 09:34AM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to be a foster pet-parent of some sort
It took me
1 day
It made me
Happy and useful

How I did it: I was out the other day and I ran into a place selling frogs.  One of the frogs had been injured, and, when the person selling frogs asked if I might be willing to foster/adopt a sick frog and take care of it...I said yes!  And they gave me a ton of stuff for free!!...I got the frog for free, as well as her terrarium, some crickets, dirt, a water dish, and an old hollowed-out log for her to hide in.  It's been a fantastic e… Read how I did it…

Dec 29, 04:33PM PST | 0 comments


How to write more
It took me
3 months
It made me
Serene and euphoric

How I did it: I am making writing into a daily practice.  I write every single day now...anywhere from 20 to 100+ minutes per day.  I do "morning pages" every day, and have for quite a few years.  I read about them in Julia  Cameron's "The Artist's Way".  Then I read books like "The Right to Write" and "Writing down the Bones"  and I make sure to complete at least one or two of the exercises every day.  In addition, I… Read how I did it…

Nov 05, 04:01PM PST | 2 comments | 13 cheers


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Recent entries
Study abroad (squared) (read all 2 entries…)
I want to move to Budapest... 4 months ago

...I might be moving there within the next couple of months. I have decided that I need a bigger city and a different culture for a while. The town I live in in Sweden is world-famous for two things: it is a UNESCO world heritage site, and it is very pro-Nazi. I am sick of the racism, and I have to get out of here ASAP.

Feb 11, 06:26AM PST | 0 comments


This is not an actual goal...this is fermentation (read all 44 entries…)
I took the 43things Quiz, and here are my results: 6 months ago

You are a Self-Knowing Healthy Self-Improver
0% of the 13132 people who have taken this quiz are like you.

Dec 29, 04:24PM PST | 0 comments


get a bachelor's degree (read all 3 entries…)
Wow, it's been a long time since I've written any entries... 9 months ago

I am working on my B.A. now, finally, after a little bit of a hiatus from college (7 years), during which time I did a bunch of other stuff…studied Swedish and became fluent in it, lived in Sweden (twice), visited France, Holland, Denmark, and spent a day in Germany…ran away to Mexico for a while with a boy, went skydiving twice (one tandem, one level-one semi-solo), spent Christmas skiing, got married way too young, got divorced way too young…joined a couple of choirs, got vocal lessons, wrote a ton, completed The Artist’s Way, cut off unhealthy contact with unhealthy people, worked at a bunch of different places…car rental place, two different interior design stores, as a translator, an interpreter, a factory worker, a bank teller, a salesperson at the mall, a baker, a canvasser, at a college and a massage school, at an Indian restaurant in Gothenburg and an Ice cream shop in Copenhagen where I was only paid in ice cream…ran out of money and had a bunch of my stuff stolen from me in Denmark, leading to about a month and a half living in a homeless shelter there until I could get back on my feet again, learned a few words in Czech, learned the Russian alphabet in script and print, learned the Arabic numerals (which are really Hindi), studied a bit about Islam, studied art, twice…studied theology and metaphysics, Christian Science and Calvinism…fell in love with the internet, developed the most amazing friendship of my life, lived with traveling carpet-selling gypsies from Kazakhstan, learned how to cook halal, spent a bunch of time in therapy, studied various forms of self-development (learned all about Scanners and Creatives and Knowledge-builder personality types…got my enneagram results done)...dated a lot, etc. etc. etc…

At any rate, now I am back in college, and I love it, much to my surprise…though it is really hard to keep all the balls in the air when I am studying so many freaking things at the same time.

Right now, I am studying Spanish IV, linguistics, and a full art degree all at once, in addition to being involved in a new group where I am hoping I will learn to live more healthfully.

WISH ME LUCK!!!

Sep 12, 09:44PM PDT | 1 cheer | 2 comments


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The world wants to...

learn to sew be on radio1 reguarly keep track of my period Mother Extroidinaire! wants to Learn Spanish kayak go to more concerts Start an NGO, which doesn't just take your money and throw it condescendingly at people, but actually does some good. see the aurora borealis See HIM again stay healthy Take more pictures learn to love myself Fall in love drink more water ain88 wants to Buy a House build a workshop Learn how to say 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch' Let go of the past make the guy i love love me back Eat better Make a CD of all HAPPY SONGS! Travel route 66 get married find a house jsherry wants to watch all of Spike Lee's films run more own a house buy a new car
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