I'm doing 38 things
mien /min/ Show Spelled Pronunciation
Use mien in a Sentence
–noun
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.: a man of noble mien.
Origin:
1505–15; prob. aph. var. of obs. demean bearing, demean 2 ; spelled with ie to distinguish it from mean 2
girl_underground's Life List
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1. save $3000.00
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2. be as ironical, snarky, and fabulous as Oscar Wilde
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3. get into Middlebury summer program for Russian
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4. work on my Russian 1 hour a day
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5. spend less
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6. stop procrastinating
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7. take out my contacts every night before going to sleep
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8. get all A's and B's my Freshman year at UPenn
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9. (my word of the day)
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10. travel to Russia
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11. stop being paranoid
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12. be a published author
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13. go hiking
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14. get a bike
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15. own 100 hats
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16. write every day
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17. keep a regular diary
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18. go to the Renaissance Faire
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19. drink absinthe
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20. learn to drive
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21. declare a major
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22. write an illuminated manuscript
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23. read everything written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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24. read everything written by Angela Carter
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25. read everything written by William Shakespeare
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26. learn to quilt
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27. backpack through Europe
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28. get my PhD
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29. go to a nude beach
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30. become a better baker / cook
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31. teach for a living
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32. fight a duel for my honor
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33. stop caring what people think of me
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34. to live instead of exist
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35. get a passport
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36. learn to draw proficiently
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37. have clear skin
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38. See Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland
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How I did it
It made me
happy 
How I did it: I'm a work study student, but even after to applying to around 2 dozen jobs with a legit resume and customized cover letter I was getting no response. Finally I found a job that was actually in my area of interest (teaching), and thank goodness I got it. Read how I did it…
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de⋅noue⋅ment /ˌdeɪnuˈmɑ̃/ Show Spelled Pronunciation
Use denouement in a Sentence
–noun
1. the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.
2. the place in the plot at which this occurs.
3. the outcome or resolution of a doubtful series of occurrences.
Also, dé⋅noue⋅ment.
Origin:
1745–55; < F: lit., an untying, equiv. to dénouer to untie, OF desnoer (des- de- + noer to knot < L nōdāre, deriv. of nōdus knot) + -ment -ment
I will finish Crime and Punishment. It was slow in the beginning but I’m really intensely into it now. I <3 Raskolnikov.
