gmperkins

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gmperkins's Life List

  1. 1. write an article for a newspaper
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    20 people
  2. 2. go skydiving
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    6,573 people
  3. 3. Learn to play the piano
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    7,453 people
  4. 4. Learn sign language
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    7,682 people
  5. 5. Be in a movie
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    1,514 people
  6. 6. Earn a Bachelor's degree
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    44 people
  7. 7. learn to quilt
    301 people
  8. 8. participate in the "Running of the Bulls"
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    4 people
  9. 9. bunjee jump
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    184 people
  10. 10. Kiss a complete stranger
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    20 people
  11. 11. fly in a hot-air balloon
    18 people
  12. 12. be completely comfortable in my own skin
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    3 people
  13. 13. Swim in the Dead Sea
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    161 people
  14. 14. Be on a game show
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    182 people
  15. 15. attend services for 10 religions
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    1 person
  16. 16. Visit a nudist colony
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    68 people
  17. 17. Be debt-free
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    135 people
  18. 18. read the religious texts of 5 religions
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    1 person
  19. 19. participate in a protest
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    335 people
  20. 20. Visit all 50 states and make a "state sign" photo album
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    2 people
  21. 21. Climb a well-known mountain
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    1 person
  22. 22. Celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem
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    1 person
  23. 23. Make a pilgrimage
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    25 people
  24. 24. get arrested
    95 people
  25. 25. donate hair to "Locks of Love"
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    879 people
  26. 26. serve as a missionary
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    2 people
  27. 27. spend a night in jail
    18 people
  28. 28. see the olympics in person
    14 people
  29. 29. own a pet pig
    25 people
  30. 30. Meet Paris Hilton
    91 people
  31. 31. run for public office
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    214 people
  32. 32. Visit 50 countries
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    13 people
  33. 33. Visit 6 of the 7 continents
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    12 people
  34. 34. Meet a U.S. President
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    8 people
  35. 35. see the northern lights
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    16,903 people
  36. 36. go on a cruise
    4,105 people
  37. 37. go on a safari
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    732 people
  38. 38. Read the whole Bible
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    716 people
  39. 39. go backpacking through Europe
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    121 people
  40. 40. Be fluent in at least 4 languages
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    4 people
  41. 41. scuba dive
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    2,190 people
  42. 42. Celebrate New Year's Eve in Times Square
    94 people

How I did it
How to audition for American Idol
It took me
8 years
It made me
kinda disappointed


How to send/receive 50 postcards from postcrossing
It took me
6 months
It made me
anxious to travel!


How to see a Broadway musical, on Broadway
It took me
22 years
It made me
happy


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Recent entries
Go whitewater rafting (read all 2 entries…)
back for round 2! 4 months ago

So, after being disappointed the first time I went rafting, I decided to give it another try. I went with the college group at my church again, though it was mostly different people from last year. I’m so glad I went because the rapids were SO much better this time around! the weather was way less hot, so that was a good thing; no sunburn this year! We didn’t swim at all this year, but that was ok because there were very few times when we weren’t in a rapid or preparing for the next one. I think everyone had a really good time! :)



Visit all 50 states and make a "state sign" photo album
so far... 5 months ago

So, I don’t have any state sign photos, but I’ve been to the following states (not counting states driven through or airport-only):

Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Nevada
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
Texas
Illinois
Georgia
Florida
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts

so, 17/50. gosh, I thought it was more!



Audition for American Idol
worth it? 5 months ago

the worth it I put on this goal is only given with reservation; I definitely did not feel the exclamation mark after it. While I guess I should say that all the trouble I went through (9 hours roundtrip from NYC, several hours on public transportation, standing in the rain with no umbrella for 3+ hours, waiting “inside” an uninclosed stadium in the off-and-on rain for 4 hours, and the list goes on) should make me say it wasn’t worth it, since I didn’t even get to see the judges OR even Ryan Seacrest. Despite all that, though, I’m still at least a little glad to be able to say that I did it. I mean, this is a major part of today’s pop culture and to be able to say that I participated, even minorly, in it is fun. AND, I’ll probably try again next year now that I know a little more about the process.



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