i pretty much stopped taking and developing pictures when my amazingly brilliant photography teacher died from brain tumors. first it just wasnt as fun, then i drifted and it became painful and i started losing knowledge of the technical aspects.. plus i didnt have a dark room accessible. i miss being passionate about something i was good at
grrpsha's Life List
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1. stop procrastinating
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2. weigh 130 pounds
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3. learn sign language
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4. exercise regularly
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5. train animals
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6. go to africa
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7. travel through Europe
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8. learn to fix a corrupt hard drive
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9. buy a car
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10. get rid of my stretch marks
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11. learn javascript
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12. Let go of the past
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13. stop obsessing
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14. go to romania
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15. stop wasting time
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16. Swim with dolphins
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17. learn to bartend
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18. fly an airplane
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19. get a teaching liscense
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20. keep up with thank you notes
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21. love my body
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22. finish college
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23. take my medicine everyday
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24. publish my book
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How I did it: I moved! It is the perfect excuse to go through things and organize them or get rid of the old stuff. I did some initial cleaning and organizing when I packed up my things, and I did a lot more while unpacking. The 40 boxes I started with turned into only 35 I had to move, and after the move I had about 10 boxes worth of things to give away! Read how I did it…
How I did it: This was much easier than I expected it to be! I used the exercises available at sparkpeople to find some simple exercises I could do in my spare time. I really focuses on triceps to reduce the "byebye" arms I hated so much. I found a dozen or so exercises and tried to do 2 or 3 every day or every other day. Even an extremely minimal effort on my part really started to show results in just 2 weeks. That initial result was so encouraging! … Read how I did it…
How I did it: I managed to move out of my parents' house in two steps. My first step was to become a live-in nanny. It started with moving in with my aunt a state away from my parents. A few months later I moved in with my nanny family and I was able to slowly integrate taking on all my new responsibilities. My long term boyfriend moved to the state I was a nanny in and we got an apartment together. Having that in-between step of living somewhere witho… Read how I did it…
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i have marks all over my calves and thighs.. although the ones on my lower back have faded, the others havent for years now and im terribly sick of them. apparently i dont put enough cocoa butter on them…
i want to be like ralph helfer and train lions and tigers and elephants and stunt double with them in movies.. but train them to be safe around people/kids/life.. affection training—not edible rewards or repremands.. it works i swear

