I spent part of the summer volunteering at a wildlife rehabilitation center, which mostly takes care of birds. There I learned more about identifying common birds in my area: mockingbirds, house- and goldfinches, cliff and barn swallows… It was a lot of fun! I recommend doing something like this if you want to learn more about birds and their differences.
hanikac's Life List
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1. Learn Japanese
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2. get into UC Davis
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3. go to an incubus concert
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4. write more poetry
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5. Win a Blue Ribbon on a Horse
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6. Practice trumpet more
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7. go to the San Diego zoo
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8. get a cool first job
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9. play Kingdom Hearts 3 on PS2
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10. learn Korean
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11. work out regularly
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12. do a workshop at Cheong Pyeong
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13. get more comfortable with cooking
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14. get more comfortable with driving
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15. study ethology
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16. study astronomy
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17. reread my textbooks
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18. figure out a rough life plan
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19. learn how to hold a conversation and be comfortable with it
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20. not be afraid of eye contact
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21. tone my arms
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22. learn to skateboard
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23. Learn German
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24. learn to identify birds
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25. Have more self discipline
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26. ignore pointlessly sexist expectations
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27. Apply to colleges and scholarships on time
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28. beat all my video games
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29. learn more about cars
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30. study physics
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31. get a biology degree
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32. visit europe
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33. Learn more about plants
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34. try being vegan
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35. finish reading my books
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36. see the aurora borealis
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37. trail ride all the nice countryside of the USA
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38. take more VU classes
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39. graduate college
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40. go to grad school
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41. finish cross stitch projects
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I finished Pimsleur German 1 and 2. They were GREAT! Now I’m taking Conversational German I at my community college and it’s started a bit slow but I’m glad I have something that kind of forces me to keep studying. I haven’t been using my other books or software much lately, but they do seem good; I just wish I could figure out a structured way of using them in addition to my classes.
At this point, I can understand a good amount of what I read and hear, but I’m still not confident speaking much. I think my accent is getting better, though.
Hehe, actually I quite like my arms; I’ve been thinking of writing a poem about them. But now I’ve been doing some exercises with one of those giant rubber bands and they seem to be working the right muscles. I hope I get some results by the middle of summer.
