I'm doing 42 things
18 -- Magic Pudding
5 days ago
This is a child’s book, but it was long and apparently a classic of children’s literature. Maybe you need to be a child to enjoy?
hollyiswhere's Life List
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1. read 25 books in 2009
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2. pay off the wedding
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3. Create social history site
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4. Explore Career Options
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5. update my website
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6. Use up my yoga pass
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7. go to japan
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8. Walk the Camino de Santiago
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9. Take another creative writing class
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10. Send in my story query
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11. Become a Certified Professional Editor (CPE)
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12. teach my dog to do agility
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13. teach a class
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14. do a kayak trip
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15. host a mojito and wii party
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16. send a letter in a bottle
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17. sing in a choir
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18. win a writing contest
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19. meditate
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20. learn to kayak
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21. row a dragon boat
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22. master the tango
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23. learn to take better photographs
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24. Be a better blogger
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25. Work for the London Olympic Games
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26. be a mother
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27. Hike the West Coast Trail
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28. ride in a hot-air balloon
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29. go to vegas
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30. finish reading all 100 of The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels
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31. observe Lent
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32. Win the Nobel Prize for Literature
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33. write in my journal daily for a year
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34. go on a silent retreat
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35. learn CPR and First Aid
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36. improve my handwriting
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37. Go back to Tai-Chi classes.
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38. Try Stand Up Comedy
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39. watch a TED video every day
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40. Watch 50 movies on my list by Dec 2010
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41. attend an international book fair
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42. Attend at least one networking event a month
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How I did it
It made me
worldy 
How I did it: I took the train to Amsterdam from Hannover. I left late at night and got in in the morning, just in time for breakfast. It was autumn andd the city was lovely -- cool, the leaves were falling. I loved the bicycles (with a guard to protect your pants) and the pedestrian friendly streets. I went to the red light district (as you do) at night and in the morning and it really got me thinking of the problem of prostitution in North America. I… Read how I did it…
It made me
myself again
How I did it: This is what I wrote THEN. I don't think I'd recognize the boy in question now (and doesn't that say alot?)He dumped me, he dumped me, he really really dumped me. It’s July 20 and my boyfriend, the one I am, rather was, convinced would be with me forever has said goodbye. We had a fight over talk shows, Jerry Springer to be exact. He said that Mr. Springer should be banned, it corrupted children. At this point the talk show was only on at… Read how I did it…
It made me
refreshed
How I did it: I walked down to the beach and dove in.I've also swum in the Pacific in Hawaii and Australia. It's a great big happy ocean full of life and blue and fish. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
17- The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
2 weeks ago
This was the story of the first real life Victorian detective, what Sherlock Holmes et al was based on. I hoped it would be more fictionalized—rather than all the facts of the first popular case talked about again and again…
Interesting
2 weeks ago
At the beginning of the year I bought a yoga pass for 20 sessions of hot yoga. I had done hot yoga before at this studio (not Bikram’s) and enjoyed it for three days in my week pass.
I thought using up 20 sessions would be a cinch.
It’s now almost November and I have 19 sessions left! So this morning I woke up early (not for yoga) and am going to go over for the 8 am class…Then I’ll only have 18 left to use in the few weeks that remain of the year.
