ignignokt




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  1. 1. Remix a rap track in an inventive way that's still true to the song
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  2. 2. Sweep pick sixteenth notes in four-note arpeggios fluidly at 220 bpm
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  3. 3. Finally play the crazy fast riff (right before the verse) in Raining Blood cleanly after jillions of years of faking it
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  4. 4. Play all of the solos in Heartwork
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  5. 5. Find a way to make a living without working for other people
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  6. 6. Learn Inspectah Deck's verse from Triumph
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  7. 7. Learn the first verse of Kool G Rap's Fast Life
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  8. 8. Play the guitar solo from Tornado of Souls
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  9. 9. Write a book
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  10. 10. Finish a song at least once a month
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  11. 11. Be involved in the making of a movie
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  12. 12. draw a webcomic
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  13. 13. Build my poker bankroll up to $10,000
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  14. 14. Get work as a composer
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  15. 15. Animate a song using Flash
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  16. 16. Sing Last Caress while playing guitar at the same time
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  17. 17. Be able to defend myself with freestyling at a moment's notice
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  18. 18. Mix a song such that it seems as loud as a professionally mastered track yet is crisp, has a lot of dynamic range, and is free of clipping
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  19. 19. Understand the mechanics of drumming, particularly fills
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  20. 20. Get Bring the Noise down, be able to get through it without running out of breath
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  21. 21. own a hybrid car
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  22. 22. Jump three feet and ten inches off the ground without a running start
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  23. 23. Win a poker tournament with at least 40 players
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  24. 24. Create a board game
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learn hapkido
Untitled 23 months ago

I’ve since learned that standing joint locks are very much low percentage techniques. Not going to work. I’m learning joint locks in judo, and the key to their successful application is immobilization or at least stabilization of the rest of the body.



Learn Pa Kua
Blurbs about it sounded cool... 23 months ago

...but upon further research, I found that it’s not very useful, at least for fighting, is not trained with significant live resistance, and doesn’t seem very edifying even intrinsically.



Do 75 knuckle push-ups a day
Well, I did it a couple of times... 23 months ago

...so, you could say that I didn’t really complete this goal. I hit 80 a few times, and then as I got more into judo and other kinds of working out, I stopped doing daily push-ups entirely. This is a good test of will and a decent exercise if you’re not doing anything else, but at this point, it has little utility for me.



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