Well, I haven’t actually done it myself but I did manage to go visit a glass blowing studio, so I guess that almost counts. It looks absolutely fascinating. Maybe someday, after I retire and win the lottery, I could afford to buy blast furnaces and all the huge machinery that seems necessary for this craft . . .
ins0ma's Life List
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1. Get my driver's license
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2. Take a romantic, spur of the moment vacation overseas for a few days
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3. Save $10,000 next year
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4. Play the Stock Market
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5. maintain a fitness regimen
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6. Go to Costa Rica
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7. find a hobby
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8. Learn how to blow glass
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9. create small pieces of art, and leave them for people to find
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10. Have a political satire article published in Rolling Stone magazine
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11. Compile a worldwide list of good restaurants I've been to
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12. Find a specific piece of art to buy the next time I'm in Japan . . .
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So I broke down and bought a new camera while I was in Japan a few months back, and have since taken thousands of pictures and reinvigorated my interest in the hobby. Unfortunately, I bought an external HD to store all of these glorious 10 mp images, and then lost it, but hey, I’m having fun anyway, and happily I’d already uploaded many of my favorite shots to Flickr.
I’m going on a cruise to the Bahamas for 4 days. The downside is that I have to work, but hopefully not so much that I won’t be able to enjoy the trip. I’ve never been on a cruise before, and in truth I don’t think I’d ever go unless I was being paid for it, but it should be interesting at least. It’ll be nice to get away from the cold and dreary grey skies everyday here . . .


