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ioet's Life List

  2. 1. recover from Bell's Palsy
    3 entries . 16 cheers     		5 people
  3. 2. speak, read, and write Japanese fluently
    3 cheers     		141 people
  4. 3. learn Russian
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		2,441 people
  5. 4. be culturally literate
    1 entry     		1 person
  6. 5. stop biting my gums
    1 cheer     		3 people
  7. 6. attend a major ice skating competition
    		1 person
  8. 7. stop worrying
    4 cheers     		2,023 people
  9. 8. write
    2 cheers     		1,367 people
  10. 9. study abroad
    1 cheer     		2,369 people
  11. 10. Be more approachable
    3 cheers     		107 people
  12. 11. see the pyramids
    3 cheers     		947 people
  13. 12. cut myself some slack
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		6 people
  14. 13. Improve my posture
    		2,659 people
  15. 14. learn Arabic
    1 cheer     		2,110 people
  16. 15. study Egyptology
    1 cheer     		20 people
  17. 16. Be able to read people
    3 cheers     		8 people
  18. 17. live life on my own terms
    4 cheers     		13 people
  19. 18. become better at small-talk
    2 cheers     		2,014 people
  20. 19. eat a real truffle
    3 cheers     		17 people
  21. 20. make more prank phone calls
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		14 people
  22. 21. take a course on psychology
    		1 person
  23. 22. learn about the brain
    2 cheers     		2 people
  24. 23. study dreams
    2 cheers     		3 people
  25. 24. exercise more
    1 cheer     		5,135 people
  26. 25. walk with confidence
    2 cheers     		9 people
  27. 26. study a Scandinavian language
    1 cheer     		1 person
  28. 27. sing better
    1 cheer     		407 people
  29. 28. figure out what i want to do with my life
    3 cheers     		3,557 people
  30. 29. read all of Shakespeare's plays
    1 cheer     		141 people
  31. 30. practice languages with people without embarrassment
    3 cheers     		1 person
  32. 31. take an astronomy class
    1 cheer     		13 people
  33. 32. do something different
    1 cheer     		33 people
  34. 33. find love
    3 cheers     		1,946 people
  35. 34. get absorbed in what I love
    3 cheers     		1 person
  36. 35. glow inside
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		6 people
  37. 36. live
    1 cheer     		1,883 people
  38. 37. own a wardrobe of Anthropologie clothing
    		13 people
  39. 38. go to the ballet
    		46 people
  40. 39. travel across the US by train
    1 cheer     		11 people
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be culturally literate
woot! 2 years ago

I’ve noticed that many books from the early 1900s and earlier expect readers to not only understand tons of random Greek/Roman/historical/Biblical references, but also French, German, and Latin… It’s crazy nowadays, but back then it seems that that was just what being educated was.

So yeah, I’m reading this book right now (PARADE’S END by Ford Madox Ford) that has references in nearly every paragraph to something I have no idea about. I want to understand all that! It felt so awesome just to be able to identify something that was from a Milton poem. Wouldn’t it be nice to understand more than 25% of all those references? :)

When I can read another book like this and thoroughly understand all (or most of) those allusions, I’ll have accomplished this goal.

May 06, 2007, 04:36PM PDT | 0 comments


learn how to roll my Rs
woot! 2 years ago

I am SO happy I can do this now! It’s amazing. It took me years and years but I’ve finally gotten the trick of it – when I first made the sound, I was reading something in Japanese (out of all languages!) and I stopped and thought… “Wait…......” and then I managed to make it again, and again, and now I can do it almost whenever I want :) I can’t imagine a time I ever could NOT roll my r’s!

Jan 12, 2007, 04:42PM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments


recover from Bell's Palsy (read all 3 entries…)
On and on and... 3 years ago

STILL no change. I am such a mess!

At least I’m vaguely used to it by now…

May 11, 2006, 08:38PM PDT | 2 cheers | 9 comments


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design clothes Oryx wants to read a book a week Be a better friend read at least one book a week be financially free Become a model sing in a nightclub Learn to play the piano get laser eye surgery become a father List ways I can be more green. open a restaurant read all of Jane Austen's novels Learn to read Binary Get better at tennis somethingbetter wants to Write more exercise Be more sociable Deal better with ADHD finish my degree stop biting my fingernails create my own advice column Get a tattoo Travle the world J B wants to identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money) Learn how to do capoeira stop stressing skinny dip
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