I'm doing 43 things
Oh my goodness.
3 months ago
I used to do this all the time. Sometimes even by myself.
Talk about crazy memories, man. Some of the most intense times of my life.
kindredspearmint's Life List
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1. be more interesting
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2. be more social
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3. be unforgettable
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4. build a huge music library
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5. change someone's life
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6. customize my sneakers
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7. design my own clothes
2,960 people -
8. do well in school
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9. dress the way I wish I dressed every day
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10. eat ethically
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11. get a college degree
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12. get a job
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13. get rid of all my clutter / organize
11 people -
14. get the classics (back) on my last.fm charts!
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15. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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16. grow my hair long
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17. have at least 100 listens for each of my top 50 bands on my last.fm
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18. have conversations late into the night with fascinating people
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19. have more energy
886 people -
20. have my last.fm better represent me
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21. identify 100 things that make me happy
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22. learn Tagalog
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23. learn to sew my own clothes!
1 entry384 people -
24. listen to more music more carefully
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25. make my own clothes
1 entry2,155 people -
26. make my own jewelry
1 entry148 people -
27. meet like minded people
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28. meet new people
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29. own a sweat shop
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30. read more
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31. say hello to strangers
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32. scrobble more
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33. spend more time with my dog
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34. take better care of myself
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35. watch a clockwork orange
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36. watch slc punk
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37. wear more dresses
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38. work on my last.fm account
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39. write more
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40. get over fear of roller coasters
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41. go on a roller coaster tour of america
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42. go to cedar point
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43. go to silverwood
3 people
Recent entries
Better than I expected!
3 months ago
I did this on my 5th and final ride on Looping Thunder, a very small coaster at Oaks Park. I had already made a point of riding in the very back, but I did not find that to be much different than any of the other seats. The front, however, was amazing! I’ve always heard that the back of coaster trains are the best for airtime, whereas the very front seats are simply the best for the excitement of being “first”. However, the airtime in the front of Looping Thunder was great! It was the scare factor that wasn’t any more impressive than any other seat. I had assumed that people were “competing” for the first seats on Looping Thunder because that’s a cool thing to do on any coaster, but in reality maybe they all knew those are the best seats on Looping Thunder specifically.
Now I need to try this on a “major” coaster – good thing plenty of parks always/almost always let you wait in line for the seats you want.
Amazing!
3 months ago
I remember Six Flags was one of many “cool” things when I was in grade school. I had never visited one until recently. (I did go to this park before Six Flags bought it, when it was Marine World AfricaUSA. It was great!)
I was troubled by all the negative reviews of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. I was pleasantly surprised to find that my experience was nothing like the reviews. Many, if not most, employees were friendly and enthusiastic, and contrastingly, no employees stood out in a negative way. The people who worked with the animals seemed very knowledgeable and caring – I think people have more of a problem with the fact that there are animals at the park, not with the way they are treated and housed, which seemed at least adequate to me. I took the technical difficulties on several rides as a sign of safety and good maintenance, rather than a lack thereof. Also, although there were ads here and there, the atmosphere did not seem too commercial or money-grabbing to me.
Anyway, I was amazed by my experience. My favorite rides were Medusa and Vertical Velocity. My second/third favorite was ROAR! The scariest was Kong. My least favorite was Tony Hawk’s Big Spin – a weird combo of scary and not-scary/tame. Cobra was very tame, but great for “practice”. I completely missed Boomerang Coast-to-Coaster – I saw no sign of it, strangely and sadly.
The next Six Flags park on my agenda is Magic Mountain! I can’t wait – too bad I have no idea when I can go!
