I'm doing 31 things
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legaljen's Life List
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1. Read the bible cover to cover
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2. Get out of debt
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3. Get SCUBA certified
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4. Drive in movie
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5. White water rafting
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6. Love sacrificially
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7. See all 50 states
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8. Sleep under the stars
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9. Skydiving
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10. Overcome a fear (see skydiving or karaoke)
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11. Dance in the rain
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12. Donate blood
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13. Go to a movie by myself
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14. Visit all 7 Continents
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15. Ride in a hot air balloon
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16. Be an extra in a movie
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17. See the northern lights
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18. Buy a house
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19. Get married
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20. Run a 1/2 marathon
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21. Go back to Paris and see the Musée d'Orsay
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22. See the Grand Canyon
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23. Learn spanish
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24. Be a mother
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25. See Australia and New Zealand
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26. Swim competatively again
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27. Karaoke
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28. Float the River Avon in a Narrowboat
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29. Watch at least 100 of IMDB's 250 top movies.
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30. Read the 10 Best Fiction Books from Tenbestbooks.com
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31. Go on a Treasure Hunt
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How I did it
It made me
a little annoyed... 
How I did it: My friend Sarah taught me how to knit and cast on. We went to a yarn store and picked out yarn. Next time I need to get a more forgiving type of yarn because while I didn't slip a stitch, I did stitch different sized loops at times which showed up on the yarn I picked and the yarn gradually changed colors which made the scarf awkward. Sadly, my perfectionist personality was not ecstatic about my first attempt. I hav… Read how I did it…
It made me
very happy 
How I did it: I searched high and low for the perfect puppy. I ended up getting my girl from the Plano Animal Shelter. She was a docile little border collie puppy and I was hooked. She was so timid. I could not believe it. Come to find out she had just been spayed and was drugged up. After the medication wore off and she got used to my family, she became a rambunctious girl but I know she will calm down with tim… Read how I did it…
It made me
feel worthwhile
How I did it: I was lucky enough to go to a health fair and register in person. By registering today at the fair the $52 tissue-typing kit was paid for by the organization hosting the health fair. But for those of you that want to be proactive and register online, go to www.marrow.org. For a $52 fee and a few minutes to fill out some paper work, you too can be a registered bone marrow donor. The "test" entails rub… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Ten Best Fiction Books
13 months ago
There may be a better list out there somewhere but this seemed like a good enough place to start on my literary quest for knowledge. I red parts of a few of the books when I was younger but I am starting over. The Books are as follows:
1. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Even if you’re allergic to allegory, Moby Dick is a great adventure story and a compelling description of one man’s obsession.
2. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
The quixotic adventures of the brave knight Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, his humble squire. Its rich characterizations and ironic tone have earned it the designation as the first modern novel.
3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Beneath Austen’s acerbic wit and keen character-studies is one of the best romance stories ever written.
4. Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
The bawdy tale of Tom Jones, who starts life as an abandoned infant and charms his way through life towards his ultimate fortune and happiness.
5. The Odyssey by Homer
Part ancient history, part fantasy, and nobody’s quite sure exactly where the border between the two lies. The Odyssey is a great adventure story and a broadening experience. It reminds one that human nature never changes but human culture does. While Odysseus is the prototypical hero of our modern age, brave and crafty, ancient Greece as depicted here was a very violent, very foreign and very politically incorrect world.
6. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
A book that all ages can enjoy, with adventure, social commentary and humor. Twain said, “A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.” Huckleberry Finn is the exception to Twain’s own rule.
7. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
With the French Revolution as the backdrop, this is the life story of Jean Valjean, who steals a loaf of bread to feed his starving children and becomes a criminal pursued by detective Javert.
8. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace, set during the Napoleonic wars in Russia, is an epic and passionate human story within the bounds of Tolstoy’s deterministic view of history.
9. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens’s nostalgic and semi-autobiographical novel of childhood and young adulthood in nineteenth-century England, David Copperfield is at times wistful, scathing and hilarious.
10. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Raskolnikov, a poverty-stricken student and self-described genius, theorizes that compassionate ends excuse evil means. This leads to his murder of a St. Petersburg pawnbroker. He is overcome with guilt, and it is Dostoyevsky’s narrative of his tortured psyche that make Crime and Punishment such an exceptional psychological thriller.
I've Seen:
13 months ago
(1) 6. 8.9 Pulp Fiction (1994)
(2) 7. 8.8 Schindler’s List (1993)
(3) 9. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
(4) 12. 8.8 Star Wars (1977)
(5) 14. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
(6) 17. 8.7 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
(7) 20. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
(8) 21. 8.7 The Usual Suspects (1995)
(9) 23. 8.7 Fight Club (1999)
(10)24. 8.6 The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
(11)30. 8.6 The Matrix (1999)
(12)31. 8.6 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
(13)32. 8.6 WALL·E (2008)
(14)34. 8.6 Se7en (1995)
(15)46. 8.5 Forrest Gump (1994)
(16)55. 8.4 The Shining (1980)
(17)57. 8.4 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
(18)59. 8.4 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
(19)61. 8.4 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
(20)65. 8.4 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
(21)66. 8.4 Aliens (1986) 131,284
(22)79. 8.3 Some Like It Hot (1959) – Thanks Tess! ;)
(23)90. 8.3 Hotel Rwanda (2004)
(24)92. 8.3 Full Metal Jacket (1987)
(25)97. 8.3 Batman Begins (2005)
(26)101. 8.3 Braveheart (1995)
(27)103. 8.3 Back to the Future (1985)
(28)106. 8.3 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
(29)109. 8.2 Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
(30)118. 8.2 The Wizard of Oz (1939)
(31)121. 8.2 Gladiator (2000)
(32)124. 8.2 Die Hard (1988)
(33)125. 8.2 Donnie Darko (2001)- Thanks Erin. Haha!
(34)131. 8.2 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
(35)134. 8.2 The Sixth Sense (1999)
(36)135. 8.2 Into the Wild (2007)
(37)137. 8.2 Million Dollar Baby (2004)
(38)152. 8.1 Finding Nemo (2003)
(39)160. 8.1 Snatch. (2000)
(40)162. 8.1 The Incredibles (2004)
(41)165. 8.1 The Princess Bride (1987)
(42)169. 8.1 Gone with the Wind (1939)
(43)174. 8.1 Groundhog Day (1993)
(44)176. 8.1 Toy Story (1995)
(45)177. 8.0 The Lion King (1994)
(46)179. 8.0 The Terminator (1984)
(47)183. 8.0 Crash (2004/I)
(48)200. 8.0 Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
(49)219. 8.0 Iron Man (2008)
(50)223. 8.0 Big Fish (2003)
(51)225. 8.0 Roman Holiday (1953)
(52)236. 8.0 In Bruges (2008) 36,179
(53)243. 8.0 Pirates of the Caribbean:Curse of Black Pearl(2003)
(54)27. 8.6 Memento (2000)
(55)11. 8.8 Casablanca (1942)
(56)159. 8.1 V for Vendetta (2005)
(57)31. 8.6 It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
(58)4. 9.0 The Dark Knight (2008)
(59)48. 8.5 Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
(60)154. 8.1 Ratatouille (2007)
(61)219. 8.0 Changeling (2008)
In The Que:
1. 9.1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. 9.1 The Godfather (1972)
8. 8.8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
10. 8.8 12 Angry Men (1957)
15. 8.7 Goodfellas (1990)
Figured the top 15 was a good place to start!
