last night
3 years ago
Started! In earnest this time (I think). I’m moving soon, and plan to pack all the rest of the books (save The Joy of Cooking) early on, so there’ll be nothing else to read but J.Crew catalogs. :-)
| 1. |
Read Don Quixote
3 entries . 5 cheers |
83 people |
| 2. |
read Catch-22
1 cheer |
48 people |
| 3. |
Finish reading Infinite Jest
2 cheers |
13 people |
| 4. |
read war and peace
2 cheers |
469 people |
| 5. |
finish finnegans wake
2 cheers |
7 people |
| 6. |
learn CPR
1 entry . 3 cheers |
304 people |
| 7. |
learn how to drive stick-shift
4 cheers |
4,459 people |
| 8. |
write a good novel
1 cheer |
141 people |
| 9. |
pay off credit cards
2 cheers |
1,393 people |
| 10. |
have more dinner parties
1 cheer |
135 people |
| 11. |
be more patient with my family
1 cheer |
31 people |
| 12. |
post more pictures to flickr
2 cheers |
106 people |
| 13. |
keep in touch with old friends
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1,581 people |
| 14. |
make new friends
2 cheers |
12,772 people |
| 15. |
get rid of my clutter
3 cheers |
290 people |
| 16. |
decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
2 cheers |
6,963 people |
| 17. |
learn to cartwheel
1 cheer |
57 people |
| 18. |
live in a foreign country
1 entry . 4 cheers |
2,453 people |
| 19. |
write more
1 cheer |
3,504 people |
| 20. |
start running again
1 entry . 3 cheers |
441 people |
| 21. |
not worry about what others think of me
4 cheers |
765 people |
| 22. |
overcome my aversion to being photographed
1 entry . 2 cheers |
1 person |
| 23. |
learn to knit
2 cheers |
3,510 people |
| 24. |
learn to quilt
1 cheer |
302 people |
| 25. |
sing more
2 cheers |
369 people |
| 26. |
have no regrets
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1,567 people |
| 27. |
Make yogurt
1 entry . 2 cheers |
40 people |
| 28. |
be more forgiving
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231 people |
| 29. |
go to Mass more often
3 cheers |
8 people |
| 30. |
be less judgmental
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181 people |
| 31. |
be more grateful
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251 people |
| 32. |
relax
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1,877 people |
| 33. |
work as a drawbridge tender
1 cheer |
1 person |
| 34. |
work as a New York City subway conductor
1 entry |
1 person |
| 35. |
visit antarctica
2 cheers |
437 people |
Started! In earnest this time (I think). I’m moving soon, and plan to pack all the rest of the books (save The Joy of Cooking) early on, so there’ll be nothing else to read but J.Crew catalogs. :-)
Totally worth it—the prose is kind of loopy and breathless, but the book is great. Pretty gripping for such a big book….