I'm doing 42 things
ok it’s New Years’ Day 2012 and I set this goal in 2008. This goal could have graduated high school by now. Maybe I’ll just go today, tomorrow, this week. It’s not even an hour away.
mamidragon's Life List
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1. explore Centralia, PA - or the smoldering ashpit that was formerly Centralia
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2. see the Red Hot Chili Peppers
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3. make peanut butter soup as good as Katie Mac's
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4. do a good deed every day for 28 days
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5. read the complete works of William Shakespeare
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6. Become Financially Independent
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7. go to India
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8. learn that skill that looks so easy but is virtually impossible: to sing (well) while playing the piano (well).
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9. read the whole Bible
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10. write a book
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11. Have Kids
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12. Apply for Teach for America
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13. scuba dive in a coral reef or a shipwreck
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14. call my sisters more often
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15. create a list of really fun interesting unit plans to use in my future classrooms
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16. learn to dance
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17. get published in the NCTE English Journal
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18. get the first 4.0 of my life in fall '11
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19. start a revolution
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20. Get my Master's Degree
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21. get my teaching certificate
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22. have sex at all 8 wonders of the world
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23. go to jim thorpe and see where the molly mcguires were hanged
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24. find a dinosaur bone
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25. get out of debt
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26. be a cook
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27. move out of my parent's house for good
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28. adopt a dog
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29. live in a lake house
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30. Drive across the USA
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31. develop a great sense of humor and use it all the time
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32. Put a message in a bottle and throw it out to sea
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33. Fall in real love: ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't live without each other love.
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34. leave behind a closet full of best-selling manuscripts when I die
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35. have beautiful skin
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36. lead the rosary at daily mass for the month of October
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37. learn an instrument well enough to play in a local band
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38. be a pin up model
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39. do my whole hour of yoga video, instead of just the first 20 minutes
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40. play all 60 chords in the chord dictionary every day until i know them by heart
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41. hablar espanol
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42. get a Brazilian wax
347 people
How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: This has been on my mind since childhood, when shyness made it out of the question. However, teachers standing next to me in church or music class told me for years that they liked my voice, so I knew I could sing, and felt the talent was wasted on someone so shy. Yet I loved singing with a group or when absolutely sure I was alone. By college I learned to do karyoke with large groups and strong drinks. By grad sch… Read how I did it…
It made me
grateful
How I did it: Actually took me about 5 minutes....once I'd gotten to a place where I could donate a goat and still pay all my bills on time. I found one for $30 at a christian missionary website....although most on other websites were $50, and you could name your goat and get it vaccinated. You can also donate other livestock for other amounts. Simply googling "donate a goat" opened my eyes to all sorts of opportunities to help people… Read how I did it…
It made me
a good jeep owner
How I did it: Basic sewing skills - all the seams were torn because the 10-yr-old manufacturer's thread wore out and ripped whenever I put in or took out my windows. I replaced the broken thread with nylon-coated stainless-steel thread, available in jewelry-maker's catalogues, which I obtained from a friend who owns her own bead store. I used the heavy gauge but if i had to do it again I think i'd go one level lighter/finer, knowing now how… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Fall in real love: ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't live without each other love. (read all 3 entries…)
“I don’t mean to sound weird or complicated, but -”
“Stop trying not to sound weird and complicated, because I love things that are weird and complicated. You know that. Anything I can take apart and analyze and fix…and you know why? Cuz I’m weird and complicated.”
“No you’re not; you’re simple and wholesome.”
“Yes I am. Would I know you, if I weren’t weird and complicated?”
(real conversation, keeping me from concentrating on school)
