I'm doing 38 things
3 more/25 total
1 week ago
A Clockwork Orange
Tobacco Road
The Moviegoer
marathoner452's Life List
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1. secure a teaching position in New Orleans beginning in Fall 2008 that will give me the support I need to be successful as a first-year teacher
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2. live simply
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3. become a certified New Orleans tour guide.
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4. list three things every day that made me happy
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5. read 90 books in 2008
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6. Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
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7. get back to feeling like a distance runner again
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8. Read Dr. Peter Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
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9. develop a sensible disaster plan and survival kit
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10. drink a flaming cocktail
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11. take advantage of as many local Marigny/Bywater resources as possible.
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12. savor diverse local New Orleans restaurants
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13. Run a 22 minute 5k
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14. write letters to my sponsor child
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15. Create a personal recipe book
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16. do 50 consecutive push-ups
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17. Get my HAM radio license
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18. run a half marathon in 1:42:26
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19. be an exceptional teacher
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20. Give the needy food and other items they would actually like.
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21. visit all 50 states
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22. figure out what I would do if I could do anything in the whole world.
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23. stop homophobia
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24. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
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25. read all the Newbery Award winners
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26. run 200 miles in a month
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27. crochet a laptop bag
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28. visit a site for each US president
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29. see the northern lights
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30. Exercise 300 times
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31. be a part of opening a cooperative grocery store in New Orleans
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32. visit every parish in Louisiana
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33. ride my bike as often as possible
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34. donate a 2nd gallon of blood
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35. get my car to 170,000 miles
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36. fix the rearview mirror on my car
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37. plan at least one trip a month outside of New Orleans this summer (for sanity purposes)
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38. record "only in New Orleans" moments for when I question why I live here
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Recent entries
books 31-40
1 week ago
Three Cups of Tea
No Shame in My Game
A Clockwork Orange
Tobacco Road
Julie & Julia
Savage Inequalities
Working Sex
Why New Orleans Matters
Post Office
The Kingfish and His Realm: The Life and Times of Huey P. Long
6/21/2008
2 weeks ago
1. Biking through the French Quarter in drenching rain.
2. Cafe au lait and beignets at Cafe du Monde with a friend from college, her first time in New Orleans.
3. Dinner at Court of Two Sisters with her, her brother, and her parents: fresh-baked bread, wine, cornmeal-fried catfish and coleslaw with lump crab meat, and pecan pie for desert.
