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merillupin




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  2. 1. Read 50 books in 2009.
    1 entry     		247 people
  3. 2. be a more conscious consumer
    8 cheers     		71 people
  4. 3. eat healthier
    4 entries . 6 cheers     		10,079 people
  5. 4. get rid of my acne
    5 entries . 6 cheers     		563 people
  6. 5. Floss Every Day
    5 entries . 4 cheers     		1,230 people
  7. 6. get rid of unnecessary possessions
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		809 people
  8. 7. write a screenplay
    1 entry     		2,188 people
  9. 8. write a book and have it published
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  10. 9. Learn to play the drums
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  11. 10. find out what my blood type is
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		1,318 people
  12. 11. learn to play bass guitar
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  13. 12. go to a rob thomas concert
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  14. 13. make a smaller ecological footprint
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  15. 14. Go to San Diego ComicCon
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  16. 15. Go to The One Ring Celebration
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  17. 16. Be an extra in a movie
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1,428 people
  18. 17. bungee jump
    1 entry     		3,421 people
  19. 18. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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  20. 19. get contacts
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  21. 20. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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  22. 21. learn to touch type the number keys
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  23. 22. plant a tree
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  24. 23. try yoga
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  25. 24. learn photoshop
    1 entry     		1,470 people
  26. 25. stretch every day
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  27. 26. take a photography class
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  28. 27. go horseback riding
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  29. 28. meditate daily
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  30. 29. learn about buddhism
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  31. 30. watch every episode of Jeremiah
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  32. 31. see a broadway play
    2 entries . 4 cheers     		235 people
  33. 32. Buy a motorcycle
    1 entry     		903 people
  34. 33. exercise regularly
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  35. 34. go to a Red Hot Chili Peppers Concert
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  36. 35. go bunjee jumping in New Zealand
    1 cheer     		1 person
  37. 36. Read 15,000 pages in 2007
    1 entry     		1 person
  38. 37. see Rufus Wainwright in concert
    		19 people

How I did it
How to do NaNoWriMo
It took me
30 days
It made me

How I did it: This November I finally hit the 50,000 word goal to win NaNoWriMo, during my first term at university. I would not have been able to do it without writeordie.com - it was a super super super useful tool for hitting the daily goal! I would definitely recommend trying to go over the goal EVERY day, for example, try to hit 2000 words a day instead of 1667, because inevitably there are a couple of days when you write nothing, which can really… Read how I did it…

Jan 18, 08:55AM PST | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to be a vegetarian and stay that way
It took me
17 years
It made me

How I did it: After I finished high school, I knew that a lot of things in my life were going to change. I had thought about being vegetarian for ages, so without really thinking about it, I just took the plunge. I read part of Becoming Vegetarian by Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis. I added some fake meats to my diet, as well as things like nuts, and I began to cook a lot more. Read how I did it…

Jan 18, 08:50AM PST | 0 comments


Recent entries
Read 50 books in 2009.
27/50 3 months ago

So far I’m at 27, which is—decent… but a bit behind, though I’ve been speeding up over the past month or so. I’ve tried to do this for the past couple of years and failed by a fair bit. But I still think it’s possible!!

Aug 10, 11:17PM PDT | 0 comments


stop buying things i dont need. (read all 3 entries…)
It's a lifestyle 22 months ago

I would have to say that I do still buy things that I don’t need. Nobody needs DVDs, CDs, or that extra pair of pants. But I think that purchases like those are alright, as long as they are extremely limited, and you know you will use the items that you have bought!

Dec 23, 2007, 10:18AM PST | 0 comments


Read 50 books in 2007 (read all 2 entries…)
16/50 2 years ago

9. Valentine Princess by Meg Cabot 2/27
10. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown 3/26
11. Emma by Jane Austen 4/5
12. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
13. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares 4/9
14. Black Powder War by Naomi Novik 4/16 <—took me long enough! so good!
15. High Stakes by Erin McCarthy 4/20
16. Sam Samurai by Jon Scieszka 4/21

Apr 29, 2007, 11:42AM PDT | 0 comments


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