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merillupin




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  2. 1. be a more conscious consumer
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  3. 2. eat healthier
    4 entries . 6 cheers     		9,736 people
  4. 3. get rid of my acne
    5 entries . 6 cheers     		564 people
  5. 4. Floss Every Day
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  6. 5. get rid of unnecessary possessions
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  7. 6. write a screenplay
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  8. 7. write a book and have it published
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  9. 8. Learn to play the drums
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  10. 9. find out what my blood type is
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		1,288 people
  11. 10. learn to play bass guitar
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  12. 11. go to a rob thomas concert
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  13. 12. make a smaller ecological footprint
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  14. 13. Go to San Diego ComicCon
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  15. 14. Go to The One Ring Celebration
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  16. 15. Be an extra in a movie
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  17. 16. bungee jump
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  18. 17. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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  19. 18. get contacts
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  20. 19. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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  21. 20. learn to touch type the number keys
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  22. 21. plant a tree
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		1,015 people
  23. 22. try yoga
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  24. 23. learn photoshop
    1 entry     		1,446 people
  25. 24. stretch every day
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  26. 25. take a photography class
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  27. 26. go horseback riding
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  28. 27. meditate daily
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  29. 28. learn about buddhism
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  30. 29. watch every episode of Jeremiah
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  31. 30. see a broadway play
    2 entries . 4 cheers     		224 people
  32. 31. Buy a motorcycle
    1 entry     		863 people
  33. 32. exercise regularly
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  34. 33. go to a Red Hot Chili Peppers Concert
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  35. 34. Read 15,000 pages in 2007
    1 entry     		1 person
  36. 35. go bunjee jumping in New Zealand
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  37. 36. see Rufus Wainwright in concert
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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
stop buying things i dont need. (read all 3 entries…)
It's a lifestyle 18 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


Read 50 books in 2007 (read all 2 entries…)
8/50 2 years ago

1. His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik 1/2
2. Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik 1/19
3. Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech 1/22
4. Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber: The New Musical by Stephen Citron 2/1
5. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 2/10
6. Beatnik Rutabagas from Beyond the Stars 2/16
7. The Pirates! In An Adventure With Communists by Gideon Defoe 2/18
8. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom 2/20

Date listed is the day I finished the book.

Feb 24, 2007, 02:38PM PST | 1 cheer | 1 comment


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p shift stop shopping Cook dinner 4+ nights a week Be happy everyday write a novel and get it published sit by a fire and drink red wine pass my driving test Go to Oktoberfest Elena wants to watch more movies save more money take dance classes Drive Route 66 water Jessicakes90 wants to lose weight win the lottery Be Understood write my name in other langauges be less stressed live overseas learn to draw Become Financially Independent Read 50 books this year. Dizzy12345 wants to get a degree learn to whistle love, live & laugh live go to a drive-in movie cool
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