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Michael Rucker




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How I did it
How to appear in the credits of a movie
It took me
1 month
It made me
buy Life DVDs.

How I did it: I am in the movie credits of the movie Life with Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. I really wanted to work on a major motion picture back in the 90s, so while I was living in Davis, CA, I faxed my resume almost every week to the Sacramento Filming Commission. The Universal movie Life was shooting some scenes in the area and needed extra people and the commission only had a couple of active resumes on file. Bingo, I was put on the producti… Read how I did it…

Jul 25, 06:17PM PDT | 0 comments


How to have my expertise highlighted in a published book
It took me
1 week
It made me
feel like an expert.

How I did it: I had a chapter written about me and my previous company in a published book. The book is called Redesigning Websites and the chapter is about my experience redesigning an automotive company’s website. In fact, for the purpose of full disclosure, I should state the chapter’s real star was one of my employees Patrik who did a lot of the work mentioned in the chapter. However, since I was the orchestrator of the project I received most of t… Read how I did it…

Jul 25, 05:57PM PDT | 0 comments


How to travel to every continent
It took me
12 years
It made me
feel worldly.

How I did it: Oceania - April 1993: I am an exchange student in New Zealand at Lincoln University. North America - March 1997: Spring Break in Mazatlan, Mexico, with one of my best friends Nate Burroughs.Europe - May 1998: On a trip sponsored in part by Kodak, I am sent to the Cannes Film Festival in France. Africa - May 1998: On location in Zambia, I was shooting my graduate thesis - a documentary on what it is like to be bi-racial.South America - Jul… Read how I did it…

Jul 25, 05:37PM PDT | 1 comment | 1 cheer


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Get tubed
Need to get in the water 4 months ago

I live minutes from the beach and I rarely go surfing nowadays. It is unfortunate because I really enjoy the sport but I don’t improve because I hardly practice. I might need to schedule time to force myself to get out in the water… maybe it is what is needed so that I make sure to partake in an activity that I know will bring me joy. Plus, I want to get tubed one day!

Jul 25, 06:34PM PDT | 0 comments


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Antarctica 4 months ago

February 2005: To complete my visit to the final continent needed (for all seven) I went on an organized trip to Antarctica via Marathon Tours. Antarctica is unbelievable.

Jul 25, 05:29PM PDT | 0 comments


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Asia 4 months ago

April 2004: I sign up for the Vodkatrain which is a trip organized for young adults to tour China, Mongolia, and Russia. It was unreal and I made a few international friends that are now so dear they flew from their respective countries just to go to my bachelor party.

Jul 25, 05:26PM PDT | 0 comments


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kiss david desrosiers =)* get whiter teeth Learn to speak fluent gibberish meet jack black be desired Get a full-time teaching job eat healthy play the sims or games like the sims get over my fear of needles only1oLIVia wants to make beautiful music Get into an IIM emocrier101 wants to meet panic! at the disco visit Yellowstone forgive and move on watch all movies on AFI's 100 Best movies list spend more time with my husband make my own clothes learn to type Learn to play a musical instrument Sleep more be thankful learn how to write keep bees learn something new every day Be a better friend make a new friend quit smoking for good
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