I'm doing 29 things
I haven’t made any progress on reading these this year. I’m going to push the goal to 2010 so I’m not fighting with an unusual reading volume already from reading 100 books this year.
Sean Carley's Life List
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1. complete my St. John's essays: reflect, synthesize, write
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2. teach philosophy
4 cheers16 people -
3. read the Harvard Classics
2 team members . 3 entries . 10 cheers56 people -
4. finish reading Godel, Escher, Bach
3 entries . 3 cheers27 people -
5. learn survival skills
7 cheers106 people -
6. learn to play a musical instrument
7 cheers717 people -
7. go snowboarding
5 cheers774 people -
8. learn to fly
2 cheers2,274 people -
9. scuba dive
3 cheers2,479 people -
10. learn woodworking
1 cheer95 people -
11. climb a mountain
2 cheers2,102 people -
12. learn to skateboard
1 cheer1,565 people -
13. Skydive
2 cheers11,415 people -
14. Go to St. John's college
4 cheers9 people -
15. learn to sing
2 cheers2,866 people -
16. build a climbing wall
2 cheers9 people -
17. Learn hand drumming
1 entry . 4 cheers4 people -
18. drink absinthe
1 entry . 2 cheers649 people -
19. Go to a rave
1 entry . 2 cheers575 people -
20. start microlending
1 entry . 2 cheers1 person -
21. bake bread
4 cheers175 people -
22. Take up parkour
194 people -
23. write 10 poems
2 cheers8 people -
24. Get under 220 pounds and stay there.
3 entries . 1 cheer1 person -
25. go back to capoeira
1 entry . 2 cheers2 people -
26. do a 60 second bent knee hang
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27. do a 60 second support on rings
1 person -
28. do a 60 second straight arm frog stand
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29. read 4 books from the St. John's College reading list this year.
2 entries . 1 cheer1 person
How I did it
It made me
satisfied 
How I did it: I took two days off from all exercise (unintentionally) and when I did it this morning I focussed a lot more than usual. I was determined not to let my feet touch and probably used a bit more strength to stay balanced because of it. Every time I even started to move back I muscled my way back to balance. Read how I did it…
It made me
happy
How I did it: I did 60 seconds of elapsed frog stand in as few sets as possible 2-4 times a week. I tried to pick a duration that I could sustain for all of my sets in a row on a 1 minute interval. Early on, this meant 10 seconds of frog stand out of every 60 seconds taking just over 5 minutes to complete. After I could do 30 seconds, I just tried to increase the length of my first set as much as possible and then did the second set for as long as I… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
1. The Face of Chaos, Anthology
2. The Aliens Among Us, James White
3. Ambulance Ship, James White
4. Sector General, James White
5. Star Healer, James White
6. Code Blue – Emergency, James White
7. Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys #1), Franklin W. Dixon
8. Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
9. Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris
10. Club Dead, Charlaine Harris
11. The House on the Cliff (Hardy Boys #2), Franklin W. Dixon
I made up for the short month in May with a very long month in June.
I know I read many of the Hardy Boys books when I was 10 or so but I can’t say I’m a real fan now.
James White’s Sector General stories and novels are awesome and I’m enjoying re-reading them after 15+ years.
I started the Charlaine Harris vampire books when I decided to watch HBO’s True Blood. So far, the books are better than the show.
1. Shadows of Sanctuary, Anthology
2. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
3. Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
4. Storm Season, Anthology
5. The Subtle Knife, Philip Pullman
I spent a significant portion of this month reading a couple of computer books for work. I haven’t finished any of them yet but they put me behind this month and I have some ground to make up.
