I'm doing 39 things
I’m going to give up on this goal eventually, about the time I give up on marathons.
Still, I wanted to share with my 43T peeps this photograph, which includes all 43T friends, including the Bear.
Monotreme's Life List
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1. find my passion, and follow it passionately
1 entry . 87 cheers124 people -
2. Learn to tango
68 cheers1,155 people -
3. make love in zero gravity
3 entries . 42 cheers1 person -
4. reduce my carbon footprint
1 entry . 8 cheers224 people -
5. stop using plastic bags
1 entry . 21 cheers85 people -
6. learn how to tie the stem of a maraschino cherry with my tongue
33 cheers685 people -
7. inhabit someone's brain for 24 hours
2 entries . 27 cheers1 person -
8. Jump out of a perfectly good airplane
28 cheers54 people -
9. go to Mars
1 entry . 29 cheers139 people -
10. Climb Colorado's Fourteeners
1 entry . 33 cheers21 people -
11. hike the appalachian trail
1 entry . 52 cheers2,074 people -
12. make it to 80, still skiing, so I can score a free lifetime pass at Alta
1 entry . 42 cheers1 person -
13. ski Mauna Kea
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14. Ride a mechanical bull
16 cheers601 people -
15. Go whitewater rafting in Colorado again
23 cheers4 people -
16. Visit the Galapagos Islands
1 entry . 31 cheers270 people -
17. go to New Zealand
22 cheers803 people -
18. see the northern lights
28 cheers19,100 people -
19. be a ski bum for a year
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20. hit Paris Hilton in the face with a cream pie
1 entry . 80 cheers9 people -
21. write a novel
5 entries . 32 cheers11,368 people -
22. have a conversation with my dog
1 entry . 34 cheers2 people -
23. discover something that they name after me
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24. understand string theory
37 cheers45 people -
25. Satisfy my lust for everything new and unusual.
42 cheers18 people -
26. grow old disgracefully
1 entry . 39 cheers74 people -
27. make a difference in someone's life
35 cheers1,286 people -
28. Build a Theremin
1 entry . 26 cheers115 people -
29. write a textbook
1 entry . 23 cheers32 people -
30. Swim in a bioluminescent bay
29 cheers276 people -
31. participate in the Tomato Fight in Bunol, Spain
25 cheers100 people -
32. learn Portuguese
1 entry . 28 cheers1,246 people -
33. learn to SCUBA dive
24 cheers2,709 people -
34. Post Random Stuff
23 entries . 16 cheers18 people -
35. Fund 43 microloans through Kiva.org
18 team members . 1 entry . 11 cheers53 people -
36. do nanowrimo every year
3 entries . 8 cheers9 people -
37. buy and wear more dresses
1 entry . 12 cheers19 people -
38. Run a marathon in under 4 hours
6 entries . 8 cheers72 people -
39. identify four more goals (or is it three? does this one count?) to make 43 total
32 cheers1 person
Recent entries
And not a mile to spare. Finished a Resolution Run 5K in Denver at about 6:30 pm Dec 31, with 1000.1 miles on my log.
After much pondering and back-and-forthing, I’ve decided to try this again for the fourth year. I am depressed at my inability to find an agent for 2006’s Infectious Beauty, not to mention how I get stuck every time I try to rewrite 2007’s Strangely Carved Forms, but hey, nothing succeeds like frustration. Or something.
I’ve made plans to attend the big WriteAThon on Nov 15, and if any other 43Ters are going, please send me a note.
Also, if you feel so inclined, stop by my donation page and drop a mark, a yen, a buck or a pound in the bin.
