I'm doing 40 things
Did it
10 months ago
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.
Monotreme's Life List
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1. find my passion, and follow it passionately
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2. Learn to tango
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3. make love in zero gravity
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4. reduce my carbon footprint
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5. stop using plastic bags
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6. learn how to tie the stem of a maraschino cherry with my tongue
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7. inhabit someone's brain for 24 hours
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8. Jump out of a perfectly good airplane
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9. go to Mars
1 entry . 32 cheers136 people -
10. Climb Colorado's Fourteeners
1 entry . 35 cheers18 people -
11. hike the appalachian trail
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12. make it to 80, still skiing, so I can score a free lifetime pass at Alta
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13. ski Mauna Kea
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14. Ride a mechanical bull
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15. Go whitewater rafting in Colorado again
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16. Visit the Galapagos Islands
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17. go to New Zealand
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18. see the northern lights
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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 . 85 cheers9 people -
21. write a novel
5 entries . 35 cheers9,662 people -
22. have a conversation with my dog
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23. discover something that they name after me
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24. understand string theory
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25. Satisfy my lust for everything new and unusual.
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26. grow old disgracefully
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27. make a difference in someone's life
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28. Build a Theremin
1 entry . 30 cheers116 people -
29. write a textbook
1 entry . 27 cheers32 people -
30. Swim in a bioluminescent bay
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31. participate in the Tomato Fight in Bunol, Spain
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32. learn Portuguese
1 entry . 31 cheers1,051 people -
33. learn to SCUBA dive
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34. Post Random Stuff
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35. Fund 43 microloans through Kiva.org
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36. do nanowrimo every year
3 entries . 10 cheers8 people -
37. buy and wear more dresses
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38. Run a marathon in under 4 hours
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39. run 1310 miles (50 marathons) in 2009
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40. identify four more goals (or is it three? does this one count?) to make 43 total
34 cheers1 person
Recent entries
WriteAThon
12 months ago
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.
918.3
12 months ago
With the Denver Marathon, I added up my yearly miles since Jan 1 2008 and I’m at 918.3. I should make it to 1000 this year.
