I'm doing 32 things
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2 years ago
It has the same strings as a violin, and I like how it’s shaped. That’s two reasons to learn!
mostlyvowels's Life List
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1. learn french
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2. learn german
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3. watch the IMDB.com Top 100 movies
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4. see the northern lights
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5. ride in a hot air balloon
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6. Meet 9 Supreme Court Justices
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7. See Eels live
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8. learn how to draw a straight line
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9. draw a perfect circle
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10. never own a car
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11. play the Sibelius violin concerto
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12. learn to play the mandolin
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13. tell a taxi driver to "follow that car!"
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14. play all of Beethoven's symphonies
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15. become ambidextrous
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16. get rid of everything I don't need
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17. be financially independent
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18. Become Pope
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19. learn how to do Magic Eye!
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20. Fake my own death
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21. See the Great Barrier Reef
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22. get laser eye surgery
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23. have my own walkie talkie that reaches to god every night
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24. hear spem in alium live
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25. lucid dream
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26. Transcribe the violin solo version of the march from The Love for Three Oranges
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27. learn Swedish
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28. go to burning man
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29. give away 50 things I don't need
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30. tour with a band
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31. Practice my scales and arpeggios at least once a week
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32. Become a Glenn Gould expert!
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How I did it
It made me
save time. 
How I did it: I started by typing small homework assignments instead of writing them out by hand. Then when I got to the point where I had to start turning in essays, I didn't have to waste precious time searching for the hamza on the keyboard. I can't type as fast in Arabic as I can in English, but I type at a steady pace faster than I can write. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
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2 years ago
I’ve played No. 1 and No. 8, and after hounding my orchestra conductor all year last year about playing No. 6 (my favorite!), he told me that there is a good possibility we will play it during my career at Middlebury.
