opethian




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  2. 1. become a professor
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  3. 2. make my own christmas cards
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  4. 3. keep a diary
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  5. 4. Be less shy
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  6. 5. Fix my teeth
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  7. 6. learn to make sushi
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  8. 7. eat more vegetables
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  9. 8. spend an entire day watching the extended version of all three Lord of the Rings movies back-to-back-to-back
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  10. 9. give more to charity
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  11. 10. write more thank you letters
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  12. 11. Own more than 5000 CD's
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  13. 12. pay off my credit card
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  14. 13. Use better punctuation!
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  15. 14. Write more essays
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  16. 15. get up earlier
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  17. 16. clean more
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  18. 17. read all of dostoevsky's books
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  19. 18. watch the Decalogue
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  20. 19. become a millionaire
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  21. 20. do regular volunteer work
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  22. 21. Learn Dvorak
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  23. 22. be more organized
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  24. 23. get out of debt and stay out of debt
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  25. 24. visit South Korea
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  26. 25. write a novel
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  27. 26. convert someone to atheism
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  28. 27. get married
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  29. 28. Quit Smoking
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  30. 29. complete my Ph.D.
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  31. 30. be less sensitive
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  32. 31. learn Korean
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  33. 32. Learn to play keyboard
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  34. 33. learn yoga
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  35. 34. own a house
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  36. 35. Buy a brand new car.
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  37. 36. join a protest
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  38. 37. become a great cook
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  39. 38. Be more accepting
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  40. 39. learn to speak Chata (Choctaw)
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  41. 40. have a nose job
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How I did it
How to beat Guitar Hero:Metallica on Expert guitar
It took me
2 months
It made me
Proud

How I did it: The only song I had trouble beating was "War Ensemble".  Learning the strumming speed of the intro was key (hint: it's faster than it looks). Other than that, I practiced alt-strumming.  This game has a lot of fast songs, so alt-strumming is more important than in other Guitar Hero and Rock Band games. Read how I did it…

Jul 16, 12:26AM PDT | 0 comments


How to beat every Guitar Hero:World Tour song on Expert guitar
It took me
2 months
It made me
Satisfied

How I did it: It really just comes down to practice.  "B.Y.O.B." and "Satch Boogie" are pretty hard to pass, but I honestly didn't use any tricks.  It's just practice.  Hyperspeed of course helps too. Read how I did it…

Jul 16, 12:23AM PDT | 0 comments


How to beat Guitar Hero III on expert
It took me
9 months
It made me
Satisfied

How I did it: See "lessons and tips".  That's how I did it.  More generally, I practiced A LOT, and I sought advice from others via the Internet for particularly difficult sections. Read how I did it…

Jul 04, 05:13PM PDT | 2 comments


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Beat every Guitar Hero:World Tour song on Expert guitar (read all 2 entries…)
Untitled 5 months ago

I finally beat “B.Y.O.B.”. I’ve gotten better at alt-strumming as of late, so that helped a lot. I still haven’t beaten “Satch Boogie” though. I’m using a GH3 guitar, so I may pick up a GH:WT guitar. Supposedly, the slider bar makes “Satch Boogie” easier. I know some people only use the slider bar for that one song.

Jun 30, 02:00PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


beat Guitar Hero III on expert (read all 3 entries…)
ALMOST there 5 months ago

I finally beat “Raining Blood” and “Take This Life”. I just have to beat Lou to finish the Expert career. After finishing “Raining Blood”, I tried about 6 times to beat Lou, but I failed each time. I will try again later. I’m sure I can do it.

After that, I will still have one bonus song left: “Through the Fire & Flames”. I don’t have any plans on beating that one soon. I still can’t make it past the intro.

Jun 30, 01:55PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


beat Guitar Hero III on expert (read all 3 entries…)
Getting closer. 7 months ago

I beat two more songs: “The Way it Ends” (bonus song) and “One”.

Actually, I beat “One” twice. Playing the easier version on Guitar Hero:Metallica helped. I can survive the solo just fine if I can come into it with a full meter, but I used to have trouble with the bridge. I’m now great at it. I could play it perfectly if it weren’t for the RYO chords (or is it RBO?).

It’s not beaten yet, but I’ve made improvements on “Raining Blood”. I had never gotten past “Mosh1” before tonight (the part with the very fast alternating four note scales with random chords thrown in for good measure). I passed it three times tonight, once without Star Power. Twice, I failed soon after “Mosh1”. Once, I made it to 91%.

It will be beaten soon…hopefully.

Songs I haven’t beaten:
Raining Blood
Guitar Battle vs. Lou (haven’t attempted)
Take this Life
Through the Fire and Flames.

I’ll consider this goal completed when I pass the first two since the others are bonus songs and I don’t expect to ever beat “Through the Fire and Flames”.

Apr 25, 07:25PM PDT | 0 comments


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