oye veyajera

dreamy, sheepy



I'm doing 32 things
 

oye veyajera's Life List

  1. 1. notice the sky
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    3 people
  2. 2. shadow self-portraiture
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    5 people
  3. 3. record spontaneous appearances of the number 43
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    3 people
  4. 4. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
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    548 people
  5. 5. remember my dreams
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    363 people
  6. 6. record my travel wisdom before it falls out of my brain
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    2 people
  7. 7. learn to juggle
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    938 people
  8. 8. find more ladybugs
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    1 person
  9. 9. draw more often, even though drawing really intimidates me
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    2 people
  10. 10. pedal power!
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    2 people
  11. 11. watch all the episodes of Destinos
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    8 people
  12. 12. take better care of my body
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    169 people
  13. 13. do a Breast Self Exam every month
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    14 people
  14. 14. DAILY: drink one glass of water with every beverage that I drink and take note of how much my body appreciates it
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    1 person
  15. 15. have better posture
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  16. 16. fart less
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    7 people
  17. 17. be in touch with folks at home through technology
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    1 person
  18. 18. educate myself about Darfur
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    1 person
  19. 19. experience 100 new things between now and my 2008 birthday
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    3 people
  20. 20. self portraiture: woman with fruit
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    1 person
  21. 21. count sheep
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    1 person
  22. 22. Celebrate the International Day of Peace
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    15 people
  23. 23. pee when I have to pee instead of holding it
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    2 people
  24. 24. look into Greek citizenship
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    2 people
  25. 25. Start a Buddy Check 12 team here on 43things, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Do your self-exam the 12th of every month.
    252 team members . 2 entries . 5 cheers
    231 people
  26. 26. get a nice tax return (which means filling out the dreaded tax forms ...)
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    1 person
  27. 27. luck
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    5 people
  28. 28. shamelessly promote my friends
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    1 person
  29. 29. make some cash by utilizing my creative skills
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    1 person
  30. 30. Learn to knit
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    2,984 people
  31. 31. describe my surroundings
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    1 person
  32. 32. write and read stories for children
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    1 person
Recent entries
experience 100 new things between now and my 2008 birthday (read all 43 entries…)
No. 45 - carding 6 days ago

This was while I was still in Iceland … I’m getting caught up here …

I went to a place about an hour north of Reykjavik where a woman was working with wool. She was spinning on a wheel in between tending to customers in her shop, I was spinning on my spindle. When there was a lull in customers she showed me her carding combs and taught me how to use them. I carded a bit of brown wool and a bit of grey, spun both, and then plyed them together. Nice to have a ball of yarn in which I completed so many steps of the wool-process myself. It’s beautiful, but too small to make much of anything with …


experience 100 new things between now and my 2008 birthday (read all 43 entries…)
No. 44 - Old Globe Theater 6 days ago

I went to Shakespeare’s Old Globe Theater to see King Lear with my dad and two sisters (appropriately enough!) and my dad’s wife. It was a fantastic production, and it’s been a long-time dream of mine to see a performance at the Globe!


record my travel wisdom before it falls out of my brain (read all 34 entries…)
London Stansted sucks!! 6 days ago

When I came to the UK from Iceland, my plane landed at London Stansted airport. I went to pass through immigration, as I have done many many times before (at other airports) and next thing I knew I was being asked to step this way and I was held for 6.5 hours until they had time to interview me, meanwhile they fingerprinted me, searched me, photographed me, and just generally treated me like a criminal.

Ok, I’m pretty good at letting things roll off my back. I sat back calmly and watched the whole thing happen. While I was watching and listening, here’s what I learned:

Many people fly through London on their way to somewhere else. London is a hub. But at Stansted airport, there is nowhere for folks to wait for their connecting fight so they have to pass through immigration as if they’re entering the country, and then pass out again. This, combined with for some reason hyper-scrutinizing immigration agents, results in many people being taken into custody unnecessarily. My situation is not uncommon, and would probably have been entirely avoided if I had flown into another airport.

SO AVOID STANSTED IF AT ALL POSSIBLE!!


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