I'm doing 42 things
I casually came out to someone on my new project today, with whom I work very closely. We have a good relationship and I mentioned that I would be leaving at a reasonable hour on Tuesday (Valentine’s Day) because my girlfriend and I have plans. He just said, ‘well there you go’ and later said we should make sure my calendar for that whole afternoon is free. It felt good! Hopefully I’ll get further out later on.
pancreas24601's Life List
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1. switch to gmail
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2. Volunteer
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3. Study literature again
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4. Get a bowling score of over 130
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5. Watch an entire sunrise
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6. Buy a House
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7. Confess(ion)
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8. Make a good chicken Kiev
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9. Be in the audience for a live TV show filming
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10. See the Southern Lights
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11. do a massage course
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12. Be more out at work
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13. Dye my hair blue
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14. Ride on the back of a motorcycle
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15. Start blogging
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16. Find a film critic I can trust
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17. See Garbage live
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18. Learn to sleep peacefully
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19. Give blood
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20. make ice cream from scratch
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21. Ride a segway
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22. Fly a kite
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23. Swim with dolphins
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24. Visit all six states and both territories
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25. Learn how to plait my own hair
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26. Complete Project 365
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27. Skydive
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28. ride in a hot air balloon
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29. Try wearing contacts
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30. Get hypnotised
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31. Do the A-Z author first name challenge
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32. Use a traditional typewriter
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33. Get on a bike again and successfully ride it
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34. put a message in a bottle
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35. make macarons
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36. scuba dive
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37. sleep on a waterbed
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38. Watch Melrose Place
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39. Send a secret to PostSecret
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40. Clear my skin
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41. Create a list of the 101 things to do in Melbourne
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42. Go skinny-dipping
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How I did it
It made me
enjoy it all 
How I did it: From the at 120 (Dec 2010) to now only 50 took a lot of watching. There were plenty of films added to the list in that time, as well as a few removed after only having started. And the rest I simply watched. In this time, I've seen 246 films! Read how I did it…
It made me
relieved 
How I did it: It took me a long time to decide to mark this as done, and I'm still not entirely sure, because there are always things to fix in work, as in life. But the important thing is that I was in a particular situation I didn't like that wasn't great for my career or happiness - and I got out of that situation, and eventually found myself a different one. It's early days in what I'm doing now but I'm learning useful things and developing new ski… Read how I did it…
It made me
adrenalinney 
How I did it: I jumped 43m off the Kawarau Bridge near Queenstown, NZ - the first commercial bungy jumping site in the world. I'd been thinking about this since before going to NZ but wasn't sure if I'd be up for it. Queenstown was near the end of the trip. I paid for the jump on Saturday and booked it for the next day, only to have my partner get minor injuries while mountain biking on Sunday. Fortunately I was able to reschedule for Monday morning. I… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
In January I cooked:
-Turkey rolls with cranberries
-Chicken and ham lentil roast
-Santa Fe meatballs, brussels sprouts and couscous (pictured)
-Maple mustard lamb skewers with chips
-Quinoa tabouleh
-Quinoa chickpea salad
-Mango chicken on quinoa
-Beetroot and goat’s cheese salad
-Pasta with asparagus, beetroot, sprouts and dill
-Dumplings
-The Ultimate Granola
A good month for cooking:
General meals:
-Sausage and pumpkin lentils
-Pork balls with polenta
-Ground beef with hummus
-Pasta with prawns and avocado
-Marinaded Azerbaijan chicken on pearl barley
-Chicken rissoles with potato salad
-Beef, veg and noodle stir fry
-Red wine garlic lamb with jacket potatoes
-Sesame haloumi sticks
-Sausage and baked bean couscous
-Mongolian lamb with couscous
-Stir-fried chickpeas
-Tacos
-Veal tarragon
Festive Season Dinner #1:
-Turkey Kiev
-Potato salad with shaved ricotta and green sauce
-Beetroot and goat’s cheese salad
Festive Season Dinner #2:
-Sweet potato pie
-Crunchy herb-roasted blue grenadier
-Tomato and bocconcini skewers
From my wonderful new quinoa cookbook:
-Sunny summer quinoa salad
-Craisin spice cereal (pictured)
-Maple walnut cereal
-Apple strudel cereal
-Peaches and cream cereal
