I'm doing 26 things
Somehow it should have been more than it was – I guess in the time since it’s been published, so much has come along that has emulated it and been edgier that Hitchhiker seems a little tame. Ah well. It’s still fun to read, and that in and of itself is reason enough to do it.
Peter's Life List
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1. Earn tenure
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2. make love in the rain
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3. live in a loft
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4. Improve my photography
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5. Learn b&w photography
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6. whiten my teeth
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7. Learn Spanish
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8. join a gym and actually stick with it
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9. Send a message in a bottle
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10. spend less time online
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11. swim in the Indian ocean
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12. sail on lake michigan
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13. floss more often
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14. own my own home
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15. have better posture
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16. visit every Canadian province
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17. make good puff pastry
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18. learn more about French wines
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19. improve my spoken French
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20. swim a 400 IM at a swim meet
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21. pay off my credit card debt
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22. visit every state
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23. swim a 100 yard free in under 1 minute
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24. own a home in Vancouver
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25. gossip less
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26. write more letters
1 cheer1,783 people
Recent entries
But it still was a big move five and a half years ago.
I guess the question I still struggle with is the permanency of the move. Will I be back in Canada one day, and if so when. Indications are that yes, I will be. Truth be told, though, I really do love being in Chicago.
... but an interesting undertaking in its own right. Doing research can be, well, fun. Doing the writing is tougher, but it provides completion to the process as well as enforcing a level of discipline.
