 I'm doing 43 things |
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Help ed promote his new techno-geek website www.unbrokensilence.com
14 entries . 19 cheers |
1 person |
| 2. |
Get people to switch to Care2.com for email service
1 entry . 14 cheers |
2 people |
| 3. |
stop worrying about money
1 entry . 85 cheers |
125 people |
| 4. |
kiss my boyfriend every day
8 entries . 105 cheers |
3 people |
| 5. |
declutter my life
7 entries . 75 cheers |
510 people |
| 6. |
Find treasure in a charity shop
3 entries . 57 cheers |
1 person |
| 7. |
use my ears twice as much as my mouth
1 entry . 69 cheers |
1 person |
| 8. |
Read 50 books by December 31, 2009*
18 entries . 26 cheers |
1 person |
| 9. |
finish "I Like You" by Amy Sedaris
1 entry . 19 cheers |
1 person |
| 10. |
finish reading Mammoth Book of Pirates
1 entry . 7 cheers |
1 person |
| 11. |
master one thing
1 entry . 32 cheers |
4 people |
| 12. |
see my niece and nephew grow into happy adults
1 entry . 25 cheers |
1 person |
| 13. |
teach the world the difference between lose and loose
3 entries . 47 cheers |
3 people |
| 14. |
invent something useful
2 entries . 16 cheers |
144 people |
| 15. |
spread the word about the dangers of smoking while on the birth control pill
1 entry . 23 cheers |
1 person |
| 16. |
see a shuttle launch
23 cheers |
22 people |
| 17. |
stay in every Marriott hotel
1 entry . 10 cheers |
1 person |
| 18. |
learn to crochet
1 entry . 28 cheers |
973 people |
| 19. |
bowl over 100 every game
5 entries . 14 cheers |
1 person |
| 20. |
eat less cheese
1 entry . 11 cheers |
17 people |
| 21. |
cook like Gordon Ramsay
1 entry . 15 cheers |
1 person |
| 22. |
visit my gran at least once a week
2 entries . 29 cheers |
1 person |
| 23. |
see all of England
2 entries . 26 cheers |
1 person |
| 24. |
find the perfect pair of underwear
1 entry . 34 cheers |
1 person |
| 25. |
get a nickname
1 entry . 15 cheers |
105 people |
| 26. |
be a better friend
16 cheers |
5,789 people |
| 27. |
take nothing for granted
41 cheers |
65 people |
| 28. |
start a compost
1 entry . 40 cheers |
12 people |
| 29. |
have a wind farm
17 cheers |
2 people |
| 30. |
clean up a park twice a month
25 cheers |
1 person |
| 31. |
buy ed the perfect birthday present
4 entries . 4 cheers |
1 person |
| 32. |
have a popular blog
16 cheers |
9 people |
| 33. |
play my bongo drums once a week
21 cheers |
1 person |
| 34. |
win the Championship in Nintendogs Disc Competition
4 cheers |
1 person |
| 35. |
work in a lab
6 cheers |
5 people |
| 36. |
get a hairless cat
1 entry . 11 cheers |
5 people |
| 37. |
go to a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert
17 cheers |
70 people |
| 38. |
see a Formula 1 race live
5 cheers |
3 people |
| 39. |
exercise twice a day/5 times a week
2 entries . 11 cheers |
1 person |
| 40. |
drive to British Columbia in an Aston Martin
1 entry . 12 cheers |
1 person |
| 41. |
learn a skilled trade
11 cheers |
1 person |
| 42. |
get a job
20 cheers |
9,903 people |
| 43. |
take my vitamin every day
1 entry . 23 cheers |
7 people |
How I did it: My boyfriend did all of the planning, so I just showed up at the train station. From there we took the Eurostar to Paris and once we arrived we hopped on the Metro. You can get pretty much anywhere on that thing. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Cold Turkey. It takes more than one try, but it does get easier. I quit 10 years ago and would never go back. The pulmonary embolism helped, but it still took 2 years after to finally kick the habit. Cigarettes are gross and smoke all over your clothes and hair stinks. It was easier for me as I no longer had roommates who smoked, so I didn't have to watch other people enjoying what I wanted. There are plenty of people out there willing to… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I decided to give my hair a break from all of the crazy colours I had dyed it in previous years when I started dating my boyfriend. I don't think he even noticed that my hair was no longer Chocolate Cherry. It took a long time to grow out the coloured part and I have seen a lot of my hair hit the floor of the salon, but I think it was a good choice. Someday my hair will start to turn grey and I'll go back to the bottle. Read how I did it…
The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe by Douglas Adams
-The second in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series was quite different from the first, but in my mind just as enjoyable. As it picks up right where the first leaves off you couldn’t really read it on its own. It was, like the first, geared towards a specific type of reader but I quite liked it and look forward to reading the next installment.
I’d say I gave this a good try. Obviously when I am in England I have a lot more time for reading which is apparent when you compare the number of books I read in the beginning to how many I finished once I returned home at the end of February.
I am not ready to give up on this even though my birthday is tomorrow and I would only be able to finish book #15.
-SO, I’m changing the goal to 50 books by December 31st, 2009.
I thank everyone for the cheers I have received so far and hope that you will still be behind me as I make a small change to my goal.
Perhaps 34 by my 34th starting in the new year will be a way to atone.
Thanks!
Six Tales of The Jazz Age… by F Scott Fitzgerald
-Although I only read this for comparison’s sake against the film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” I did read all of the tales. “The Camel’s Back” was quite clever. A few of the stories didn’t thrill me. The Benjamin Button tale was hardly a bit like the film. The only similarity was that a baby was born old and aged in reverse. I thought the story was quite good, but best to be read thinking of it as a separate entity from the film. I didn’t think any of the tales were as good as “The Great Gatsby”.
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saramonx wants to stop smoking
Find a major.
go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
Become a better public speaker
Learn to speak Spanish
Go cow tipping
get married
brungrrl wants to use the library more
learn to play guitar and piano
learn hiragana
get out of debt
make more time for me
meet someone famous
Become a psychiatrist.
Learn how to grind dance for free and fast.
clean my apartment
dilyla wants to start exercising
Live in a gypsy caravan
take a photography class
learn to speak french
