pineapplejelly




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  2. 1. Learn British Sign Language
    11 cheers     		123 people
  3. 2. Travel to every country in the world
    6 cheers     		105 people
  4. 3. Visit all 7 continents
    11 cheers     		1,301 people
  5. 4. Make love in the rain
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		2,073 people
  6. 5. Go on a round-the-world trip
    13 cheers     		1 person
  7. 6. Make a living from my creativity
    21 cheers     		4 people
  8. 7. Sleep on a trampoline at an all-nighter.
    9 cheers     		4 people
  9. 8. Make a pencil table
    2 cheers     		1 person
  10. 9. Backpack through Europe
    10 cheers     		4,968 people
  11. 10. Do the A-Z author challenge
    18 entries . 7 cheers     		146 people
  12. 11. Kiss in the rain
    3 cheers     		14,625 people
  13. 12. Find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year
    23 entries . 6 cheers     		1,343 people
  14. 13. Grow a bonsai tree from seed
    2 entries . 10 cheers     		44 people
  15. 14. Build up the herb garden in the back of my house that my parents let fall to ruin
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		1 person
  16. 15. Become fluent or semi-fluent in Mandarin
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		1 person
  17. 16. Get really good at origami
    4 cheers     		1 person
  18. 17. Learn to paraglide
    4 cheers     		71 people
  19. 18. Send 100 shoeboxes through Operation Christmas Child
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		2 people
  20. 19. Learn to juggle
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		1,174 people
  21. 20. Complete 43 things
    3 entries . 3 cheers     		27 people
  22. 21. Identify 100 things that make my partner happy
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		113 people
  23. 22. Build a fort in my living room
    10 cheers     		9 people
  24. 23. Go skinny dipping
    2 cheers     		3,081 people
  25. 24. Get someone to dance in the rain with me
    4 cheers     		2 people
  26. 25. Drink Champagne with a crazy straw
    5 cheers     		43 people
  27. 26. Sell a photograph I've taken
    6 cheers     		4 people
  28. 27. Be more punctual
    3 cheers     		211 people
  29. 28. Sword fight with bread in front of the Eiffel Tower
    6 cheers     		35 people
  30. 29. Start a book of funny quotable things people have said
    3 cheers     		1 person
  31. 30. Ghostwrite and publish a book on my dad's RTW trips for him
    		1 person

How I did it
How to drop 43 pennies in random places so that people can find them and feel lucky
It took me
3 months
It made me
uplifted

How I did it: I saved spare pennies whenever I got them and in batches of five I stuck "good luck" messages on them and dropped them (usually one or two per trip). I did it in batches of five (after the first three) so that I could keep count of how many I'd dropped. Read how I did it…

Jun 15, 08:15AM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to revamp my goals for 2009
It took me
1 month
It made me
feel more organised

How I did it: Firstly, I organised my list a bit better - it's now got "life goals" (like backpack through Europe, make a living from my creativity, etc.) grouped together, "ongoing" goals (get really good at origami, learn to paraglide, become fluent or semi-fluent in Mandarin, etc.) grouped together and "one-offs" (make love in the rain, build a fort in my living room, etc.) grouped together.I also cleared out the goals that were unrealistic, that I … Read how I did it…

Jan 07, 2009, 04:40PM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to build a snowman
It made me
cold!

How I did it: You need a big ball of snow for the body and a little one for the head. They'll be too big to make into balls in your hands so try rolling them around the garden (or wherever your snow is). We used coal for eyes, buttons and mouth as we had a coal shuttle but you can probably use stones if you don't. A carrot for the nose is a must! And give him a scarf and/or a hat. Arms are optional, I don't think we used to bother but some people use b… Read how I did it…

Nov 24, 2008, 09:03PM PST | 0 comments


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Recent entries
Do the A-Z author challenge (read all 18 entries…)
S 1 week ago

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
My boyfriend recommended this to me and to be honest I was a little loath to try it as it’s a “classic” and I tend to be a lot more fond of contemporary books. It was great though! I really enjoyed it – it was very hard to put down.

He had several S books for me but no Ts in his house for some reason. It’ll have to wait til I get home. But it’s my birthday soon so I should be getting a U and maybe a W, X (I have a V planned already).

Nov 10, 05:14PM PST | 0 comments


Build up the herb garden in the back of my house that my parents let fall to ruin
Untitled 1 month ago

My father has cleared the overgrown yew tree that was hanging over it and we’ve both talked a lot about how we can get the herb garden going again. There’s not much sense in planting anything next time I am home, which is Christmas, but in the Easter holidays it will be spring and so hopefully we can make some progress then!

Oct 17, 05:22PM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


Become fluent or semi-fluent in Mandarin
Untitled 1 month ago

After two years of studying Mandarin, I feel that I can get by with it. Hopefully when I go to China on my travels after university (summer 2010) I will be able to increase my Chinese skills enough so that I feel I can call myself “semi-fluent”.

Oct 17, 05:09PM PDT | 0 comments


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