pjlewis66




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  1. 1. learn photography
    4 entries . 4 cheers
    2,890 people
  2. 2. write a novel
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    11,081 people
  3. 3. Travel across America in a camper van
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    25 people
  4. 4. Visit Japan again
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    66 people
  5. 5. Visit Australia
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    2,776 people
  6. 6. learn to play bass
    2 entries . 4 cheers
    732 people
  7. 7. Quit Smoking
    6 entries . 10 cheers
    9,264 people
  8. 8. find a new job
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    1,190 people
  9. 9. be healthier
    14 team members . 3 entries . 3 cheers
    875 people
  10. 10. Go to Ireland
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    1,892 people
  11. 11. Go to England
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    950 people
  12. 12. Become Financially Independent
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    6,299 people
  13. 13. Quit my job
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    1,217 people
  14. 14. visit every state in the U.S.
    1 entry
    640 people
  15. 15. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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    7,317 people
  16. 16. watch the IMDB.com Top 100 movies
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    1,251 people
  17. 17. learn spanish
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    17,682 people
  18. 18. start writing again
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    425 people
  19. 19. die with my boots on
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    6 people
  20. 20. Learn to play the drums
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    2,032 people
  21. 21. Alphabetize my cd collection
    28 people
  22. 22. Get a digital SLR camera
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    702 people
  23. 23. Lose 10 pounds
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    6,327 people
  24. 24. Have 43 Things on my "has done" list
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    4 people
  25. 25. read the top 100 sci-fi novels
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    18 people
  26. 26. have a secret identity
    87 people
  27. 27. join a secret society
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    184 people
  28. 28. find out how 43people.com could be useful besides being a tribute site to my subscribers and celebs
    40 team members
    23 people
  29. 29. discover more good music using last.fm
    30 team members
    29 people
  30. 30. Learn the Chapman Stick
    1 entry
    4 people
  31. 31. dream lucidly
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    597 people
  32. 32. lower my cholesterol
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    217 people
  33. 33. have my own business
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    521 people
  34. 34. win the lottery
    1 entry
    3,997 people
  35. 35. like myself
    2 entries . 4 cheers
    369 people
  36. 36. Have my 15 minutes of fame
    51 people
  37. 37. try geocaching
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    187 people
  38. 38. Act in a play
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    353 people
  39. 39. love my job
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    483 people
  40. 40. post to my blog every day for 1 month
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    1 person
  41. 41. learn html
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    769 people
  42. 42. stand up comedy
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    82 people
Recent entries
Quit Smoking (read all 6 entries…)
Three weeks and temptation from the Dark Side

Today marks 3 weeks… it’s still gradually getting easier, though the cravings pop up once in awhile. The Nicorette gum is working out great. I came the closest to a setback today than ever.
I was cleaning out my truck and was tossing some “empty” cigaretted boxes, when I noticed something jiggling around in one of them. Opened it up and saw two beautiful Marlboros gazing longingly up at me. Or was I gazing longingly down at them? Either way, I spent the next ten minutes arguing with myself about smoking at least one of them. “It’s only one, and I’ve done so well! Reward yourself!” “Yeah, that’s like rewarding yourself for not being in an auto accident by playing in traffic.” “Who’s gonna know?” “I’ll know.” “But it feels SOOOO GOOOOOOD!” And this is where my schizoid conversation paused. I started thinking… “Is it really so good? Why is it so good?” And I just couldn’t put my finger on why I got enjoyment out of smoking. It occurred to me that the relief I get from smoking was due to the craving I had courtesy of the addiction. That was it. I don’t feel better after smoking. I just don’t feel withdrawals anymore. Anyway, I got pissed off and threw the cigarettes away. Screw you Marlboro! I’m gonna do it this time.



be healthier (read all 3 entries…)
Re-think

I’ve decided to go the extra mile with this “healthy” thing. Sure, quitting smoking will help tremendously, and eating low fat stuff hasn’t been hard at all. I still think I’m gaining weight though. Probably because I quit smoking. Can you get fat on a box of Triscuits? Anyhoo… I’ve decide to take a more methodical approach to getting/living healthy. When I get my check-up next month, for my cholesterol, I’ll ask about what kind of physical exercise I am allowed to do. My cardiologist didn’t mention any restrictions, since it was just a tachycardia… So I should be able to do some cardio type exercises. Sigh… guess I’ll have to research it. A major drag, since I’m chronically lazy…



Make Firefox my default browser
More stable

I tried it out to see what all the fuss was about. The tabbing feature is cool, but can be done in IE with the right add-on. The best thing about Firefox is that I haven’t had nearly the same problems with crashing that I had with IE. In fact, I can’t remember it EVER crashing.



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