prayformojo




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  1. 1. minimize my material possessions
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  2. 2. age gracefully
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  3. 3. build a synthesizer
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  4. 4. read Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" this summer
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  5. 5. take more photographs
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  6. 6. Peyote
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  7. 7. improve my guitar playing
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  8. 8. take a sabbatical year and hit the open road
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  9. 9. Learn Lisp
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  10. 10. start producing and stop consuming
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  11. 11. know exactly what I want
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  12. 12. Never stop learning
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  13. 13. Get better at chess
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  14. 14. improve my juggling
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  15. 15. travel to every continent
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  16. 16. draw a graphic novel
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  17. 17. Read all the books in my "must read" pile
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  18. 18. cook more often
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  19. 19. Drink Ayahuasca
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  20. 20. Read Proust's Remembrance of Things Past
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  21. 21. Walk the Great Wall of China
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  22. 22. hike the inca trail to machu pichu
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  23. 23. trek the Inca trail
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  24. 24. become a journalist
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  25. 25. make meditation and creative visualization daily practices
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  26. 26. go to burning man
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  27. 27. Practice Yoga
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  28. 28. master Rails
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  29. 29. Learn Ruby
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  30. 30. Help test Tootietails: the next new thing from The Robot Co-op
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  31. 31. publish something in a respectable journal, magazine, or edited website
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  32. 32. export this data in RDF/XML
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  33. 33. Build a Personal Video Recorder
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  34. 34. have better posture
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  35. 35. Learn clever magic tricks
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  36. 36. get in shape
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  37. 37. have a body like iggy pop
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  38. 38. Start my own business
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  39. 39. live off of freelance work
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  40. 40. increase my stamina
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  41. 41. Learn Flash
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  42. 42. Start doing crunches every day
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  43. 43. smoke DMT
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Read Proust's Remembrance of Things Past (read all 2 entries…)
I've got to do it by January 18th, 2006 3 years ago

That’s when I’m leaving the country and I don’t plan on taking the books with me. I may have to cheat because I keep starting other books, plus I’m preparing for this upcoming trip.



Get better at chess
Chess website 3 years ago

http://www.chesstactics.org is an online book that aims to teach chess tactics by example. Also includes a quiz that will show you random situations and an explanation.



see the strokes play
Most Pretentious. Band. Ever. 3 years ago

I saw them at Randall’s Island with The Raveonettes, The New York Dolls, Iggy Pop, etc. They were definitely not that impressive. The lead singer looked like he’d gained 30 pounds from the last time I saw him on TV and he just didn’t seem that into it. He had this smarmy, condescending attitude the entire time. They played pretty well, but no one was really into it, because the guy was being such a jackass.



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