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mud

I'm doing 25 things

2010 resolutions

I've done 6 things

mud's Life List

1. Break down my social anxiety
1 entry . 5 cheers 2 people
2. learn to give better hugs
8 cheers 2 people
3. write regularly
1 entry . 3 cheers 73 people
4. write a publishable journal article
1 entry . 1 cheer 1 person
5. finish my thesis
1 entry . 1 cheer 489 people
6. Improve my Chinese
1 entry . 4 cheers 155 people
7. paint something elegant
1 entry . 3 cheers 1 person
8. Learn to play the cuatro
1 entry 17 people
9. Learn to Salsa
3 cheers 1,348 people
10. read some fiction
2 entries . 2 cheers 1 person
11. run barefoot down dirt paths
1 entry . 7 cheers 9 people
12. spend more time away from paved roads
10 cheers 2 people
13. swim in the ocean
1 entry . 4 cheers 293 people
14. appreciate what I have
5 cheers 555 people
15. Be like myself and enjoy it
7 cheers 1 person
16. find a contemplative tradition I can identify with
9 cheers 1 person
17. travel the world
2 cheers 18,548 people
18. get my teeth straightened
1 entry . 2 cheers 82 people
19. floss
1 cheer 183 people
20. construct a framework for solving all the world's problems
1 entry . 1 cheer 1 person
21. make the world a better place
4 entries . 8 cheers 754 people
22. Contribute to an open source software project
2 cheers 801 people
23. not get so despondent about the state of the world
4 cheers 8 people
24. take an art class
1 entry . 2 cheers 343 people
25. close guantanamo bay
1 entry . 2 cheers 7 people

Recent entries

take an art class

I'm doing this 2 years ago

A “国画” class (i.e. chinese brush pen painting), in which I can barely understand anything the teacher says. Yesterday the only thing I really learned from two hours of class was the series of characters “勾皴擦染点” which I think is a list of different kinds of brush strokes, but even after an internet search I don’t understand what it means. But I am getting language practice and having fun painting ignorantly.

Mar 29, 2007, 09:12AM PDT | 1 cheer | 1 comment

get my hair cut (read all 2 entries…)

I took the easy way out 2 years ago

I flew back to California for a couple weeks, and the night before leaving I found the time to buzz it off.

Mar 04, 2007, 04:08AM PST | 0 comments

make the world a better place (read all 4 entries…)

Go help close Guantanamo Bay 2 years ago

http://web.amnesty.org/pages/stoptorture-070111-features-eng

Amnesty International is blocked by the Great Firewall, so many of the things on that list are difficult or impossible for me now. I tried to “Send an email to Bush” through a couple proxies, but I can’t. But all you other people, you can.

Jan 31, 2007, 07:36AM PST | 3 cheers | 2 comments

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