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Alyssa is a singular girl




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  2. 1. visit all seven continents
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  3. 2. visit all 50 states
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		8,530 people
  4. 3. visit India
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  5. 4. go everywhere mentioned in Johnny Cash's "I've Been Everywhere"
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  6. 5. spend a winter in a warm climate
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  7. 6. ride an elephant
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  8. 7. go to Canada and eat at Tim Horton's
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  9. 8. fly internationally in business class
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  10. 9. go to SXSW
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  11. 10. get a record player
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  12. 11. read "The Prince"
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  13. 12. publish something nationally
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  14. 13. get back into blogging
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  15. 14. have a writing date with my best friend at least twice a month
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  16. 15. do my own 101 cookbooks project
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  17. 16. make pate
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  18. 17. complete the A-Z restaurant challenge
    18 entries . 14 cheers     		18 people
  19. 18. drink 43 types of tea
    6 entries . 7 cheers     		54 people
  20. 19. make bacon-infused vodka
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person
  21. 20. own a piece of Le Creuset cookware
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  22. 21. plant an herb garden
    2 entries . 77 cheers     		180 people
  23. 22. run a 10-minute mile
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  24. 23. take a belly dancing class
    5 entries . 65 cheers     		84 people
  25. 24. ask out a guy
    3 entries . 155 cheers     		17 people
  26. 25. take 10 frame-worthy photos of Minneapolis
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  27. 26. do the things on my Minneapolis to-do list
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  28. 27. win something on the radio
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  29. 28. Meet one person from every country.
    7 entries . 6 cheers     		31 people
  30. 29. learn Swedish
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  31. 30. knit a scarf
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  32. 31. run for office
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  33. 32. start a trend
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  34. 33. attend a black-tie event
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  35. 34. enter a karaoke contest
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  36. 35. sing the song "My Hero" to my friend Hiro
    2 entries . 31 cheers     		1 person

How I did it
How to volunteer for a political campaign
It took me
1 week
It made me

How I did it: I volunteered for the Minnesota DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Laborer) party. My volunteering involved cold-calling people and knocking on doors. Two things I do NOT like doing. It was a good cause, no doubt, but it made me way too nervous. Read how I did it…

Sep 25, 2008, 09:24AM PDT | 1 comment | 5 cheers


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Meet one person from every country. (read all 7 entries…)
Denmark

K and I were at the 331 Club the other day, talking about differentiating instruction or some boring teacher-y thing like that, when the guy at the table next to us started talking about how his teachers had never known how to deal with his dyslexia when he was in school in Denmark. Then we talked about how he works at a Greek Orthodox Church now, and we got invited to Greek Orthodox Christmas next year. Why you’d live in America when you could be living in Scandinavia is beyond me, but he was very nice. Probably all the incense at Greek Orthodox Christmas would make me pass out, though.

European countries I still need: Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican City

Feb 06, 08:47AM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments


do my own 101 cookbooks project (read all 77 entries…)
Embarrassing.

90. I’m one of those people who’s always talking about not having a TV. I really don’t know anything about anyone on TV, particularly reality shows. I’ve never watched an episode of Real Housewives, and only know one, Bethenny.

And once, in looking for a not-too-difficult-looking* yoga DVD to use when the gym was closed, I bought “Body by Bethenny,” even though a little part of me died when I did it.

Apparently Bethenny also has cookbooks, and there was an excerpt inside the DVD, and I made her lower-fat spaghetti carbonara. It was good.

Then I actually checked out the cookbook from the library. A larger part of me died. But for the love of God, the chicken pot pie in The Skinnygirl Dish is actually really good. Now we shall never speak of this episode of my life again.

*I was wrong. It was hard.

Jan 30, 09:41AM PST | 0 comments


drink 43 types of tea (read all 6 entries…)
9.

S and I had a pretty ridiculous fight the other day, which resulted in me storming out of the house at stupid o’clock in the morning.

So I went to Common Roots Cafe and had a sweet potato saute and Emerald Lily green tea and kind of rocked the NY Times crossword. And then I worked out for two hours. If S and I could fight all the time I’d be in really good shape.

Good tea…really good sweet potatoes.

Jan 26, 09:30AM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments


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