Alyssa is a singular girl




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Alyssa is a singular girl's Life List

  1. 1. get a master's degree
    2 entries . 73 cheers
    2,387 people
  2. 2. take the Foreign Service exam
    24 cheers
    29 people
  3. 3. visit all seven continents
    26 cheers
    429 people
  4. 4. join the Peace Corps
    1 entry . 38 cheers
    2,046 people
  5. 5. run for office
    12 cheers
    117 people
  6. 6. visit India
    29 cheers
    761 people
  7. 7. get backstage at a concert
    21 cheers
    10 people
  8. 8. ask out a guy
    2 entries . 13 cheers
    13 people
  9. 9. publish something nationally
    19 cheers
    1 person
  10. 10. fly internationally in business class
    13 cheers
    1 person
  11. 11. finish a Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle
    1 entry . 18 cheers
    1 person
  12. 12. go to SXSW
    12 cheers
    161 people
  13. 13. act in a community theatre play
    25 cheers
    3 people
  14. 14. ride an elephant
    32 cheers
    595 people
  15. 15. see a movie alone
    28 cheers
    6 people
  16. 16. knit a scarf
    20 cheers
    440 people
  17. 17. volunteer for a political campaign
    17 cheers
    10 people
  18. 18. have a fondue party
    32 cheers
    20 people
  19. 19. see every dead socialist leader whose body has been embalmed
    2 entries . 21 cheers
    1 person
  20. 20. start a trend
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    52 people
  21. 21. attend a black-tie event
    12 cheers
    1 person
  22. 22. go to Canada and eat at Tim Horton's
    25 cheers
    1 person
  23. 23. spend a winter in a warm climate
    15 cheers
    2 people
  24. 24. enter a karaoke contest
    10 cheers
    13 people
  25. 25. write a zine article
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    1 person
  26. 26. see a ghost
    10 cheers
    508 people
  27. 27. appear on Jeopardy
    10 cheers
    14 people
  28. 28. play a didgeridu
    1 entry . 16 cheers
    2 people
  29. 29. learn to belly dance
    3 entries . 35 cheers
    2,035 people
  30. 30. have a dinner party
    2 entries . 14 cheers
    216 people
  31. 31. learn to sail
    12 cheers
    1,686 people
  32. 32. read "The Prince"
    2 entries . 8 cheers
    4 people
  33. 33. receive a singing telegram
    7 cheers
    5 people
  34. 34. sing the song "My Hero" to my friend Hiro
    2 entries . 15 cheers
    1 person
  35. 35. clean my walk-in closet enough to actually be able to walk in it
    1 entry . 18 cheers
    1 person
  36. 36. embroider something. anything.
    2 entries . 7 cheers
    1 person
  37. 37. do my own 101 cookbooks project
    16 entries . 10 cheers
    1 person
  38. 38. own a piece of Le Creuset cookware
    5 cheers
    1 person
  39. 39. cook something that scares me
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    1 person
  40. 40. make a plan to move abroad again
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    1 person
  41. 41. go to a hookah bar
    2 cheers
    27 people
  42. 42. go everywhere mentioned in Johnny Cash's "I've Been Everywhere"
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    1 person
Recent entries
become conversational in Mandarin (read all 5 entries…)
I wish there was a "kinda done" option. 3 days ago

I’m still not so good at asking people questions in Chinese, but I can answer the basics. I do pretty well in restaurants. I do exceedingly well in bars.

I don’t plan on being in China anytime soon, so it’s not a terribly necessary goal anymore. I just hope I’ll be able to remember enough to impress Chinese people when I go to my favorite bakery in Chicago’s Chinatown.


go everywhere mentioned in Johnny Cash's "I've Been Everywhere"
I need to find out where some of these places are. 4 days ago

I’ve been to the places in bold. Mr. Cash is going to make this one a tough one to complete. He’s got quite the list.

Winnamucka
Reno

Chicago
Fargo
Minnesota
Buffalo
Toronto
Winslow
Sarasota
Wichta
Tulsa
Ottowa
Oklahoma
Tampa
Panama
Mattua
LaPaloma
Bangor
Baltimore
Salvador
Amarillo
Tocapillo
Pocotello
Amperdllo
Boston
Charleston
Dayton
Louisiana
Washington
Houston
Kingston
Texas
Monterey
Fairaday
Santa Fe
Tollaperson
Glen Rock
Black Rock
Little Rock
Oskaloosa
Tennessee
Tinnesay
Chickapee
Spirit Lake
Grand Lake
Devil’s Lake
Crater Lake
Louisville
Nashville
Knoxville
Omerback
Shereville
Jacksonville
Waterville
Costa Rock
Richfield
Springfield
Bakersfield
Shreveport
Hackensack
Cadillac
Fond du Lac
Davenport
Idaho
Jellico
Argentina
Diamondtina
Pasadena
Catalina
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg
Gravelburg
Colorado
Ellisburg
Rexburg
Vicksburg
El Dorado
Larimore
Adimore
Habastock
Chadanocka
Shasta
Nebraska
Alaska
Opalacka
Baraboo
Waterloo
Kalamazoo
Kansas City
Sioux City
Cedar City
Dodge City


have my tarot cards read
Memphis, baby 1 week ago

On a road trip down South a few weeks ago, my friend and I started talking about wanting to go to a psychic. Our friend, who lives in Memphis, said she knew where one was located. So we went, and getting a reading cost a pretty penny, but it was still cool, even though I wish I would have gotten my reading done by the other woman there. She was psychic down to the hippie skirt and indecipherable accent.

(But I kind of hope it doesn’t turn out to be accurate…I guess I’ll find out in two years, when I’m supposed to be settling down.)


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