 I'm doing 34 things |
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be happy
2 entries . 9 cheers |
21,805 people |
| 2. |
avoid death
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3 people |
| 3. |
live simply
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3,259 people |
| 4. |
decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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6,962 people |
| 5. |
Stop overanalyzing
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304 people |
| 6. |
live in the woods
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161 people |
| 7. |
get rid of unnecessary possessions
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809 people |
| 8. |
Learn to fly
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2,135 people |
| 9. |
fill a journal
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45 people |
| 10. |
go to college
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3,962 people |
| 11. |
play strip poker with giant robots
1 entry . 3 cheers |
1 person |
| 12. |
Learn to pick locks
2 cheers |
1,482 people |
| 13. |
Realize that some people are never going to be the people you thought they might be and be ok with that
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98 people |
| 14. |
save the world
1 entry . 1 cheer |
1,358 people |
| 15. |
use my superpowers for good
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34 people |
| 16. |
Not have a baby for at least three years
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3 people |
| 17. |
Give blood
1 entry . 3 cheers |
2,952 people |
| 18. |
Forget about him... and her
7 entries . 1 cheer |
1 person |
| 19. |
get a boyfriend to be proud of
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2 people |
| 20. |
pet a walrus for many minutes
1 entry . 3 cheers |
8 people |
| 21. |
hug a giant sequoia tree
3 cheers |
4 people |
| 22. |
see a gorilla
1 entry . 1 cheer |
3 people |
| 23. |
learn how to tie the stem of a maraschino cherry with my tongue
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700 people |
| 24. |
post letters here that i would never send
13 entries . 2 cheers |
40 people |
| 25. |
Wake up in the morning, and want to face the world
2 entries . 2 cheers |
3 people |
| 26. |
find a pen pal
3 entries |
551 people |
| 27. |
treat sunday as a day of rest
1 entry |
5 people |
| 28. |
become fluent in jive, and then speak nothing else to any and all authority figures
1 entry . 1 cheer |
44 people |
| 29. |
kiss a gangster
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3 people |
| 30. |
have the best summer
1 entry . 1 cheer |
10 people |
| 31. |
stop wasting my youth on the snooze button
1 cheer |
19 people |
| 32. |
apply to college
2 entries |
70 people |
| 33. |
read more russian literature
1 entry |
11 people |
| 34. |
Win NaNoWriMo 2009
2 entries . 1 cheer |
18 people |
How I did it: Sonny has been complaining a lot lately about the humidity, and the fact that all there is to eat is bread. In his words, his diet needs "less sweets; more meat and soda"... so today we went and sat around in an air conditioned room and ate hamburgers, and it was quite nice. I learned about his mother (owes him $1800) and his grandmother (drinks 40s on the porch with supplicant drug lords) back in LA, how he feels about going to NYC in a … Read how I did it…
How I did it: A clear night, a bottle of wine, a hill, a big tree, a giant chocolate chip cookie, and five uncontrollably cuddly people: a recipe for an ideal (if unintentional) outdoor slumber party.We woke the next morning, wet and shivering with a consortium of yellow labs enthusiastically exploring our faces with theirs, and then stumbled home for coffee and breakfast goods, sleepy but contented. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I did what I do before every hyper-hyped societal ritual: went out and got exhausted and buzzed the night before, then slept for a good while, then obtained a decent quantity of coffee and a scone or two and kept my fingers crossed.As my boyfriend said: "Just demonstrate your obvious superiority." That's one sweet mantra, if you ask me. Read how I did it…
The fact that a homeless heroin addict hasn’t replied to an email in three days does not mean anything. It doesn’t indicate that he’s dead… or that I insulted him… or that he’s on his way home.
People do things that don’t make any sense all the time.
I just wish I could better remember that at the times when I’m spiraling into the what-if-what-if doldrums.
I woke up this morning, after two days of startlingly thorough debauchery, to find myself a good 6,000 words behind… again. Then, of course, I had to confront Chris Baty’s gleaming face, mockingly daring me to reach 15,000 words by the end of Monday. Hahahaha! Ha!
Now, having spent the last four hours alternately procrastinating and word-warring, I’ve gotten in a good 4,000 words. Another day like this, and I’ll be… ahead?
Help! The combination of AP English, college apps and NaNoWriMo is collectively kicking my ass!
And of course the forums are slow as anything, which means that encouragement is a little sparse, if you know what I mean.
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Adrian wants to Buy less stuff
be tv free
feel pretty
write a book
pray and meditate.
drive a race car
spend less money
drink moonshine
go to fiji
pay off credit cards
be a mom
Learn to play the piano
travel to london
Read all of the books from Rory Gilmore's bookclub
See U2 in Ireland
kangaroolocket wants to be more confident
learn how to drive stick-shift
change my top 8 to top 16
make more eye contact
become an actress
make a computer game
learn yoga in india
greystreet629 wants to Make new friends
be more lady like
see Coldplay in concert
become a star
