Ethan




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Ethan's Life List

  1. 1. record my songs
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    142 people
  2. 2. type with 10 fingers
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    322 people
  3. 3. expand my social circle
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    542 people
  4. 4. Fall in love
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    24,421 people
  5. 5. get in shape
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    9,357 people
  6. 6. juggle 5 balls
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    34 people
  7. 7. learn to ride a unicycle
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    258 people
  8. 8. learn to speak toki pona
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    18 people
  9. 9. be a better cook
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    496 people
  10. 10. Be a better atheist.
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    71 people
  11. 11. get more tattoos
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    1,553 people
  12. 12. Give away a bunch of clothes I've been meaning to give away for a long time
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    154 people
  13. 13. refresh my Japanese
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    7 people
  14. 14. write more letters
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    1,522 people
  15. 15. write a novel
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    9,666 people
  16. 16. use caffeine with wise moderation
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    1 person
  17. 17. Contribute, in some way, to "This American Life"
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    6 people
  18. 18. stop retroactively justifying bad decisions
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    1 person
  19. 19. Get through college with a decent credit rating
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    1 person
  20. 20. Use TiddlyWiki to write a role-playing adventure
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    5 people
  21. 21. be mystical
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    3 people
  22. 22. be the feeder in a juggling pattern
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    1 person
  23. 23. graduate from college with honors
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    57 people
  24. 24. Learn a tone language
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    4 people
  25. 25. learn a polysynthetic language
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    1 person
  26. 26. Learn Ruby
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    1,841 people
  27. 27. disseminate democratic education information
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    1 person
  28. 28. kiss in iran
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    5 people
  29. 29. develop a juggling routine
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    1 person
  30. 30. Sell all my old Star Wars action figures
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    1 person
  31. 31. learn to swim
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    2,953 people
  32. 32. write anonymous, loving post-its for strangers to find
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    867 people
  33. 33. Microwave a grape
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    23 people
  34. 34. play guitar at least thrice a week for two months
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    1 person
  35. 35. get a handle on the metric system
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    1 person
  36. 36. Eat Basashi
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    1 person
  37. 37. buy an Apple next time
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    1 person
  38. 38. Learn to program synthesizers
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    6 people
  39. 39. try capoeira
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    29 people
Recent entries
try capoeira
Ouch! 18 months ago

I went to a conditioning class, which the local capoeira studio is holding to help people get ready for actual capoeira. I got through it, but it was rough. I knew I was out of shape, but I had no idea just how stiff I am. I was planning on taking a second class this week, but I was too sore, so I’ll have to wait until next week to try again.



Learn to program synthesizers (read all 2 entries…)
Getting there 19 months ago

A friend of mine, who is a like-minded fan of electronic music, came over for a jam-session. It went pretty well, but we spent more then half our time trying to figure out how to get the MIDI stuff to play nice. We had two out of three manuals, so we got far enough to realize what we needed to learn.

After a while, we gave up and jammed with cheesy drum-tracks, which was also good. I’m starting to get the hang of the Juno-6, although I still have to try and interface it with the theremin eventually.



Tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue
Fun, but not really that sexy. 20 months ago

Practice practice practice. It helps to like ice cream sundays and/or Manhattan cocktails.



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