I'm doing 29 things
Slow start
7 months ago
I read Slaughterhouse 5 a long time ago and loved it. Last month I read Cat’s Cradle and now I’m reading Breakfast of Champions. The man was a genius.
tenthrune's Life List
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1. develop a personal philosophy
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2. develop my own style
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3. go on a roadtrip with no predetermined destination
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4. write and leave political leaflets in public places
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5. learn to draw
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6. leave notes for strangers to find
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7. read every book I own
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8. design my own tattoo
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9. Learn the bible better than most Christians
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10. read 12 of Shakespeare's plays
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11. be a more active atheist
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12. write more letters by hand
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13. read all of Kurt Vonnegut's books
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14. shop with reusable bags
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15. Participate in PostCrossing
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16. write a novel
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17. write something every day
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18. have a tea party
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19. start a personal website that's not Myspace or Facebook
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20. learn to dance
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21. teach English in a foreign country
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22. learn to knit
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23. learn to speak my own language eloquently, confidently, and without fillers
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24. learn photoshop
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25. attend the burning man festival
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26. keep a book journal
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27. volunteer at a non-profit organization
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28. learn current politics
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29. take part in a Socratic dialogue
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How I did it
It made me
proud 
How I did it: I took French as a Freshman in college because I needed a foreign language. Towards the end of the year my professor, as an afterthought - he was almost past the deadline - handed out fliers about a three week summer program in Orléans, France. It wasn't terribly expensive, I wanted to see the world, and I knew that my boss would let me take off work to do it. I asked myself if there was one good reason why I couldn't go to France. The an… Read how I did it…
It made me
worldly
How I did it: The study abroad program at my university. I first went to study in France for 3 1/2 weeks during the summer and enjoyed it so well that I knew I had to go back for longer. (Well, that and I fell in love with a french guy while I was there.) I worked three jobs to save up enough money, applied for ten zillion scholarships (received not many) and am lucky enough to have parents who are willing and able to help me out. I couldn't believe th… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Crap
7 months ago
I just got an Amazon Kindle, which is the World’s Most Amazingly Awesome Invention, but now I’m confused. Do I have to count the 3,000+ books I’ve downloaded as “books I own”? ‘Cause that complicates things, that does.
Untitled
11 months ago
I guess I’ll take this in mini-steps. Step one: stop saying “like.” I don’t say it as much as the badly-stereotyped ditzy high school girl, but I say too much anyway.
Step two will probably be to stop qualify everything I say with the words “I guess.”
