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Emily




I'm doing 40 things
  

Emily's Life List

  2. 1. Win The Alan Bunn Memorial Chapbook Prize
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person
  3. 2. complete my thesis
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		20 people
  4. 3. Graduate with my BFA in Creative Writing
    1 entry     		3 people
  5. 4. Make the most of my 20's
    4 entries . 22 cheers     		604 people
  6. 5. eat ethically
    4 entries . 1 cheer     		7 people
  7. 6. Maintain a healthy weight
    7 entries     		86 people
  8. 7. stop using sodium laureth sulfate
    		1 person
  9. 8. learn geography
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		27 people
  10. 9. watch 100 movies in 2009
    10 entries . 2 cheers     		54 people
  11. 10. Write 100 words each day
    		19 people
  12. 11. submit poetry for publication
    5 entries . 4 cheers     		8 people
  13. 12. Memorize all the words to REM's "It's the End of the World as We Know It"
    1 cheer     		32 people
  14. 13. Improve my posture
    3 entries     		2,659 people
  15. 14. meditate
    5 cheers     		2,739 people
  16. 15. Do the Couch to 5k running plan
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		312 people
  17. 16. turn my blog into a book
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		4 people
  18. 17. have a job writing about food
    1 cheer     		2 people
  19. 18. stop multitasking
    1 entry     		9 people
  20. 19. manage my depression
    2 entries . 5 cheers     		66 people
  21. 20. make a list of recipes to try and then try them
    18 entries . 2 cheers     		1 person
  22. 21. Learn to cook 10 excellent crockpot meals
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		2 people
  23. 22. hack my Canon so I can shoot RAW
    1 entry     		2 people
  24. 23. Clean up the documents on my computer
    3 entries . 1 cheer     		37 people
  25. 24. Catalog my books with librarything
    3 entries . 1 cheer     		49 people
  26. 25. take good care of my beautiful jewelry
    3 entries . 2 cheers     		2 people
  27. 26. sew pillows
    1 entry     		7 people
  28. 27. carry a poem in my pocket
    		2 people
  29. 28. Collect my favorite poems into a handmade book
    6 entries . 4 cheers     		7 people
  30. 29. archive family photos
    7 entries . 3 cheers     		2 people
  31. 30. create the soundtrack to my life
    6 entries . 2 cheers     		1,809 people
  32. 31. list 100 things I love about me
    11 entries . 8 cheers     		39 people
  33. 32. compile a personal health record
    1 entry     		1 person
  34. 33. list 43 people i wouldn't kick outta bed
    36 entries . 1 cheer     		14 people
  35. 34. make a list of the top 5 people who have positively influenced you and write them all letters
    2 cheers     		31 people
  36. 35. eat every dessert at the Dessert Gallery
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  37. 36. launch a literary magazine by the time I turn 30
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  38. 37. read every book on Time Magazine's all-time 100 list
    8 entries . 2 cheers     		3 people
  39. 38. become insanely well-read
    3 entries . 20 cheers     		22 people
  40. 39. learn French
    2 cheers     		10,556 people
  41. 40. learn Swahili
    		202 people

How I did it
How to get my migraine headaches under control
It took me
7 months
It made me
healthier

How I did it: I looked at several different aspects of my life and tried my best to improve them. I tried to minimize the amount of harmful substances I was ingesting, as well as the amount of physical and emotional stress I was dealing with. I went off birth control.   I cut back on processed foods and caffeine, and I eliminated MSG and artificial sweeteners entirely. I started stretching before bed to minimize tension in my neck an… Read how I did it…

Oct 18, 01:17AM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to find the perfect perfume
It took me
1 day
It made me
feel feminine

How I did it: I purchased my first bottle of perfume on a cruise ship. Not an ideal way to go about it, but I still managed to find a spicy winter scent that I really loved.While Christmas shopping last year, I stumbled on a light floral scent that I enjoyed. I wasn’t even shopping for perfume, but I wore it for the rest of the day and fell in love with it. I bought myself a bottle for Christmas. It’s a nice crisp spring scent. Read how I did it…

May 04, 11:00AM PDT | 0 comments


How to choose and implement a secure password
It took me
3 months
It made me
feel secure

How I did it: After reading an alarming story on Lifehacker about a hacked gMail account, and then after dealing with my Pay Pal account being compromised--to the tune of $1,500--I decided it was time to do this.Using registration e-mails I had saved and the list of stored passwords from Mozilla, I made a list of the websites that I needed to change.I used the NATO alphabet to make up a sentence and used the letters as my new password. Then I devised a… Read how I did it…

Mar 16, 11:08PM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


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Recent entries
watch 100 movies in 2009 (read all 10 entries…)
October: 15 films; 102 total 1 week ago
  • The Fastest Gun Alive
  • Candleshoe
  • Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers
  • Lili
  • In Name Only
  • Couples Retreat
  • Last Time I Saw Paris
  • Bonjour Tristesse
  • Where The Wild Things Are
  • Phantom of the Opera (1925)
  • Strait-Jacket
  • Management
  • Nosferatu (1922)
  • Fever Pitch (1997)
  • Valentino

Oct 31, 10:20PM PDT | 1 cheer | 1 comment


make a list of recipes to try and then try them (read all 18 entries…)
Raspberry Rose Pots de Creme 2 weeks ago

From Giada at Home.

Oct 23, 11:55AM PDT | 0 comments


Graduate with my BFA in Creative Writing
I met with my advisor. 2 weeks ago

We did my graduation audit—lots of paperwork, lots of math to calculate my GPA within my major—and I turned it in.

All I have to do is finish my courses this semester, do exit counseling for financial aid, and defend my thesis.

I can’t wait to be finished!

Oct 18, 12:50AM PDT | 2 cheers | 1 comment


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I want to:

The world wants to...

Lose 10 pounds radio start using Remember the Milk religiously make a prank phone call be fluent in French get my teeth fixed Buy a brand new car. Learn to swim proficiently make something out of nothing dainty_lil_daisy wants to Stop smoking so much weed play more with my kids miss_change wants to get out of debt own a beach house carpe diem Learn how to write my name in all languages have self-control learn hebrew backpack across europe nothing watch the movie "don juan de marco" stop worrying so much about what i look like stop procastinating go to a nude beach Create a cartoon sleep in a hammock Get married before I reach 25 Go white water rafting
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