I'm doing 39 things
Just submitted my second article to the Big Issue; this one probably won’t be published but at least I’m still giving it a go.
thequestion's Life List
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1. Lose 50 kilograms!
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2. Save $10,000
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3. Volunteer
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4. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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5. Write a literary masterpiece! :)
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6. Create a beautiful, thick, hand-drawn graphic novel of incredible profundity!
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7. Draw, write and publish a super hero comic! Adapt into a film. Donate substantial Box office takings to save-the-world type activites
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8. Make a gorgeous animated film that really says something
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9. Design and publish a not-for-profit magazine that rocks harder than Freddie Mercury
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10. Complete a postgraduate degree!
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11. Illustrate a children's book!
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12. Pilot a hot air baloon and brunch on muffins and strawberry milkshakes
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13. Make a short film for tropfest
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14. Earn a PhD
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15. Save the world
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16. Start a comedy festival for charity
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17. Build a hospital in Africa and name it after my mum
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18. be a better person today than I was yesterday
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19. live with integrity
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20. Take a train ride and gaze thoughtfully out the window
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21. sail on a tall ship
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22. Attend a concert at the Sydney Opera House!
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23. Have my own radio show (again)
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24. be independent
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25. Visit the world's greatest museums and art galleries
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26. Skydive
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27. Be an extra in a movie
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28. quit saying I want to write and actually write
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29. Backpack through Asia, Europe and the America's
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30. Exhibit my artwork
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31. Spend a year in rural france riding a bicycle, writing poetry and drinking red wine
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32. Learn a martial art
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33. Become a masked vigilante and protect the innocent!
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34. Learn a number of world languages
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35. Make the right choice when it matters; not the easy choice
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36. Begin a local memorial revegetation project
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37. move into my own place
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38. Buy a typewriter to write cool thank-you letters on
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39. Experiment with a letterpress and old-school publishing techniques
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How I did it
It made me
Sha-wing! 
How I did it: Saved up, ordered, waited - bought! Set the amount I wanted to spend ($600), browsed through a few online websites of reputable bike manufacturers and visited a local bike shop, where I fell in love with a beautiful 'giant' cypress - silver and chrome in colour and sparkling like Albus Dumbledore's eyes in the summer sun! However, due to a lack of stock, I ended up getting the black painted frame - which I like even better! &n… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Adelaide Museum, including the Aboriginal Cultures Gallery
Adelaide Art Gallery: classic paintings and contemporary works. Virst visited in year twelve. Saw the Michael Leunig exhibition in 2003.
Port Adelaide Maritime Museum: I helped design and prepare a small exhibition here during my undergraduate degree.
Whyalla Maritime Museum: Not only designed an exhibit but also lots of signs and promotional material!
