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Chris Chapman




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Chris Chapman's Life List

  2. 1. get in shape
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		9,387 people
  3. 2. blog more often
    2 cheers     		393 people
  4. 3. stop procrastinating
    1 cheer     		26,998 people
  5. 4. climb all 214 Wainwrights
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person
  6. 5. move out
    		3,052 people
  7. 6. write a book and have it published
    2 cheers     		2,705 people
  8. 7. work through 'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain'
    1 cheer     		56 people
  9. 8. learn to draw
    1 entry     		1,986 people
  10. 9. Watch a space shuttle launch
    1 cheer     		957 people
  11. 10. spend less time on irc
    		1 person
  12. 11. Think more
    		77 people
  13. 12. stop wasting time
    		3,560 people
  14. 13. eradicate the greengrocer's apostrophe
    7 cheers     		24 people
  15. 14. spend an entire day watching the extended version of all three Lord of the Rings movies back-to-back-to-back
    		1,108 people
  16. 15. read and implement Getting Things Done
    1 cheer     		115 people
  17. 16. Drink eight glasses of water each day
    		1,735 people
  18. 17. watch the IMDB.com Top 100 movies
    1 entry     		1,018 people
  19. 18. stare at screen <12hrs/day
    1 cheer     		13 people
  20. 19. organize my mp3s
    		85 people
  21. 20. buy and sustain my first houseplant
    5 cheers     		12 people
  22. 21. Contribute to an open source software project
    		802 people
  23. 22. do a crossword puzzle every day
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		15 people
  24. 23. pay off my student loans
    1 cheer     		2,846 people
  25. 24. learn ruby on rails
    		1,345 people
  26. 25. Learn AJAX style programming
    		533 people
  27. 26. be a more conscious consumer
    2 cheers     		71 people
  28. 27. make a difference
    		6,796 people
  29. 28. eat healthier
    2 entries     		10,141 people
  30. 29. do the coast to coast walk
    		8 people
  31. 30. Learn to play the guitar
    3 cheers     		12,668 people
  32. 31. become a better photographer
    		1,975 people
  33. 32. learn card magic
    		3 people
  34. 33. learn clever magic tricks
    1 cheer     		145 people
  35. 34. spend less time on the computer
    		947 people
  36. 35. work because I want to, not because I have to
    2 cheers     		332 people
  37. 36. read the Harvard Classics
    		52 people
  38. 37. learn to ride a bike
    		602 people
  39. 38. see the northern lights
    		16,928 people
  40. 39. juggle Mills Mess
    		3 people
  41. 40. declutter my house
    		933 people
Recent entries
read a book chapter for Librivox
Definitely worthwhile 2 years ago

The community is friendly and the experience is very rewarding. It’s quite time-consuming (especially the editing, at least for me) but I get a warm fuzzy feeling every time I upload a finished chapter.

Aug 06, 2007, 03:04PM PDT | 0 comments


get to level 60 on World of Warcraft.
wasn't worth it for me in any way that mattered 2 years ago

I made level 60 after a few months of fairly relaxed play, but realised that all there was left to the game after that was either tedious grinding, or the promise of rewards awarded infrequently and at random. A week later I vended everything I had, gave away the gold, and cancelled my account. I’ve never regretted it, and the free trial copy of Burning Crusade that Blizzard sent me sits here untouched and unwanted.

If you’re considering getting out of WoW, don’t think of it as quitting, think of it as winning the game. If that seems like an artifice, realise that you have to make up your own victory condition, because Blizzard is never going to give you a way to win.

For me, the lesson of my time spent playing WoW is summed up by a comment I saw somewhere: “Never pay someone for the privilege of letting them control your sense of accomplishment.”

Aug 06, 2007, 02:57PM PDT | 0 comments


hit level 60 in World of Warcraft
wasn't worth it for me in any way that mattered 2 years ago

I made level 60 after a few months of fairly relaxed play, but realised that all there was left to the game after that was either tedious grinding, or the promise of rewards awarded infrequently and at random. A week later I vended everything I had, gave away the gold, and cancelled my account. I’ve never regretted it, and the free trial copy of Burning Crusade that Blizzard sent me sits here untouched and unwanted.

If you’re considering getting out of WoW, don’t think of it as quitting, think of it as winning the game. If that seems like an artifice, realise that you have to make up your own victory condition, because Blizzard is never going to give you a way to win.

For me, the lesson of my time spent playing WoW is summed up by a comment I saw somewhere: “Never pay someone for the privilege of letting them control your sense of accomplishment.”

Aug 06, 2007, 01:09PM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


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do a split build a platform bed get more organized sunya wants to List down my favorite movies of all time play the piano Learn Ruby stop loving him make a difference build a sandcastle Manage my money better live within my means cope with my A.D.D. live it smoke less make 50 LiveJournal icons Stop caring what other people think of me learn to speak Ga(the native language of Ghana) Visit Japan GazeboGal wants to read all the books on my shelves learn to make sushi be more positive question everything go sailing Steve Barnett wants to save a life own a VW Beetle get a job immediately learn to relax more have lots of kids
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