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verdandi




I'm doing 34 things
  

verdandi's Life List

  2. 1. Learn to play the guitar
    1 entry     		12,655 people
  3. 2. be nicer
    		758 people
  4. 3. Win a photography competition
    		23 people
  5. 4. play the entire Myst series
    		85 people
  6. 5. make my own clothes
    		2,195 people
  7. 6. See Paul McCartney in concert
    		51 people
  8. 7. sing in a band
    2 cheers     		705 people
  9. 8. send out Christmas cards
    1 entry     		26 people
  10. 9. draw a picture
    1 cheer     		24 people
  11. 10. write a novel
    		9,665 people
  12. 11. send suprise packages to my friends
    		2 people
  13. 12. write a letter
    		100 people
  14. 13. visit Florence
    		48 people
  15. 14. Visit Singapore
    		54 people
  16. 15. learn italian
    1 entry     		5,734 people
  17. 16. Build an aeolian harp
    		3 people
  18. 17. live overseas
    		252 people
  19. 18. referee soccer/football games
    		5 people
  20. 19. start letterboxing
    		40 people
  21. 20. knit a hat
    		105 people
  22. 21. Read the entire Bible
    		2,458 people
  23. 22. do the splits
    		2,015 people
  24. 23. expand my musical horizons
    2 entries     		64 people
  25. 24. sing karaoke like I sing in the shower
    		2 people
  26. 25. learn french
    		10,608 people
  27. 26. master latin
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		22 people
  28. 27. drink more water
    		18,974 people
  29. 28. write a song
    		4,209 people
  30. 29. learn to paint
    		1,156 people
  31. 30. improve my Scrabble game
    1 cheer     		22 people
  32. 31. solve a rubiks cube
    		451 people
  33. 32. run a 5k
    		2,181 people
  34. 33. watch more foreign films
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		147 people
  35. 34. Build a Theremin.
    		117 people

How I did it
How to learn to cook
It took me
1 year
It made me
proud.

How I did it: When I was in high school, I always used to bake and cook stuff and take it to parties. I liked making dishes that were a little bit off the beaten path -- tarts, savory pastries, vegetable dishes, quiches -- but no one would ever touch them! I eventually just decided that I was an awful cook, and took the stuff home and ate the leftovers myself.As soon as I got to college, though, I started earning a reputation (much to my surprise) as a… Read how I did it…

Nov 10, 04:54PM PST | 1 comment | 1 cheer


How to practice Yoga
It took me
50 days
It made me
stronger.

How I did it: Free classes offered through my college -- they go on your transcript, so you have to attend -- otherwise I'd probably never be able to drag myself out of bed to get there at 8:30. Read how I did it…

Nov 10, 04:38PM PST | 0 comments


How to be published
It took me
365 days
It made me
ponder.

How I did it: I submitted a piece of work to a small project based around putting together an anthology of short fiction and poetry written by high school age kids. The sales on Amazon are pretty low (probably just my mom and the other kids' moms), but it's still really nice to have a fully bound book with something I've written in it. Read how I did it…

Nov 10, 04:23PM PST | 0 comments


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Recent entries
learn italian
Mi piace... ? 2 weeks ago

Like everything that ends up being a significant part of my life, I began this endeavor for totally superficial reasons. I decided I wanted to study abroad, but after my experiences with Attic Greek (insert screams of terror here) my grades were not exactly the nice, shiny grades they needed to be in order to be approved for the Rome program I wanted to do.

BUT THEN: there was this little note down at the bottom about this program in Pisa. This program in Pisa that no one ever does, and no one ever applies for, because there’s a language prerequisite. And thus the cogs began to turn.

So I applied, and I got approved, and now I’m taking Italian.

And I LOVE IT.

Nov 10, 04:34PM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments


Make Madrigals
So excited! 2 years ago

Aah, I never expected to make it…!
It’s so different though, with only a handful of people singing my part instead of 20. It’s going to take some adjustment.

Oct 02, 2007, 07:25PM PDT | 0 comments


Learn Perfect Pitch (read all 2 entries…)
I've decided I don't actually want to do this right now. 2 years ago

I would rather focus on improving my relative pitch. I don’t doubt that it’s possible, but I really don’t think it would be a cure-all for my problems – it would probably be a kind of artificial recognition that wouldn’t really help me. Maybe I’ll come back to it later.

Oct 02, 2007, 07:22PM PDT | 0 comments


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I want to:

The world wants to...

get a tatoo stop being so shy Learn to play the cello start recycling kiss a beautiful man with passion opera wants to be a size 8 Learn to love me Drive the Pacific Coast Highway. take control of my life Go to the cinema every week hi graduate university Free-fall sky dive Learn to play the piano participate in a LARP save someone's life buy a home spend less money babyducks wants to simplify my life rollerblade Kiss in the rain be a good friend to my friends. live in a treehouse Hawk~ wants to paint exercise regularly stop making to do lists get a job Learn to Dance Tango
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