I'm doing 35 things
The bank who owns the house I rent has offered to let me buy one of the houses our old landlord surrendered to them earlier this year. I’ve signed the preliminary paperwork, so it should only be a couple more weeks before I can say I’m a homeowner!
xfanficx's Life List
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1. Get a tattoo
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2. Make Meatloaf
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3. Learn to Play Lead Guitar
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4. Play Dolly Levi
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5. Write More Songs
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6. Have a Kevin Smith movie marathon
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7. Scuba Dive
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8. Go skydiving
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9. Travel to China
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10. Travel to Japan
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11. Visit the Statue of Liberty
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12. Take a real vacation
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13. Appear in a Movie or TV Show
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14. Learn to Drive a Manual
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15. Encourage Pro-GLBT Legislation
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16. Learn How to Crochet
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17. Join Mensa
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18. Repair My Credit
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19. Visit Jen and Dave in SLC
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20. Visit All 50 States
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21. Learn to Read Tarot
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22. Run Karaoke
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23. Get a Pet Snake
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24. Learn to Control My Migraines
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25. Beat Dermatillomania
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26. Learn to Swing Dance
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27. Avoid Toxic People
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28. Relieve My Guilt
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29. read all the books I own
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30. go on a cruise
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31. be more confident
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32. Explore the Arts in My City
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33. Learn to surf
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34. go to the gym at least 2 times a week
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35. brush up on my spanish
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How I did it
It made me
Accomplished 
How I did it: I had been asked the second week I attended this particular church to someday preach a sermon. It took me 3 and a half years to get up the courage to do it. My roommate knew I wanted to, and when he was approached by the woman in charge of recruiting message bringers, he said that he was not going to be able to do it, but that I was interested in doing so. She asked me and I agreed. It was a Thanksgiving theme, so … Read how I did it…
It made me
feel girly!
How I did it: I did a little research on the beauty sho-ps and spas here downtown and chose one near me. I gave them a call and was able to get in the same day during my lunch hour. Read how I did it…
It made me
Over The Moon!
How I did it: After being academically dismissed twice, I went and got my Associates. 5 years later, I returned to finish off my Bachelors. A lot of hard work and sacrifice (and oodles of student loans) went into this one, so it makes it extra sweet. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
I’ve been invited to preach the sermon on Thanksgiving weekend. I’ve got my idea and now just need to get to writing it!
I completed this at Inconjunction, a local geek convention, in July. I played Columbia in my first cast appearance, and didn’t do too badly considering it was totally last minute.
