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Marked goal Vote as Done!

Note added to goal Read 5 biographies

1. The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell

DONE!

2. John Adams by David McCullough

3. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

DONE!

4. American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott

DONE!

5. Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden

DONE!

Note added to goal Try 5 new foods

1. Stuffed and baked tomatoes. Verdict: YUM!

2. Sushi @ Lin's Grand Buffet. Verdict: Try more.

3. Fried Banana. Verdict: Delicious!

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Complete a 'Walk To Mordor' challenge

4 months ago

7 Things x 2013

My seven answers to the Day Zero alternative New Year's resolutions poll:

Learn how to write creatively
Start exercising
Stop reading fanfiction
Take a vacation to the Olympic Peninsula
Find an awesome job
Try new foods
Be more outgoing

Marked goal Go on a road trip as Done!

Note added to goal Learn how to play a song on the guitar

Happy birthday, taught to me by Savanna! Dec '12/Jan '12

Marked goal Learn how to play a song on the guitar as Done!

Marked goal Try 5 new foods as in progress.

Note added to goal Eat food from a food truck

A food truck stopped by work in October '12, and I got two tacos, beans, and rice! Tbh, I wasn't impressed. :'(

Verdict: try again.

Marked goal Eat food from a food truck as Done!

Note added to goal Visit 10 different museums

1. MIM -

2. Phoenix Children's Museum -

Marked goal Visit 10 different museums as in progress.

Note added to goal Watch 100 new movies

1. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

2. Moneyball

3. Joyful Noise (avoid at all costs!)

4. Avengers (4 times!)

5. Dark Shadows (meh :/)

6. Battleship (yum)

7. I Love You Phillip Morris (OMG CUTE!)

8. Starship Trooper

9. Reservoir Dogs

10. Phantasm I

11. Seven

12. American Psycho

13. Boy Wonder

14. Drive

15. Man on a Ledge

16. Cruel Intentions (DX terrible)

17. A Shine of Rainbows (prepare to cry)

18. Winter's Bone (not bad, but strange. it's got jennifer lawrence in it)

19. Life in a Day (acquire this! brilliant, sad, happy, and beautiful)

20. 180° South (omggg, so good)

21. Journey into Amazing Caves: IMAX (okay ~30 minutes)

22. Tower Heist (liked it!)

23. Wanderlust (meh. not bad, not good)

24. If a Tree Falls (interesting)

25. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (I cried, so sad, a must buy.)

26. No Impact Man (interesting)

27. Contagion (pretty good)

28. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (buy the DVD)

29. Dream House (pretty good!)

30. Anonymous (AWESOME!)

31. Katy Perry movie (awwww!)

Marked goal Fill my journal as in progress.

Note added to goal Read 300 new books

2. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

3. The 10 Best of Everything National Parks: 800 Top Picks From Parks Coast to Coast

4. The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell

Note added to goal Do a fun chemistry experiment

http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howtos/ht/invisibleink3.htm

Marked goal Do a fun chemistry experiment as in progress.

Marked goal Do a fun chemistry experiment as in progress.

Note added to goal Do 5 things that scare me

1. Acknowledge my depression and take my first steps towards healing

Marked goal Do 5 things that scare me as in progress.

Marked goal Read 5 biographies as in progress.

Marked goal Fill an entire notebook with original poetry as in progress.

Note added to goal Find 30 new recipes and make each one

1. Cupcakes with whole Oreos at the bottom and homemade cream cheese Oreo frosting. (YUM!)

2. Chicken Tortilla Casserole. (YUM!)

3. Fried rice. (Yuck!)

Marked goal Find a beer I like as Done!

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Rewatch Gokusen

11 months ago

Marked goal Buy a lottery ticket as Done!

Marked goal Compliment someone I don't know as Done!

Note added to goal Get a pen pal

Allison (US) and Laura (UK)!

Marked goal Get a pen pal as Done!

Note added to goal Make a list of 25 interesting English words and add to my active vocabulary

1. mathematical - awesome

2. rad - radical

3. wicked - awesome

4. algebraic - awesome

5. lump off - leave off

6. gig - job

7. rhombus - awesome

8. BYT - bright young thing

9. dead hoofer - bad dancer

10. kicks - shoes

11. scene - situation ("what's the scene?")

12. threads - clothes

13. dame - woman

14. jalopy - old car

15. pinch - to arrest

16. what's buzzin', cousin? - how's it going?

17. says you! - reaction of disbelief

18. big tickle - really funny

19. Big Daddy - a guy who's got it all figured out (a slick mother fucker)

20. cop a breeze - leave

21. eyeball - look around

22. ice it - forget about it

23. rattle your cage - make someone upset

24. razz my berries - impress me

25. nosebleed - stupid (insult; "hey, nosebleed!")

Marked goal Make a list of 25 interesting English words and add to my active vocabulary as in progress.

Marked goal Find 30 new recipes and make each one as in progress.

The Scribble Diary: My Brain Right Now

Lisa Currie (Author)

Photo added to goal Buy and complete a Scribble Diary

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Buy and complete a Scribble Diary

11 months ago

Note added to goal Use an entire jar of googly eyes

97. Cover everything with googly eyes. It makes life funnier. We should all have a tin of emergency googly eyes in our handbags!

from http://galadarling.com/article/100-things-to-do-instead-of-procrastinating-on-the-internet

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Use an entire jar of googly eyes

11 months ago

Note added to goal Make a zine

55. Make a zine! Just grab some paper, fold it in half, & start! You can use a typewriter or hand-write it, fill it with collages & jokes, write essays or just make it a devotional to your favourite movies from the ’90s… When you’re done, photocopy it & post it to your friends!

from http://galadarling.com/article/100-things-to-do-instead-of-procrastinating-on-the-internet