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ElspethOllie Posted Fri 20 Feb, 2009 1:20 AM |
That looks fantastic! Cool tradition.
Thanks for the info! |
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minnmess Posted Fri 13 Nov, 2009 4:10 PM |
minnmess wrote: Okay my list that i started years ago. Some superficial and dumb, some important. Some accomplished. Some half accomplished. some maybe never to be accomplished:
1. Be Published DONE
2. Be in a scholarly article or textbook (half accomplished. I was interviewed for an criminology article about violence in hockey in university)
3.get a giant tennis ball from a grand slam (check..Wimbeldon 06)
4. Go to every continent (2 done..thats sad)
5. own designer shoes (check)
6. go to NYC DONE
7. Go to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics if you people keep voting, than maybe!
8. Be thanked in liner notes
9. Learn to snowboard (well, ive been snowboarding..i wouldnt say ive learned)
10. learn to surf
11. fly first class
12. go to Europe (double check)
13. meet Mark Messier
14. Meet other heroes of mine (kinda check. Ive met people that i am fans of..not really any heroes)
15. go to an NHL allstar game
16. Go to every Canadian province and territory (only 2 done..sad. Its a big effing country)
17. Go to a hockey game in every Canadian NHL city (still only 2. 3 total, 2 canadian).
18. See Travis in Glasgow
19. See Oasis in Manchester guess this isnt happening
20. I had a duplicate and dont feel like renumbering.
21. Live in the UK NEXT YEAR
22. Have a job that i love and actually look forward to getting up and going to.
23. Be a trained and educated photographer (classes starting in January!) well, i started
24. Graduate Uni (check)
25. BE HAPPY (umm..sometimes check)
26. learn to play the guitar
27. Polar Bear Dip (might do it this year)
28. Get a tattoo
29. Bathe an elephant
30. hold a koala
31. pet a kangeroo
32. hug a chimpanzee
33. See highland cows. In Scotland
34. Go skinny dipping
35. Ride in a hot air balloon
36. Go in a helicopter
I was thinking about this thread the other day, and with the help of the lovely Kayte, decided to track it down and give it an update!. Bold=new. |
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goosey_84 Posted Fri 13 Nov, 2009 4:40 PM |
minnmess wrote:
35. Ride in a hot air balloon
this is on my list too! :) |
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lilly Posted Fri 13 Nov, 2009 5:26 PM |
I don't really like my previous list, I thiiiink I wrote it in a hurry. Hrmph. Can I start over? Ok, I will, anyway.
1. graduate from university (March 2010, PLEASE!), then go travelling for a few weeks (sigh), then come back and get a JOB.
2. learn to speak and write Farsi fluently (started taking classes in October)
3. get an Iranian passport
4. master the art of Persian cooking. sigh.
5. write a book
6. work for a charity/NGO - or at the "Goethe Institute"
7. travel the US East Coast
8. get rid of my stupid German accent when speaking English
9. get back my PIANO (or buy a new one). I really really miss playing it :(
10. learn to play the guitar properly (need new strings first)
11. learn to draw a human face
12. pay back my student loan (this should probably be No.2 on the list)
13. hold an owl
14. work in the UK for some time
15. write articles for a magazine
16. wear an evening gown (lol, seriously, I've never done that)
17. see more of Europe
18. donate money and time to help elderly people (they're completely left out these days, it's SO sad!!)
19. go to a grand wedding (never really been to one)
20. buy a house with a rose-garden for my mum
21. run my own café
22. have kids.
23. ...
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Meridith Posted Fri 13 Nov, 2009 6:00 PM |
lilly wrote:
16. wear an evening gown (lol, seriously, I've never done
I totally want to do this too Lilly!!!! |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Fri 13 Nov, 2009 6:02 PM |
Interesting! I didn't remember if I had a list or not, but reading this thread I found one.
I've done hardly anything on the list, it's very sad.
I Came in Through the Bathroom Window wrote:
In no particular order:
1. Graduate from Uni (if I finish next year it'll be perfect). I'm seriously working on it. I've got four classes left (the end is so near I'm feeling nostalgic already!) and five exams. I'll take three before mid December and two next February. And then I'll be a Sociologist. So Feb 2010 it is.
2. Go to Europe. Again, seriously working on it, saving money and stuff. September/October 2010 I'll be there.
3. See Paul McCartney live (it will probably never happen).
4. Go to Puerto Madryn (see the whales) and travel around the Patagonia in general, includding the glaciers.
5. Go to Mexico and study the Mexican Revolution.
6. Go to the Iguazú Waterfalls.
7. Meet Goosey and Almond. Maybe in Glasgow in October next year???
8. Be a good singer.
9. Be able to sing (well) in public. Not thaaat well, but I sang in public! And I'll do it again next month!
10. Learn Italian. Maybe next year when I'm uni-free. I have to decide between Italian and French.
11. Retake French.See #10.
12. Improve my English. Definitely next year. Cambridge Proficiency exam, here I come!
13. Learn to draw (trees and people).
14. See Travis live on a gig of their own (not as part of a festival).I don't think this will happen any time soon.
15. Be able to play piano and guitar.
16. Have a good job related to historical sociology (the stuff I like). Well, it's not a paid job, but I joined an amazing research project on the matter. Genocide and Memory studies. Amazing. It's my favouirte area and it's the best thing that could have happened to me on an academic level. Like a dream come true, really. Fantastic opportunity.
17. Move out or at least have a room of my own. I still share my room but we got it painted so at least it looks prettier?
18. Lose enough weight so I can wear all of my clothes again. Working on it. I've been on a diet for like three weeks now and lost 1 kilo so far. 9 to go. Lol.
19. Own a piano.
20.(Be able to) Get Ode To J. Smith in Argentina.Anne is my hero and made it happen last year. It wasn't "in Argentina", but I got it!!! And now they sell it in Argentina too. I should buy an extra copy.
I think my goals are still the same ones... I could add one:
21. Find a cool Masters (in Argentina or abroad) to do after my Uni-free year (2010). And if it involves a scholarship, even better.
Edit: Just thought of another one.
22. Get published in a refereed / peer reviewed journal/magazine (national or international).
^ This one's quite far-fetched but joining the research project gives you a lot of opportunities... |
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Turtleneck Posted Fri 13 Nov, 2009 6:06 PM |
| I did one thing on my list. I completed a home improvement project without having to call my step-dad. |
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megg_inc Posted Fri 13 Nov, 2009 6:59 PM |
minnmess wrote:
21. Live in the UK NEXT YEAR
Really, next year? |
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minnmess Posted Fri 13 Nov, 2009 7:19 PM |
megg_inc wrote: minnmess wrote:
21. Live in the UK NEXT YEAR
Really, next year?
yup, if things go as planned, I shall be moving in Jan 2011. Okay, I guess that is technically not next year, but in one year and 2 months. |
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Meridith Posted Fri 13 Nov, 2009 7:25 PM |
You know, I never made a list. So here's mine now, in no particular order of importance.
1. Learn to surf
2. Run a half marathon
3. See the Matterhorn
4. Visit Provence
5. Wear an evening gown (I stole this from Lilly)
6. Own a beach house somewhere
7. Hike Mt. Olympus (A mountain here)
8. Learn Italian
9. Learn French (I took classes years ago and don't remember much)
10. Learn German (I took classes even more years ago and don't remember much)
11. Go to Hawaii
12. Fly first class (Stole this from Kristy)
13. Be an archaeologist
14. Be a paleontologist
15. Stay in a castle
I'm sure there is more.
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megg_inc Posted Fri 13 Nov, 2009 7:33 PM |
minnmess wrote: megg_inc wrote: minnmess wrote:
21. Live in the UK NEXT YEAR
Really, next year?
yup, if things go as planned, I shall be moving in Jan 2011. Okay, I guess that is technically not next year, but in one year and 2 months.
Hopefully we will meet there then. |
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lilly Posted Fri 13 Nov, 2009 7:40 PM |
Meridith wrote:
5. Wear an evening gown (I stole this from Lilly)
6. Own a beach house somewhere
12. Fly first class (Stole this from Kristy)
I thought everyone but me would be "used to" wearing evening gowns ;-)
own a beach house, that'd be great *sigh*
and I should've stolen Kristy's idea, too! |
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lilly Posted Fri 13 Nov, 2009 8:01 PM |
I Came in Through the Bathroom Window wrote:
1. Graduate from Uni (if I finish next year it'll be perfect). I'm seriously working on it. I've got four classes left (the end is so near I'm feeling nostalgic already!) and five exams. I'll take three before mid December and two next February. And then I'll be a Sociologist. So Feb 2010 it is.
2. Go to Europe. Again, seriously working on it, saving money and stuff. September/October 2010 I'll be there.
10. Learn Italian. Maybe next year when I'm uni-free. I have to decide between Italian and French.
12. Improve my English. Definitely next year. Cambridge Proficiency exam, here I come!
I SO won't comment on the "meet Goosey and Almond in Glasgow" thing *tsk* ;P, but:
1: I'll have my last exams next Feb., too! (economics and business-studies. arrrrrgh. I hate cost accounting.) But you're SO MUCH YOUNGER than me (aren't you?)... sigh.
2 &10: You should do your Master's in Europe. if you do it in Italy, you'll learn Italian, too :D
12: oh man. my first English professor at uni did one of the old CPE exams with us. of course it included answering questions on a text, and sometimes HE wasn't sure about the answer LOL. after that, I never approached a CPE exam sheet again ;D Good Luck with it, though! I'm sure you'll master it :)
(Sigh, I'm still in love with that professor. Martyn. He had such a cute accent *drools*, but he left my uni in 2005, so I haven't heard it for quite a while...) |
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minnmess Posted Fri 13 Nov, 2009 8:16 PM |
megg_inc wrote: minnmess wrote: megg_inc wrote: minnmess wrote:
21. Live in the UK NEXT YEAR
Really, next year?
yup, if things go as planned, I shall be moving in Jan 2011. Okay, I guess that is technically not next year, but in one year and 2 months.
Hopefully we will meet there then.
meet you at Topshop? I'll bring coffee. |
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megg_inc Posted Fri 13 Nov, 2009 8:17 PM |
lilly wrote:
I SO won't comment on the "meet Goosey and Almond in Glasgow" thing *tsk* ;P
and Megg. don't forget Megg. I know it's really easy to forget about me but still... |
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