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- Spend a week up a mountain learning to ski
- Visit Karoline's place in Moravia
Hold a conversation in Czech (only)- Drink 500ml of each of the following beers:
PilsnerStaroprammen- Budvar
- Velke Popovice
- U Fleku
GambrinusKrusovice
Respond to at least one GOARN request (WHO and MSF are
also acceptable)Travel across the AtlanticReturn to South America- Read a book to, or with, an impressionably aged child
- Participate in one NanoWriMo Challenge and come within at least 10,000 words of the goal length
Have my nose pierced- Have my next tattoo drawn
Purchase the perfect jeans (x 2 pairs)- Attend a spin class 3 times a week for 8 consecutive weeks
- Bake Viv's cheesecake
Make David's casserole Make David's Chicken Cashew-nut StirfryInvite 4 people who don't know one another too well to dinner- Ride from Vienna to Venice on a motorbike (pillion acceptable, those less desirable)
- Attend a book group for at least two books
- Go on a choir weekend (learn and perform difficult piece in two/three days)
- Visit Madame Tussaud's (in London)
- Take an architecture appreciation course
Join an all-girl group and sing a soloPublish in a scientific journal (top two authors)Cook a duck or other 'waterfowl'. Locate the Al-Timimi's from Doha Veterinary PractiseHave a pedicureMaintain a Brazilian (ouch) for three months.Find a trustworthy Czech hairdresser- Treat my inner-6-year-old twice a week (at least)
- Do the liver-cleansing diet properly (12 weeks)
- Don't eat out for one month
Find a flat and flatmate- Purchase one Joseph sweater
- Purchase one of the following pairs of
designer shoes (they MUST also be COMFORTABLE, and be able to be worn with 4
different outfits and 2 types of occasion): Jimmy Choos, Manolo Blahniks,
Christian Louboutin (Ebay or 2nd hand are acceptable)
- Send 5 books to the booksphere and track them.
- Go hanggliding
- Read 10 'classic' books (from 1001 Books to Read before you Die)
Moll FlandersEverything is illuminatedMadam BovaryZen & the Art of Motorcycle MaintainanceCatch-22OdysseusOn the Road
- Run (non-stop!) for 5kms outside (preferably in a street race thingy)
- Send Christmas Cards on time
Make a collage/mural out of street lights on my wallBuy a bed, build it, and sleep soundly in itGo to AfricaHost an 'event' (classified as and when)Organise a 30th Birthday PartyWear a costume- Sing on stage
- Buy a painting that evokes memories of Prague (cannot involve queues!)
Learn a god-damned card game that stays in my memory (other than fish/snap)See sunrise. Be sober. Have woken for it. Excludes months Nov-Mar- Take a walk and flip coins at each intersection
Win something- Draft a will
- Take a roadtrip
Go to Italy already- Sea Kayak around Abel Tasman Park (NZ)
Get plantsTake a train to another Eastern European Destination (accession countries are acceptable) alone preferably.- Get UK to give me a provisional motorcyclists license and simultaneously get a 'card' license.
- Go SCUBA diving again - at least two dives lasting 30mins each.
Go to a dentist. *sigh*- Do a Czech Wine Trail. And live to tell the tale
- Make an 'outbreak emergency kit'.
- Go to bed prior to 11pm every night (inc weekends) for four consecutive weeks.
- Marvel over lack of tiredness
- Dine at a Gordon Ramsey restaurant (or Nobu)- preferably for free.
Bet on the nags- Do something for charity (applying and getting a 'red card' will count)
- Walk along the Champs Elysee
- Do 100 sit ups in a row
- Do 50 pressups (arms in tight)
- Make branston pickle (or nearest substitute)
- Cook something 'new' and 'adventurous' at least once a month
Find a mentorBe a mentorLearn what mentoring is all aboutMeet an online person in real lifeResist the flirt. Once. Just one night. It's okay if people don't immediately succumb to my natural charm. Really it is.Spend time at a spa (spa towns in the CR don't count)- Send a care package to someone
Get a Tata Bojs CD- Take a French/German/Dutch course and SPEAK THE DAMNED LANGUAGE WHEN I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY EVEN THOUGH IT MAKES ME SOUND
LIKE AN IDIOT!
- Order new contact lenses.
Make a list of things I take with me when I pack for different occasions- Eat lobster. Prepared by someone else.
Back up the blogPut everything onto an external hard drive- Find a DDR mat and console and 'dance, I say dance!'�
- Go to the beach and lie on the warm sand. For an hour. (with sunscreen on, natch)
- Take and complete a course in either: Tango, Salsa or Flamenco
- Join the Municipal Library of Prague
- Move to another country
Go to a live concert of a band I actually like- Pay off debts (student loan excl.)
Send thank you cards for every gift I receive (other than the gift of happiness, blah blah blah).- Get an agent (literary or theatre)
- Go to a sports bar without cringing, by personal choice
- Ride a rollercoaster
- Hold a snake
Spend a day wandering around a museum (not art gallery!) |
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| Okay, I wimped out... |
| Friday, 21 April 2006 |
...because I have too much to do. I decided to have my computer changed over while I'm away. This gives them plenty of time to screw it up royally to an unrecognisable hunk'a'junk.
Apparently this might work. Remember last week I mentioned I went out to a dirty herna bar with the source of my putative downfall: Kat? And I said something about haivng video'd a Czech folk scene?
There's another one too..but I'll eke them out. I clearly need to work on taking video ONLY when there is sufficient light available. However, I really like it. It means I've another option for chewing through the 1Gb card I'm hoping Lira manages to pick up in Changi airport on her way through. I should've gotten all her flight details - then Nis and I could track her travel...
...have checked what sockets they use in Morocco (same as here - so everything should work) and what the weather will be like when I arrive in London on Saturday night at midnight (not raining...raincoat easily accessible regardless). My pack has all clothes in it, no toiletries or electronics yet. Which I'm hoping will add some weight to the thing - because as it is at present, i've carried heavier shopping bags. Remind me of this statement in a week when I'm complaining...
I've also just found a seller of NZ/Australian wines in the CR. Sure, they're pricey - but so much better than the local stuff. And yes, french wines are from hereabouts, as are italian wines, but since I've started drinking beer (EEEK!) my tastebuds are soooo confused. It'd be nice and reassuring to take along a barossa valley shiraz or a marlborough sauvingon knowing that people weren't going to look at the bottle and go 'WTP'.
Right folks. This'll be the last entry for a while (the real last entry!) since I'll be 'en route'. Am REALLY excited by the holiday, and am looking forward to the myriad of things that are bound to go wrong. Am kinda hoping they do - since that's what provides me with material...and you (hopefully) with the giggles. But not too wrong (no poison/jails/drugs/kidnappings etc. Unless they happen to 'a friend'...). And so, message to the universe complete, ciao, čau, bye, tarrah, arrivaderci, a bientot, choos, hasta luega, na scle... |
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You forgot "slán" but I'll forgive you ;)
Happy travelling and looking forward to hearing all of your tales when you get back.
When you're passing on your address to Mx can you pass it on to me too? Ta :)
Better get back to trying to keep awake at work now...these 1am nights are beginning to get to me now...and I still have another 5 nights of shows and after-show drinks to go!
Hels
xx
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You forgot "slán" but I'll forgive you ;)
Happy travelling and looking forward to hearing all of your tales when you get back.
When you're passing on your address to Mx can you pass it on to me too? Ta :)
Better get back to trying to keep awake at work now...these 1am nights are beginning to get to me now...and I still have another 5 nights of shows and after-show drinks to go!
Hels
xx