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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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| Blogliday? |
| Tuesday, 28 November 2006 |
Arguing with Amazon. You know how they ship anywhere? Well, apparently, even items that are “shipped internationally” cannot be sent to the Czech Republic. Once upon a time, this would have surprised me.
Considering a blog-holiday: creativity lost to ennui.
(actually, I just want you all to scream “Nooooo” and send me e-mails of love, support and empathy…)
Searching for choir weekends. Love singing Intunition style, but feel musical ability is degenerating due to neglect. Would like something really juicy to sing. Some sort of mass in two choirs of 16 parts. Something where you get lost on the score and have pencil marks all over to indicate “shut up”, “get louder” and “don’t take a breath here ‘cos the person next to me is doing so” along with the Italian bits put there by the “composer”. Of course, I can’t find any that are close to an English airport...
Enjoying progidous success with spy-theory: three dates so far. A 300% increase on life prior to secrecy (previously using the “-OH” technique, which was successful when a corpse(like) stupor was desired of a partner). Wondering who (two) I need to eliminate for doubleO status. MI6 (the official secret intelligence service website? A trace oxymoronic, no?) doesn’t want me though – to apply, you have to have been resident for 6 of the last 10 years in Britain. MI5’s worse: 9 of the last 10 It was also noted (after I wiped up the pool of drool from watching Daniel Craig) that MI6 is in the habit of googling things when a call from an agent comes in. What’s next? How to dismantle a bomb on youtube? So, in lieu of actually being paid by HMG, and in keeping with my temporary Le Carre insanity, I think I’ll start calling myself “N”, and telling boys off for being, well, boys.
Dame Dench; watch out.
Update (now). Amazonian success (machetes down, all). They explained that, as an international buyer, I must be absolutely rolling in dough (I smell yeasty? Silly! That’s the beer!) and consequently should stop looking at the ‘marketplace’ for bargains and pay the full Jungle price (damnit). I have thus adjusted my behavior (full-price hurts!) for this occasion and have ordered three books. Note: amazon.co.uk was gonna charge me £58 for what amazon.com charged me $88.
Oh yes, I’ll STILL shop around you little buggers…you won’t get me. These books are now en route to me!!!
Update II: Mum’s. Christmas. Care. Package. Arrived. AsI’m not going directly home, the anticipation can only become more piquant (cookbooks or thesaurii, you decide)
Update III: my food-related messages (am cooking saffron & salmon risotto with courgettes this week) sent to my girls are apparently the hottest txts they’re getting. Gotta love Prague.
Update IV: am grooving at my desk to “King of the Bongo” remix.
Update V: there is a small possibility I'll get my backpay before I get slung in jail for tax dodging. This makes me happier than you can possibly imagine. With this distracting jubilance, I may not be able to...withold...the urge...for...new.....SHOOOOOOOOOOES.
(but I'm gonna try) |
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As is this one, while I try to ensure that we get no more comment spam.
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And the last one is here.
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Drooling over the pigalles.... And in size 11?! But girl, them shoes don't look like they were made for walking... ;-)
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