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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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| Mind the Gap |
| Saturday, 17 November 2007 |
 I’m afraid I’m creatively involved elsewhere at the moment. I’m actually having to put some brain power into work – which is fun and demanding – consequently, I’ve had little inclination to update y’all on my progress.
So saying, here’s a brief, in the order of which people here seem to speak of topics
- Housing: soon to be moving from my ‘spare-bed-residing/housesitter-extraordinaire’ position to renting a 2bdrm unfurnished in the London Borough of Camden (it’s still giving me a small thrill to read that little add-on on street signs).
- Transport/The Commute: I hate the northern line. It currently (except this week, as I’m housesitting an 8min walk from work) takes me 1hr 16mins to go from door to desk. And in that time, I can read the ENTIRE Metro. Except I rarely have the opportunity as there’s no rack on my actual route to work. Damn and blast. And HOW expensive is a 7-day pass? Yeeesh!
- Health: apart from a Stockholm acquired respiratory bug and the alarming ‘black snot of Lundin-tahn’ syndrome; my health is tickety-boo.
- Weather: beautifully autumnal, my favourite season, though the clocks went back recently and it felt like midnight by 9pm. Still, I got a VERY early night because of it.
- Friends/Acquaintances: I’ve met one Londoner since I’ve been here (more than many meet in years).
- Status: very happy thanks.
- Work: I’m saving lives, darling. I work for the NHS.
That’s usually where the conversations comes to a dramatic close. I’m not quite sure which answer it is that puts them off…Labels: Observations on Life |
posted by Nomes @ Saturday, November 17, 2007   |
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my god, a post!
happy to finally see you pop up in google reader.
good luck in your new job and life. hope you find time to blog, baby.
cheers!
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Gad, you're back! And I'd nearly given up hope... mx
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Hi GNomes,
Glad to see you back on your blog, if only briefly. I have to say I've missed your postings, which are invariably amusing, but I know you've been busy. But with not being able to telephone it has been a dry ol' time. So glad we can chat once more.
Looking forward to March.
Love, Mamma
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For what this is worth: It is truly nice to see you writing again. I hope things are well with you. BTW, here's to getting settled, but never really settling. Thank you; not just for the inspiration, but also for the therapy (your wit and relaxed humor are soothing).-CDP
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Hey Nomes,
Nice to hear from you - I've missed your words:)
I'm glad things are working out for you in London.
love, marisa
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my god, a post!
happy to finally see you pop up in google reader.
good luck in your new job and life. hope you find time to blog, baby.
cheers!