:: eye of the storm ::


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A 27-year-old PA student who wants to visit all seven continents, write a book, work at a pediatric clinic in Africa, and basically meet as many of the world's challenges as possible.

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Life List

(already accomplished)

Become a PA

Visit all 7 continents

Take a SwimTrek trip

Bike through Western Europe

Raft the Grand Canyon

Improve my Spanish proficiency

Go on safari in Africa

Trace my roots at Ellis Island

Vacation in Hawaii

Work on a hospital ship in a Third World country

Celebrate New Year's in Times Square

Visit all 50 states (29 to go: AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OK, OR, RI, SD, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY)

See the ruins at Pompeii

Swim in Capri's Blue Grotto

Tour Mt. Vesuvius

Throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain

Tour the Colosseum

Visit the D-Day beaches

See the Mona Lisa

Visit the palace at Versailles

See the Acropolis and Parthenon

See the Egyptian pyramids

Hike the Inca Trail

Walk El Camino Santiago

Take an Alaskan cruise

View the Taj Mahal at sunrise

Hike Table Mountain in South Africa

Climb through the Amazon canopy

Walk at least part of the Great Wall of China

Get laser hair removal

Learn to surf, ski, and snowboard

Learn to drive a stick-shift

Learn to play the piano

Go on a tropical cruise

Ride horseback on the beach

Ride in a hot air balloon

Get tickets to the Olympics

Go to adult Space Camp

Witness a shuttle launch from up close

Build a full-sized snowman

Sew a quilt out of my old race T-shirts

Update and continue my Life Scrapbook

Become the oldest person to ever do the River Run

Live to be a happy, healthy 100 years old - at least!

(unlikely dreams)

zondag 9 november 2003

Current Music: Gareth Gates - "Any One of Us" (great song!!!)

Hello hello - my project for the weekend is replenishing my music. I've already got almost 3 gigs worth! I had over 1500 mp3s before this all happened, but I'll get back there. :) It was time to 'clean out' anyway, I guess.

Other project: spreekbeurt. I'm having the opposite problem than I thought I'd have, but I guess, knowing me, I should have expected it... it's WAY too long!!! Part of that is because I refuse to write anything down (if I have anything in front of me, I get dependent on it) but another part of it is simply that I'm trying to say too much. I'm aiming for around 8 minutes and it's at like 15 now. Oh well, I'll get there. But I have to get it done today - I'm most likely going to be in Vinkeveen (near Amsterdam) tomorrow night and I'd rather not have to wake up at 6.30 to get back to class by 9.15 on Tuesday morning in the middle of the morning rush hour. So I want to switch with someone, but let's face it, who would want to switch with the person who's second in line?? So I tried to call A, who's first, thinking maybe she'd like to go a day later and I could go first (gulp). But she's in Belgium this weekend, which I forgot, so I can't get ahold of her. Oh well - maybe both of us can go Monday, or maybe Saskia will have some other solution. Or maybe someone actually wants to go second. :)

Albert Heijn rocks! I know about all the problems that are splashed all over the news, with the money and all, but they're really amazing. The milk is fresh - or at least a lot fresher than Edah - and they have fresh pasta too (Edah's pasta is like little rocks of tortellini). But this is the crowning touch... they have AMAZING orange juice!!! I hate pulp (here it's called 'vruchtvlees' - "fruit meat" - makes sense, I guess) so I don't drink the Tropicana they get here, but I just found something at Albert Heijn that's fresh with no pulp. It's organic, I think, so it's more expensive, but who cares - I need my vitamin C. :) (Olga: bedankt voor de verbetering... ;))

Guess that's it. Ciao!

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