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Peter,
I think that it's important to care about politics, but that you are right that many have lost faith in the system.
Leaders slam each other every chance that they get and it ends up having almost the opposite effect that they were hoping ...
I have a budget and have had one for some time.
I enter my expenses on a daily basis and splurge every once in a while.
Never forget to treat yourself sometimes!
I wrote my father a letter when I expressed my gratitude to people. My dad is the person in my life always pushing me because he is so unlike me in many ways. I will always treasure that.
Done.
1. Travel back to South Korea and see the places I never went.
2. Learn a martial art.
3. Take up playing the trumpet again.
4. Get married and have a family.
5. Change most of my body fat into muscle.
6. Find a job that is a more secure an...
Did this in the shower this morning. All clear here! :)
My space has been uncluttered for some time now, as I don't own much and I like to have lots of space in my apartment. I'll be donating unused clothing either this week or next at any rate.
Done and done!
Still working on this one. I've been distracted lately, but that has cleared up enough for me to focus on things again.
Will post again later in the week. :)
I make my own meals almost every day, so consider this one done!
I'm having my girlfriend over tonight, so I'm going to be a bit too busy to do this today, but I do plan on getting it done soon. It may be that I take a few days off and have to catch up due to some life in balance issues. :S
I'm having my girlfriend over for dinner tomorrow night, so this one is done!
I started mine in Word and have used it to help me figure out a situation involving my family and my love life.
Awesome idea! Keep it coming!
I was lucky that I didn't even have to try to reconnect with my old friend.
Morris Rothman and I are both members of Theta Gamma fraternity (he's one of my little brothers) and we ran into each other at a theme party on Friday. He was kind enough...
I'm a technical writer, so my resume is constantly updated. All mine needed right now was for me to add a few of the programs I've become familiar with over the last year. So Day 6 is done!
NEXT!
So I wrote some e-mails to family members today.
Here's a copy of them. The first part was the same for all three and I stuck the last part from all three together into one section here.
Howdy!
Today's day 5 of a 30 day challenge that was put o...
This one was easier than I thought it might be! No soy, animal protein (yay steak!) and a serving of good fat (love the olive oil!)
Bring on Day 5!
Thanks man! I'll give it the ol' college try soon! :)
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- Interests
- Biking, Camping, Swimming, Walking, Kayaking/Canoeing, Olympic sports, Soccer, Bars / pubs, Concerts, Dance clubs, Dinner parties at home, Fine dining, Movies, Music, Reading, Surfing the web, Traditional games, TV, Dancing, Cars, Creative writing, Gourmet cooking, Philosophy / spirituality, Shopping, Traveling, Playing guitar.
- Books
- Frankenstein, The Art Of War, The Five People You Meet In Heaven, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Walden, Tao Te Ching, The Scarlet Letter, The Book of Five Rings, Arcadian Adventures With The Idle Rich, Tuesdays With Morrie, Do Androids Dream of Electic Sheep, Snow Crash, The Dangerous Book For Boys, Neuromancer.
- Movies
- Pitch Black, TRON, Akira, Fearless, Drunken Master, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Shawshank Redemption.
- Music
- Almost anything. I listen to music that ranges from Handel to Howlin' Wolf, from Moby to Mozart. K(orean)-Pop and J(apanese)-Pop are guilty pleasures.
- Quote
- Plautus: "He means well" is useless unless he does well.
George Carlin: "Thou Shalt Keep Thy Religion To Thyself"
"Lying here in the darkness
I hear the sirens wail
Somebody going to emergency
Somebody's going to jail
If you find somebody to love in this world
You better hang on tooth and nail
The wolf is always at the door
In a New York Miinute
Everything can change
In a New York Miinute" - The Eagles
"World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not the absence of violence. Peace is the manifestation of human compassion." - His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
"You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty." - Sacha Guitry
"And the sign said everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all,
I didn't have a penny to pay, so I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
I said thank you Lord for thinking about me, I'm alive and doing fine!" - Five Man Electrical Band
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