101 Things To Do Before I Die - 2019 edition.
I've been super depressed lately and was thinking maybe I should start blogging again. I'm not even sure if any of my LJ friends are still here, but it should be cathartic to just get things off my chest. I guess I'll start off with this 101 Things list I've kept updated over the years
Originally written in 2007 and last touched in 2013, so I guess it's time to cross things out and tweak some items that are no longer relevant.
101 things to do before I die
1. Rob Thomas
1a. Jim Sturgess
2. Jump (a horse) over 3'
3. Ride a horse along the ocean
4. Attend a World Series game in the Bronx
5. Be a Yankee Stadium Bleacher Creature
6. Ride a Piaffe
7. Have a concert total above 100
8. Go on a real road trip
9. Visit the following cities: New Orleans, Nashville, Chicago and Boston. New 2019 list: San Francisco, Boise, Seattle, Portland
10. Get kissed in the rain
11. Learn to Surf
12. Climb something real
13. Spend a Winter in Aiken
14. Spring in Austin
15. Summer in Jackson Hole
16. Fall in New England
17. Read Thoreau while on Walden Pond
18. Go to a show at the Cavern
19. Visit Abbey Road, do the cool cross-walk straight-legged thing
20. Visit Victoria Falls
21. Break a major but silly law
22. Stealthily take Photos somewhere to expose a human rights violation
23. Fall in love
24. Watch a lightning storm out on the ocean
25. Watch a sunset with someone I love
26. Visit Gibraltar
27. Sleep under the stars
28. Kiss under a streetlight in the dark
29. See the Northern Lights
30. Give a total stranger my phone number
31. Steal a road sign
32. Go to a drive-in theater
33. Steal a ring from a Carousel horse
34. Crash a party
35. Go to a Midnight Rocky Horror show in full costume
36. Sell Photos to someone who doesn't know me
37. Learn to play the Harmonica in a real, not annoying, way.
38. Compete above First level.
39. Ski a black diamond
40. Learn Sioux
41. Hold a conversation with a native speaker in French.
42. Go to Mariano Rivera Day
43. Fence someone while wearing a pirate hat
44. Spend an entire day unplugged from the world, reading
45. Learn "Leader of the Band" on guitar
46. Perform at an Open Mic night
47. Q with Wilco in Novice agility
48. Learn to inherit the Earth
49. Watch Dead Poets Society so that my quoting of it becomes relevant (2007: haha, still haven't done that) (2012: haha, haha, still STILL haven't done that) (2013: Damn it, it's not on Netflix 2019: lol)
50. Take the Adirondack train up to Montreal
51. Catch a foul ball
52. Canter bareback
53. Listen to all of Billboard's Top 100 songs of All Time
54. Get my bronze medal with Lyla
55. When I do finally fly, have a whole bunch of stuffed snakes with me.
56. Go skinny dipping at a public place at midnight
57. Get published.
58. Do a section of the Philly-Shore MS Bike Ride
59. Work a ranch for a day (Cattle run or something)
60. Visit the Killpecker Sand Dunes
61. Ride in a horse show
62. Tell someone that my Thoroughbred could beat their Warmblood, and then prove it.
63. Make a list of all of my favorite books.
64. Hike to the top of Half Dome
65. Shoot sunset on the Dawn Wall of El Capitan
66. Spend a weekend in Boston wearing Yankees gear
67. Go to the Breeder's Cup
69. Get a press pass to a major event/sneak into a major event, either one.
70. Go to Bonnaroo Music Festival
71. Spend a month going to every concert I can find, especially if I don't know the artist
72. Ride at Devon
73. Go XC schooling, don't die.
74. Get lost in a Moroccan marketplace
75. Spend an afternoon shooting Street Portraits on a corner in Philly
76. Read "Underworld" by Don DeLillo
77. Go foxhunting
78. Learn how to sing "Question" in French
79. Sell photos in a craft/art show
80. See a concert at Red Rocks
81. Drive down Jersey highways on the way to the shore blasting "Born to Run" on repeat
82. Fill up my iPod
83. Spend a day away from the world with just a record player and boxes of my dads old records
84. Walk along the beach at midnight
85. Actually find a fitness program I don't hate
86. Attend a Daily Show taping
87. Stop biting my nails
88. Develop my own film
89. Visit both sides of Niagra Falls
90. Go camping on Assateague, watch the wild horses on the beach at dawn
91. Ride a mustang
92. Back a horse
93. Get photos published
94. Chase a tornado and weather a Hurricane
95. Use the Greatest Pickup Line Ever: "Nice shoes, wanna fuck?"
96. Hold a Koala Bear
97. Make out in a Photo booth
98. Learn conversational ASL
99. Gallop Gali around the track
100. Plan a Charity Concert for Darfur
101. Complete my Quotebook
Originally written in 2007 and last touched in 2013, so I guess it's time to cross things out and tweak some items that are no longer relevant.
101 things to do before I die
1. Rob Thomas
1a. Jim Sturgess
2. Jump (a horse) over 3'
3. Ride a horse along the ocean
4. Attend a World Series game in the Bronx
5. Be a Yankee Stadium Bleacher Creature
6. Ride a Piaffe
7. Have a concert total above 100
8. Go on a real road trip
9. Visit the following cities: New Orleans, Nashville, Chicago and Boston. New 2019 list: San Francisco, Boise, Seattle, Portland
10. Get kissed in the rain
11. Learn to Surf
12. Climb something real
13. Spend a Winter in Aiken
14. Spring in Austin
15. Summer in Jackson Hole
16. Fall in New England
17. Read Thoreau while on Walden Pond
18. Go to a show at the Cavern
19. Visit Abbey Road, do the cool cross-walk straight-legged thing
20. Visit Victoria Falls
21. Break a major but silly law
22. Stealthily take Photos somewhere to expose a human rights violation
23. Fall in love
24. Watch a lightning storm out on the ocean
25. Watch a sunset with someone I love
26. Visit Gibraltar
27. Sleep under the stars
28. Kiss under a streetlight in the dark
29. See the Northern Lights
30. Give a total stranger my phone number
31. Steal a road sign
32. Go to a drive-in theater
33. Steal a ring from a Carousel horse
34. Crash a party
35. Go to a Midnight Rocky Horror show in full costume
36. Sell Photos to someone who doesn't know me
37. Learn to play the Harmonica in a real, not annoying, way.
38. Compete above First level.
39. Ski a black diamond
40. Learn Sioux
41. Hold a conversation with a native speaker in French.
42. Go to Mariano Rivera Day
43. Fence someone while wearing a pirate hat
44. Spend an entire day unplugged from the world, reading
45. Learn "Leader of the Band" on guitar
46. Perform at an Open Mic night
47. Q with Wilco in Novice agility
48. Learn to inherit the Earth
49. Watch Dead Poets Society so that my quoting of it becomes relevant (2007: haha, still haven't done that) (2012: haha, haha, still STILL haven't done that) (2013: Damn it, it's not on Netflix 2019: lol)
50. Take the Adirondack train up to Montreal
51. Catch a foul ball
52. Canter bareback
53. Listen to all of Billboard's Top 100 songs of All Time
54. Get my bronze medal with Lyla
55. When I do finally fly, have a whole bunch of stuffed snakes with me.
56. Go skinny dipping at a public place at midnight
57. Get published.
58. Do a section of the Philly-Shore MS Bike Ride
59. Work a ranch for a day (Cattle run or something)
60. Visit the Killpecker Sand Dunes
61. Ride in a horse show
62. Tell someone that my Thoroughbred could beat their Warmblood, and then prove it.
63. Make a list of all of my favorite books.
64. Hike to the top of Half Dome
65. Shoot sunset on the Dawn Wall of El Capitan
66. Spend a weekend in Boston wearing Yankees gear
67. Go to the Breeder's Cup
69. Get a press pass to a major event/sneak into a major event, either one.
70. Go to Bonnaroo Music Festival
71. Spend a month going to every concert I can find, especially if I don't know the artist
72. Ride at Devon
73. Go XC schooling, don't die.
74. Get lost in a Moroccan marketplace
75. Spend an afternoon shooting Street Portraits on a corner in Philly
76. Read "Underworld" by Don DeLillo
77. Go foxhunting
78. Learn how to sing "Question" in French
79. Sell photos in a craft/art show
80. See a concert at Red Rocks
81. Drive down Jersey highways on the way to the shore blasting "Born to Run" on repeat
82. Fill up my iPod
83. Spend a day away from the world with just a record player and boxes of my dads old records
84. Walk along the beach at midnight
85. Actually find a fitness program I don't hate
86. Attend a Daily Show taping
87. Stop biting my nails
88. Develop my own film
89. Visit both sides of Niagra Falls
90. Go camping on Assateague, watch the wild horses on the beach at dawn
91. Ride a mustang
92. Back a horse
93. Get photos published
94. Chase a tornado and weather a Hurricane
95. Use the Greatest Pickup Line Ever: "Nice shoes, wanna fuck?"
96. Hold a Koala Bear
97. Make out in a Photo booth
98. Learn conversational ASL
99. Gallop Gali around the track
100. Plan a Charity Concert for Darfur
101. Complete my Quotebook