The Fuck-It List
Basically: The Anti-Bucket List.
Things you don't care to do before you kick it (though you might have cared, at one time).
Taken from a post at feministe.
-Own a home (in the suburbs or otherwise)
-Buy a brand new car
-Have a kid
-Speak a foreign language fluently (I enjoy learning languages, but I'm not going to beat myself over the head with "I must be fluent!" Unless I'm actually living, for a good period, in the country of the language I'm learning or have someone with whom I can speak the language often, it probably ain't going to happen.)
-Get a Ph.D. (If I wind up taking the path, great. If not: oh well.)
-Be "outdoorsy" (I like nature and day hikes and all, but communing all night with insects, arachnids, and various other creatures? No thanks. I'll keep my creature comforts at night. Sue me.)
-Skydive (or bungee jump)
-Fix my own car
-Read certain books or pieces of literature just so I can say I've read it/"sound smart." E.G. Rand, Joyce, Dostoevsky, Hemingway... (Life's too short. I've got other things I really want to read. If that makes me silly/stupid/illiterate/whatever in someone's eyes: fuck 'em.)
-Do a pull up/chin up
-Become famous
-Become wealthy (as opposed to comfortable)
-Become a morning person
-Find a two piece bathing suit I like and that works (I'm getting to the point of just calling off the whole bathing suit thing, actually. Maybe I should look into nude beaches?)
-Learn higher math (I have moments of "to prove girls can." But fuck it. I'm not interested. It'd be a waste of my time and the time of whomever was teaching me. I'd rather analyze the treatment of female characters in "Beowulf.")
-Learn to drive stick
-Go to another wedding
-Be a single digit clothing size (High school is over. Single digits ain't gonna happen with my curves and our "fashions." Not unless I'm sick.)
-Feel like I have to have an "impressive" career
-Wear short skirts (like mid thigh/even above the knee.)
-Go spelunking (I've been in caves, they're cool. I like places where I can walk and only have stoop down some or turn sideways to get through. I'm not claustrophobic...but it's not something I'd want to tempt, either.)
-Care about football, basketball, or any other sport.
-Worry that I look intimidating because I "don't smile enough." (I wasn't put on this earth to put you at ease...)
-Value others judgments (from career or work choices to life choices to my weight/physical appearance, including those things I have no control over such as bust size [fuck you very much commenters over the years]) above my own.
-Be a "party person" or "social butterfly." (I need plenty of "me" time to recharge and refresh.)
-Learn a martial art (Eh, I say.)
-Appreciate Quentin Tarrantino
-Be quiet
-Shut Up
-"Calm down"
-Pretend not to see shit that bothers me
-Have a wedding
Things you don't care to do before you kick it (though you might have cared, at one time).
Taken from a post at feministe.
-Own a home (in the suburbs or otherwise)
-Buy a brand new car
-Have a kid
-Speak a foreign language fluently (I enjoy learning languages, but I'm not going to beat myself over the head with "I must be fluent!" Unless I'm actually living, for a good period, in the country of the language I'm learning or have someone with whom I can speak the language often, it probably ain't going to happen.)
-Get a Ph.D. (If I wind up taking the path, great. If not: oh well.)
-Be "outdoorsy" (I like nature and day hikes and all, but communing all night with insects, arachnids, and various other creatures? No thanks. I'll keep my creature comforts at night. Sue me.)
-Skydive (or bungee jump)
-Fix my own car
-Read certain books or pieces of literature just so I can say I've read it/"sound smart." E.G. Rand, Joyce, Dostoevsky, Hemingway... (Life's too short. I've got other things I really want to read. If that makes me silly/stupid/illiterate/whatever in someone's eyes: fuck 'em.)
-Do a pull up/chin up
-Become famous
-Become wealthy (as opposed to comfortable)
-Become a morning person
-Find a two piece bathing suit I like and that works (I'm getting to the point of just calling off the whole bathing suit thing, actually. Maybe I should look into nude beaches?)
-Learn higher math (I have moments of "to prove girls can." But fuck it. I'm not interested. It'd be a waste of my time and the time of whomever was teaching me. I'd rather analyze the treatment of female characters in "Beowulf.")
-Learn to drive stick
-Go to another wedding
-Be a single digit clothing size (High school is over. Single digits ain't gonna happen with my curves and our "fashions." Not unless I'm sick.)
-Feel like I have to have an "impressive" career
-Wear short skirts (like mid thigh/even above the knee.)
-Go spelunking (I've been in caves, they're cool. I like places where I can walk and only have stoop down some or turn sideways to get through. I'm not claustrophobic...but it's not something I'd want to tempt, either.)
-Care about football, basketball, or any other sport.
-Worry that I look intimidating because I "don't smile enough." (I wasn't put on this earth to put you at ease...)
-Value others judgments (from career or work choices to life choices to my weight/physical appearance, including those things I have no control over such as bust size [fuck you very much commenters over the years]) above my own.
-Be a "party person" or "social butterfly." (I need plenty of "me" time to recharge and refresh.)
-Learn a martial art (Eh, I say.)
-Appreciate Quentin Tarrantino
-Be quiet
-Shut Up
-"Calm down"
-Pretend not to see shit that bothers me
-Have a wedding