A list in progress....
I've been working on my "things to do before I die" list, something I've been meaning to put together for a while. I only have 72 at the moment (and some are silly)... but they're all things that I really do want to do in my lifetime.
1. Go to Europe
2. Go skiing
3. See the Grand Canyon
4. Go to the Superbowl, World Series, or Olympics
5. Meet Michael McKean
6. Get something published
7. Have a fun cellphone ringtone (seriously.. none of my phones have ever had the capacity, lol)
8. Learn to speak another language fluently
9. Go scuba-diving
10. Ride an elephant
11. Love in an elevator (yaah Aerosmith...)
12. Meet an L&S fan in person
13. See the taping of a TV show
14. Be on a televised game show
15. Take a cross-country roller coaster road trip
16. Throw a wildly successful party
17. See an all-time favorite band/artist in concert
18. See every movie on the AFI 100 Greatest list (and/or EW's list of the "Modern Classics", lol)
19. Fall in love (the reciprocated kind....)
20. Own a pet monkey (kinda illegal, yeah, I know..)
21. Date someone famous (or quasi-famous)
22. Save someone's life
23. Have a legit "hangout" (i.e. a bar/restaurant)
24. Have a building and or scholarship at my college named after me
25. Become a certified bartender
26. See a tornado
27. Climb Mt. Katahdin (the tallest in Maine.. that's about all I can handle, lol)
28. Furnish my home/apartment in a completely, over-the-top, 100% ME way
29. Complete a marathon/triathalon/etc.
30. Go to a high school reunion
31. Be interviewed for my "expert opinion" on something on national TV
32. Operate a really successful website
33. Be my most physically fit/healthiest self poossible
34. Visit the real Knapp St. in Milwaukee
35. Be a regular contributor/writer for a magazine or newspaper
36. Make a "memory quilt" over old t-shirts, clothing, etc.
37. Eat lobster every day for a week
38. Win at least $1000 on a scratch ticket, lottery, or slot machine
39. Have a secret romance with someone
40. Play a large-scale prank on someone
41. Buy a van and remake it to look like the Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo
42. Play the L&S slot machine
43. Hold hands with someone I love
44. Use my old milk ad collection to collage a room, closet, and/or piece of furniture
45. Go skinny-dipping
46. Sell a piece of artwork I created
47. Have my palm read
48. Go through a hedge maze, hay bale maze, and/or corn stock maze
49. Kiss someone in the rain
50. See the Earth from outer space
51. Invent something
52. Own a SNES and theSuper Mario World game (random, I know, but it's an old childhood memory..)
53. Take a class at Harvard
54. Play ice hockey
55. Have a giant walk-in closet (SATC Movie style...)
56. Stay in a really overpriced penthouse in a fancy hotel. And drink from the minibar.
57. Write a novel
58. Be in Ireland on St. Patty's Day
59. Spend a night in a haunted house
60. Go to Oktoberfest
61. Experience weightlessness
62. Ask out a stranger/someone I just met
63. Learn to play a favorite song - by heart - on the piano
64. Kiss someone on the top of a ferris wheel
65. Paint/stencil a wall with all my favorite song lyrics
66. Be in a play or on-stage performance
67. Make a piece of clothing by hand that I can wear with pride
68. Own a pair of expensive designer jeans
70. Go to a nudist colony
71. Have a hit youtube video
72. Count cards in Vegas
That's all I've got for now... but I'm still brainstorming, 'cause I'd like to reach at least 100.
Spent yesterday at a BBQ with two of my closest high school friends - one who I hadn't seen in three years, so that was great! The other one (the one whose house we spent the day/evening at) I've done a fairly good job at staying in touch with, and she's pretty much my favorite person ever, in so many ways. Her family is the sweetest, most humble, non-materialistic, LOVING group of people ever. They just really value simplifying in life and I've never seen a group of people with such a sincere love for family. Growing up, I think I found it all a little goody-goody, but now that I've been away from the small-town bubble for a few years, it just seems so clear that they've got 100% the right focus in life. Anyways, we spent the evening eating amazing, homemade summery food, playing badmitton (aka laughing endlessly at the crazy physical hijinks that resulted from our really bad athletic abilities), listening to fun music (their house is one of those places that always has Happy-Days-style 50's jukebox music playing in the background...), and getting way too into Guesstures. I know I'm down to only a few weeks left in Maine before The Big Move, but I keep finding more and more things I love here, that I'm really going to miss.
Played around with clay this morning (my mom has a kiln/wheel in the basement for her pottery business - I never really think to use it though because I figure that it's "always right there"). I'd like to do it more though - it's one of those things that I think would be really fun to be good at. Okay, I'm off - my high school BFF's college graduation party is in a few hours, so my mom and I are going to that. I'm really looking forward to seeing her whole extended family, because they always were a second family of sorts growing up (we've been best friends since first grade).
Ooooh, AND... Big Brother tonight!! Apparently they're going "back to basics" with no major twists, etc., which I think is PERFECT. Can't wait!
1. Go to Europe
2. Go skiing
3. See the Grand Canyon
4. Go to the Superbowl, World Series, or Olympics
5. Meet Michael McKean
6. Get something published
7. Have a fun cellphone ringtone (seriously.. none of my phones have ever had the capacity, lol)
8. Learn to speak another language fluently
9. Go scuba-diving
10. Ride an elephant
11. Love in an elevator (yaah Aerosmith...)
12. Meet an L&S fan in person
13. See the taping of a TV show
14. Be on a televised game show
15. Take a cross-country roller coaster road trip
16. Throw a wildly successful party
17. See an all-time favorite band/artist in concert
18. See every movie on the AFI 100 Greatest list (and/or EW's list of the "Modern Classics", lol)
19. Fall in love (the reciprocated kind....)
20. Own a pet monkey (kinda illegal, yeah, I know..)
21. Date someone famous (or quasi-famous)
22. Save someone's life
23. Have a legit "hangout" (i.e. a bar/restaurant)
24. Have a building and or scholarship at my college named after me
25. Become a certified bartender
26. See a tornado
27. Climb Mt. Katahdin (the tallest in Maine.. that's about all I can handle, lol)
28. Furnish my home/apartment in a completely, over-the-top, 100% ME way
29. Complete a marathon/triathalon/etc.
30. Go to a high school reunion
31. Be interviewed for my "expert opinion" on something on national TV
32. Operate a really successful website
33. Be my most physically fit/healthiest self poossible
34. Visit the real Knapp St. in Milwaukee
35. Be a regular contributor/writer for a magazine or newspaper
36. Make a "memory quilt" over old t-shirts, clothing, etc.
37. Eat lobster every day for a week
38. Win at least $1000 on a scratch ticket, lottery, or slot machine
39. Have a secret romance with someone
40. Play a large-scale prank on someone
41. Buy a van and remake it to look like the Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo
42. Play the L&S slot machine
43. Hold hands with someone I love
44. Use my old milk ad collection to collage a room, closet, and/or piece of furniture
45. Go skinny-dipping
46. Sell a piece of artwork I created
47. Have my palm read
48. Go through a hedge maze, hay bale maze, and/or corn stock maze
49. Kiss someone in the rain
50. See the Earth from outer space
51. Invent something
52. Own a SNES and theSuper Mario World game (random, I know, but it's an old childhood memory..)
53. Take a class at Harvard
54. Play ice hockey
55. Have a giant walk-in closet (SATC Movie style...)
56. Stay in a really overpriced penthouse in a fancy hotel. And drink from the minibar.
57. Write a novel
58. Be in Ireland on St. Patty's Day
59. Spend a night in a haunted house
60. Go to Oktoberfest
61. Experience weightlessness
62. Ask out a stranger/someone I just met
63. Learn to play a favorite song - by heart - on the piano
64. Kiss someone on the top of a ferris wheel
65. Paint/stencil a wall with all my favorite song lyrics
66. Be in a play or on-stage performance
67. Make a piece of clothing by hand that I can wear with pride
68. Own a pair of expensive designer jeans
70. Go to a nudist colony
71. Have a hit youtube video
72. Count cards in Vegas
That's all I've got for now... but I'm still brainstorming, 'cause I'd like to reach at least 100.
Spent yesterday at a BBQ with two of my closest high school friends - one who I hadn't seen in three years, so that was great! The other one (the one whose house we spent the day/evening at) I've done a fairly good job at staying in touch with, and she's pretty much my favorite person ever, in so many ways. Her family is the sweetest, most humble, non-materialistic, LOVING group of people ever. They just really value simplifying in life and I've never seen a group of people with such a sincere love for family. Growing up, I think I found it all a little goody-goody, but now that I've been away from the small-town bubble for a few years, it just seems so clear that they've got 100% the right focus in life. Anyways, we spent the evening eating amazing, homemade summery food, playing badmitton (aka laughing endlessly at the crazy physical hijinks that resulted from our really bad athletic abilities), listening to fun music (their house is one of those places that always has Happy-Days-style 50's jukebox music playing in the background...), and getting way too into Guesstures. I know I'm down to only a few weeks left in Maine before The Big Move, but I keep finding more and more things I love here, that I'm really going to miss.
Played around with clay this morning (my mom has a kiln/wheel in the basement for her pottery business - I never really think to use it though because I figure that it's "always right there"). I'd like to do it more though - it's one of those things that I think would be really fun to be good at. Okay, I'm off - my high school BFF's college graduation party is in a few hours, so my mom and I are going to that. I'm really looking forward to seeing her whole extended family, because they always were a second family of sorts growing up (we've been best friends since first grade).
Ooooh, AND... Big Brother tonight!! Apparently they're going "back to basics" with no major twists, etc., which I think is PERFECT. Can't wait!