30 year-old Central New York native, Cincinnati transplant. Life in limbo. Coffee in hand.
beccarue46@gmail.com
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
This list was originally one of those 101 Things to do in 1001 Days things, but, uh, yeah, slack much? So, I have decided not to set a limit, to add to this list as I please and call it my bucket list.
001: Clean out my closet. I mean REALLY clean it out. Throw away junk. Give away clothes. The whole she-bang.
002: Learn to play an instrument. Become slightly mediocre at it. Be content with that mediocrity.
003: Go to Germany.
004: Complete my novel.
005: Go back to school. FOR REAL this time.
006: Eat a Frisch’s Fish Sandwich (I HATE fish).
007: Read the first Harry Potter book.
008: Watch Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
009: Get rid of any debts owed.
010: Learn how to play poker.
011: Run a full marathon.
012: Lose fifteen pounds. Goal weight: 145.
013: Get another tattoo.
014: Visit the West Coast.
015: Find a new job.
016: Turn my cell phone off for 72 hours.
017: Download every CD I own onto my mp3 player.
018: Scan and save all of my favorite and most memorable photos that were pre-digital camera onto my computer.
019: Get and maintain a nice, professional haircut. Maybe have some nice highlights added. I’ve been cutting my own hair for almost two years now.
020: Become a stringer for a local paper. Any local paper.
021: Whiten my teeth.
022: Get to another Yankees game.
023: Switch out all of my VHS movies to DVDs.
024: Put $10 a week away in my piggy bank. DON’T touch money.
025: Go a whole week without using swear words.
026: Learn how to down-hill ski.
027: Go to a hockey game.
028: Buy a Nikon digital SLR.
029: Take a vacation somewhere by myself.
030: Go to a club and dance like no one is watching.
031: Give up coffee for a month.
032: I will avoid the internet and my computer for one week.
033: Join sports team of some sort. Soccer. Softball. Volleyball. Anything.
034: Paint a room. I’ve never painted a room before.
035: Learn how to use Photoshop better.
036: Wean myself off of my Burt’s Bees obsession.
037: Finally quit being a rebel and actually RENEW my car insurance. Shhh. Don’t tell my dad.
038: Try sushi again. Give it a fair chance.
039: Go a whole week without watching TV.
040: Drink a glass of milk a day after it has expired.
041: Participate in the Polar Bear Plunge.
042: Drink more wine. Try and discern what is ‘good’ wine and what is ‘bad’ wine. Try and develop a taste for it.
043: Sit front row at a concert of a band I really enjoy. (hmmm….Hono-lulu does GLS count on that one??)
044: Go for a long drive with no destination in mind.
045: Buy an expensive designer purse.
046: Get a decent tan for once.
047: Watch An Officer and a Gentleman and pretend to like it.
048: 100% let myself go in a relationship. No more guard up. No more walls.
049: Sky-dive for my 29th birthday.
050: Try a Brazilian bikini wax.
051: Dye my hair blonde for a week.
052: Quit being a goody-goody and engage in a recreational substance.
053: Drink only whiskey for a night.
054: Tour Harvard’s campus, pull a Good Will Hunting and sit in on one of the writing classes taught there.
055: Turn my closet into a dark room.
056: Get a colonoscopy.
057: Do a shot of tequila.
058: Buy a bike and ride it regularly.
059: Start a savings account again.
060: Build a nice bookshelf to house my tons of books.
061: Go a whole MONTH without reblogging. Blog only my own things. (This could be tricky…)
062: Buy a coloring book and a new pack of crayons and color the whole book in a day. Does Jack Johnson have his own coloring book?
063: Cook/prepare one new dish a week for three months.
064: Cliff dive in New Zealand.
065: Learn how to surf.
066: Vistit the Lincoln Memorial with someone special.
067: See the Grand Canyon.