Thursday, January 13, 2011

The List

1. Eat a fish I caught.

2. Learn the rules of cricket.

3. Learn to make a killer soup.

4. Learn to make an awesome mac and cheese.

5. Take a ballet class.

6. Go curling.

7. Read all of Vonnegut's published books and short stories.

8. Tell everyone I love I love them.

9. Go to a state I've never been to.

10. Go to a country I've never been to.

11. Go to a continent I've never been to.

12. Make a killer martini.

13. Cook over an open fire.

14. See all of the academy-award-nominated movies for the year before the awards.

15. Go to the ballet.

16. Watch a French movie without subtitles.

17. Apply to a PhD program.

18. Go camping.

19. Go on an overnight hike.

20. Eat one of the items featured on "The Best Things I've Ever Ate."

21. Go to a taping of "The Daily Show" or meet John Stewart.

22. Write to Bill Bryson.

23. Submit a piece of writing to be published.

24. Go to "The Moth."

25. Play a new sport in a league.

26. Get a bikini wax.

27. Go to a therapist.

28. Win an award or scholarship.

29. See an international soccer game.

30. Do NYC with the camp girls.

31. Play with a regular hockey team.

32. Start a calligraphy business.

33. Tutor.

34. Volunteer for a race.

35. Volunteer for a cause.

36. Pay off any of my credit cards.

37. Pay off any of my loans.

38. Go to the opera.

39. Sew something.

40. Find a place to ride regularly.

41. Be rolfed.

42. Skydive.

43. Let someone see me in sexy underwear.

44. Make pasta.

45. Go to an NFL game.

46. Run a 10k.

47. Run a 10 mile race.

48. Scuba.

49. Beat my half marathon time (2:25)

50. Learn a new killer recipe.

51. Go to 3 UM away competitions.

52. Join a Euchre league.

53. Move to a new city.

54. Snorkel.

55. Walk on my hands for 10 feet.

56. See a shark in open water.

57. Surf... for more than 1 second.

58. Crash a wedding.

59. Go on a date with someone whose last name I don't know.

60. Go on a blind date.

61. Make deviled eggs.

62. See a friend I have not seen in over 3 years.

63. Hike the AT (part of it).

64. Attend a rodeo.

65. Do a stair-climbing event.

66. Build a fire.

67. Learn to hockey stop on my new skates.

68. Take a fish shot.

69. Cross-country ski.

70. Go on vacation alone.

71. Ride one of the CTA lines from one end to another (except brown, orange, purple, or yellow).

72. Drive more than 1 state west of the Mississippi.

73. Go to each end of the Mississippi River.

74. Have a conversation in French for at least 10 minutes.

75. Go to the roller derby.

76. Don't drive for at least 10 days.

77. Don't drink for at least a week.

78. Snowboard down an entire hill without falling, including the stop at the end, and not including the bunny hill.

79. Jump wake to wake on a wakeboard.

80. Complete a triathlon.

81. Visit 3 museums I have not yet been to.

82. Visit the Sears Tower observation deck.

83. Have dinner in 3 neighborhoods I have never been to.

84. Run a 5k I haven't done before.

85. Go to 3 shows.

86. See an orchestra perform a piece I have performed.

87. Eat at Hot Doug's.

88. Eat in Chinatown.

89. Go wine tasting at Lush.

90. Go to a Red Wings home game.

91. Go on the ghost or gangster tour.

92. Change a tire or oil.

93. Read the Bible.

94. Don't sleep for 48 hours.

95. Walk across a famous bridge (besides Brooklyn).

96. Get a chocolate shake at the Weiner Circle.

97. Go to one of the big 3 horse races.

98. Ride the El in my bathing suit during rush hour.

99. Go to Milwaukee's Summerfest.

100. Clean a fish.

2 comments:

  1. #1, #13, #66, & #100 seem that they could be ko'd in one day.

    #88.... you can consider me an "expert" at that one. I know a place you might like..well I know a few places...

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