64 Things

My beautiful followers, I have created a list! In the last few days or so, I decided that my current being had no current path, no purpose. I wanted to experience some personal growth, I wanted to learn new things, and I wanted to have fun. So I created a list. It's a list of 64 things that I must try to complete in the next 365 days. The list I am about to share with you is open for interpretation, it's open for participation (if you decide you want to join me, you will most likely be welcome to, but please just ask first), and most of all, it's open for you all to comment on. I want your help, I want your feedback. I am still deciding if I will create a 2nd blog for my 64 things, and if I do, you will all be informed so you can follow that too.

And now...drumroll please.....I present to you, my 64 Things:

1. Take a creative writing class (no specified length or price).
2. Write a letter to my dad and actually send it.
3. Take more photos (1 roll/month).
4. Get 10 more people to follow my blog.
5. Go to the gym 2-3 times/week.
6. Go camping for 1 night (must try to include fishing).
7. Drink less soda (5/business week).
8. Throw a dart on a map of the United States and visit that place (I do get 3 throws however).
9. Watch movies for 1 full day (suggestions are welcome).
10. Find a way to order "Lift" online and have it shipped to my house.
11. Fly to Chicago to visit my in-laws just because.
12. See a therapist.
13. Build and paint a bookcase from scratch (can have help).
14. Send 5 postcards a month to anyone.
15. Learn how to make greeting cards. Try to sell them to my Mom's friends.
16. Try 20 new restaurants in Boston.
17. Buy a homeless person dinner (try to sit with them during dinner).
18. Draw something in a notebook everyday (no matter how ugly it is).
19. Visit another state to see a concert.
20. Buy a 18x24 (subject to change) canvas. Paint with eyes closed.
21. Fry my own chicken.
22. Donate work clothes to a battered woman's shelter.
23. Take Jordan to a dog park once a week.
24. Throw a wine and appetizer party that's dressy and fancy.
25. Visit California.
26. Meditate in the Boston Common/Public Garden (with friends, alone, etc.).
27. Save $20 or more from each paycheck.
28. Learn how to play a round of real golf
29. Be an awesome person (being aware of others around me, being calmer).
30. Cook 4 times a week.
31. Surprise my mom at work one day.
32. Write down the names of 20 people I know. Write them a letter expressing my gratitude towards them.
33. Choose 10 bible readings and blog about them (doesn't have to be all at once).
34. Learn how to play the piano.
35. Watch all 2009 Best Picture nominee movies from the Oscars.
36. Try to volunteer at an animal shelter.
37. Take a picture of something that represents each letter of the alphabet (should have 26 pictures). Frame these pictures how I choose.
38. Ride the Red line and Blue line from one end to the other (on the T).
39. Eat buffalo wings in Buffalo, NY.
40. Go to synagogue on a Friday night.
41. Learn how to cook beef stroganoff (because I love my mom-in-laws stroganoff).
42. Organize a Boston pub crawl over the summer.
43. Rent a car for the day. Only make left turns. Explore.
44. Go to a flea market. Find 2 bracelets that are alike and mail one to my mom with an explanation of it's meaning.
45. Attend 5 book readings.
46. Write a letter to the Metro (newspaper) explaining my 64 things journey and hope they publish it.
47. Read a book about architecture.
48. Surprise a friend with an hour body massage (given by a professional) and lunch.
49. Cook dinner for my mother or grandmother.
50. Explore poetry. Find a writer that I enjoy and share what I learn and like.
51. Get a list of words from 1 person and write a short story that incorporates the words.
52. Go to 7 museums that have contemporary art or at least a few contemporary exhibits.
53. Cook for my co-workers.
54. Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
55. Watch 5 foreign films in the movie theatre.
56. Create a "mannequin" commercial similiar to the Old Navy commercials.
57. Learn guitar (preferably bass).
58. Go on a spiritual/meditative retreat.
59. See a Yankees game at New Yankee Stadium.
60. Design/Draw 10 things. Put them on t-shirts and wear them proudly.
61. Drive to Montreal, Canada. Explore.
62. Find 10 photobooths in 10 different places. Can take pics with friends or alone.
63. See Niagara Falls. Take inappropriate photos.
64. Buy a bike helmet. Bike around the Charles River (not all the way around, but in different places around the river).

My list became complete today and therefore, I have until May 8, 2010 to complete this list. Remember, you can help and participate too! Wish me luck! :)