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! :)

33 things you didn't ever care to know about me

1. If a song comes on during a movie that I know, I sing it out loud. In the theatre. (I ignore all evil glances)
2. Cooking is therapeutic for me
3. I have a thing for Polaroids (and Polaroids have a thing for me)
4. I am NOT a happy person. I am a pessimist and enjoy dark, twisted, and gross humor.
5. However, when I smile, I think I'm decently pretty.
6. I used to think I was the only kid who thought their parents getting a divorce was a great thing. Now I know I'm not the only one.
7. Coral became my favorite color when I wore a dress in that color and someone told me I was pretty.
8. I skipped class more in undergrad than I did in high school.
9. I broke up with my elementary and middle school boyfriends all because I didn't want to kiss them.
10. I, ultimately, then, had my first kiss in 10th grade (yea I was a late one, but I sho' nuff caught up)
11. I don't like people who, when getting on an airplane, steal the blanket and pillow from Seat 12D because they are afraid they won't have a blanket or pillow when they get to their backrow seat.
12. I lost a baby tooth in 7th grade eating a Jolly Rancher in 3rd period English. I was so afraid to ask to leave I sat there with a Jolly Rancher, a tooth, and a bloody mouth until I went to Woodshop next period.
13. Walking home, some kid threw a glass bottle at me in 7th grade too. Yea.
14. Middle school, overall, was just tragic.
15. I punched a vending machine once. Still did not get said snack. But did hurt said hand.
16. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a doctor. Then an obstetrician. Then I realized I was too stupid to be a doctor and decided I wanted to be a psychologist. Then I decided I was too dumb to be a psychologist and decided to be an elementary ed teacher. Then I decided I was too impatient for that and decided to be a college administrator.
    
17. I played soccer in high school. Then I decided I wasn't an athlete at all. So I stuck with marching band.
18. I like beer, tequila, and Jack. Thanks.
19. I lose gloves like a girl on Maury just lost her virginity.
20. If I'm on a plane, sometimes I picture myself crashing, and that eases the anxiety of picturing myself crashing (yea I know......twisted and horrible).
21. I tried Lean Cuisines once and hated the one I had.
22. The first college party I went to had soap on the floor and I immediately left.
23. I prefer dogs over cats, but still want a cat.
24. I don't like tuna sandwiches.
25. Visiting Rome was probably the most walking I'd ever done in my entire life.
26. I like coming up with nicknames for people. Sometimes they stick, sometimes they don't.
27. I like school. I like discussions.
28. I used to work in Admissions. I learned some very valuable life skills from that alone.
29. I am extremely photogenic.
30. I don't like eating the edges of sandwiches, the ends of subs, or drinking the last bit of something.
31. I glare at my husband anytime he eats loudly or drinks loudly. I also glare at him when he crosses his legs.
    
32. I had my very first pair of eyeglasses stolen as a kid. I cried when I had to go home and tell my parents.
33. I saw Depeche Mode in concert. Twice. (Yea......yea......don't ask)
    

Why 33? Because I said so. That's why.

Things I Don't Want to Buy in Bulk at Costco

Everyone likes buying things in bulk. There's a certain level of joy knowing that you won't be buying toilet paper or fruit snacks for months. However, while previously walking through Costco, I realized that there are a few things that I either would NEVER want to buy at Costco, or just things that I'd never want to buy in bulk at Costco.

• Caskets
• Hamsters or Rabbits (can you imagine how many you might have in a few months?!)
• Immigrants
• Babies
• Passports
• A House
• Office Chairs
• Bibles
• Dentures
• Bounce Houses
• Powdered Milk
• Tickle-Me Elmo's
• Holy Water
• Season 1 of ChiP's on DVD (really, what was the point of that show?)
  

Things people 65 & over should NOT do

So my best friend (Marcus) and I decided to come up with a list together of things people 65 & over shouldn't do. It may not be a fair list, but really, think about it. Then picture one of your grandparents doing it. I guarantee it's not pretty.

• Drop down and get their eagle on
• Wear anything resembling the "business" of the opposite sex
• Buy/adopt cats and give them names that sound like they have a mothball scent attached to it, like Mittens or Buttons
• Procreation
• Heavy lifting
• Tanning (naturally in the sun or in a salon)
• Take steroids
• Build evil robots to take over the world
• Buy a Lil Wayne or Lady Gaga CD
• Ride sleds
• Be on Facebook or use Twitter (Interests: Boost, Days of Our Lives, Bingo...)
• Drive
• Get drunk/high (but this may actually be quite humorous)
• Get a weave
• Wear anything with the word "Juicy" on it (bonus points if it's spelled out in rhinestones)
• Wear thongs or speedos
• Do body shots
• Use a gas stove to cook ("Cecil....how long have the beans been on???")