1000 Things, Part 3

Right now I'm probably wondering around downtown Boston with my Mom, waiting to move into the dorms tomorrow. I probably won't be able to get to a computer until Friday, so this will have to do for now. ^_^

101. Go on an Alaskan cruise

102. Receive a PhD

103. Visit the San Diego Zoo

104. Visit the United Nations

105. Attend a session of the US Supreme Court

106. Live abroad

107. Visit Wall Street

108. Learn how the stock market works

109. Walk on the Great Wall of China

110. Write to my congressman

111. Have my picture in the paper

112. See the Aurora Borealas

113. Wade in a public fountain

114. Steal a sign

115. Fly first class

116. Prospect for gold

117. Solve a Rubik's cube

118. Shower under a waterfall

119. Metal detect on the beach

120. Straddle the border between two states

121. Straddle the border between two countries

122. Straddle the border between two continents

123. Stand astride the Four Corners

124. Ride through the Chunnel

125. Ride a Maglev train

126. Learn a magic trick

127. Attend a Stanley Cup Final game

128. Get a fake tan

129. Get a real tan

130. Climb a mountain

131. Stay up all night "painting the town red"

132. Live with an eccentric roommate

133. See a Broadway play on Broadway

134. Stand astride the Prime Meridian

135. Stand astride the equator

136. View Saturn through a telescope

137. Visit Stonehenge

138. Invest in the stock market

139. Throw out my entire wardrobe and buy an new one

140. Spend the night in an aquarium/museum

141. Solve the New York Times Sunday crossword in pen

142. Spend a whole day baking & then give it all away

143. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge

144. Visit every stop of the London Underground

145. Ride a train across Cambodia

146. Write a letter to the editor & have it published

147. Keep a daily journal for an entire year

148. Have my teeth professionally whitened

149. Find five dollars on the ground

150. Leave a dollar on the ground for someone else to find

1000 Things, Part 2

I haven't really been motivated to write anything this week. Nothing really has happened, so I'll just resort back to my 1000 Things list. That's pretty much why I decided to post it in the first place, as a back up. Just so there's not several weeks of silence. It's all for you guys :-)

051. Get banned from a store

052. Pretend I'm blind in the mall

053. Learn Ebonics

054. Have my socks knocked off

055. Fill a briefcase with money

056. Find the soundtrack to my life

057. Create a new breakfast cereal

058. Visit every continent

059. Spend the night in a castle

060. Fill a room with playpen balls

061. Attend a physics seminar

062. Buy my own telescope

063. Discover a new star

064. View a meteor shower

065. View a solar eclipse

066. Use a big word inappropriately in a conversation

067. Go to McDonald's without pants

068. Have a conversation with myself on the bus/train

069. Start my own micronation

070. Be in a TV audience

071. Climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower

072. Buy something disgustingly extravagant for myself

073. Have a wonderful day in the neighborhood

074. Buy something for sale on TV

075. Learn to speak Korean

076. Learn to speak Italian

077. Learn to speak Romanian

078. Learn to speak Dutch

079. Learn to speak Hebrew

080. Learn to speak Swedish

081. Learn to speak Latin

082. Learn to speak Greek

083. Have a conversation in French & understand it

084. Attend an Olympic Games

085. Watch the launch of a space shuttle/rocket

086. Send a message in a bottle

087. Visit the Senate & House of Representatives

088. See how Congress really works

089. Learn to ballroom dance

090. Have a picnic in Central Park

091. Sit on a jury

092. Ride the Trans-Siberian Express across Asia

093. Watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in person

094. Stay at a youth hostel

095. Attend a stargazing party

096. Experience weightlessness

097. Learn to SCUBA dive

098. Stand on the edge of the Grand Canyon

099. Contemplate a work of art in the Louvre

100. Visit all 50 states

1000 Things

For the past couple of months I've been trying to write a list of 1000 things I would like to do before I die, a "bucket list" if you will. No, I was not inspired by the movie, starring Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman. I haven't even seen that movie. It actually all started a few years ago, when I was a Junior in High School. My friend Kathy & I had each made a list of things we wanted to do, mostly nonsensical things, like "take over the world", "become a pop star", "build a house out of chocolate." Anyway, I got a new Moleskine a couple months ago & decided to start over with a new, more realistic list. The original was about 130 items, but I decided to be a little daring & shoot for 1000, which is a task that deserves to be on the list itself. After three months I'm at 465, & I've decided to share it with you. Also so I can have a digital copy. Just in case. I'm not going to put all 465 items on here now, but I'll try to put 50 or so every week or just randomly. Feel free to tell me how stupid some things are. Feel free to suggest new things. Just feel free to say anything.

001. Go on a roadtrip

002. Hug a tree

003. Learn to ride a horse

004. Visit CERN

005. Get glasses

006. Learn to fence

007. Go to Canada

008. Find a dollar in my pocket

009. Collect $1000 in change

010. Solve a murder mystery

011. Attend a SciFi convention

012. Learn to fly a plane

013. Eat french toast in France

014. Get a theme song for myself

015. Build a giant snow castle

016. Start a rumor about myself

017. Learn to read lips

018. Do a crazy hippie dance in a park

019. Start a chain letter

020. Run for an elected office

021. Adopt a small child

022. Get my ears pierced

023. Throw myself a surprise party

024. Attend a rave

025. Write a book

026. Get a tattoo

027. Find Waldo

028. Meet a Sherpa

029. Join the Peace Corps

030. Get an awesome nickname

031. Spend a month in Europe

032. Declare myself "King of the Penguins"

033. Receive an obnoxiously large balloon for my birthday

034. Thump a Bible

035. Get a posse

036. Pet a llama

037. Find my evil twin

038. Get lost in the woods

039. Work on a particle accelerator

040. Attend the Glastonbury Festival

041. Go to a circus

042. Meet a Nazi

043. Legally change my name

044. Build a better mouse trap

045. Join a protest

046. Be an extra in a film

047. Learn calligraphy

048. Start a cult

049. Be interesting enough to have a blog

050. Start & maintain a blog for at least one year

Well, there you have it. The first 50 items on my list. One of the reasons I started this blog is to get myself out there & show people who I am, & what better way to get to know someone than to discover their dreams & aspirations, no matter how trivial.