"Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it."

Thursday, October 7, 2010

My First Post

I am five months out of college, seven months out of a serious relationship, and one month into my year long service with the AmeriCorps. I am in a new city, far from friends and family. I am in an odd place in my life and not really sure what to do. I therefore joined the trend and wrote out a list of what I want to do before I die, and this is what I have thus far...
  1. Sky dive
  2. Get a 160 on the LSAT
  3. Get a law degree
  4. Serve in the Peace Corps
  5. Own a Range Rover
  6. Donate bone marrow
  7. Go to California
  8. Cross the US on public transportation
  9. Live in Italy
  10. Visit every state
  11. Visit every continent
  12. Become vegan for a year
  13. Go parasailing
  14. Cut my Dad a big ass check
  15. Go away with just my brother, sister, and I…serious bonding time.
  16. Watch my brother and sister walk across the stage at their college graduations
  17. Shave my head
  18. Get to a healthy weight and maintain it
  19. Become fluent in another language
  20. Go stay on the reservation for an extended period of time
  21. Learn more about my Ojibwe ancestry and the language
  22. Volunteer for an animal rescue shelter
  23. Adopt a kid from the US
  24. Buy my mom a little red convertible
  25. Watch Penn State become National Champs 
  26. Join a rec softball league
  27. Attend Oktoberfest in Munich
  28. Learn to golf
  29. See Jay-Z in concert
  30. See Bob Seger in concert
  31. See Dierks Bentley in concert
  32. Make a stained glass window
  33. Get another tattoo
  34. Start my own non-profit
  35. Spend a week in silence
  36. Go on a vacation somewhere tropical and secluded by myself
  37. Complete a triathlon
  38. Go on a canopy tour in the Amazon Rainforest
  39. Learn to shoot a gun
  40. Meet the President
  41. Hold political office
  42. Go on an African safari
  43. Drive a motorcycle
  44. See The Godfather
  45. See Gone With the Wind
  46. Grow my own garden
  47. Knit a scarf
  48. Go fly fishing
  49. Pet a tiger
  50. Learn to drive a manual
  51. Play a table game at a casino and win cash money
  52. Own a walk in closet full of just shoes and purses
  53. Get my palms read
  54. Own, and actually wear, contacts
  55. Go whale watching
  56. Learn to tap dance
  57. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
  58. Ride in a submarine
  59. Watch a rocket launch
  60. Go to Disney World
  61. Learn to play chess
  62. Brew my own beer
  63. Read every Pulitzer prize winner in the general nonfiction category
  64. Be a mentor
  65. Open a Swiss bank account
  66. Own a home built before 1900
  67. Go to a pro sports game alone
  68. Fast
  69. Invest in the stock market
  70. Visit Mimi, Grandma and Grandpa Becker, Aunt Cathy, and Uncle Butches graves
  71. Win 50 bucks or more on a $1 lotto ticket
  72. Learn to play a song on the guitar
  73. Stop swearing
  74. Become a hospice volunteer
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