Saturday, June 09, 2007
the list
In another attempt to find balance in my life and to simply keep myself from going over the brink of sanity, I have created
THE LIST. Well,
THE LIST contains a few (a hundred) happy things for me to achieve before I turn 26 (the age that I have assigned to be my official golden age, my wonder year). So with the help of some of my friends and with a lot of time on my hands, I came up with the first part of the list... 37 items for me to accomplish, think about or just roll my eyes at.
1.Go to France with GC Lane for 25th birthday.
(the GC Lane connivance!)2.Send a bouquet of roses to mutti and grandmutti.
3.Treat entire family to movie and dinner.
4.Have a signature scent.
5.Get into ideal weight.
6.Go skinny dipping in another country.
(preferrably, after accomplishing number 5!)7.Tour parents to at least 3 countries. (Korea, France, Germany?)
8.Go on a backpacking trip to Batanes.
(anyone up for it? gorgey place!)9.Cook dinner for flat mates for a week
(Paging the sunrise kids: I want my Martha Stewart moment!)10. Bake a birthday cake for mutti and other special people
(another Martha moment)11.Jog around the UP acad oval
12.Be a game show contestant
(and actually win this time!!!!!)13.Go out for a day wearing a wig
(and a phony accent to match..)14.Send a few kids to school
15.Buy a car and buy another car for vatti
16.Go to an art museum with friends for fun
17.Sing in a public videoke place
18.Graduate! (and with honors)
19.Sing and dance in the rain
20.Host reunion parties for grade school and high school friends.
(and say "It's been awhile. I'm so glad you came!" like a hundred times throughout the party)21.Read the Bible and have one verse that will sum up life philosophy
22.Vote and vote wisely
23.Go to the congress and senate to see how things work in there
(a la Gin Pomelo video)24.Visit the province alone
25.Ice-skate without falling on bottom too much
(then, challenge "Mare" to a "skate-off"! Nyek.)26.Have an article published in a reputable newspaper
27.Go on a food trip/ backpack trip and explore Manila
28.Grow a garden
(another Martha moment)29.Take photos of mutti and vatti together
30.Write a song and record it (or perform it in public)
31.Perform in a stage play or musical
32.Go scuba diving
33.Collect trash underwater while scuba diving
34.Write a message or verse of hope and spread it through creative means
(so totally cheesy, just like in the Brian McKnight music video)35.Makeover someone who needs it
(like myself)36.Treat some kids to the amusement park or to the movies
37.Stop being afraid
I like lists. I like the fact that somehoe they convey some sense of order (which I need badly). This may turn out to be a therapeutic activity, and maybe the bogeyman will stop the midnight tearjerkers. If not, I'll leave this business to Earl Hickey.
xxmimose
Labels: happy things, lists, plans, the wonder year
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