100 things I want to do before 2007
1- Perform in a rock show in front of people again and actually enjoy it.
2- Spend a weekend shopping and going to shows in New York with a friend, see at least one good play.
3- Go to a Dance with senior citizens, do the waltz. Get as many of my friends to join me as possible.
4- Get one of my paintings hung in a coffee shop
5- Write a song, and have it recorded by someone I respect
6- Make a scarf for a homeless person
7- Volunteer at a soup kitchen or shelter
8- Visit Melissa in Las Vegas, bring Darian with me
9- Go back to Alaska and visit my childhood home in Eagle River
10- Change my hair color and/or get a really dramatic haircut
11- Donate/sell at least half of the clothes and shoes in my closet
12- Sing a Peggy Lee song at a Karaoke bar
13- Eat healthy enough and exercise enough to where I can reduce the amount of insulin moderating drugs I have to take every day by half.
14- Get my teeth bleached using the Xoom bleaching method I keep hearing about
15- Get my student loans all caught up and on some sort of auto pay cycle
16- Get a small supporting role in a play and see it through to the end
17- Record a 4 song demo
18- Write a poem for a friend and give it to them without telling them who it is from
19- Have a meaningful conversation with one of my heros
20- Purchase and address birthday cards for all of my relatives (in-laws included) in advance and then get them in the mail on time
21- Bury the hatchet with my little brother and introduce him to my husband (8 years is too long not to talk to someone you used to be so close to)
22- Spend some time with my older brother and his new wife
23- Apologize to someone from the past that I hurt
24- Learn a new word each week and try to use it in casual conversation
25- Take a foreign language course
26- Spend an entire evening talking to a complete stranger, male or female, at a place I would never normally hang out and pretend I am someone else who's personality is completely different from who I am. Change my name, maybe even my voice and stay in character all night. (maybe just before I do #10)
27- Make an effort to spend more time with friends that I know on an acquaintance level that I respect and think I could be better friends with if I wasn't lazy.
28- Have regular girl nights even when Jon is in town. I didn't realize how important those relationships were to me until I lost them and got them back again after Jon left on tour. They enrich my life and make me a happier person. It is too easy to forget that when you get married and lazy. I won't take them for granted again.
29- Try to make time to see my parents and remaining grandparents
30- Go back to school even if it is only for one class.
31- Finish reading at least three of the books on my night table that I have been rotating through
32- Leave a comment on every one of my 400+ friends on Myspace. If I can't think of anything to write, delete them because that means I don't know them at all and they should not be on my friend list.
33- Get one of my stories or comics published
34- Take one of those first time homebuyer's classes
35- Spend some time with foster children
36- Take some advanced music lessons to hone my skills in areas I feel I am weakest
37- Become pen pals with one of my 52 younger cousins that I have lost touch with over the years. (Yes, I said 52!)
38- Volunteer at Darian's school more, spend more time with the kids so they continue to trust me and talk to me when they are having problems.
39- Make mixed CD's for at least 12 of my friends (One for each month of the year) They all have to be different and meaningful, no cheating.
40- Actually meet one of my lovely UK pen pals in person. We have been writing forever, it is about time!
41- Finish the process of legally changing my name to my married name. (Basically get all of my bank accounts switched over and get a new passport)
42- Finish the process of Jon adopting Darian.
43- Have a conversation with Darian's biological father
44- Get Darian's passport so I can take her to Japan!
45- Have a family portrait taken at one of those silly portrait studios. Send it to all of my relatives.
46- Introduce Jon to my family. (I have known him ten years, it is about time they know him)
47- Do something that really scares me. Don't let fear stop me, just take a chance and do it.
48- Reveal something to someone that might effect their life in some way. (Hopefully something positive)
49- Have Darian's older sister Winter visit us for a few weeks. It has been too long since we spent time with her.
50- Get a new tattoo. Something small, meaningful and discreet that sums up the last several years since my last one.
51- Play a song at an Open Mic night at my neighborhood pub.
52- Create a short film and have my friends come over for a dinner party to watch it.
53- Write a ten minute play
54- Finish illustrating the children's book I wrote for Darian. Have it printed and bound and give it to Darian.
55- Design a flyer for a show and poster the hood with it.
56- Buy a wig that changes my look dramatically and wear it out one night. (Maybe tie this in with #26)
57- Send a sweet secret admirer note and flowers to a stranger (Maybe a random co-worker of a friend so then I can hear the reaction without them ever seeing me?)
58- Make out at a drive in movie.
59- Go to one of the silent movie nights at the paramount (Maybe make out there too? Why not?)
60- See an opera
61- Fly a kite at the park
62- Share an umbrella with someone and silently watch it rain together while sipping coffee.
63- Tell a joke to a small group of friends at a party
64- Flirt with an old man, the older the better. Offer to buy him a drink (Coffee, beer, soda, whichever fits best for the situation)
65- Sing really loud while walking to the corner store and back
66- Ask for an autograph
67- Crash a funeral (try not to be noticed)
68- Crash a wedding and stay until I fill a disposable camera with pictures from it. Post them online.
69- Dance on a tabletop
70- Kiss someone under the mistletoe
71- Wear tennis shoes for a week. I know it sounds like a cop out, but I never wear tennis shoes, so it is a big deal for me! I will go from 5'9 to 5'7 in flat shoes. It will be a weird perspective not being taller than most of my girl friends.
72- Wear my glasses to a rock show and dress down (maybe tie it in with 71) Take note if there is any change in how people treat me.
73- Sleep in a hotel in my city, order dessert from room service and watch a pay per view movie.
74- Have a martini lunch in the middle of the work week. Wear expensive shoes with really high heels that day.
75- Buy sunglasses that cost almost as much as my rent, wear them for a day and then return them and get my money back.
76- Post a secret on the internet for an hour and then delete it and see if anyone noticed.
77- Get a nickname (preferably not one that I already have)
78- Have a poem written for me
79- Get an arty photo taken while wearing my wedding dress completely out of context, like walking barefoot down the city street or something.
80- Wear fake eyelashes.
81- Get colored contacts and change my eyes from green to something dramatically different like dark brown. Wear them for a week and count how many people notice.
82- Share an "inside joke" with someone new and don't ever tell anyone what it means.
83- Make up a new word and try to get it to catch on by using it as much as possible.
84- Take one of those new heated Yoga class. (First figure out what they are really called)
85- Slow dance to a Billie Holiday song in the park
86- Have a champagne picnic in a cemetery
Come up with 14 more things I need to do by 2007... to be continued
