- ✔ Receive my driver’s license.
- ✔ Buy a car.
- ✔ Pass Decision Point 3.
- ✔ Student Teach. (It wasn't successful, but it counts!)
- Pass Decision Point 4. (NOT HAPPENING)
- ✔ Graduate Ball State.
- ✔ Write a list of 101 things/reasons why I love Alex, and share it with him.
- ✔ Update my blog at least seven times a month for a year.
- Take a trip to Canada.
- Try a flaming drink.
- ✔ Dye a skein of yarn by hand.
- ✔ Dye a skein of yarn with Kool-Aid.
- ✔ Knit a cardigan.
- ✔ Knit a blanket.
- ✔ Knit a pair of socks.
- ✔ Knit the Companion Cube for Alex.
- ✔ Learn how to crochet.
- Paint two paintings on canvas.
- Complete the Mona Lisa puzzle.
- Write 20 original poems.
- Write 10 original short non-fiction works.
- Write 10 original short fiction works.
- Learn how to play piano.
- ✔ Watch the sun set, stay up and then watch the sun rise.
- Learn how to dance with Alex.
- ✔ Do a crossword puzzle every day for a month.
- ✔ Read 15 of the Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels (From either the Board or the Readers’ choice lists) that I haven’t read before.
- ✔ Watch 15 Movies off of AFI’s Top 100 Movies that I haven’t seen before.
- Kiss in a heavy rainstorm.
- Go sledding, and then curl up with hot chocolate afterward.
- Take a vow of silence for one day.
- Turn off and refuse to use electronics for a week.
- Go play laser tag.
- ✔ Bake a chocolate cake, complete with frosting, from scratch.
- ✔ Bake a loaf of bread from scratch.
- Get a bigger bookshelf.
- ✔ Get a little red dress.
- Make a photo diary for a year.
- Go camping.
- Learn how to say “I love you” in 10 other languages besides English.
- ✔ Go vegetarian for at least one month (Despite parents' protests.)
- ✔ Have a dentist’s appointment.
- Get eyeglass prescription checked.
- ✔ Meet Alex’s grandparents.
- Go see the Butterfly Gardens.
- ✔ Make Key Lime Pie the way my dad does.
- Grow my hair long enough to braid it.
- Take a trip to New Orleans.
- ✔ Rent an apartment.
- ✔ Fly kites with Alex.
- ✔ Mail a love note.
- ✔ Go to the zoo.
- Teach Aunt Jo how to knit.
- Frame my Agent Smith poster.
- ✔ Sing karaoke at a bar.
- Make a sock monkey.
- ✔ Donate blood for 8 quarters (that I’m eligible) in a row.
- Take a yoga class/course.
- Learn basic belly dancing.
- Donate $5 to charity for each item I do not complete on this list (I’m a college student, so I can’t afford too much.)
- ✔ Open a checking account, or see if it is possible.
- ✔ Use my calligraphy set.
- Give up Facebook for a month.
- Have David teach me how to play chess.
- Hit Broad Ripple or other parts of Indianapolis for a night on the town.
- ✔ Make 3 pieces of jewelry.
- ✔ Submit a work (poem or story) for publication.
- ✔ Go to the Artist Within and paint a piece of pottery.
- ✔ Read with my little brother Alex.
- ✔ Drive to my dad’s on my own.
- Write 10 small messages about books that meant a lot to me, and place them in library copies of the books.
- ✔ Put all my music, videos, pictures, and other documents on an external hard drive.
- ✔ Upgrade my operating system.
- Go roller-skating.
- Visit Chris, Rachel, and Emma in Lafayette.
- ✔ Visit Jennifer at IU.
- Go indoor rock climbing.
- Ask Grandpa Gilbert about his time in the Air Force.
- Ask Grandma Gilbert about the Laska side of the family.
- Watch Great-Grandma Lorraine’s video.
- ✔ Ask Grandpa Tilmans about his time at NASA. (I was misinformed. It was actually the U.S. Air Force. He did cool things with missiles.)
- Ask Grandma Tilmans about her parents and her teaching experiences.
- Go to Alex’s graduation.
- Look at the stars and planets through our telescope.
- Try Vera Mae’s Bistro.
- ✔ Attempt an embroidery project.
- ✔ Get CPR certified.
- Grow a plant I could use (tomatoes, chilies, berries, etc.).
- ✔ Read a different poem each day for a month.
- Go to a drag show (other than Spectrum’s – I like them, but I should try a different crowd.)
- ✔ Knit Jock a dog sweater.
- ✔ Get a professional back massage.
- Finish my 1,000 cranes project that I started in high school.
- ✔ Drink the bottle of French wine I bought in 2007.
- Finish playing Portal.
- Make homemade candy.
- ✔ Play Scrabble with my mom. Try to beat her.
- ✔ Attend a concert.
- Visit the West Coast.
- Go skinny-dipping.
- ✔ Throw a party.
feb 21 2011 ∞
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