Showing posts with label lists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lists. Show all posts

Thursday, May 13, 2010

speaking of bucket lists...


So Moody's post about bucket list restaurants made think of my own personal bucket list. I found some old notebooks from five to ten years ago, and it's neat to see what I've crossed off so far from those lists:

  • saw six bands on my "ultimate concert" list, including No Doubt, Joan Jett, and "a full set of Ben Folds" (not accomplished until show #4, actually)
  • met Ben Folds and wrote a fan letter to Francesca Lia Block
  • went to New York and California
  • bought Fear of Pop (really, 18 year old self? that took five minutes on Amazon)
  • formed a band that performed in front of people
  • wrote for a music magazine
  • finished a screen play
  • worked as a baker (this was actually a goal of mine in elementary school. I sorta kinda did this for six month, and it wasn't enjoyable)
  • "make money from making a movie." Granted it was third place in a film festival, but it still counts, dammit.
  • made a speech that "people really liked."
  • played Columbia in Rocky Horror
  • thanked my two favorite authors for writing my two favorite books
  • used "Buddy Holly" in my wedding
  • "Fight Nazis" - I'm sure that goal was written with a literal sense (as in face-punching), though the actual action was more peaceful and legal.
  • "learn to like Bob Dylan"
  • learned to swim, not awesomely but enough not to drown
I'm thinking about a part 2 to this, but until then, what have you crossed off your bucket list? And if it applies, what the hell were you thinking then?

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Things I Like Saturday

Things I Like Saturday

My friend Cait keeps a blog called Things I Like Thursday, in which she lists things she {digs/ has done/ is grateful for} that week. Since I'm a big fan of ripping people off homages, I thought I'd make my own list.

sugar snap peas: officially my favorite veggie now, but a close second would be....

mushrooms: The sight of mushrooms used to make me gag, but after a delicious meal at a hole-in-the-wall Chinese diner in New York, I really dig them.

Look at That F***ing Hipster: Sort of like Andrea's People of Wal-Mart post, this blog makes me feel better by laughing at ridiculous people. So this is going to be for the next generation what disco fashion was to us. Click here for hipster fail (warning, some NSFW captions and pics at times)

Half-days at work: It's the best of both worlds: a break and a paycheck. Once the holidays pick up, I'll be seeing quite the opposite with overtime, so I'm basking in half-days and long lunches while I still can.

Ben Folds: Every few months I'll have an internal debate as to whether I've "outgrown" Ben Folds. Then I'll see him in concert and realize how stupid that internal argument was. Plus, he's always super nice when he meets people after shows, even when he's been up for hours and his fans go all teenybopper crazed on him.

NaNoWriMo: I'm using it as an excuse to finally finish writing my sketch comedy show, so wish me luck!

chamomile tea: An honest-to-blog miracle drink. Keeps the cold bugs away while making you less stressed AND tasting awesome? Hells yeah!