Things I Want To Do Before I Die
Things I Haven't Done
Things I'm Working On/Have Started
Thing's I've Done
- Visit: Ireland, Japan, Italy, Scotland, New Zealand, England, Australia, France (solely to see the places in Victor Hugo's work)
- Become fluent in at least 3 other languages, including: Japanese, Spanish, Italian
- Have my writing published or songs played
- Graduate with a degree in Graphic Design
- Get better at playing soccer, baseball, and ultimate frisbee
- Learn an old, unusual, or "lost" art (blacksmithing, sword-fighting, calligraphy(English, Japanese, Elvish, or other), Celtic knotwork, pasta making, etc.)
- Read all three of Victor Hugo's major works: Notre Dame de Paris, Les Miserables, Selected Poetry or Toilers of the Sea
- Have a good friend who's a guy (def. someone I feel comfortable talking to.)
- Own (and preferably design) my own house
- Get better (competitive level) at Swing Dancing
- Kiss or be kissed
- Learn to play: Drums, Guitar
- Have my artwork displayed/sold/used in a professional capacity
- Eat something I killed myself (besides fish.)
- Own a business
- Go camping in the winter
- Sleep outside spontaneously
- Develop and read a list of good books: A Confederacy of Dunces, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Screwtape Letters, Beowulf, Wuthering Heights, The Odyssey, The Iliad, Gulliver's Travels, The Old Curiosity Shop, Phantom of the Opera, The Counte of Monte Cristo, etc.
- Learn to snowboard
- Go skydiving or bungee jumping or some other crazy thing
- Go to a mewithoutYou concert
- Make a movie
- Dress up like I'm from the 40's
- Visit Park Cemetery in Fairmount, Indiana. James Dean is buried there. Also: Marion, IN and Cholame, CA.
- Study/gain a basic proficiency of at least three other languages, including at least one "dead" language and one fictional language: Anglo-Saxon, Gaelic, Latin, Greek, Tolkien Elvish, Goa'uld, Hindi, German, Russian, Ancient, Ancient Egyptian, Norse, etc.
- Basic proficiency in at least three writing systems: Tengwar, Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji, Runes/Cuneiform, Hieroglyphs, Hindi, Ancient, Anglo-Saxon, etc.
- Write an original book or series.
- Go to a sci-fi convention (pref. Stargate.)
- Freaketh thou not, there will be plenty more.
The Mothership