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My Bucket List

11 Tuesday Jun 2013

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activities, bucket list, inspiration

I came across someone’s blog recently and they had a bucket list and crossed things off that they had done and that really inspired me to make my own list and try to accomplish it in the present and future. This list is currently in progress and I will add more things as I go along. Wish me luck!

  1. Read all of the classic literature (in progress)
  2. Read all of Shakespeare’s plays (in progress)
  3. Go on a road trip
  4. learn to fly a plane (take a private pilots lesson and get a license)
  5. Drive a truck
  6. write a poem and a song
  7. Learn to play the piano and guitar (electric and acoustic)
  8. Compose a song
  9. Learn to ice skate
  10. Volunteer/work abroad
  11. Make my own recipe book
  12. design and make a dress
  13. Go to an awards show
  14. climb a tree
  15. ride on a helicopter
  16. kiss underwater
  17. write something and publish it
  18. Go bungee jumping
  19. go zip lining
  20. go sailing
  21. swim with and ride a dolphin
  22. drive a jet ski
  23. ride a mechanical bull
  24. play laser tag
  25. play paintball
  26. go rock climbing
  27. take an archery class
  28. go caving
  29. go para-sailing
  30. go scuba diving
  31. dance on a table in a bar
  32. ride a motorcycle/scooter OR ride with someone
  33. skydive
  34. go white water rafting
  35. ride in a hot air balloon
  36. go kayaking
  37. go canoeing and have a picnic in the water
  38. drive a race car
  39. meet someone famous
  40. go to a spa
  41. attend a wine tasting
  42. crush grapes in a vineyard
  43. take many dance classes (Argentine tango, salsa, ballroom, pole-dancing etc)
  44. participate in a marathon
  45. go to the Ellen Degeneres Show
  46. Go to an outdoor music festival
  47. be an extra in a movie
  48. have a garage sale
  49. go to a themed party/dinner
  50. go horseback riding
  51. Be able to do the splits by the time I am 25
  52. Sing Karaoke in a bar
  53. skinny dip
  54. watch a meteor shower
  55. put a message in a bottle and throw it in the ocean
  56. go para-gliding
  57. go hand-gliding
  58. go to a nude beach
  59. ride an elephant or camel
  60. go skiing
  61. attach notes to balloons and release them
  62. Travel the world (see the 7 wonders etc..) (in progress)
  63. Don’t be afraid to meet new people and trust them, learn to socialize and make good friends (in progress)
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I’m Broke And Have A Degree To Prove It

09 Sunday Jun 2013

Posted by midnightplay in Academia, Personal life

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business, economy, education, employment, government, jobs, life, unemployment, work

If you’re unemployed, it’s not because there isn’t any work. Just look around: A housing shortage, crime, pollution; we need better schools and parks. Whatever our needs, they all require work. And as long as we have unsatisfied needs, there’s work to be done. So ask yourself, what kind of world has work but no jobs? It’s a world where work is not related to satisfying our needs, a world where work is only related to satisfying the profit needs of business. This country was not built by the huge corporations or government bureaucracies. It was built by people who work. And, it is working people who should control the work to be done. Yet, as long as employment is tied to somebody else’s profits, the work won’t get done.

I still manage to smile

19 Sunday Aug 2012

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Relationships

Sometimes you think you know a person when in fact they prove you wrong. I thought I meant something to someone but I guess they turned around and proved me wrong. Seriously, why do so many people say one thing and then do another? And people wonder why I don’t trust easily. I tried opening up and letting you into my life, but I don’t think it mattered to you. I won’t be opening up to anyone anymore. Once I start to like someone, they betray me. I swear, sometimes, I need to step back to truly see what I was falling for. You made me feel like you really liked me. And then you just left like nothing ever mattered.

You were honestly the biggest trophy I ever won. I gave up on you not because I don’t care but because you don’t. I’m not going to stress over you anymore. It isn’t worth it. I tried to work something out, but you just ignored it. You made me feel like a fool! A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.

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Potential Gift

15 Wednesday Aug 2012

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I have been wanting to buy a book of aphorisms. I enjoy reading aphorisms. If anyone that knows me is reading this, I would really appreciate getting this as a birthday gift.

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don’t treat me right, shame on you.
Louis Armstrong

Two things I cannot understand: myself and others.
Erkki J. Jyrkkanen

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