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I started this list when I was ten or eleven, I think. I add to it, but never delete. I re-organize it every once in a while for fun. The date in parentheses is when I added it to the list.
before i die, i'd like to...
- see the seven ancient wonders (2002-04)
- adopt a child (2002-04)
- meet julie andrews (2002-04)
- get a college degree in art (2002-04)
- build an art studio that i design (2002-04)
- get a piece of artwork "published" in an adult magazine (2002-04)
- go to australia (2002-04)
- write an autobiography (2002-04)
- meet the living beatles (2002-04)
- ride a camel (2002-04)
- have children (2002-04)
- go to crete (2002-04)
- go to rome (2002-04)
- watch a demolition derby (2002-04)
- die naturally (2002-04)
- ride on and drive a dogsled team (2002-04)
- swim with dolphins (2002-04)
- realize my dreams (2002-04)
- go to egypt (2002-04)
- see and climb the empire state building (2002-04)
- see mount everest (2002-04)
- keep in touch with the friends i have now (2002-04)
- meet jane goodall (2002-04)
- take brighty to the grand canyon (2002-04)
- hike down the grand canyon (2002-04)
- go to greece (2002-04)
- meet james gurney (2002-04)
- eat horsemeat (2002-04)
- invent something (2002-04)
- meet josefina (2002-04)
- become, and stay, less judgmental (2002-04)
- see the seven man made wonders (2002-04)
- get married (2002-04)
- visit the metropolitan museum of art (2002-04)
- start a miniature donkey farm (2002-04)
- be in a movie (2002-04)
- see the seven natural wonders (2002-04)
- go to new york (2002-04)
- make a nest bed (2002-04)
- go to niagara falls (2002-04)
- see the northern lights in alaska (2002-04)
- start an organization (2002-04)
- swim with otters (2002-04)
- go to the pine city house (2002-04)
- help the poor (2002-04)
- meet a president (2002-04)
- go to a rock concert (2002-04)
- go to the sahara desert (2002-04)
- memorize a shakespearian play (2002-04)
- find spiritual life (2002-04)
- stargaze on the prairie (2002-04)
- visit all the states (of america) (2002-04)
- see and climb the statue of liberty (2002-04)
- surf (2002-04)
- keep my teeth clean (2002-04)
- go to venezuela (2002-04)
- go to versailles (2002-04)
- see the original stuffed winnie-the-pooh and his friends (2002-04)
- improve the world as best i can (2002-04)
- get a piece of writing published, besides a letter, in an adult magazine (2002-04)
- go back to xicotencatl and see julia, maria elena, beatrize, jael, juan, hael, toto, nina, ricardo and gustavo again (2002-04)
- go to scandinavia (2002-04)
- make a pair of jeans (aug 07)
- live in london (aug 07)
- be a model on tv or in a magazine (aug 07)
- produce a locally well-known zine (aug 07)
- go to a four-year college (aug 07)
- greyhound across the country (aug 07)
- find a way to sell my artwork (aug 07)
- get a tattoo (aug 07)
- legally change my name (aug 07)
- get paid to design a website (aug 07)
- work as a secretary (aug 07)
- train hop (aug 07)
- be a radio dj (sept 07)
- be a planned parenthood intern (sept 07)
- work in a café or coffee shop (sept 07)
- be a waitress (nov 07)
- have a job utilizing asl (nov 07)
- have a relationship with my family that i am happy with (jan 11)
- feel in control of my mental health (jan 11)
- own a car (jan 11)
- own a latptop (jan 11)
- make music with other people (jan 11)
- develop my singing voice (jan 11)
- feel socially adept (jan 11)
- return to NBTSC as an advisor (jan 11)
- live on my own, stable and healthy (jan 11)
- date (jan 11)
- not feel like I am running all the time (jan 11)
- be in decent shape/feel strong in my body (jan 11)
completed
get good grades in school (2002-04) 2004-2009, middle school, high school and community college
fall in love (2002-04) fall 2009, garrick
busk (nov 07) april 2008 in victoria, bc
live in a house with twisty-dimming light switches (sept 07) jan-apr 2008 in victoria
move to victoria, bc (sept 07) jan 9, 2008
live with sam (sept 07) jan-apr 2008 in victoria
turn 18 (aug 07) nov 14, 2007
go to the redwoods (2002-04) may 2008 with sam on the way to the maker faire
get a high school degree, especially if i don't go to public school (2002-04) ged in dec 2005
see carla, fanny, petra and vanessa at least once again (2002-04) spring 2002
go to death valley (2002-04) with the family - 2003?
be junior staff at nbtsc (aug 07) 2009, both west coast sessions
completed, but could be improved
live on an island (nov 07) jan-apr 2008, vancouver island, bc
hitchhike a long ways (aug 07) up and down vancouver island april 2008 with a friend
ride long-distance with a trucker/be a trucker (nov 07) while hitchhiking on vancouver island rode 3+ hours with boz
go to college (2002-04) centralia college: jan '06-dec '07; portland community college: mar-aug '09
ride a motorcycle (2002-04) i rode rian lee's scooter from the art building through the aadland esplanade to the roundabout at centralia college in 2006. it was appropriately thrilling.
go to the library of congress (2002-04) rally to restore sanity and/or fear, walked outside of it with casper but it was closed
failed
graduate from centralia college (aug 07): i spent two years there, but no degree
never do drugs (2002-04): 2009 smoked pot for the first time - and have many times since
never smoke (2002-04): 2005 smoked part of a cig with my dad out back and have smoked many since