Cheaper By The Dozen
Sometimes I look at people and wonder: 'What drives that person?' Is it ambition? Determination? Or chowder? Well, here's a little list of things I'm shooting for... those things that motivate me to git-er-dun! Hopefully, with hard work, self-denial, a little luck, and a miracle (see my highest goal), I will be able to accomplish these goals.
Life goals (list created on April 11, 2005):
In general:
- participate in an intense car chase on foot that involves running over the tops of cars stopped in traffic
- make someone laugh so hard that they pee their pants (almost successful with Brigid Sweeney, who had to run to a bathroom to avoid an embarrassing situation)
- run a marathon (tentative date is November 6, 2005: New York Marathon)
- learn to break-dance
- win a dance battle
- watch a full season of 24 in one sitting
- win an intramural frisbee championship
- own a monkey (second highest goal)
- spend the night in the library without getting caught (failed once)
- make a spontaneous road-trip to a random location without packing anything
Education:
- earn an A.A. and brag about having one, as if it's the coolest college degree to have (goal met in May 2002)
- begin and finish my senior thesis
- earn a M.A. in theology
- earn a MR. degree
- prepare myself well to become the primary educator of my children
Fashion:
- grow a beard (my highest goal)
- model in a fashion show (goal met on April 14, 2005)
- wear a button-up shirt with sweatpants
- wear a turtleneck with a suit
- wear a pair of rainbow sandals everyday until they are completely worn through
- popularize the wearing of the color purple by men, making it "the new pink"
Music:
- direct a music video (student video, not professional)
- become proficient on the guitar
- write a song
- see the following bands/artists in concert: Radiohead, Coldplay, The Shins, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, Dashboard Confessional, Beck, Jack Johnson, and Smoosh.
Food:
- in imitation of the beef Ramen wrapper, eat steak and beef Ramen as a meal (goal met on April 23, 2004)
- eat a dozen Krispe Kreme doughnuts in one sitting (April 18, 2005)
- eat an entire meal out of food samples
- eat at Bahama Breeze (failed twice due to two-hour waits)
- hit a person with a balloon filled with clam chowder (goal met on April 13, 2005)
posted by Greg S. @ 9:20 AM
2 Comments:
lofty goals, but i think you can achieve them, no problem. you're already well on your way. you threw a chowder baloon at someone? that's probably the best thing i've ever heard. except the salvation story. but close second to that.
Thats probably the best list of life goals ever written and I could not possibly fathom creating my own list that would even remotely compare. In case you actually ever wanted to read my stupid blog that may not make sense to you I think you can just click on my name. If you ever do visit leave a message that says something completely random. Keep blogging, you fascinating person you.
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