March 2011
20 posts
“Happiness is a warm puppy.”
—Charles M. Schulz
The Buried Life.... My List
Sure some of these are theirs, but I want these things too.
1. Get a tattoo
2. Get a college degree.
3. Write a book.
4. Hug a stranger.
5. Drive across the US.
6. Give a stranger a good amount of money.
7. Send a message in a bottle.
8. Scream at the top of my lungs.
9. Make a big donation to a major charity.
10. Make the front page of a newspaper.
11. Go on a blind date.
12. Ask out the boy of my dreams.
13. Draw a mural.
14. Be in a protest.
15. Take a kid on a toy shopping spree.
16. Fall in love.
17. Run a marathon.
18. Get married.
19. Go to South by Southwest.
20. Go to every state in the lower 48.
21. Do something epic.
22. Stand on top of the Eiffel Tower.
23. Travel across the state by bus.
24. Go to Europe.
25. Watch the sun rise over the Atlantic.
26. Watch it set over the Pacific.
27. Go to Burning Man.
28. Busk with a friend who plays guitar and make some money.
29. Watch a meteor shower.
30. Make snow angels at midnight.
31. Stay up all night.
32. Confess my love to a stranger.
33. Participate in a flash mob/ rave.
34. See the northern and southern lights.
35. Dance to Clementine by The Decemberists at my wedding.
I’m sure Ill think of more.
“One of the remarkable things about love is that, despite very irritating people writing poems and songs about how pleasant it is, it really is quite pleasant.”
—Lemony Snicket (Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid)
