Friday, January 14, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
# 60: Ghost Ride The Whip.
I do not have actual documentation of when this happened, and after telling my mom that I had crossed this one off my list, and her not knowing what it was, and me telling her "look it up on you tube..... and don't be mad" and her watching this video.... I am not allowed to do it anymore.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
This is an experiment...
...and you are part of it.
When I first enrolled in college, I was a business major; after two semesters I realized that I had made a terrible mistake. Even though my parents and those who help and support me through this period of my life probably wish that I had made that realization a bit earlier, I would never have learned the following if I had:
The only thing that I remember from my time as a business student is one of my professors standing up in the front of the classroom and telling us "you are never going to grow unless you push yourself out of your comfort zone." Despite the unused credits and wasted tuition I feel like that misguided time was worst it because of that one sentence and the impact it has made on my life. I know that it, paired with a challenge to do one thing each day that scares you, has helped me to take action in many moments of indecision and self-doubt and I have seen growth I have made because of it.
The truth is that at the end of the day the world is going to keep spinning, you are going to make it to see tomorrow, and the people who care about you are still going to be there. I'd rather go to bed knowing I made a mistake than wondering 'what if?'. At least a mistake is an opportunity to learn.
Over the course of my college experience so far--I am still here, just with a new major--I have had a lot of really amazing experiences that have helped me become the person I am and have taught me to be happy with the person I am becoming. I've learn a lot about love, trust, relationships, and life. I've had days and--unfortunately--weeks slip away from me in a blur I can barely even remember because of some stupid thought that I couldn't shake that consumed all of my energy from the inside out. Someone once told me those things are the black holes in our lives. They consume energy at a terrible rate, and don't let it to go the areas of our life where it should be.
One of the best parts of life is getting to a stage where you can look back and see where you have been and how much you have grown. I don't really know what caused it, I guess it was a series of events more than one specific one, but I do know that I feel like my center or gravity is shifting and all my parts are getting pulled into a new orbit. I don't know yet if it was creation or collision, but I do know this new system has a lot less black holes.
The Buried Life is a show that follows 4 boys from Canada as they try to complete their own list of 100 things to do before they die. It's pretty impressive, some of the things they pull off. It really goes to show that with the right attitude, good friends, and faith in yourself and your life you can accomplish some pretty amazing things.
I would recommend checking it out if you haven't already.
This is my bucket list (yeah I borrowed some from TBL boys):
including some things I have already accomplished
- scream at the top of my lungs
- see a u.f.o
- go to an observatory
- hold a baby koala
- learn to sail
- scuba dive
- sing the national anthem to a packed stadium.
- learn to sing...
- go on a blind date
- speed dating
- festival of Holi
- land a 180 on a snowboard
- land a 360 on a snowboard
- learn to wake-board
- see the kangaroos in australia
- see the leaning tower of pisa
- throw coins in the trevi fountain
- return to rome
- eat gilatto in italy
- eat a crepe in france
- kiss somebody on campus
- kiss in the rain
- serve a mission for my church
- join the peace corps
- spend a night in jail
- fall in love
- compete in a dance battle
- be in a riot
- have my music on the radio
- be part of a protest
- get married
- be a mom
- produce an underground newspaper at my college
- get a 4.0 one semester
- have my music on the radio
- accept a dare
- hitch hike
- cross country road trip
- be on the amazing race
- make a toast at a strangers wedding
- be a sign-holder for a local business
- moon the moon
- skinny dip
- streak
- be homeless
- get dread locks
- visit all 50 states
- go to canada
- graduate from college
- sleep under the stars. no tent
- learn to drive stick
- have a bangin' body
- make an EP/album
- ride an elephant in india
- visit an ashram
- learn to meditate
- break a world record
- walk across the golden gate bridge
- DJ at a club/party
- Ghost ride the whip
- ride a segway
- get a speeding ticket
- get handcuffed
- get breathalyzed
- give a talk
- teach someone to do something
- celebrate the new year in NYC
- be published
- throw a dart at a map and travel there
- couch surf
- visit all 7 continents
- get a modeling gig
- learn to bar-tend
- teach someone how to do something
- experience a lock in
- have to stay somewhere strange over night due to weather
- say "yes" to everything for a week
- see the pyramids in Egypt
- go to a futbol game in spain
- cross country road-trip
- send a message in a bottle
- go to hollywood
- help build a house
- volunteer for make-a-wish
- go to seattle and see the troll from 10 things I hate about you
- go to portland
- be a witness to a crime and be questioned about it
Basically, it all boils down to this: What do you want to do before you die?
go big or go home. There is no point in living a half-assed life.
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