Plus, you have to think of 40 things. I’m turning 39 in a couple of days and I haven’t even finished the damn list (which I started writing a little more than a year ago).
So, thanks to Sandman, I’m removing the arbitrary time limit. I pulled out my notebook with my original 40 by 40 and I’m crossing some stuff off, letting myself rethink some of them and just doing a general edit. I warn you. It’s not a very exciting list. (Oh, and it’s in not in order of importance. It’s in order of when-I-thought-of-stuff.)
- Do an open mike night (comedy).
Win a “real” trophy at a big tournament.Black belt.:)- Participate in one amateur MMA fight. (Rethinking this one because of #27.)
Reach 160 lbs.- Teach a women’s self defense class.
- Show a piece of artwork in a gallery.
Lead a seminar or give a presentation. (Killed it.)- Read the Bible. (Mainly because there’s a couple of politicians that I’m pretty sure are wrong about some of the stuff they say is in there. I really need to read it straight through to be sure, though.)
- Do a chin-up.
- Learn passable Japanese. (Right now, I can introduce myself, count to 20, and yell out random colors and nouns. Oh, I also have a decent collection of swear words my elder daughter taught me.)
- Visit Toronto. (I heard it’s just like a foreign country up there.)
- Participate in NASKA for a season. (Was planning to do this one at 40 – it’s right after an age division break.)
- Build a working trebuchet.
- Meet my half brother in person. (Haven’t seen him since I was 2 or something. And how messed up is it that I thought of this after building a trebuchet and visiting Toronto?)
- Get over the whole bridge phobia thing. (It’s getting old and I want to be able to go places -- like St. Louis or Iowa -- whenever I want. )
- Go horseback riding. (I’ve done this before as a child. It’s just been a really long time and I thought it would be cool to do it again.)
- Go skinny dipping.
- Meet Jillian Michaels. (She is so freakin’ cool.)
- Do a sexy dance for my hubby. ::blush::
- Participate in a Karaoke night at a bar.
Inspire someone to do something really awesome.- Find more time to puppy pile – ongoing. (“Puppy piles” are where the whole family flops on a single couch or the big bed in the parent’s room to watch TV or read a book together. Not particularly exciting…but it’s nice.)
- Throw a Halloween party.
- Learn to wrap presents.
- Learn to rap. (Word.)
- Get eyebrow pierced. (Rethinking this one. See #4.)
- Get a portrait tattoo of my dad.
- Go canoeing.
- Full splits.
Wear a cute Japanese school girl cosplay costume.- Added 12/31/2011: Find some really great women martial artists and interview them for the blog. (I didn’t say female because, although there are talented girls out there, I want to find adult women those girls can look up to and use as inspiration on their journey into adulthood.)
- Added 12/31/2011: Win one Grands. (Just one…I’m not greedy.)
Added 12/31/2011: Buy an external mic for my video camera. (So, when I do #32, people can hear it.)- Added 1/15/2012: Visit Okinawa.
