In Light of the Buried Life...

...I have decided to make a list of things I want to do in my life. I did this in seventh or eighth grade on MySpace and had quite a few stupid things, so hopefully this is a bit less trite:

1. Sing at Carnegie Hall (realizing this dream on April 11th!)
2. Spend at least a year in Uganda, Rwanda, or the Democratic Republic of Congo doing volunteer work.
3. Get into a college that isn't a safety.
4. Make All-County or Area All-State choir.
5. See Orfeo et Euridice, Carmen, or Il Nozze di Figaro at the Metropolitan Opera House.
6. See Grace Bumbry and Placido Domingo perform (not necessarily together).
7. Drive cross-country with friends.
8. Get published in a nationwide periodical.
9. Get into an Ivy League law school.
10. Hike the Appalachian Trail (yeah, Georgia to Maine. The whole thing.)
11. Backpack across Europe.
12. Meet my extended family in Ireland and England.
13. Learn German.
14. Learn how to play piano well.
15. Hit a high C, D, and E.
16. Rescue a dog.
17. Go to Coachella.
18. Work as a state prosecutor.
19. Hold public office.
20. Work at the UN in any way, even as a tour guide or page.
21. Go to Australia and see a performance at the Sydney Opera House.
22. Open a dog rescue in Galivants Ferry, South Carolina.
23. Live in Seattle, Portland, Monterey, Chicago, Brooklyn, Baltimore, and Charleston.
24. Be in the audience for a taping of SNL.
25. Get two tattoos.
26. Read the entire Old Testament/Torah and reach a conclusion to what the eff I believe in.
27. Write a novel of publishable quality.
28. Get said novel published.
29. Direct a play on a college main stage.
30. Be involved in many more protests and rallies.
31. Find someone worth loving.
32. Do something noteworthy.
33. Study abroad.
34. Not have to take any pills.
35. Get Lasik eye surgery.

I know that some of these are still trite. Sorry.

-xo