Monday, 24 March 2008

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at So, I've decided to type up some of my plans for the future so I get them done.  After the more immediate plans, I included a sort of a check list of stuff I want to do before I die, which I got the idea from Sean a couple years back and have decided to post it here. Not all of the things on the checklist I expect to do. Most of them I probably won't. But if I have it written down, there is more chance that I will get them done.

I want to save up money for a few things: an external camera flash, Xbox 360, tripod, a 3 or 4 day trip to Peru (more specifically Machu Pichu and the city of Cusco) that I want to visit within the next two or three years, at least a weeklong trip back to Ireland and possibly also Liverpool in England two summers from now, and I want to save up enough money to buy another car in case mine ever randomly stops working and I'm left without a car. Here's the other checklist that I made two years ago and I have things checked off if I've done them. I've basically taken Sean's list and modified it a little.

( ) travel to Greece

( ) travel to italy

(x) travel to ireland

(x) travel to england

( ) visit all 48 continental states (i think 17 so far)

( ) own my own house

( ) go hiking in Europe

( ) own a '73 Dodge Charger and fix it up to be nice

( ) travel to chicago

(x) travel to niagara falls

(x) see the rocky mountains

(x) visit yellowstone

( ) visit all the famous national parks in our country

( ) travel to niagara falls again, but with friends

( ) Visit jim morrison's grave

(x) visit strawberry fields in central park

( ) Go to Abbey Rd Studios

(x) Visit Liverpool, England

(x) Spend a day with a complete stranger and become good friends

( ) travel to the Carribean (I've been to Puerto Rico, but I don't know if I consider that the Carribean)

( ) go scuba diving

(x) go snorkelling among a coral reef

(X)visit the Florida keys

( ) swim in the Mediterranean Sea

( ) learn to sail

( ) see the egyptian pyramids

( ) see the pyramids in Guatemala and mexico

( ) visit the ruins in peru

( ) travel to pompeii

( ) meet paul mccartney

( ) meet anthony keidis from Red Hot Chili Peppers

( ) meet Brian May, the guitarist from Queen

( ) meet any comedians i like

( ) graduate college

(x teach history) decide what i wanna do in college

( ) own something autographed by all four of the Beatles

( ) party on the rooftop of a skyscraper

(x) see a Broadway show

( ) go to the top of the Sears Tower

(x) go hiking out west

(x) understand how to get around nyc

(x) buy a professional digital camera

( ) go snowboarding at least once

(x) visit a castle

( ) visit a shipwreck

(x) see a shooting star

( ) see the Northern Lights

(x) learn guitar

( ) own a rickenbacker 325 (john lennon's guitar during the early years and also john fogerty)

( ) own an epiphone casino (the guitar john lennon used a lot during the white album/abbey road/let it be time period)

(x) own a gibson les paul guitar

(x) own a violin bass (paul mccartney)

( ) be on MTV

( ) spend NYE in Times Square

( ) attend the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade

(x) travel to Canada

( ) travel to Mexico

(x) visit ground zero

(x) ice skate in new york city

( ) stay at a hilton hotel

( ) live on a farm for a week

( ) live in a big city for a week

( ) camp in the south american rainforest

(x) camp in the rocky mountains

( ) sneak backstage at a concert

( ) see paul mccartney in concert

( ) see RHCP in concert

( ) learn how to burp on call

(x) learn how to snap my fingers

( ) learn how to whistle

( ) visit the small italian towns that tourists usually skip

( ) visit a desert

( ) road trip cross-country

( ) road trip with friends

( ) sell (at least) one of my photographs

( ) be an extra in a movie

( ) watch a movie be filmed

( ) watch a tv show be filmed

( ) go somewhere cool for spring break

(x emeril and lloyd banks) randomly run into a celebrity

( ) walk across the Brooklyn Bridge

( ) go to all 5 boroughs of new york city

(x) go on the statue of liberty

(x) go on the empire state building

(x) see a double rainbow

( ) see a wild bear

(x) see a wild moose

(x) wake up to hear the sound of wolves howling (amazing)

(x) visit the Dakota, where John Lennon got shot

( ) see Ringo Starr live

( ) ride a 2 seater bicycle

( ) visit an exotic deserted island

(x) live on a boat for a week

(x) drink out of a fresh coconut

(x) see a Yankees game at yankees stadium

(x) see a yankees/red sox game at Yankee stadium

( ) see a yankees/red sox game at Fenway Park

( ) see a yankees/orioles game in baltimore

(x) visit the Baseball Hall of Fame

( ) go back to baltimore for a weekend

( ) be in the audience of SNL

(x) graduate derby high school

( ) save someone's life

( ) start a band for fun

( ) play at least three songs live with previously mentioned band

Easter Weekend

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Easter weekend was alright. I came home on Saturday and didn't do much. I drove around a little and took some pictures but that's about it.

Gotta love Main Street in Derby.

Sunday morning I went to Easter mass and then went over my grandparents' house for a little while. Afterwards I went to take pictures with Sean and then I headed back for UConn.

The weather is definitely getting a lot nicer.

Fowl

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