I have to admit, I'm a James Dean fan. Come on ladies, you know he's good looking. Okay, not the point of this... "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today". The first half I've mastered like nobody's business, but I still have some living left to do, and I have a list. Here it goes...

1. Travel.
In general. I want to see Paris, Venice, Australia, and you know what? I've never been to Hawaii. I want to see places I didn't know existed, and take in every second of it.

2. Be happy with myself, and stay there.
Everyone has things they don't like about themselves. Lately I'm a little crazy, and I'm working on improving myself in general. Appearance, temper, the works. It may not be necessary, but I want it, and I want to stay that way.

3. Doing something obscene in a public place.
Okay, not your typical "thing" to want to do, but use your imagination. Man, talk about THAT insane adrenaline rush. Very tempting.

4. Lose money and not care.
I don't like losing money. I don't think anyone does. But I want to get to the point in my life where I can go to a casino, or play poker with friends, bet a whole bunch of money (okay, not like my car or anything) and take some risks, lose, and be okay with it. I honestly would love to be that laid back at least for one night. Now the next day when I've realized I just lost my rent money for the next month... that's a different story.

5. Skydive.
I don't like heights. And I really don't like the idea of falling to my death and the last thing I'd see would end up being some cow pie in the middle of a huge field. However... I would like to overcome that and just do it because it seems totally insane. What's life without putting it at stake every now and then right?

6. Write a book.
I'm not sure about what, and I'm not sure how good it will be. I'm thinking it may be a story about my life. Fictional, of course, cause I'll change the names and make it slightly more exciting.

7. Have a family.
Aww, sentimental stuff now. But yes, I would love to marry the love of my life, and have our seven kids. Yes, seven.

8. Feel accomplished.
I don't want to feel like I've wasted my life basically.

9. Get a print.
Print one of my photographs (I'm a photographer, obviously) that means more than words to me, the size of a wall in my house. Art if you ask me.

10. Make a difference.
I would hate to die and not have contributed anything to the world. Even if it's only a small significant difference in someone's life, I still want to make it happen for the better.

There are more things on my list.... including spending a night in the Cinderella Suite in the castle at Disneyworld, streak, and get kicked out of a class for being too sharp, but ya know, those are kinda common.

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