Like most good things, 43 Things became too much of a good thing. Users were encouraged to give in depth explanations of their goals. Other people could comment and offer advice or encouragement. Then came all those "cheers" you could give to people. Keeping up with cheers was more intensive than keeping up with all my Facebook applications. Then came the sister sites 43 Places and 43 People... I waved the white flag.
Still, I miss having a list of things I want to do in my life. Until I realized, hey, I have a worthless blog that I can spout of my goals on! No cheers to keep up with; just the comments from my beloved readers.
And to hell with 43. Since I turned 30 this year, I am sticking with that number. Plus... it is Saturday afternoon and I am feeling lazy.
30 Things I want to do:
1. go horseback riding (how does one make it to their 30th birthday without ever doing this?)
2. have a signature dish (frozen pizza from the box doesn't count)
3. find that "sweatsuit alternative" that Tim Gunn keeps talking about
4. convince Bad Wolf, Blonde Bomb and CKD to go to Ireland for vacation (just think of those accents, ladies!)
5. find an antique cameo ring (to replace the one my shithead cousin stole after my aunt died)
6. learn how to play chess
7. find a place where everyone knows my name (a la Cheers!)
8. quit expecting the worst from people
9. visit Andrea's grave
10. learn all the lyrics to "We Didn't Start The Fire" (you never know when this might come in handy)
11. practice yoga regularly (regularly being the key word here)
12. go to a Purdue Alumni function (aka be one of those annoying people that roll around West Lafayette drunk out of their mind, reminiscing about "the old days" that really weren't that great)
13. wear my pearls more often
14. go skydiving again
15. actually keep a houseplant alive (hellooooo... cactus-killer here)
16. figure out how to wear one of those trendy scarves
17. write more bad poetry
18. take all those clothes that don't quite fit right to a tailor
19. go to the movies by myself
20. quit fighting with my snooze button
21. write thank you notes on spiffy stationary
22. turn my home office in to an actual home office instead of a junk room
23. find out if cruises are a great vacation or just floating hell on earth
24. watch the Godfather trilogy
25. score the perfect Little Black Dress
26. never be "the other woman" again
27. download audio books to my Ipod and listen to that on my work commute (instead of screaming at slow drivers)
28. find a sexy guy with a sexy motorcycle
29. send my all my friends flowers at work and sign the card as their secret admirer (because what girl doesn't like flowers at work? And, since guys never send them, friends should just pick up the slack)
30. cover up that tattoo on my back (so people can quit asking what "that big black circle" is)
