2006-09-26T16:42:00.000+12:00

1. Go sky diving
2. Clean out my wardrobe. Unless it's been worn in the last 6 months, it's gone - Oct 21, 06'
3. Attempt surfing, no matter how ridiculous I will indefinitely look
4. Get a new Warrant of Fitness on my car (psssh-sha)
5. No parking tickets for 2 full calendar months - I left w/out paying at least $200 in parking fines, and I DON'T CARE.
6. Buy one of those army-style fur-trimmed hooded bomber jackets that doesn't make me look like a hairy marshmallow - August '06
7. Start flossing regularly
8. Get a job - I LOVE - in America
9. One more crazy roadtrip to Wellington - who's game? - end of November, 06
10. CLEAN MY CAR
11. ... and finally get that nasty dent fixed (snarly was fouly neglected.)
12. Make my portfolio into something you'd run back into the burning house for
13. Eat something that seems gross, but sounds delicious - July '06
14. Pay off my credit card - Sept '06
15. Find some awesome wedge heels for summer - Sept '06
16. Liven up the bra collection
17. Try wakeboarding, and stay up for at least 10 seconds - This past Dec/Jan. Shame rating: 7.
18. Spend a day learning how to snowboard.
19. Find a proper fitted white collared work shirt
20. Mend all clothes that need mending - and bif the items that can't be saved. - I saved time, I just left them behind.
21. Take my coats to the dry cleaner
22. Print off my New Zealand photos ... ALL of them
23. ...and put them into a scrapbook - before going back
24. Go snorkeling in Hahei (again) - Dec 06'. It was better the year before, shucks!

25. Play ice hockey again
26. Discover 'my' signature perfume - Oct 19, 06
27. Plan and purchase one-way ticket back home - Oct 12, 06
28. Throw a Thanksgiving dinner for a bunch of Kiwis (whose first buffet with their natives years back meant the natives were feasting on THEM) - November, 06'.
29. See a haka! (i never specified in what context, so...)
30. Go to a rugby match - August 2006
31. Lose 5k's...and keep it off
32. Get my Rooney cd back from Phil - December 2006
33. Find a killer Strokes concert poster for my room
34. Kiss someone on New Year's at midnight (no girls or gays!)
35. Get on friendly terms with the non-user friendly InDesign
36. Purchase (or receive!) a new digital camera - January 2007
37. Contact my old workmates, bosses and contacts from those thousands of internships I did
38. Bling out BlanketConfusion. No excuses. (Does getting a new blog count?)
39. Update, redesign and swank out my professional website
40. Start blogging regularly (at least 2x a week)
41. Get all my Christmas Shopping done at least 2 weeks before December 25
42. Have a picture taken at one of the filming locations from Lord of the Rings - May 06, Matamata..or Hobbiton! However, the mongrel thieves have the evidence.
43. Rat-a-tattoo
44. Read my Bible at least twice a day
45. Wean myself off sugar in my coffee/tea - Equal, oh Equal
46. Drink 5 glasses of water a day
47. Visit the southern half of the South Island
48. Attend a VIP Launch party, complete with takeaway goodies and the bubbly - October 4, 2006 (Body Shop Makeup, no less!)
49. Take a road trip back in the States with my friends that I never see anymore
50. Spend a day in Lawrence with Meagan & Lauren
51. Learn how to drive manual - January 06'
52. Visit Jenny in D.C.
53. ...Lauren in L.A. - February 06

54. ...Jason in Seattle

55. ...and my family in San Diego

56. Host a dinner party more fabulous than the glittery sunnies of Sir Elton
57. (If I move into my own apartment) Live in a Loft Apartment, that's infinitely cooler than my bro's
58. Go out on the town with the River Market crew for one fantastically random evening
59. Make a toast
60. Go to a Red Sox home game
61. Go to a Royals game - in which they win
62. Go to a Yankees game - in which they lose
63. Go on an all-day bush walk
64. Familiarize thyself with the public transport system of whichever city I end up in
65. See a kiwi bird in its natural habitat
66. Jog 3x a week, stretch 4x a week
67. Finally cross that scary border and visit Canada
68. Stay in a hostel -

August '06
69. GO CAMPING already
70. Get my med records back from my wacko Kiwi doc
71. Spend a day at Worlds of Fun! Boo-YAH!
72. Arrive off the plane in America looking like I've actually just spent the last year or so in the exotic South Pacific
73. Find a church I really enjoy going to (in future TBD hometown)
74. Spend a sunny afternoon having a picnic on the beach
75. Remember my Aunt's birthday this year
76. Get a international calling card...and actually use it before it expires - October 1 '06
86. Have an encounter (no bodily contact required) with a wetta
87. Dress up as an EMO for Halloween
88. See a sunrise
89. Get photos taken in photo booth with at least 3 others at same time
90. Get my bridesmaid dress shortened and tailored so I can it more than once
91. Replace stolen cd's
92. Go for a cross country train ride in the States
93. Ship the first cardboard box of stuff back home
94. Complete and mail all those care packages I started
95. Go on vacation with the Heathcocks
96. Set up automatic payments for my student loans
97. Spend a weekend in New York City
98. Purchase a really awesome clock for my living space
99. Eat at Taco Bell & Panera within the first month of being home
100. Plan a banquet dinner with my good Kiwi mates at a nice restaurant this holiday season
101. And of course, have my last and final cigarette

before i'm twenty-four