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I just turned 25 and in honor of the event, I’ve decided it’s time to commit to 30 things I want to do before I turn 30. Not surprisingly I left my list at work (along with my social life and sanity), but I’ll post it soon. Thanks to The Buried Life for the inspiration…

2/16/08: UPDATE

Okay here’s my list of 30 things I want to do before I turn 30 (once I started writing, it was hard to stop, so there’s actually 63). Time to get moving on some of these. Let me know if you or anyone you know can help me get ‘er done.

1. Work overseas
2. Live in a city…a big one
3. Row a boat and go fishing with a dog (in the boat)
4. Stomp on grapes at a vineyard
5. Write a literary non-fiction book that someone reads
6. Give up sugar for an extended period of time
7. Go on a long sailing trip
8. Ride a camel
9. Publish a book of poetry
10. Learn Arabic
11. Travel in South America
12. Camp on the Channel Islands
13. Go to the SF ballet
14. Visit Portugal and do that hike
15. Kiss an elephant
16. Start a non-profit organization
17. Go apple picking
18. Learn to sew my own clothes
19. Go to the opera
20. Take ballet class again
21. Sing kareokee by myself
22. Camp at a national park…again
23. Milk a cow
24. Live on a boat
25. Go back to school
26. Grow a garden
27. Go to a topless beach–without getting sunburned
28. Work on a film documentary
29. Visit the Iowa farm where my grandmother grew up
30. Learn to play guitar…and not give up this time
31. Ride a horse again
32. Take a ride on the motorcycle with Dad
33. Tour the south where my relatives are
34. Meet my cousins on my dad’s side
35. Have a dinner party where everyone remembers what a great time it was but doesn’t exactly remember everything
36. Ride my bike only for an extended time
37. Write an article for a major magazine
38. Go to a fashion show
39. Ride a bike a long distance over many days
40. Make curry
41. Meet Barack Obama
42. Take portraits of everyone I love
43. Make a bench or a table or a chair out of wood
44. Grow food
45. Sing at someone’s wedding
46. Go salsa dancing
47. Climb a mountain
48. Pray at a temple in Indonesia
49. Help someone give birth
50. Reunion with the SB girls
51. Visit Oliver in South Africa
52. Visit the beaches in Mozambique
53. Do a handstand
54. Start using my IRA
55. Be in a war zone
56. Feed a hungry person
57. Teach someone how to use a condom
58. Kill a chicken, pluck it, eat it
59. Drink wine in Italy
60. Call Kyle from Africa singing Toto
61. Collaborate with friends on a project that will change the world
62. Organize my community
63. Learn to cook paella

STILL TO DO, BUT NOT NECESSARILY BEFORE I’M 30
Shave my head
Adopt
Get married without any stress
Get a Ph. D.
Buy a house for my parents
Have a baby
Visit every continent
Donate my hair
Be a teacher
Knit a sweater
Visit the Himalayas
Give someone a puppy who really wants one
Attend a masquerade
Visit that island in Croatia Nicole told me about