The List

Here is the list of the things that we are going to do this summer. They come from the book 101 Things to Do Before You're Old and Boring. This book was a one month anniversary gift to all of us from Robert Kitteridge (one of our roommates).

Well, here it goes:

1. Send a message in a bottle
2. Run up an escalator the wrong way
3. Make an origami crane
4. Learn how to tell when somebody likes you (and when they don't)
5. Keep a dream diary
6. Touch these creatures
1. Mice
2. Butterflies and Moths
3. Birds
4. Worms
5. Snakes
6. Spiders
7. Frogs
8. Fish
9. Some sort of Bug
7. Prepare yourself for fame
8. Learn to play an instrument
9. Play a computer game to the end
10. Have an embarrassing moment, and get over it
11. Get your school involved in a world record attempt
12. Paint a picture good enough to hang on the wall
13. Learn to whistle (and make other noises)
14. See a ghost
15. Fart and Burp
16. Make a swear box
17. Act in a play
18. Win something
19. Make a T-Shirt
20. Stay up all night
21. Sleep all day
22. Invent a secret code
23. Learn to do a card trick
24. Grow something from a seed
25. Start a collection
26. Help save the planet
27. Turn back time
28. Learn to do a party trick
29. Climb to the top of a mountain
30. Make a one minute movie
31. Host a party
32. Visit these places
1. A safari park
2. Carnival
3. Fort
4. Theme Park
5. Farm
6. Aquarium
7. The Countryside
8. Another Country
9. A capital abroad
33. Learn to bake a cake
34. Hide a treasure and leave a map for friends to find
35. Learn how to ask someone out, and how to dump them
36. Start your own blog
37. Write lyrics for a song
38. Make a time capsule
39. Be a genius
40. Take care of an animal
41. Learn to like these foods
1. Broccoli
2. Shellfish
3. Lettuce
4. Brussel Sprouts
5. Carrots
6. Smelly Cheese
7. Coconut
8. Peas
42. April Fool’s someone
43. Do something charitable
44. Teach your grandparents something new
45. Invent a new game
46. Go as fast as you can
47. Make your own buttons
48. Watch These Films
1. THERE ARE TONS
49. Read These Books
1. Who can say Cliff Notes?
50. Pretend to be ill convincingly
51. Save your allowance for a month and spend it all at once
52. Learn to swim
53. Succeed at something you’re bad at
54. Be a daredevil
55. Invent a new trend
56. Know who your friends are
57. Plant a tree and climb it when you’re older
58. Start a band
59. Camp out in the backyard
60. Learn to live without something you love for a week
61. Join a club
62. Cook a meal
63. List the things your parents say they’ll tell you when you’re older
64. Make your bike or skateboard look cool
65. Learn to juggle
66. Have a snowball fight and fun in the snow
67. Build the ultimate sandcastle and have fun in the sun
68. Take part in a TV show
69. Make a scene in a public place
70. Spend Christmas in another country
71. Do something nice without being asked
72. See your music idol perform live
73. Have a sleepover
74. Become a spy
75. Watch a tadpole grow into a frog
76. Learn to say useful phrases in other languages
77. Make your own greeting cards
78. Hold a garage sale
79. Build an igloo
80. Start your own secret society
81. Research your family tree
82. Learn to skip stones
83. Dye your hair
84. Lobby your local representative
85. Write a story and get it published
86. Sing in front of an audience
87. Learn to use long words, and drop them into conversation
88. Blame someone else
89. Learn to stick up for yourself
90. Get from point A to B using a map
91. Send a Valentine
92. Have your own plot in a garden
93. Build your own website
94. See your name in print
95. Make a unique milkshake
96. Glue coins to the floor
97. Learn to take great photos
98. Drive something
99. Be vegetarian for a week
100. Meet someone famous
101. Decide what you want to be when you grow up