I'm doing 43 things
To Hooper . . .
2 years ago
Thanks for “getting” this. No one has, and I doubt that anyone else ever will.
“Okay, so we drink to our legs!”
BoClyde's Life List
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1. learn tactful honesty
2 people -
2. coin a new word that will make it into the Oxford English Dictionary
1 person -
3. singlehandedly put an end to the overabundance of poker games on television
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5. own a movie theatre and then play all my favorite films
1 person -
6. meet Natalie Portman and make her laugh
1 cheer2 people -
7. have someone pay off all my student loans for me (my brain is worth $60,000 and I'll spend the rest of my life working my ass off so I can afford the mush on the inside of my skull)
1 person -
8. see more seasons of Arrested Development
1 cheer2 people -
9. learn to cook fancy feasts (not the cat food, but moreso just what it implies)
1 cheer1 person -
10. hitchhike across the country
10 people -
11. surf in each of the seven seas
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12. learn to ballroom dance
767 people -
13. work in an independent record store again
1 person -
14. live in Paris for at least a year
6 people -
15. never take anyone for granted
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16. offend all the right people
1 cheer3 people -
17. know that when I die something else happens
1 person -
18. see a good Goonies sequel
1 cheer1 person -
19. take back all of the things I said or did that truly hurt someone
1 cheer1 person -
20. repair my credit
111 people -
21. get a good night's sleep
1 cheer119 people -
22. find the perfect couch
3 cheers2 people -
23. be as cool as Indiana Jones
1 person -
24. Punch George Lucas in his flabby throat for making a shitty second trilogy
1 cheer2 people -
25. Be surrounded by people I love and that love me
1 person -
26. Meet Groucho Marx (I know he's dead)
1 cheer1 person -
27. Win the lottery and give it all to my Mom
2 cheers1 person -
28. Stand atop one of the pyramids in Egypt
1 cheer1 person -
29. Write a novel
1 entry9,673 people -
30. Make a difference in someone's life
1 entry1,221 people -
31. Surf Pipeline
12 people -
32. Own a Trans Am just like the Bandit had
1 person -
33. explore as many countries as possible
1 cheer1 person -
34. Be a good father when I have children
1 cheer1 person -
35. make people smile when they see me coming
1 cheer5 people -
36. touch Paul Bellini
1 person -
37. find the perfect woman for me (must contain the three B's - brilliant, beautiful, and bawdy)
2 cheers1 person -
38. Get my Doctorate in English Literature
1 entry . 1 cheer8 people -
39. master French, Spanish, German, and Japanese
1 cheer2 people -
40. always be honest with myself
4 people -
41. Be Quint from "Jaws"
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42. learn to play a musical instrument (preferably piano or guitar, or maybe even the xylophone)
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43. I want to rock! (Thank you Twisted Sister)
4 cheers2 people
Recent entries
The First Amendment . . .
2 years ago
I’d like to amend this “thing.” I’m compiling information and doing research for a screenplay that I want to write. I know, I know. It’s not a novel, so it doesn’t really count. But, shit, I’m going to be writing something. That’s a start. Right?
Two down . . .
2 years ago
So far, I’ve been able to surf in the Atlantic and the Pacific. I’ve stood on the beach of the Indian, but that was years ago and I didn’t have a board. Two down; five to go.
