Thursday, November 30, 2006

40 before 40

My 40 before 40 list (in the order they occurred to me):
  1. marry man of my dreams
  2. write a book
  3. record an album
  4. design a garden
  5. open a coffe-type shop/art gallery
  6. become a photographer
  7. get my ARCT
  8. live in a city
  9. get published
  10. become a stage actor
  11. travel in Europe
  12. work on a cruise ship
  13. get my MA
  14. complete a PhD
  15. get a pet (a smart one, like a raven that says "nevermore" or a raccoon or a dog or cat)
  16. paint paintings
  17. outgrow migraines
  18. complete a degree in astronomy
  19. learn Anglo-Saxon
  20. become fluent in French
  21. wander around Paris
  22. read all the books I own
  23. travel across Canada by train
  24. compose choral music
  25. build a dolmen in my back yard
  26. own a house
  27. learn calculus
  28. work in a greenhouse
  29. grow a bonsai
  30. climb a mountain
  31. be in an opera
  32. build a theremin (and learn to play it)
  33. go to the spa
  34. go to Tibet
  35. take Tai Chi
  36. see a solar eclipse
  37. design clothing
  38. publish academic paper(s)
  39. help excavate the Herculaneum library
  40. visit the Paris Catacombs

5 comments:

Blake said...

I'm sure you could do some of those at the same time. 40 before you're 25. I don't know what would take you so long. Must be because you're a layabout.

Lapsura said...

No more "layabouts", or I'll come up with a blistering retort. You'll be sorry then, boy. And I warn you, it will involve the colour pink.

Anonymous said...

So which one are you going to work on first?

-rt

Lapsura said...

Probably the Ph.D.

Anonymous said...

Before the M.A. ? Ambitious!

You could make a mini dolmen with some pebbles ... it would probably only take a minute.

-rt