1. Camp out at the Renaissance Festival
2. Make a pie from scratch 6/21/2011
3. Attend Bonaroo
4. Visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
5. Go to Austin City Limits
6. Go to SXSW
7. Spend the night in teepee
8. Spend the night in an igloo
9. Spend the night in a tree house
10. Make a large donation to a meaningful charity
11. Make a legitimate cake with fondant
12. Jump off of a cliff into a body of water
13. Sky dive
14. Graduate high school with honors
15. Graduate college with honors
16. Make money doing something I love
17. See cherry blossoms bloom in Washington D.C.
18. Have paint war 7/2/2011
19. Go paint balling
20. Longboard down a parking garage or hill
21. Luge
22. Learn how to surf
23. Drop in a half pipe
24. Learn how to kick flip
25. Own a motorcycle; I’ll settle for riding one though
26. Dye a pair of pointe shoes
27. Hit up a flea market and/or estate sale
28. Catch a River Monster like Jeremy Wade
29. Get a bear jacket
30. Camp in the mountains
31. Spend an entire night stargazing
32. Paint up for a sporting event
33. Make art on a canvas
34. Learn how to cook egg rolls
35. Become fluent in Vietnamese
36. Become fluent in French
37. Become fluent in Spanish
38. Take a hip hop class at Soundbox Studios in Houston, TX
39. Make a rainbow cake
40. Watch all of the Lord of the Rings movies
41. Learn how to play piano well
42. Learn how to play the drums
43. Travel across Europe
44. Visit the site of Café Guerbois in Paris, France
45. Visit The Louvre in Paris, France
46. See The Phantom of the Opera on a stage
47. Swim with sharks
48. Take a Zumba class
49. Shoot with a film camera
50. Kickbox
51. Make banana pancakes from scratch while listening to Banana Pancakes
52. Rent a mansion with friends for a night
53. Attend a fashion show
54. Help build a house
55. Visit Vietnam and do some humanitarian work
56. Partake in an adventure marathon
57. See a tarot card reader
58. See a physic
59. Scream at the top of my lungs
60. Hang out on a roof top
61. Make and fly a kite
62. Make a beautiful card from scratch
63. Complete a triathalon
64. Stay in a beach house
65. Play bingo at a bingo hall
66. Be a part of a bridal party 7/23/2011
67. Spend an afternoon finding shapes in the clouds
68. Climb a tall tree
69. Swim in a natural spring
70. Participate in a flash mob
71. Attend San Diego Comi Con and dress up
72. Help make a movie
73. Let Urban Spoon dictate my evening
74. Help someone cross something off of their list
75. Throw a murder mystery dinner party
76. Learn what scientology is all about
77. Make someone a meaningful mix CD
78. Surprise someone with flowers
79. Vegas
80. Read 60 books in 6 months
81. See Saturday Night Live in New York
82. Make an article of clothing
83. Take an impromptu trip somewhere
84. Picnic
85. Go muddin’
86. Catch a fire fly
87. Make a video
88. Learn how to survive in the wild
89. Tag a car at Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas
90. Pour a confession into the Grand Canyon
91. Be in four places at once
92. See the Northern Lights
93. Create my own coffee table book
94. Finish a sketch book

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7/23/2011

A huge congratulations to my aunt, Mrs. Deborah Nguyen Faber for enabling me to cross off #66! I wish her, her new beau, and Rubes all the best in beautiful state of Hawaii. I’d also like to take this time to thank my aunt D for not making us wear hideous bridesmaids dresses. The ceremony was touching, the bride was stunning, the groom looked sharp, and the maid-of-honor looked gorgeous in a dress that was hand-sewn by the bride! All the best, and P.S. I’m visiting you soon.

7/2/2011

Thanks to Ms. Jessica, I crossed off #18 the list! For her 18th birthday she had a paint war. We filled up water guns with water downed paint and went to town. Unfortunately, I slept in a little too late and ended up showing up at the tail end of the war. Most of the paint was gone— I think there was one little bottle left by the time I got there? Some of the boys decided it’d be a good idea to fill their water guns with mustard and assorted soft drinks, hence the “smelly” and “sticky” tags. This one is going to have to be redone, seeing as I missed most of the action :(

6/21/2011

With the help of my little sister and little cousin, I checked off #2 on my list! It took longer than I expected, roughly 2 hours, but I suppose I didn’t think making dough would take as long as it did. I have to admit, I was worried that the dough wouldn’t rise, or it’d end up tasting terrible, but in the end the crust and lattice strips were the best part of the pie! The filling consisted of raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries. The filling in the final product (see photograph on the left) ended up having an excess of berry juices, so I just poured some of it out and drizzled it on top of the pieces when served. It was extremely satisfying to take a bite of warm berry pie after all of our hard work. Overall, it was a great experience and I am sure my first homemade pie will not be my last!