"No, life cannot be understood flat on a page. It has to be lived; a person has to get out of his head, has to fall in love, has to memorize poems, has to jump off bridges into rivers, has to stand in an empty desert and whisper sonnets under his breath... We get one story, you and I, and one story alone. God has established the elements, the setting and the climax and resolution. It would be a crime not to venture out, wouldn't it?"

--Donald Miller

2008

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Hello friends!

I'm just updating (a little late) about my AMAZING year of 2008. It was a year of growing up, finding my childhood, graduating high school and entering college. I made many new friends and I can't wait for the new adventures to begin!
At the beginning of 2008, I was challenged by a teacher of mine to create a list of 100 resolutions. These were not to be things that were impossible or things to be easily thrown away like the dreaded "lose weight" resolution that everyone tends to forget about when the Superbowl comes around. These 100 resolutions were personal goals that one wishes to do or reach within that year. I figured that reaching 75 of these would make it a good year--and it was!

So I'm passing this on and challenging you to make one too

2008 Resolutions
  1. Apply to College [x]
  2. Learn to fix a car [x]
  3. Graduate high school [x]
  4. Go to Holiday World [x]
  5. Travel to Graceland 2
  6. Hang out on the rocket at the Alabama/Tennessee state border [x]
  7. Go to a Chinese buffet all day
  8. Contemplate getting a tattoo [x]
  9. Steal a shopping cart [x]
  10. Go to Waffle House/IHOP at 3 a.m. [x]
  11. Make friends at Waffle House/IHOP [x]
  12. Be able to go into a restaurant and order the usual [x]
  13. Go on a good "date" (be it friend or boy) [x]
  14. Change someone's life [x]
  15. Save someone's life [x]
  16. Go to karoke night [x]
  17. Make a funny movie [x]
  18. Vote
  19. Learn to do a handstand [x]
  20. Play an amazing game of Ultimate Frisbee [x]
  21. Beat Andrea S. at Apples to Apples 
  22. Learn to speak Spanish better
  23. Sponsor Christopher (a boy I met on a mission trip to Nicaragua) [x]
  24. Do something for Nicaragua [x]
  25. Have a scavenger hunt at Wal-mart
  26. Spend 24 consecutive hours at Wal-mart
  27. Buy dry ice [x]
  28. Go on a mission trip [x]
  29. Do a random act of kindness [x]
  30. Buy something off an infomercial
  31. Write in a journal [x]
  32. Run and get in better shape [x]
  33. Buy a pinata
  34. Watch a sunrise by staying up all night [x]
  35. Get accepted in college [x]
  36. Make some sweet T-shirts [x]
  37. Make up a new word/catchphrase [x]
  38. See Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [x]
  39. Watch the Indiana Jones movie with my family [x]
  40. Watch the 2008 Olympics [x]
  41. Stay up all night playing cards [x]
  42. Repair a broken friendship [x]
  43. Watch the stars/ a meteor shower [x]
  44. Get lost in the middle of the woods
  45. Get exempt for 2nd semester exams [x]
  46. Get on expert in Guitar Hero [x]
  47. Make an AMAZING PB&J sandwich [x]
  48. Have a game tournament [x]
  49. Paint my room [x]
  50. Hug myself [x]
  51. Have a group hug [x]
  52. Bake some cookies [x]
  53. Play some craaaaaazy Uno [x]
  54. Get an ajimbe drum
  55. Drink a 2 liter by myself [x]
  56. Make a new friend [x]
  57. Try out for the Amazing Race
  58. Play Life [x]
  59. Dance in the rain [x]
  60. Give someone a compliment [x]
  61. Buy something from a lemonade stand
  62. Try lasagna [x]
  63. Drink 64 oz. of water a day [x]
  64. Finish Mere Christianity [x]
  65. Call more people [x]
  66. Laugh [x]
  67. Take life less seriously [x]
  68. Have fun with my college roommate [x]
  69. Make new friends at college [x]
  70. Get a job [x]
  71. Make some money [x]
  72. Have some sweet conversations with God [x]
  73. Get to know my neighbors [x]
  74. Read some books off my list of amazing books [x]
  75. Watch some classic movies [x]
  76. Write a song about a moose [x]
  77. Get a lottery ticket [x]
  78. Challenge someone to a duel [x]
  79. Beat said person at duel [x]
  80. Order pizza with a ridiculous accent
  81. Be British for a day [x]
  82. Have a waffle night [x]
  83. Make quesadillas [x]
  84. Be taller than a 7th grader [x]
  85. Learn how to do step [x]
  86. Plant a tree [x]
  87. Stay alive [x]
  88. Play Chinese Fire Drill [x]
  89. Watch Space Jam on a bus
  90. Go garage-saleing [x]
  91. Pick up pennies off the street [x]
  92. Save up enough change to pay for a meal at Pancho's [x]
  93. Fly a kite [x]
  94. Watch Star Wars [x]
  95. Win a foosball game [x]
  96. Be a secret agent for a day
  97. Ride a trolley [x]
  98. Go to a free movie thing [x]
  99. Do something for a free T-shirt [x]
  100. Try not to choke when my sister makes me laugh after I've taken a big gulp of water [x]
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