Showing posts with label goals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goals. Show all posts

Monday, April 23, 2012

Never Have I Ever

[Never have I ever not overpacked.]

Saturday night was a typical one for a college student; it was one of my friend's 21st birthdays, so naturally the night began with drinks before we went to get drinks and finally finished the celebration with more drinks (it's safe to say I don't even want to look at a beer for at least a week). Somewhere in the mix of liquor we decided to play a game that entails a round of "Never Have I Ever," the classic activity in which you hold up three fingers and put one down every time a player names something--usually embarrassing--that they have never done but you have. While our version inevitably became way too disgusting way too quickly, the game got me thinking: what are some (less perverted) things that I have never ever done? Here are a few, some of which I'd like to be able to remove from the list and some that I'm perfectly content with having avoided in my 21 years of life.
Never have I ever...
-Eaten a macaron.
-Seen Avatar.
-Been to Hawaii or New York City.
-Lost all my baby teeth (I have one left that's hanging on).
-Finished burning a whole candle...or used a complete tube of lip balm, for that matter.
-Had a gyro or any form of lamb.
-Been given roses.
-Worn acrylic nails. 
-Owned a North Face jacket.
-Seen a shooting star.
-Gotten a speeding ticket (knock on wood).
-Done a cartwheel.
-Ran in a marathon.
-Smoked a cigarette.
-Completed a game of Monopoly.
-Been a fan of the song "Call Me Maybe."
-Cried during The Notebook.
-Held a worm.
-Put gravy on my mashed potatoes.
-Ridden on a tandem bicycle.
-Seen Diane Kruger wear an outfit I don't like.
-Jumped in puddles just for fun.
-Had a bad piece of Chicago pizza. (Other regions of the U.S.? Different story.)
-Gone surfing or waterskiing.
-Dissected a frog.
-Watched an episode of "Jersey Shore." 
-Worn contact lenses.
-Thrown a surprise party or had one thrown for me.
-Gotten a suntan without an accompanying burn.
-Discovered the perfect color of lipstick.

What are some things you've never ever done?

xo Heidi 

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Summer List

[My own Summer Goal #21: Invest in a retro high-waisted bikini a la Grace Kelly.]

On a bus ride from Madison to Chicago last weekend, one of my best friends Brian and I passed some of the time by putting together a list of things we want to do this summer. For the first time, we'll both be living in Madison during summer break (and in the same building!) along with some of our other friends. So to put it lightly, we're pretty pumped for the coming months. This summer also marks my first one being 21 as well as the last one before graduation for most of my friends. In other words, it might be my final chance to, with all my friends around, spend the hot days laying out at the Union and cooler evenings wandering State Street. Bittersweetness aside, here are several items from our list we can't skip out on:

1. Get drinks at both student Unions (and probably on a regular basis)
2. Go to Madison's zoo (it has red pandas!)
3. Take a road trip to Tennessee (our friend Jess lives there now, and we're looking forward to seeing her, whitewater rafting, and hitting up Southern bars)
4. Have a barbecue
5. Traverse to Picnic Point (maybe for a picnic?)
6. Expose our friend Amanda to a "Parks and Recreation" marathon 
7. Have a bar crawl in our suburban hometown
8. Go to Chicago for Sox games, the Taste, and--what else?--bar-hopping
9. Karaoke at Karaoke Kid bar
10. Crash a wedding
11. Force our friend Steph to visit Madison (she's a busy gal, so we're determined to make this happen!)
12. Go to Six Flags
13. Visit the farmer's market
14. Partake in some late-night Culver's runs
15. Have a classy party (by classy, we mean not wearing t-shirts)
16. Get Babcock ice cream
17. Take a second road trip to somewhere in the West (we're still working out the details of this one)
18. Tie-dye shirts
19. Check out Summerfest
20. Go horseback riding 

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xo Heidi
[PRESS PLAY: "Heaven's In New York" by Wyclef Jean. Available on iTunes.]