Jennerosity Projects

I’ve used a list like this one to inspire and motivate me since I was in high school.  Fairly simple concept – list the things you’d like to have accomplished before you die.  Here is my latest version, complete with categories.  Any comments or discussion is welcome

• Adventuring Wench

1. Speak French
2. Speak German
3. Speak and read Japanese
4. Learn sign language
5. Learn to snowboard
6. Learn to snowshoe
7. Learn to cross-country ski
8. Learn to serve volleyball overhand
9. Skip stones
10. Go sky diving
11. Go scuba diving in the ocean
12. Go kayaking
13. Go white water rafting
14. Travel by dog sled
15. Travel by sailboat
16. Ride in a hot air balloon
17. Ride an elephant
18. Ride a camel
19. Visit Greece
20. Visit Germany
21. Visit Turkey
22. Visit Portugal
23. Visit Japan (May 5-24, 2008)
24. Visit Hawaii
25. Visit Prague
26. Visit Hiroshima (May 7 & 8, 2008)
27. Visit the Pyramids of Egypt
28. Visit PEI – filming locations for Anne of Green Gables
29. Visit L’Anse Aux Meadows
30. Visit Niagara Falls
31. Visit the Rocky Mountains
32. Visit the Grand Canyon (with my husband)
33. Visit Stonehenge
34. Visit the MacLachlan Castle
35. Visit historic battle sights, Viking settlements, religious ruins, and Scotch breweries in the UK
36. Kiss the Blarney Stone
37. Walk the Great Wall of China
38. Visit the Statue of Liberty in NYC
39. Attend a Broadway show in NYC
40. Go on a cruise (with my husband)
41. Go on a winery tour
42. Go whale watching
43. See the Northern Lights

• Awesome Evil Genius

1. Write down the family stories that I remember
2. Write my last will and testament
3. Write books
4. Publish books
5. Own a telescope
6. Own a heavy bag
7. Own good binoculars
8. Own a be proficient with professional camera equipment (video & still)
9. Own a canoe
10. Beat Lance at a video game
11. Read Dante’s The Inferno
12. Read Joyce’s Ulysses
13. Read Sun Tzu’s The Art of War
14. Live to be 100 years old

• Pinups & Pearls

1. Learn to give really great massages and give them
2. Learn to ballroom dance
3. Learn to belly dance (lessons September – November 2008)
4. Learn to Tap Dance
5. Learn to Pole Dance
6. Pierce my navel
7. Get a nude portrait done
8. Grow flowers without killing them
9. Grow/keep a bonsai tree
10. Learn to appreciate and describe wine
11. Take drawing lessons
12. Practice Japanese calligraphy
13. Take an art class
14. Attend an opera
15. Write haiku poetry
16. Memorize and recite my favourite poems
17. Study Western Astrology
18. Research Vedic Astrology
19. Be part of a book club
20. Be part of a movie/film club
21. Volunteer in a soup kitchen/homeless shelter
22. Learn to make amigurumi
23. Make a kite that flies well
24. Sew my own clothing and costumes
25. Learn to cook perogies the way my mother does

• Zombie Survival Skills

1. Carve my body into a state of fabulous
2. Be financially independent
3. Be a millionaire
4. Remember better
5. Learn to drive a motorcycle
6. Learn to ride a horse
7. Learn to safely administer first aid and CPR
8. Make my own wine
9. Make my own mead/beer
10. Fix household problems
11. Know how to use power tools
12. Learn how to start a fire without matches/lighters
13. Learn to chop wood
14. Learn to tie knots well
15. Learn to identify the major constellations in our area
16. Learn to identify the major types of plants in our area
17. Know how to safely and accurately operate a firearm
18. Know how to safely and accurately operate a bow and arrow
19. Learn swordsmanship
20. Learn to accurately and safely throw knives
21. Learn to accurately and safely throw axes
22. Learn martial arts (boxing 2005-2006; kick boxing 2007-2008; . . .)

(Revised December 29, 2008)