Wish List / Bucket List

Around this time last year, after the buzz about "bucket lists" had died down (I'm always a little late for things), I sat down and typed a list of all the things I ever wanted to do. Then Evernote crashed in the middle of finals season and I was so mad that I pretty much never opened it again.

Today, as I was trying to clean up some of the things in my computer, I found this list again. Luckily I had the presence of mind to title the note with the date, so without further ado, here is my bucket list from October 23, 2013 with [parenthetical] commentary from present day me:

• go to a concert [I still haven't gone to one! This one's still at the top of my list. Don't know who I'd want to see though.]
• shopping SPREE [This will still be the first thing I save up my money for, just going on a full out shopping spree buying everything I want.]
• eat ice cream on a picnic [I always thought it would be funny to try to climb up a hill or go to a park to have a picnic before the ice cream melted.]
• lie in a meadow and just sleep [When I have the time...]
• cloud-gazing [Again, when I have the time]
• star-gazing [I had something with wanting to just watch the sky, didn't I]
• meteor-gazing [Pretty much the same as above? How did I make these separate at the time?]
• urban camping [I have no idea what this means anymore.]
• sing a cover [Hahaha no. What was I even thinking.]
• walk holding hands [This one's kind of sweet, but I've come to accept the fact that I'm probably going to be #foreveralone or a #catlady, so meh, whatever.]
• karaoke without a care [Did I really think I could sing at any point in time?]
• berry picking [Still seems pretty fun, but I'm more of a couch potato now, so not sure if I still want to do this.]
• sunrise on a mountaintop [Before I graduate! Or leave for college! I want to do the Mission Peak sunrise climb. Spring break maybe?]
• a music video [Not too sure what this one means. Again, I've now accepted the fact that I will never be a singer.]
• dance in the rain [Considering that California is in a drought, this doesn't seem likely.]
• art museum [Maybe Art Club could do this this year. Something good though, not just scribbly modern art.]
• coffee run [I've kind of done this, but one can never have enough coffee.]
• stay up more than 24 hours [What was I thinking?!? All nighters are NOT fun. Never again.]
• classical music in nature [Was I some kind of hippie? Why is this something I wanted to do.]
• travel [Yes. More places.]
• be a crazy average teenager [Working on it.]
• explore a city in full makeup and fashion [Still have to do that fancy photoshoot and be all badass. This will probably have to wait until college.]
• create an alter ego [Done! Kind of. Will probably be changing blog URL to that name soon.]
• answer 20 questions completely honestly [Have yet to do this, but not sure if I still want to.]
• dye my hair bright purple [This is definitely going to happen. Once college apps are over.]
• travel to cities and islands [Kind of the same thing as travel ^.]
• Ted Talk about all those things [Still love TED talks. I want to be a motivational speaker.]
• have a discussion/lecture about how/why the world is messed up [Wow. I was such a pessimist. I still am a pessimist, I guess, but the world is not all bad, and I'm not so angsty anymore. I think.]
• plot twist! [I don't know what this means.]
• read to children at a bookstore [Hmm, not as intrigued by this anymore.]
• be a princess for a day [Yes please!]

So that's that. My old bucket list. I think I've actually changed quite a lot in the space of one year. This list feels like its 50% another person, not me. I saw a comic the other day, with something along the lines of "I'm not where I want to be, but I'm also not where I used to be, and I'm glad for that," and I think that's quite true. Whatever may come, I'm interested to see how I'll be different at the end of it. ◊