Making A List, Checking It Twice

There's this book on Amazon called 30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30. Of the 30 things, I knew 25 by Saturday's cutoff. Not bad.

The thing is... damn, what a boring freakin' list. I mean, "wrap presents"? If you're checking off life experiences, shouldn't you maybe shoot a little higher? I think yes. So I present

Tequila Red's 30 Before Thirty (Including Several You'll Probably Never Care To Repeat):
1. drive a tractor
2 - 4. inspire a painting, a poem & a song
5. walk out of a terrible movie
6. be on the news
7. quit smoking, for real (fingers crossed)
8. learn to accept compliments
9. learn accept criticism
10. drive the Autobahn
11. get and get rid of an std
12. visit a concentration camp
13. read Ayn Rand
14. see a full lunar eclipse
15. make out with someone famous
16. carry the Olympic torch
17. stay at the office all night
18. be in a movie
19. join the Army
20. streak
21. catch a foul ball - or just be the one to come up with it
22. kiss a stranger
23. draw up a living will
24. order an Old Fashioned
25. march in protest
26. have a one night stand
27. tell the truth when you should have lied
28. know a poem by heart
29. throw a drink in someone's face
30. tell your friends you love them

Next Up: Modern Drunkard Magazine's "40 Things Every Drunkard Must Do Before He Dies". I'm 13-for-40. Warm up my barstool, babies. I'll be there in an hour.

Getting It Done
"Theory of Achievement" - Idlewild
Q & Not U - "Wonderful People"
"Damn Good Times" - They Might Be Giants
"Strange" - Built to Spill
Sea Ray -"Revelry"