The Adventure List

Started: October 2^nd, 2009

In no particular order, I would like to:

1. Finish every short story I ever started
2. Write a “B-Movie” script
3. Graduate from college I applied for graduation today and am all set for May 10th. Update: Graduated! May 10th, 2013
   
4. Become fluent in Spanish
5. Make documentary of some sort
6. Learn to cook January 1st, 2011.  Kicked off the New Year by kicking something off the list
7. Apply to Graduate School? Applied – and I didn’t even need to take the GRE for my program!
8. Go to Film School Film and Media Studies at ASU official 4/10
9. Learn to drive (don’t judge me!) Step 1 Accomplished! I took my Learner’s Permit test and PASSED! So, now for the fun part: learning how to actually drive the car.
10. Learn to dance
11. Travel abroad
12. Amass a great movie collection
13. Wear Converse to a formal event (and get away with it)
14. Camp out for a Rose Parade
15. Learn French
16.  Midnight Movie Premiere September 16th, 2011- The Lion King 3D 
17. Write for a television show or webseries
18. Start running again
19. Own a puppy
20. Do something stupid in front of a lot of people and be OK with it, like karaoke. Rarely have I ever been OK with karaoke.
21. Live at the beach La Jolla, CA
    
22. Create a TV show or webseries My wonderful friend and I spent the last month creating an original comedy series. We have a show bible and everything! December 1, 2012
    
23. Grow my hair long again July 2011, it is once again long.
    
24. Have a blackboard wall
25. Live in LA
26. Go to an aquarium (yes, I’ve never been to one.)May 15th, 2012 at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas. 
27. Win a contest National Novel Writing Month November 2009
28. Be on a game show (or at least audition)I took an online quiz for the Jeopardy! College Edition audition pool. I guess if my name’s drawn within the next 18 months, I get contacted about an interview/audition and then if that goes well, I’ll be on the show? Highly unlikely, but I did it! 
29. Buy a leather jacket.
30. Learn to play the piano
31. Invent a new word mornight (n): The period of time between night and morning that’s usually occupied by doing homework, writing reports, etc… ex: It’s 3am, I finished my report, good mornight!  Created sometime during 2009.
32. Own a kitten
33. Run a 5k
34. Land a killer internship August 2011, I’m a Copy Edit Intern! The perfect internship for a word nerd, no? 
35. Enter a writing contest
36. Read Wuthering Heights
37. Have a blog (that people actually read) (September 2009: this one! According to the stats, people read it!) 
38. Minor in Spanish ASU 3/2010
39. Buy a violin
40. Ride [and survive (thank you Jillian)] a zip-line
41. Publish something. A story, an article…something.
42. Skinny dip
43. Cross-country road trip
44. See a show on Broadway
45. Go to London
46. Go to Spain
47. Go to Ireland
48. Do something quintessential to the college experience, like Greek Life (2-10-10: Rushing for freakin’ sorority. No I did not make it.)
49. Apply for the ABC/Disney internship
50. Plant a tree
51. Ride in a hot air balloon 
52. Make Baked Alaska
53. Find out what Baked Alaska is (10-3-09)
54. Go to a Dodgers game
55. La Tomatina
56. Go to a rock concert Green 17, baby!!
57. Learn to play the guitar
58. Road trip with friends San Diego 7/10 with Jillian & Christine
59. Host a giant game of “Mafia”
60. Build a massive sandcastle San Diego 7/10
61. Write a children’s story
62. Learn sign language
63. New Year’s Eve in Times Square
64. Learn to juggle
65. Read the Harry Potter series (Sorcerer’s Stone- 10/6/09,  Chamber of Secrets- 10/12/10, Prisoner of Azkaban- 7/10/11, Goblet of Fire – 7/16/10)
66. Learn first aid/CPR March 2nd, 2013: I took the class, I am now Red Cross certified in both! And I know how to use an AED. 
67.  Watch the 10 Greatest Movies of All Time (Citizen Kane, Casablanca, The Godfather, Gone with the Wind, Lawrence of Arabia, The Wizard of Oz, The Graduate, , Schindler’s List, Singin’ in the Rain) Complete October 2nd, 2011
68. Buy a hammock.
69. Watch all the HP movies (Sorcerer’s Stone- 10/4/09 Chamber of Secrets- 12/5/09 Prisoner of Azkaban 12/5/09 Goblet of Fire 12/6/09 Order of the Phoenix 12/6/09, Half-Blood Prince 4/16/11, Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 5/1/11, Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 1/9/12)
70. Own a house
71. Be a spectator at the Olympics
72. Collect something pointless I recently discovered a collection of coasters from the Outback Steakhouse in my room. I don’t know why I have them. 
73. Solve the Rubik’s Cube
74. Learn to sew (for repairs)
75. Host a massive game of Spoons
76. Kick the caffeine addiction  I gave up coffee for Lent this year (2011).  7 weeks without it and then I had coffee just after it was over and…it wasn’t a pretty sight.  I felt incredibly sick afterwards and it gave me a horrible headache.  So, I think it’s safe to say I can cross this off the list now.
77. Learn to paint
78. Go to a taping of a late-night show
79. See the sun rise (10/18/09)
80. Go on a picnic 10-15-11
81. Overcome my fear of flying (eep)
82. Pay off all my student loans
83. Masquerade as a window mannequin (and get photographic evidence this time!)
84. Dye my hair red (I said it would be on the list, it’s on the list)
85. Write the Twisted Fairytale
86. Go on a shopping spree
87. Laser Tag
88. Go to New Orleans
89. Go to Chicago
90. Write the Harry’s Diner script Complete August 2010
91. Edit Harry’s Diner
92. Learn to ride a bike (don’t mock me, I have a horrible sense of balance.) I, Tobie James, finally learned to ride a bike yesterday (January something…).  And it ended with my head in one piece, no concussions, and a serious sense of accomplishment.  I am invincible!
93. Finish a game of Monopoly
94. Finish “The Novel”
95. Take a yoga class
96. Take a photography class
97. Go to Rome
98. Learn to play chess July 17th, 2010 Panikin’s La Jolla, California–massive chess board!
99. Go to Brazil
100. Go to a drive-in movie
101. Tour the White House
102. Tour Hearst Castle
103. Higher Education December 1st, 2012 – My friend and I turned my idea for Higher Education, which had been a short story at the time, into a TV series So, that effectively crosses #22 off the list as well. Now to get it on the air…or at least pitch it. Let’s go with pitch it.
104. Learn Italian
105. Learn how to walk in high heels May 14th, 2012 – I trekked up the Strip from The Venetian to The Cosmopolitan.  That’s a mile.  A mile in heels.  I think that counts as being able to walk in them, yeah? 
106. Tea party
107. Sidewalk chalk mural
108. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie pop? I shall find out! I have conquered! 683 licks to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop! P’wned!
109. See the Grand Canyon
110. Attempt to break a Guinness World Record
111. Go to D.C.
112. See the Louvre
113. See the Eiffel Tower
114. See the Statue of Liberty
115. Go to SeaWorld (California or Florida)
116. Go to Disney World (Florida)
117. Take a pottery class
118. Go to a spa
119. Flogging Molly concert on St. Paddy’s Day March 17th, 2013! I FINALLY DID IT! IT WAS AWESOME! 
120. Watch The Matrix (yeah, yeah, I know…) “There is no spoon.”
121. Go without tweeting anything for a week. August 28, 2010-September 3rd, 2010
122. Collect all my pennies for a year and buy something after.  (started: August 25th, 2010) Ended August 25th, 2011.  I have to say, pennies are harder to collect than people would think, simply for the fact that I rarely ever received them in change! I don’t know, maybe I was trying too hard to find them…anyway, I saved $3.64 in pennies.  I cashed them in and bought myself a Taco Bell value menu at my school’s food court.  Not the greatest purchase ever, but I was hungry! 
123. NOH8 photo campaign
124. Save up enough money for a new laptop (November 14th, 2010.  Ok, so I didn’t save up ALL the money I needed, but I had enough to cover a large portion of it.  As for the rest, all I can say is thank God for my impossibly high credit score.)
125. Make my current laptop last at least another 4 months (Fail: Lazarus passed away November 13th, 2010.  Due to unforeseen circumstances, his hard drive was fried and unrepairable.  RIPieces, Little Bastard.)
126. Buy a Macbook (November 14th, 2010)
127. Participate in the Arts Parade, Phoenix next year (2011) Fail: I was too sick to go this year Next year though! I will shoot for next year (though I’m not putting it on the List, it seems a little redundant)
128. Make hot chocolate with chocolate milk. Is it really double the chocolatey goodness? December 13th, 2010.  Yes, yes it does.  Although, I’ve been told results vary, so if anyone’s wondering I used Shamrock Farms’ chocolate milk with Nestle Hot Cocoa mix.  Chocolatey deliciousness.
129. Backpack through Europe, or New Zealand.  Maybe just Spain.  We’ll see.
130. Go to Montreal
131. Get a passport
132.  Accomplish at least 5 things on this list during 2011 and post about them. Who’s up for Round 2? I’m continuing with this through 2012! 
133. Get a really nice pair of sunglasses
134. Fly first class
135. Tie a cherry stem with my tongue (there’s a trick to doing this, apparently.  Like a shortcut or something that I found in a book.  We’ll see if I can figure out how to do it) May 15th, 2012
136. Jump in a fountain.  I’ve run through one, why not jump into one? November 29th, 2011.  Not my brightest of moments, the fountain was deeper than I thought and really, really cold! 
137. First Friday September 2nd, 2011 – I finally made it to First Friday, braved the METRO at night for it. Thankfully, I went with a group of friends, so no one attacked me this time! 
138. Read War and Peace
139. Finish a game of Life
140. ASU Undie Run
141. 100 Things That Make Me Happy September 19th, 2011, posted here.  
142. Drive Route 66
143. Watch The Notebook
144. Visit the Guggenheim
145. Marathon all the Disney Princess movies
146. Formal Friday
147.  Call the Hogwarts Hotline October 5th, 2011 So, if you’re a Harry Potter fan, you need to call (781)-452-4077. Now. 
148. Apply for the Pixar internship Applied February 3rd, 2013
149. Carve a pumpkin for Halloween
150. Go to Las Vegas May 14-16th, 2012
     
151. Play the slots at least once (preferably while in Vegas) just to say I have. May 14-16th, 2012
152. Try chicken and waffles May 5, 2012–my major is not a real thing, it can’t be. My independent study class (4 people) and our professor went to lunch at Lo-Lo’s Chicken and Waffles to celebrate the end of the semester. See? Not real. 
153. Go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
154. Go to ComiCon
155. Go to Carmel and prove to Kat’s friends and family that I am not imaginary and that she’s not (that) out of her mind (yet).
156. Put the lemon in play.May 15th-16th, 2012
157. Go to New York (I have all these things about New York on the list, but I never actually put Go There on the list…)
158. Teach for America I started my application. Hopefully I’ll submit it before January 11th! Submitted with one day to spare! We’ll see what happens, I guess. 
159. Take the GRE – now that it’s on the list, I have to do it. But the thing is, for my Master’s program, I don’t actually have to take it…
160. Donate blood Unfortunately, due to health reasons, I can’t actually give blood. I encourage you all to give blood though if you’re able to! 
161. Pitch Higher Education
162. Write a spec script – like the GRE, now that it’s on the list, I have to do it.
163. Kick my addiction to Snapple Peach Tea March 31st, 2013 – I gave up the Peach Tea for Lent. It was harder than it should have been, but I did it.