Lists are the lazy blogger's friend. They're supposed to be used sparingly and with consideration. Fuck it. This blog is all about lists. And the biggest list of all is The List. In March of 2008 I wrote a list of 50 things I want to do before I'm 50. Here it is, in its entirety.
1. Have someone put on a firework display in my honour
2. Throw a party with caterers
3. Buy a piece of art for over 1000 pounds
4. Buy a house in London
5. Buy a house out of the UK
6. Make jam
7. Go on a spontaneous trip abroad
8. Learn all the words to 'We Didn't Start the Fire'
9. Have a arty and naked (or is it nude if it's arty?) photo taken
10. Own a feature wall
11. Have one more tattoo
12. Paint each nail a different colour and keep them like that for a week
13. Own at least a couple beautiful and charming children
14. Successfully complete a fully functional and fabulous relationship
15. Get a round of applause on a stage
16. Open a rock band set on the drums
17. Spend a weekend pretending to be someone completely different from me
18. Go to the gym consistently for six months
19. Get a dog
20. Learn to spend an entire evening in towering heels
21. Give someone my number on public transport
22. Learn a language
23. Spend the evening drinking champagne on a yacht
24. Go to Australia and New Zealand
25. Go out all night clubbing and then go on to a Sunday session
26. Read Anne of Green Gables sitting in a window seat
27. Visit Prince Edward Island
28. Own part of a company
29. Have a long running personal video blog
30. Work in a newsroom
31. Have a dress made that I designed
32. Have an empty wash basket more often than not
33. Do the London to Brighton cycle ride
34. Go to Punk
35. Watch a sellout gig from the side of the stage
36. Be a muse
37. Buy a bra from Rigby and Peller
38. Go to the Wellcome Gallery
39. Delete all the dupes from my iTunes
40. Discover Paris
41. Scuba dive
42. Sky dive
43. Put a note in someone's packed lunch
44. Spend the weekend alone by the sea
45. Go to the Burning Man festival
46. Get a psychic reading
47. Send in a postcard to Post Secret
48. Apologise to the ex-boyfriend who deserves an apology
49. Go out dancing, stay til the end and be completely sober
50. Own a pair of Christian Louboutins
So, that was the list. I've already done some of those things, but reading it back, it's not perfect. So, here, I get to document the things I can use strike tags on, as well as the things I can swap with far better things. It's also a dumping ground for my Top Five People I Would Like To Sit Next To On A Plane lists, and my If I Was Unfortunate Enough To Only Have A 1GB MP3 Player, This Is What I Would Put On It lists. And there will be more.
And at no point will there be bitching about other people. That list will not be appearing.
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