Bucket

By the time I leave high school I want to fix my sleep schedule so that I can wake up naturally at 6:30 am but still have enough time in the evening to get everything done that I need to. I don't know if that will require some carefully researched power-nap routine or what, but I can see how it could have wondrous effects on my productivity. My current sleep schedule isn't a problem per se, but getting a better nights sleep is never a bad idea.

By the end of college I want to learn parkour. It's basically just running through the city, climbing buildings and jumping off of things, but with it comes improved fitness and better nerves. Parkour can be really fun to watch, and hopefully to do. It seems like an interesting and fun hobby and a way to stay fit that isn't one of your average sports (most of which I'm quite impartial to).

By the time I kick the bucket I will have something named after me. A mathematical theorem, a periodic element, a neutrino particle, whatever; all I care is that there is something scientific with the name Parkin in it by the time I die.

Bucket List

I personally feel fairly fulfilled in my high school career but there are a few things I would like to do before I graduate. I think the biggest thing for me is to make the all-state band which I came up short on this year. The biggest thing holding me back is my nerves when I audition so I hope I can learn to conquer my subconscious's annoying habit of shutting down my system right before I start playing. In college I don't know if there is one specific thing I want to do but in general I want to not work too hard. I do not believe that working your fingers to the bone is worth the reward if you are not happy throughout the process. I think one thing that will contribute to this goal will be finding one activity such as ultimate frisbee to become invested in and develop relationships through the activity. My life bucket list is a little more traditional, I hope to go into space at least once before I die, live a modest and happy life, and live long enough to see an age of prosperity and harmony.

The title of that one movie with Morgan Freeman and the guy who played the joker

If there is one thing I plan on doing before high school ends it is write and publish a graphic novel. Since fourth grade when I was reading the Red Wall series I've wanted to be a writer; I even tried to write my own book in 5th grade, which I gave up on do lack of foresight while writing. However, since then I've begun to read comics and see it as a visual medium far superior to both books due to the more definite nature of comics and movies due to the limited scale on which they occur, I've decided to write a graphic novel instead. I'd hope to finish it before highschool so that I could work as a professional writer early on in life.

Honestly, I have no goals for college and see it as more of a back up plan lest my plan to write a graphic novel absolutely and totally fail. If such does fail I just hope to get a degree in something I care about.

My goal for life is to A) become the worlds greatest comic book writer and not be forgotten due to my impact upon the medium as well as American culture as a whole or B) gain immortality through cryogenics or robot human hybrids either one depending on what is available in the future.

I don't give much though to kicking the bucket...but that doesn't stop me from making lists!

Before I graduate high school, I want to be a bad kid and skip school one day. And like Roshnee pointed out, senior skip day DOES NOT count. I would, without question, pick a day (probably after AP testing) in which I know we won’t have too much work, tests, or quizzes simply because my conscious would prevent me from having fun in any other circumstances. I feel like going to Keeneland in the spring with my closest friends would be the perfect skip day. Sure, I won’t pull it off as glamorously and professionally as Ferris Buhler, but hey, I’ll still have fun!

Before I’m done with college, I want to go on vacation outside of the US with my friends. Whether somewhere tropical like Mexico, or somewhere more traditional like Italy, it doesn’t particularly matter to me so far!

Because traveling is one of my favorite hobbies, and I have already been to 6 different countries so far, my goal is to visit all of the continents before my life is over; with the exception of Antarctica of course. I also want to visit as many different countries in each of these continents, because one thing I have learned from my travels in Europe is that even the countries that are close enough to take a two day train ride through 5 different ones all have relative differences in food, fashion, and culture.

i'm going to die happy

Before I finish high school, I want to meet my goals for standardized testing (SAT or ACT). Most of you who know me, know that I am not one who performs well on tests-standardized or not, we don’t have the best relationship. So in order to get accepted into the colleges I would like to attend, I need to meet my goal of being between a 27-31. When I work my butt off by preparing for these tests, it doesn’t budge. So hopefully before applying to colleges, I can meet my goal of scores.

Before I finish college, I would like to travel out of the United States. Hopefully, I will get the opportunity to study abroad for a class I am taking. Traveling to England, Paris, Ireland, or Scotland would be my ideal destinations.

The number one thing I would absolutely LOVE to do before I die would be to meet Anderson Cooper. Oh how I would die such a happy girl if I ever met him! I have been watching him on CNN ever since I was a youngin’ and the stories he covers have so much range within them, whether he is in Africa covering a story about hunger, or covering an election, he knows so much information about every story he covers and I admire what he does.

From Here to Death

1. Before I graduate high school, I want to win State in Academic Team. I really love the sport and it would be a terrific way to cap-off my high-school career to unequivocally assert the supremacy of our team in the state of Kentucky. Moreover, I'd want the win for my friends on the team: Cullen, Zach, Carson and Michael. They've put in a lot of work and have been the best team-mates I could ask for, so they duly deserve the best award for a team in the state. But most importantly, I cannot stomach the thought of Dunbar winning another championship. I truly despise their entire team for everything they have ever been, currently are, or ever will be. I delight in their failure, and will rejoice when we prove to them their glaring inferiority.

2. While in College, I hope to spend a lot of real, quality-time with every sorority on  campus. I hope to do so, for I truly believe in my heart that sorority girls are the most upstanding and magnificent members of our society. The way in which they bond together and socialize for the benefit of others is simply beautiful. Their blithe zeal and selfless enthusiasm brings happiness to innumerable and often un-nameable individuals. Community-service is not just an academic requirement for them— it is a way of life. Their philanthropic nature embodies the ideals of civic virtue. They are selfless, and constantly give and give. If more girls were like sorority girls, I really believe the world would be a happier place. I believe just a week with about thirty of them could really instruct me on what it means to truly give with every shred of my body. But, in all honesty, I cannot match them; I think they would exhaust me with their insatiable appetite for pleasing others. Just kidding about all that. The temptation got the best of me. I figure in College I will want to challenge my comfort zone. And experiment. For instance, hang out with people I have very little, at least superficially, in common with, for instance, Liberal, non-Christian people. I think it is important to learn a lot about others, in order to be more tolerant, and to some extent be more enlightened. I'll hope for them to teach me some stuff, and for me to teach them some stuff (don't you just love how unclear the word stuff is?). Heck, maybe convert an atheist or two. It would be fun.

3. By the time I am dead, I want to date a Victoria Secret's super-model. I would love to see what it is like to maintain a purely physical relationship, namely, what it is like to date the most vapid, insolent, unintelligent, sexiest piece of meat in the world. Truth is, it'll probably be absolutely miserable after a night or two. But nonetheless,  it is an experience to have. Additionally, I made a bet with my sister's friend while watching the Victoria Secret's Fashion Show (yes, I was drooling) that by the time I am sixty I will bag at least one Victoria Secret's  super-model. And I do not like to lose. So it'll happen. However, the thing I fear most is that after the model gets a taste, she just won't be able to let me go. Wish me luck.

la liste de seau

1. Before I finish high school I want to get a part-time job or a summer job! Before it closed, I had always wanted to work at Graeter's because I believed it was the most wonderful, magical, amazing ice cream place on the face of this planet. Anyways, I think earning my own money would be really nice because then I can spend more without feeling as guilty if I were using my parents' money! My parents will never let me work while I'm still in high school, though, because they believe it would "interfere" with my studies... But they also said they won't let me drive (they broke down), so I still have hope that I can get a job before I graduate!

2. Before I finish college I want to go to Europe!! The only place I have been outside of the country is Asia, but Europe is where I have always wanted to go to. I want to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, the Parthenon, Big Ben - you get the point. If I ever do go to Europe, I most definitely want to visit France, so I can actually use my French there.

3. Before I finish living I want to live in a nice house that I designed. This most likely will not happen because I really do not know if I actually want to be an architect, but it's a nice thought. I would be able to choose how it looks, make it have those elegant curved stairs, and create secret passages that only I know about. That would make me very happy :)