Last week, I spilled my hopes, dreams & aspirations for my life in a Life List.
This week… I’m featuring my highlight reel. I started to include every damn thing I’ve done that I found noteworthy, but stopped myself.
I feel the following list includes things I would’ve drawn up into a life list when I was a child and had the ability to edit over the years. Oh yes, I’m serious. Because there are certain things I did once-upon-a-time that I doubt I’ll ever do again. Like co-pilot a plane with my dad as a child. Or feed an ostrich. Almost lost my hand. Those evil creatures are scary as shit!
Then, let’s be honest here, there are a few items that might appear on my “incredibly personal” highlighted life list. A couple pop up on here, but trust me… there are deeper, crazier, and down-right idiotic things I’ve done that only a select few know about. Certain things… only I know about. Dum-dum-duuuuuum.
Other highlights… such as the concert & travel list, I also cut short. There are many concerts I’m glad I attended, but won’t again… I’m happy I checked them off my list, and I was entertained at the time, but I have no desire to even mention that I saw NKOTB in concert when I was a kid. It was my 2nd concert ever. But, would I add it to my life list today? Hell no. Then there are shows like Clapton & Bonnie Raitt that I LOVED, but very likely won’t be able to afford tickets to see ever again.
Therefore, in absolutely no particular order, I am featuring the highlights of my life. CHEERS!
- Take my family to Disney World.
- Feed an ostrich.
- Hike a mountain.
- Learn how to play bass guitar.
- Camp in the mountains.
- Live in another state.
- Drive across the country.
- Teach a music class.
- Receive a first-division rating at State Level Solo & Ensemble as a soloist.
- Audition for a music program at a University. (Got into University of AZ, was denied at GVSU)
- Marry my soulmate.
- Give birth.
- Dye my hair red.
- Go out to a fancy NYE party.
- Ride a camel.
- Breastfeed my babies.
- Co-pilot an airplane.
- Play the lead in a musical.
- Host a music-festival/self-abuse weekend for close friends at the hubs’ deer-camp in the middle of nowhere. (sadly, this gem was sold in 2005)
- Take my family on a road-trip.
- Skinny dip in Lake Superior.
- Sing at a Mackinac Island wedding.
- Take a yoga class in a studio.
- Take a ballet class as an adult.
- Ice skate outdoors.
- Downhill ski.
- Go to the opera.
- Start a blog.
- Record a vlog.
- Attend a beer festival.
- Attend a blogging conference.
- Join a Mug Club.
- Take over for a bar-band on their break.
- Make out with a girl.
- Dye my hair red.
- Get a tattoo.
- Fly a kite on the beach.
- Sing/perform at a fundraiser.
- Have sex in a public space.
- Hike Pictured Rocks.
- Drink wheat grass.
- Try sushi.
- Try oysters.
- Go on a brewery tour.
- Make a meal from scratch.
- Keep the kids for a week without any help.
- Host a Christmas Party.
- Work in the music industry.
- Get paid to write.
- Get paid to sing.
- Drive a convertible.
Completed travel:
- Chicago
- Vegas
- Atlanta
- Cincinnati
- Sandusky
- Charlotte
- Green Bay
- Pittsburgh
- Minneapolis
- Multiple cities in:
- Canada
- Mexico
- Florida
- Arizona
- Michigan
- California
- Iowa
- Utah
- Colorado
Concerts Attended:
- Alanis Morrisette (3xs; I was a little obsessed. 3rd show —> front row!)
- Radiohead (Fun Fact: Radiohead OPENED for Alanis in 1996!)
- Tori Amos
- U2
- Garbage
- Black Crowes
- yes
- Queens of the Stone Age
- The Donnas (front row!)
- Liz Phair (front row!)
- Natalie Merchant (front row, at the Hard Rock in Vegas!)
- Roger Waters
- Tonic
- Cracker (worked with/met/bar-hopped!)
- Camper Van Beethoven
- Peter Gabriel
- Bonnie Raitt (nearly front-row!)
- Tenacious D
- Sheryl Crow
- Amy Grant
- Ben Folds
- Silversun Pickups
- Fiona Apple
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Foo Fighters
- Coldplay
- Green Day
- Harry Connick Jr
- Dave Matthews Band
- Blues Traveler
- Jane’s Addiction
- Ravi Shankar
- Norah Jones
- North Mississippi Allstars (worked with them, talked on phone daily)
- Simon & Garfunkel
- PJ Harvey
- Rachel Yamagata
- Sylvia Trench
- Botfly
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Eric Clapton
- Derek Trucks
- Susan Tedeschi
- Shameka Copeland
- The Verve Pipe
- Weezer
- Oasis
- Florence + The Machine
6 Comments
Goodness, woman, your concert list is CRAY-ZAY!! :>
A ballet class sounds like so much fun. As does fly a kite on the beach. I think I may have flown a kite like once or twice in my life. It’s never been as relaxing as it looks like it should be – for me!
Love your list!
Yes, and most of those concerts were *with* the hubs… I do believe I’ve pinpointed the root of our debt, after student loans, trips from MI to/from Tucson & eating out too much in our 20s. Oh well. Radiohead in Grant Park 10 years ago was practically a religious experience. I can still hear Thom Yorke’s voice echoing between Lake Michigan & the Chicago skyline. I can still hear Dogs barking all over the Phoenix Suns’ stadium at the In The Flesh Roger Waters concert in ’99, and loved staring out my moon-roof talking about the show with the hubs afterward until the parking lot cleared. And taking Natalie, at age 5, to see her favorite band Green Day still puts a smile on my heart. Whenever I start to get anxiety about our debt I try to focus on the experiences we used our money (or cc!) on… and most of the time, it was money well spent. Can’t put a price-tag on once in a life-time experiences.
BTW — I did the ballet class in college at age 20. I danced from age 2-11 and that tiny bit of experience did help a little. Not a TON, but a little. 😉
Thanks for stopping by! I loved your list too!
Rachel Yamagata?! You’re one of the few people I know who likes her too. 🙂
YES!! She opened up for Liz Phair about 10 years ago with just an acoustic guitar. LOVE!
I’ve seen many on your concert list. Oh, I love live music. Glad you didn’t lose your hand to that ostrich! Great list, thanks for sharing it. 🙂
HA! Thanks, there’s this crazy ostrich farm in the middle of nowhere between Phoenix & Tucson, it was just this weird little stop, so we *had* to stop on one of our many trips… and never felt the need to stop again.