43 Things

1. Write a novel that makes me laff
2. Grow strawberries
3. Find that black skirt I lost 8 years ago that was the perfect length
4. Get out of debt
5. Be able to identify all constellations of the northern hemisphere
6. See the Southern Cross
7. Live in New Zealand
8. Conquer my fear of heights and go up the Eiffel Tower
9. Go back to Rome for a long long time
10. Make J's problems go away
11. Learn photography
12. Sleep without having to take a pill
13. Lighten up
14. Paint like a French girl
15. Go to Persia
16. Befriend Angelina and Brad
17. Play the drums
18. Tell better knock-knock jokes
19. Run a mile without coughing up blood
20. Be someone's muse
21. Make a truly great strawberry shortcake
22. Have gorgeous champagne flutes
23. Help someone get off the street
24. Watch an elephant band in India
25. Kick the Twizzlers habit
26. Make Smoochy's day
27. Float in a warm lake
28. Find decent Mexican food where I live
29. Learn to make tamales
30. Earn one of those special passports
31. Sleep in the Disneyland castle
32. Perform a flying camel with grace and dignity
33. Be one of the people thanked at the Oscars
34. Wear a floor-length ball gown somewhere where this is done
35. Find the friend I've always wanted
36. Drive super fast on the autobahn in a great car
37. Decide whether there's a god or not and be okay with what I decide
38. Read Greek
39. Sleep outside more
40. Find peace and quiet inside my head
41. Have everyone I love live together and get along in a luxury resort that we somehow all magically have bought together that has really great chefs and massage facilities as well as a variety of swimming pools and naturally a waterfall
42. Score season tickets for the Flames--and not in the cheap seats
43. Be one of the good guys

43 Things