Summer List: 2011 Edition

So, as a general rule, I make a list of things to do over the summer. Generally only 10% of things actually get done, and even then, only with half an effort. But what I have found is that when there is no summer list (ie, 2010), I end up wasting the summer sleeping. So here the list is, in no particular order except the order that I thought of it. Certain things I plan to do have been omitted from the list, because I assume those things WILL happen. This is a list ranging from "not likely" to "plausible".


1. Have a summer fling (or not, don't know what made me think of this one)
2. Build endurance to be able to run 2 miles at a time
3. Do 1000 sit ups and pushups
4. Buy a pair of Air Force 1's
5. Get a goldfish
6. Catch a 10lbs catfish
7. Start a band
8. Get back to 280
9. Get a new acoustic guitar
10. Go to a club
11. Do some inland skimboarding
12. Learn the guitar solo to "Before I Let Go" by Frankie Beverly and Maze
13. Make some money playing guitar
14. Begin writing and production of "A Minute of Your Time" (idea I have for a youtube channel)
15. Screen print a few t-shirts
16. Take at least 2 guitar lessons
17. Work on my idea for a Dorito pie recipe
18. Play my guitar at church one or more Sundays
19. Finish of another pen (if the first one is done)
20. Meet/talk to somebody famous
21. Go to a concert
22. Volunteer at a soup kitchen, or the like
23. Sell my acoustic electric guitar and Blues for Dummies book.
24. Ghost ride the whip, with friends
25. Spontaneously ask a girl out (this being a girl I do not already know. Sorry ladies.)
26. Pay a household bill (looking for some man points for this one)
27. Create and develop my personal style, since I currently have none.
28. Read a large potion of the Bible
29. Figure out how to graduate as quickly as my attention span will allow
30. Learn to drive a manual transmission car
31. Convince my parents get/give me a car, or go halfsies or whatever
32. Get rid of all the clothes that I don't wear
33. Finish my "Meltdown" project. (6 part visual art, with a poem to go with it. alread started, just needs to be finished.)
34. Practice grilling
35. Get my electric guitar set up for heavier gauge strings
36. Practice my slingshot skills
37. Develop a good sleep pattern (over the summer? worth a try)
38. Have a water and/or Nerf war
39. Pick a club to join at school
40. Single handedly prepare a room for my sister and her child
41. Number 40, except with the help of my cousin Brian
42. Figure out how to get rid of the extra roommate I will have at school next semester.
43. Fire and maybe s'mores
44. Travel to Mauldin, by myself, and stay as long as I am welcome and want to stay, instead of leaving when others need to go

45. Actually use my Back-pocket Book of Bad Pickup Lines

Existence points: +50 for reading, +10 for enjoying, +100 for joining in. And I'm over that whole sister-fight, so those you with vaginas can have your 20 points back.

JOSH, THE SHERM