:: eye of the storm ::


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A 27-year-old PA student who wants to visit all seven continents, write a book, work at a pediatric clinic in Africa, and basically meet as many of the world's challenges as possible.

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Life List

(already accomplished)

Become a PA

Visit all 7 continents

Take a SwimTrek trip

Bike through Western Europe

Raft the Grand Canyon

Improve my Spanish proficiency

Go on safari in Africa

Trace my roots at Ellis Island

Vacation in Hawaii

Work on a hospital ship in a Third World country

Celebrate New Year's in Times Square

Visit all 50 states (29 to go: AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OK, OR, RI, SD, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY)

See the ruins at Pompeii

Swim in Capri's Blue Grotto

Tour Mt. Vesuvius

Throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain

Tour the Colosseum

Visit the D-Day beaches

See the Mona Lisa

Visit the palace at Versailles

See the Acropolis and Parthenon

See the Egyptian pyramids

Hike the Inca Trail

Walk El Camino Santiago

Take an Alaskan cruise

View the Taj Mahal at sunrise

Hike Table Mountain in South Africa

Climb through the Amazon canopy

Walk at least part of the Great Wall of China

Get laser hair removal

Learn to surf, ski, and snowboard

Learn to drive a stick-shift

Learn to play the piano

Go on a tropical cruise

Ride horseback on the beach

Ride in a hot air balloon

Get tickets to the Olympics

Go to adult Space Camp

Witness a shuttle launch from up close

Build a full-sized snowman

Sew a quilt out of my old race T-shirts

Update and continue my Life Scrapbook

Become the oldest person to ever do the River Run

Live to be a happy, healthy 100 years old - at least!

(unlikely dreams)

zaterdag 7 februari 2004

Current Music: Volumia – Hou me vast (héél érg mooi!)

It’s thundering and lightning outside… it’s a good ol’ Florida storm! Never seen one like this here in Holland. HAVE seen the wind, though – a tree came crashing down the other day not five minutes after T had driven under it. And on my bike today, I had to get off and walk it because I was barely moving – it was blowing straight in my face. This guy next to me did the same thing and we laughed about it for a while.

Further news… not much. T and I just had a religious debate… why does this always happen with me and my friends? Those things are pointless; you can’t prove anything because it all comes down to, as Dr. Phil says, “what works for you”. And I think every single person in this world probably has a slightly different take on religion. So why all the debate and controversy? Because we’re trying to prove a ‘right’ and a ‘wrong’, just like in politics and in law… our world is ridiculously black and white. What’s wrong with a gray area???

Enough of that. Other news. Never did get to Zeewolde because P’s parents decided to ‘surprise’ him with a housecleaning. LOL. Nice of them, though. But speaking of ‘housing’, I really love this new room!!!

What I did today… got up early (for me) and laid around trying to go back to sleep. Couldn’t, so got up and messed around on the computer, discovered my Internet wasn’t working, listened to music for a while and then went out on my bike in search of GOOD English-Dutch and Dutch-English dictionaries. For once, mission accomplished! I need those for my translating class; I’d almost forgotten. My good old Prisma isn’t going to cut it at this level. :) Also went to Albert Heijn and got the essentials… milk, cheese, cashews, chocolate :) haha. No, really… also pasta and orange juice and stuff. Anyway, got on the bike and came home, struggling against the wind the whole way. Got here (REALLY overheated) and the Net was working, so I sat down and I’ve basically been here for the past five hours… LOL. First surfing and all, then chatting, then proofreading something of T’s that he’s been working on in English, then that religious debate… and now this entry.

So there’s my day in a nutshell.

Going to go now… I really need to plug into the wall, but S is using the Internet too. Hurry up and take a shower, man…

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