To Do List

I haven't posted recently because I've been trying to work on a short story. It's not going well though, as I've only conjured up a total of two sentences so far. Perhaps I'm trying too hard. Here's a regular post instead. The story will come eventually.

I follow one of my teachers from college on Instagram, and she's doing this "40 Before 40" thing - essentially a bucket list of things to do before she turns 40 in the spring. It's made me start thinking of things I'd like to do (or at least attempt) before I turn 50.

In no way will my list have 50 things. I mean hell, I've been thinking about it for a few weeks and only have like 10 things so far, if that.

So here are my things to do before I'm 50... So far.

1. Audition for a play
2. Travel to Europe (especially Spain and Ireland)
3. Go on a cruise
4. Go to a drag show
5. Write a book
6. Finish the painting I started in high school
7. Actually get a role in a play

That's pretty much it so far. As much as I'd like to put in there something like go back to school to get my bachelor's degree, that's simply not realistic. With two young kids who are getting into sports and a full time job I simply don't have the time, nor do I have the desire to incur more student loan debt than I already have.

I think the most attainable of these goals is obviously going to a drag show. There's a gay bar in Akron that's only a few miles from my house that has drag shows several times a year. That one is just a matter of getting up the nerve to go.

The least attainable, in my mind, will be going on a cruise. That is simply due to my issues with motion sickness. I don't know if I'll be able to talk myself into risking the chance of being sick as a dog for a week just so I can go see some whales and icebergs. (It would be an Alaskan cruise, if it were up to me.)

Other random thoughts that have been on my mind lately:

- I need to bake more. I haven't baked too much lately because of dieting. I've been too afraid that making some tasty treats will cause the waistline to expand again. What I should do is bake a bunch of stuff and take some to work, and send some to work with the wifey. I love being in the kitchen. Baking things from scratch is very peaceful for me.

- Masturbation is a billion times easier and more fun in a skirt.

- One day I might be honest about why I didn't finish getting my degree when I went to Kent State. I told my manager last week, and that was the first time I've ever actually been honest about it. The lie I've made up, which I already talked about in an earlier post, is actually way less embarrassing than the truth. By leaps and bounds.

- My friend Shannon got engaged recently and I don't think I've ever been happier for someone to get engaged.

- This bout of writer's block I've had while trying to write this short story has felt like a swift kick to the nuts.

I guess that's it for now. Nothing particularly eventful is happening at the moment - at least, nothing I'm in the mood to write about, anyway.

Two straight posts with dull titles. What is this blog coming to?