Emma's Fantabulous Blog

This video was made by some friends of the surf shop that I spend way too much time & money at: Summer Sessions in Rye, NH. The recent Noreaster that passed through New England last weekend made for some epic surf and ski conditions on Halloween & these hombres decided to take advantage of the storm’s leftovers. Some super cool cinematography & a rad soundtrack. This video totally gives the the warm fuzzies for being from a region that is home to so much awesomeness.

There’s also a cool article/write up thingie here that explains the situation with a bit more flair than me.

I’m turning 29 later this month. That means I only have a little over 1 year left of being in my carefree 20′s. There are a bunch of things that I want to do while I’m still young and spry. Similarly there are a bunch of things that I think are good things to know how to do in general, and definitely would like to learn them before I hit my 4th decade.

I’ve decided to be like a million other people and make a list of 30 things that I’d like to do, try, learn, or re-try before I hit the big 3. oh. I think it’s totally doable and my list an extended version of a bunch of things that I’d like to do. And I reserve the right to change things out and add to as I see fit. Here we go: (in no particular order)

1. Purchase & use a hammock in my yard.
2. Fix my lower back tattoo (finally, after 10 years of saying that I should!)
3. Get the new tattoo that I’ve been mulling over for over a year. (It’s been a year & I still want it, so I think its time!)
4. Take part in a beach bonfire.
5. Go to NASCAR!
6. Learn how to cook Coq Au Vin.
7. Learn how to braise a huge delicious monster hunk of beef.
8. Practice alcohol abstinence for a month.
9. Shoot arrows at random shit.
10. Drink out of a fishbowl.
11. Run a mile. (This body wasn’t built for running, so this should be interesting.)
12. Run 5K. (This should be doubly interesting.)
13. Learn how to can something savory. Like pickles. Or tomato sauce.
14. Go winter surfing in New England.
15. Go vegetarian for 2 weeks (organic & locally sourced when possible & maybe for a month if I get my act together.)
16. Watch a sunrise.
17. Watch the sun set.
18. Visit a new continent.
19. Go on a road trip without a destination in mind.
20. Travel solo internationally.
21. Learn how to disassemble, clean & reassemble a gun.
22. Play paintball.
23. Paint a mural.
24. Work as an artist’s model.
25. Model in a Fashion show.
26. Go fishing.
27. Learn how to gut and clean a fish.
28. Go snowboarding. (Not on the bunny slope & without the day ending in a temper tantrum, haha)
29. Rent a car on my own.
30. Go skinny dipping!
31. Read 15 new books.
32. Go on a bike-riding day trip.
33. Run away & join the circus…. (This is open for interpretation obviously…)
34. Go sky diving.

Obviously some of these are contradicting. Like trying to follow a vegetarian diet. And then cooking meat, going fishing & butchering fish… But I’m kinda a walking contradiction in general.

Anything I’m totally missing? Anything that’s a really bad idea? How about you? What do you have on your Adventuresome To-do List?