Twenty-Five Things Before 25

In (a little less than) a year, I will be hitting the big two-five.  A quarter of a century on this earth, two and a half decades, etc.  So rather than spend the next twelve months self-indulgently brooding over how unbearably ancient I am (hah), I have decided to celebrate my last year of under-twenty-five-ness.  Which, by the way, is totally a thing.

How am I going to do this, you ask? Excellent question.  Which, of course, involves a blogging stunt! Inspired by bloggers like Sarah Von at Yes and Yes, and Mary Kate at A Nice Little Place in the Stars, I've compiled a list of twenty-five assorted things to accomplish before I hit 25.  Some of them are Big Things.  Most of them are Silly Things.  All of them should be a lot of fun, and will be thoroughly blogged about, with photographic evidence of their completion!  So, without any further ado, ladies and gentlemen - the list:

1. Learn to sip and "appreciate" whiskey properly
2. Get a new tattoo
3. Spend a week makeup-free - at home, at work, everywhere
4. See Pearl Jam live
5. Get a manicure.  I've never had one!
6. Learn to snowboard
7. Read Les Miserables
8. Host a tea party
9. Do NaNoWriMo
10. Write a Letter-to-the-Editor of a newspaper or magazine
11. Do one hundred push-ups
12. See La Boheme
13. Start my own business
14. Bake pumpkin cupcakes
15. Submit a dirty story or poem to The Moose and Pussy 
16. Start (and maintain) a journal/scrapbook of all the places I want to go and things I want to do
17. Eat a (prepared) bug
18. Learn the ins and outs of my camera
19. Learn to cook 5 actual meals (no KD!)
20. Go rock climbing
21. Go to Shambhala
22. Visit Writing-On-Stone National Park
23. Read The Little Prince.
24. Learn how to make my own scented candles.
25. Go vegetarian for one week.

Wish me luck!