Am I a freak?

Does anyone else pretend that they're in a music video when they're walking around listening to music? I mean, when I'm walking to class or back to my dorm or wherever I always have my ipod in. I usually sing along or sometimes dance, but still, in my head I invent the world into a music video. I just see things in a more epic view than other Miamians milling around to their various places. To try and explain this I attempted some drawings.

When I'm listening to a slower song with noticeable drive such as Owl City's If My Heart was a House I picture a glossy wonderland. This is where I am.

This is what I see.

I just see me twirling and frolicking in a wintery wonderland. As pretty as Miami is, my backdrops are nicer. I also try to move based off the song and match my steps to the beat.

When I'm listening to something really fast passed. I see a more city look. Something like.

Just singing on top a roof in New York like in the Not Enough video by Van Halen. Considering that's a slow song, I'm not sure why I picture this when the songs are faster.

If I'm not picturing places like those two, I'm usually just seeing the place I'm at in high definition or blue ray. I see it as if through a movie lens. I just feel powerful when I'm going around listening to music and singing loudly.

And yes. I do dress like Waldo a lot.

My Bucket List

Bucket List- A list of things to do before you die. Comes from the term "kicked the bucket".


So following the tradition of many college age people I have a bucket list. I've actually had one for a while but decided to put a condensed version of it on here and strike items off as I go. Maybe even include some items that I have already stricken off for funsies. Though I am curious what are some things people have on theirs. Michelle showed me hers, and it helped motivate me to actually write this blog post that I had in my mind a while back. So in no particular order, here's a taste of my probably too long bucket list.

1. Graduate with graduate school already lined up.
2. Study abroad for a semester.
3. Learn what Geocatching is
4. Backpack around Europe with someone important to me. 
5. Go cross country in America
6. Learn to ride a motorcycle.
7. Learn Japanese
8. Go to Japan
9. Become certified on the American Board of Forensic Anthropology
10. Take a cruise
11. Go to a tropical location
12. Buy a bean bag chair
13. Do a family tree
14. Learn to sail
15. Learn to snowboard
16. Learn to Ski
17. Learn to scuba dive
18. Fly in a plane
19. Go overseas
20. Ride on a sled with a sled dog team.
21. Use a high powered telescope to see something in the Universe
22. Face my stage fright and audition for one of the school plays
23. Dance with a classic umbrella in rain.
24. Get double digits subscribed to my blog.
25. Make an actually legit awesome costume for Ohayocon.
26. Help change a life.
27. Get someone to dance in public with me. 
28. Be part of a flash mob.
29. Be with friends on New Years not just my family. 
30. Be self sufficient
31. Have a decent job where I can pay my own bills
32. Own my own car.
33. Get someone to sing in public with me.
34. Play leap frog in the hallways at school
35. Learn how to find the songs I bookmarked on Pandora
36. Learn Web design
37. Learn how to waltz.
38. Attend the cherry blossom festival in Japan
39. Visit the Studio Ghibli museum and buy something there
40. Learn how to knit
41. Actually learn the dang guitar
42. Visit New York/live there for a while
43. See California, notably, Santa Monica and Los Angeles
44. Go to a rave.
45. Buy clothes in England
46. Go clubbing
47. Learn all the basic knowledge stuff that Michelle knows and I can't figure out on my own.
48. Start a meme.
49. Keep a plant alive
50. Own a hedgehog
51. Play with a baby sloth
52. See my brothers make it so all the bragging about them I do will actually mean something to others.
53. Finally plan the perfect awesome day with my friends. 
54. Go to the beach with friends.
55. Learn finances
56. Go to something black tie formal.
57. Learn an accent
58. Perform something in the street. 

Thats all I have for. That's the censored (that makes you wonder don't it? It's not what you think), shortened version of my bucket list. I hope I can do at least a third of this. Even if I don't do that much, I think it's nice to think of things I want to do with my life, not in a 'never going to do this' capacity but as something I have the possibility of actually doing some day. It's like having goals but so much more. Something that gives me satisfaction just to think about and the join of being able to cross something off is just amazing. So what's your bucket list? What do you want to do in your life? Do you ever think about that, or just live day to day? What things from it, can you do something about, and what things are just as life takes you? Do you have what it takes to just jump in and do what you can?