Ridiculous (or maybe not so) Summer Goals

[Madisun Purtell]

So, yesterday marked the end of yet another school year, and today marks the first full day of summer vacation. Well, for me. Then I have this cousin who still has 2 weeks to go, and my friend who got out 2 weeks ago. This doesn't seem like summer to me anymore...it just seems like a lot of wasted time. Then I got thinking...why waste it? I compiled a list of some goals...

-Read 50 books all consisting of at least 150 pages. (Ok, I can go through 3 of those a day. Let's make it 200.)

-Learn to play Jar Of Hearts on piano...that will be a challenge, as I do not currently own a piano.

-Learn ASL. Something I've been wanting to do for a while now, in an attempt to go half of a school year without speaking...which, won't happen, as then everybody else would have to...yeah.

-Leave behind 1,000 Operation Beautiful post-its all saying different things. 0 down, 1,000 to go! :D

-Have a goal that I'm 97% positive I will be unable to achieve this summer, and strive to achieve it as if my life depends on it... Well, that's obvious. Adopt a yearling filly from the BLM.

-Get my weight back down to 90 lbs using -non- harmful methods...as in, the opposite of harmful methods.

-Get a rat. Actually, 2 rats. I would name them Scabbers and Templeton, but local pet stores sell only females. So, Tina and Cinnamon it would be. 

-Go veggie for the month of July.

-Take a totally random photo every day of the summer and write a poem to go with it. :)

-Get my ears re-pierced. And possibly my eyebrow...

-Say yes to every single question...even if it's like, 'Hey, wanna have sex?' or 'Want some milk?', because just because you say yes to something, doesn't mean you mean it. :)

-Get those purple contacts that do absolutely nothing to me but make my eyes look all purple and whatnot. :D

-Dye my hair redd. Yes. That's right, redd.

-Don't die. That's a really important one.

Do you have a list of unusual, strange, ridiculous, or totally normal summer goals? I'd love to steal your ideas and add on to my list! :D

[Jordan]

My goals are pretty much fitness related since I am a varsity rower.

By September:

• Be able to run 5k/3ish miles
• Be able to do 100 consecutive pushups (Current max is 13)
• Be able to do a pull-up. 
• Train on an indoor rowing machine four days per week.

General: 

• Turn my entire house into an epic fort
• Learn how to do a handstand/walk on my hands
• Learn how to ride a unicycle.
• Learn new songs on the piano, ukulele and guitar.
• Write at least 10,000 more words on the draft of my book. Finish the first draft if possible.

• Video blog at least once per week.

Pretty much just ways to keep myself busy. 

[Summer Alexander]

Oh jeez, this summer is going to be awesome if I manage to do all of mine!

 

- Find an actual Nerdfighter in the flesh (that isn't my friend of course that would be cheating).

- Obtain a Uke and figure out how to play it.

- Get dreadlocks.

- Do something similar to VEDA for one month of the summer.

- Get crabs... and not of the sexual variety. I mean, legitimate pet crabs.

- Go to a musical festival and meet some cool people.

- Leave a Nerdfighter note in one of John Green's books.

- Find a Nerdfighter note in one of John Green's books.

- Go Geocatching (I think that's what it's called).

 

Yeeeah. That's all I can think of right now.

[Madisun Purtell]

Lol geocaching is epic. ;) Except when you find a container that leaked and it's all full of mold and stuff ;P that's not so epic.

[Morgan Faye]

-Finish all my AP summer work without going insane

-get back to a regular update schedual for my stories.

-Cut my hair (which is currently crazy long) to crazy short.

-Turn my IRL friends into nerds

-read the massive pile of books I haven't gotten around to yet.

-watch massive amounts of Docter Who

I think that's about it....

I'm also thinking about dyeing my hair orange...like, Weasley Orange..

[Ryan]

I have a few.
 -Read more. 
 - write a few songs on guitar
 - Be a better person in general
 - Finish writing my zombie novel
I think thats about it.

[Ryan]

I have a few.
 -Read more. 
 - write a few songs on guitar
 - Be a better person in general
 - Finish writing my zombie novel
I think thats about it.

[Lisa Ann]

• I'd like to read 30 books. That'd put a good dent in my to-read list and put me close to being back on track for my ultimate goal of 100 books this year.
• I want to be running 3k six days a week by the end of the summer. That'll put me in good shape for Cross Country try-outs
• Clean the house top to bottom before I leave so there's less work to do when I come home for Winter break
• Spend as much time as possible with my best friends before I leave for school

[Jordan]

In case you needed extra assistance, there's a free app for iPods called C25K (Couch to 5K), and it might help you train for cross-country. I'm planning on using it to train for rowing. 

[Lisa Ann]

I'm doing a C25K program right now, actually. It took me three different programs before I found one that would work for me. 

[Chaelin Weasley]

Huh, this is a good idea:

-Win Camp NaNoWriMo

-Plan out my leprechaun story to be ready to write by August

-Be positive

-Read! As many books as I possibly can

-And watch every Vlogbrothers video in order.

[Lisa Ann]

It took me eight months, a four a five a day to watch every vlogbrothers video without blowing my bandwidth. Good luck!

[Chaelin Weasley]

:) Well, it's my Camp NaNo reward. But then I'll have something to do for the rest of the year!