Hemingway + Bucket Lists

I tend to have a lot of love for Hemingway, especially for The Sun Also Rises. Maybe its that I sympathize with the lost generation, or that I appreciate the bluntness of his writing. His characters seem like real people, in that they are all flawed. Maybe I just like The Sun Also Rises because it captures the idea that you can't run away from your problems or solve them by drinking. Or that I enjoy his antiquated romantic notions of love. Or his directive to go out and enjoy life before you get too old.

"Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already?" - Cohn in The Sun Also Rises

The real point of this post was to talk about getting stuff done while you have time. I'm going to steal some stuff from an article I saw in the Sun (http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bal-100-foodies-pg1202,0,5822554.photogallery), but here are 20 things I want to do this year.

Foodie:
- Have a jumbo lump crab cake from Faidley's on a Saltine. (Got calamari from The Daily Catch instead)
- Corned beef on rye at Attman's. (Crab Omlette at Little Havana instead)
- Have dinner at Brewer's Art again
- Try some of the special flavors from Taharka Bros. (formerly Sylvan Beach) ice cream and Pitango Gelato.
- Smith Island Cake (Sugarbakers)

Expanding my horizons:
- Go into the city (Six hours of madness)
- Go out somewhere into the country/mountains
- Go to a big city driving distance away
- Go out of the state
- Go out of the country

Movies/Reading:
- Watch all the old Batman movies
- Finish the Hunger Games
- Watch the Best Pictures from the past 5 years
- Read Atlas Shrugged
- Read all of Abbott's reports

Doing stuff I should have done:
- See live music
- Get back down to 230
- Go to speed dating
- Finish "Perspective"
- Get on LinkedIn