So clearly, my 365 project didn't work out. I want to try again, I had fun with this project! So much has changed in the past year, I can't wait to update you on it. Now, however, we have The List, Version 2.0.

Disclaimer: Some of these things I have done before. Keep in mind that this isn't my Bucket List. Just things I'd like to try, or to do again.

Stephanie's (Second) List of Goals, To Be Completed By March 22nd, 2011, at 1:38am EST:

1. Dance all night.
2. Write my initials in wet cement.
3. Survive through Stats 101.
4. Survive iTech 201.
5. Sit at the beach watching the stars.
6. Sit through a movie marathon with a BGF (Best Girl Friend).
7. Spend an ideal day on Sandy Neck with my close friends.
8. Figure out the ever complicated boy situation at hand.
9. Gain confidence in a bikini.
10. Finish one of my sketchbooks.
11. Write fifty short essays, in the form of Bitches Finish First.
12. Win a round of mini golf.
13. Win a game of bowling.
14. Attend Warped Tour.
15. Sit through an entire game of Monopoly.
16. Sit through an entire Lord of the Rings movie.
17. Spend a day baking.
18. Host a movie night.
19. Make a collage of just pictures.
20. Finish a scrapbook.
21. Find a secret spot.
22. Skydive.
23. Travel to Florida.
24. Run a half mile.
25. Go to NYC for lunch.
26. Build a fire on the beach in the dead of winter.
27. Buy, with my own money, my first official bridesmaids dress.
28. Go skinny dipping.
28. Learn to take a compliment.
29. Plant a tree.
30. Sleep under the stars.
31. Go deep sea fishing.
32. Go camping.
33. Go white water rafting.
34. Sing karaoke.
35. Party like a rockstar on my 21st birthday.
36. Have a PJ party.
37. Paint a bird house.
38. Drive in the demolition derby.
39. Donate money to the American Cancer Society.
40. Make someone cry, in a good way.
41. Give blood.
42. Surprise someone with a homemade, fancy picnic by candlelight.
43. Give my mother and father good mother and father's day gifts.
44. Swim in clear blue water.
45. Celebrate being young and alive.
46. Win a round of Beirut.
47. Travel to Las Vegas.
48. Re-read Romeo and Juliet.
49. Dress up for Halloween.
50. Spend a rainy day being lazy in my PJs.
51. Snowboard.
52. Have my mom's step-dad make us pancakes.
53. Play football with friends.
54. Learn to cartwheel.
55. Re-learn flexibility.
56. Take a yoga class.
57. Compete in a dance off.
58. Improve my snowboarding skills.
59. Camp out on a playground.
60. Go to the top of the Empire State Building.
61. Do something epic for my birthday.
62. Spend New Year's with my friends.
63. Go to an all-you-can-eat chocolate buffet.
64. Go on a sleigh ride.
65. Shop at the Mall Of America.
66. Clean the entire house.
67. Eat Canadian bacon in Canada.
68. See Niagra Falls.
69. Learn Italian.
70. Write a successful blog.
71. Travel to New Orleans.
72. Have friends over for a homemade dinner, like they do in the movies.
73. See the Grand Canyon.
74. Save money.
75. Save two-thousand dollars for a road trip.
76. Save three-thousand dollars for college.
77. Go whale watching and see a whale leap out of the water.
78. Volunteer.
79. Go horse back riding.
80. Build up my savings account.
81. Visit the National Mall.
82. Visit Ellis Island.
83. Visit Ground Zero.
84. Go to batting cages.
85. Race go-carts.
86. Take a day and go to open houses, pretending to be VERY interested.
87. Dance party in the Mustang.
88. Organize my photos.
89. Be more optimistic.
90. Obtain a credit card and be responsible with it, to start building my credt.
91. Be more harsh with myself when buying needless things.
92. Stop buying food simply because it's there.
93. Convince Mom to kick Rob out so I can move into his room.
94. Creat and stick to a budget.
95. Make new friends.
96. Throw a successful party.
97. Take Lauren for a spa afternoon.
98. Fall in love.
99. Buy a vintage dress.
100. Paint a picture I'm proud of.
101. Tie-dye socks, shirts, sheets, sweats.
102. Buy something I really don't need, but desperately want.
103. Go a week without straightening my hair.
104. Make a snowfort.
105. Organize my iTunes.
106. Do something romantic for Valentine's Day.
107. Make blankets like I used to.
108. Learn more about Etsy.
109. Patronize local buisnesses.
110. Send a message in a bottle.
111. Grow my hair out until I can't stand it.
112. Whiten my teeth.
113. Stop swearing.
114. Take my dad to dinner.
115. Feel healthier.
116. Complete a spin class.
117. Go hiking.
118. Run.
119. Go apple picking.
120. Go pumpkin picking.
121. Carve a pumpkin.
120. Go on a Haunted Hayride.
121. Make a dish for Thanksgiving.
122. Successfully copy my mom's recipe for cranberry bread.
123. Go to a club.
124. Edit a video to 'Weightless' by All Time Low.
125. Get absolutely crazy, at least a few times.
126. Take a long, scenic bike ride.
127. Spend a night on Sketchy Island.
128. Master 'The Secret'.
129. Go on a big date.
130. Throw a mini Halloween party.
131. Dress up and walk around town.
132. Go mini golfing.
133. Curl my hair successfully.
134. Be completely silent for 24 hours in honor of people I've lost.
135. Have a dance party with my sister.
136. Go ice skating.
137. Sail in a race, even if it's against a friend.
138. Feel needed.
139. Jump off the end of a dock.
140. Go snow tubing.
141. Go down an alpine slide.
142. Learn to play a song on the piano.
143. Learn a song on the acoustic guitar.
144. Stay a night in a teepee, whether homemade or not.
145. Visit an American Indian reservation.
146. Go to a party and just crash there, instead of leaving like I always do.
147. Make a list of 20 movies people are astonished to learn that I haven't seen, and watch them all.
148. Start re-collecting Disney movies.
149. Sew my own Ugly Doll.
150. Buy my dad a real Christmas gift.
151. Feel fantastic.
152. Solve a Rubix cube.
153. Finish Weeds.
154. Snorkel.
155. Donate my old clothes.
156. Learn the drums on Rockband on medium.
157. Get a massage.
158. Get rid of all the clutter.
159. Cuddle.
160. Skydive. Again.
161. Participate in a charity walk.
162. Create a video with Twig like her Don't Matter one.
163. Get a season pass for a mountain.
164. Change a tire.
165. Re-read To Kill A Mockingbird and The Things They Carried.
166. Sleep on a hammock.
167. Play a song on the guitar.
168. Walk to the end of Long Beach.
169. Get a hotel room and act like a tourist in my own town.
170. Go to Boston by myself, first by car and then by train.
171. Bike ride on the Rail Trail from start to finish.
172. Spend a day at Heritage Museums.
173. Make a table out of a board game.
174. Follow an entire season of a TV show.
175. Go sledding.
176. Build a snowman.
177. Get a new luggage set.
178. Stop texting in the car.
179. See a concert.
180. Fly in a small plane.
181. Watch a thunderstorm.
182. Read a book over 1000 pages long.
183. Babysit.
184. See a play.
185. Eat better.
186. Make another photo album.
187. Read a series.
188. Be young and stupid.
189. Spend an entire night watching scary movies.
190. Go surfing.
191. Spend an entire day on the beach.
192. Watch fireworks.
193. Spend the night in Boston with friends.
194. Buy and keep up with a planner.
195. Shop Sephora.
196. Start watching America's Most Wanted again.
197. Sing on expert on Rock Band.
198. Take a cake-decorating class.
199. Kayak.
200. Have a fun, spectacular, amazing year.

Goal Number 8: Successfully transfer to a college where I feel comfortable - Complete!

Today when I got home from work, there was a big white envelope addressed to me from Emmanuel College in Boston.

My heart started racing.

My palms started sweating.

I started screaming to my boyfriend, who was outside working on his car. "Ben! Ben! Ben! I got a letter! It's thin, that's supposed to be a bad sign. OMG OMG OMG OMG."

He climbed out of the back of his car (where he had just finished ripping up all the carpet) and looked at me freaking out with a curious expression. "Open it."

So I did.

The first thing I saw was "This is your place. Welcome." written on the front of a folder. This wasn't enough for me to believe I was in. Inside the folder was an letter congratulating me (!!!!!!!!). I'm in! I'm into my dream school!

I'll be honest. I began to cried as I was jumping around, screaming for joy. Ben hugged me and jumped with me and congratulated me, and tonight we went out with our friend, Ethan, to celebrate. Tomorrow night I'm celebrating with my best friend.

I still cannot believe it.

Goal Number 155: Own a wardrobe I'm proud of - Completed!

I finally have a closet that I don't mind picking through to find a good outfit. It still needs work, and I plan on trolling through eBay (latest addiction, I think so!) to find some Spring-y looks for the coming months. Some girl in my Early Childhood Education class was bragging about how she found an entire wardrobe at a thrift shop for $50. I was amazed but skeptical. Anyway!

A picture of my full closet:

My closet has never looked so goooooood.

Goal Number 151: Look like an American Eagle model - Completed!

I'm wearing a striped navy and white sweater, American Eagle dark wash jeans, and a white scarf (technically from Forever 21, but no labels make it look like it could be from American Eagle).

Ahhh clothes. I feel like I finally own a collection of clothes that I'm proud of. Hey, wasn't that another goal?!

Goal Number 106: Do something romantic for Valentine's Day - Completed to the best of my ability.

I had to work a nine hour shift on V-Day, and Ben worked too. So we ended up going out for ice cream with my sister and her boyfriend, which wasn't romantic, but it was something.

Goal Number 105: Get an article published in a magazine - Completed!

See? This is what I get for neglecting this blog.

I was actually published a month ago. I wrote an article for my mama's business and it was published in Cape Cod Life. I don't have the link for you right now, so you'll have to take my word for it. :)

Goal Number 111: Grow my hair out past my shoulder blades - Completed!

I haven't had my hair this long in a million years. Ever since I can remember, I've loved the short cut for how light it is and how easy. I've made some serious cutting mistakes that I'll forget someday, usually involving Procuts.

This was my favorite short haircut, back when I was a junior in high school. I had dyed my hair red and I was a fresh little monkey. If I had as much confidence then as I do now I probably would've scared my boyfriend away.




I'll probably rock this look some time in the future, since I have the confidence to make this a part of me, rather than something to hide me.

(Ugh. One of the comments on my old Myspace pictures is from my exbf. I was trying so hard to forget his mean Canadian existence.)

Anyway, my long hair!



Yeah. That's the same heart as in the last picture. My boyfriend was having fun with window markers back in June 2008. Above the heart is I ♥ SG, and on my window there's BZ+SG in a heart with a little 'aw!', plus an evil hamster.

Just noticed I have the same cell phone too. I think it's time for an upgrade.