The Life List of
Justin Kim
Jobs: |
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to be at least the supporting actor in a movie | |
to be a hobo for a month in New York City and/or Paris | |
to write a series of children books | |
to write a novel | |
to be a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize | |
to own a coffee shop in either New York City, Paris, London, Vienna, Venice, Milan | |
to own a corporation | |
to grow out my hair long enough to be a Jesus impersonator | |
to be a teacher in an elementary school for a year |
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to work in a magazine as a editor | |
to be a hippie for a month (getting high, respecting nature to its fullest, tie dye shirts, etc.) | |
to work for Saturday Night Live | |
to work as a stand up comedian & to have a comedy special on DVD | |
to be a self made billionaire | |
to work as a Santa Clause at the Macy’s in the City | |
to work in a hotel either as a manager or the guy that carries your luggage | |
to write a textbook | |
to be a pastry chef | |
be a photographer | |
to act in a Broadway show | |
be a shoe shiner in New York City | |
to be a producer of a movie |
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People to meet: |
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Ellen DeGeneres | |
Julianne Moore | |
Regis Phillbin | |
Michael Moore | |
Dr. Phil | |
Bill Clinton | |
Margaret Cho | |
Baz Luhrmann | |
Paul McCartney |
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Stevie Nicks | |
Larry David |
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Michael Ian Black |
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Cake (the band) | |
Mitch Albom | |
Michiko Kakutani | |
Emotion Eric (www.emotioneric.com) | |
Will Ferrell |
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Public Accolade: |
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to win an Oscar | |
to win a Grammy | |
to be on Page Six of the New York Post | |
to go on any talk show where one needs to be extremely white-trash (Ricki Lake, Jerry Springer, Jenny Jones, Maury) | |
to get 1 million visitors to my blog, officially declaring I have “followers” | |
to be on Real World or any reality show |
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Learn: |
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how to build my own house |
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Lacrosse, Golf, Polo, Water Polo, Pool, Snowboard, Horseback Riding, Mountain climbing | |
how to play jazz with a Tenor Saxophone |
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how to speak French, Spanish (almost getting there), German, Russian, British accent, and a southern accent | |
how to build furniture | |
to start a fire, to chop wood, to pitch a tent |
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To own: |
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one major piece of art from either of the following artists in my possession, Da Vinci, Picasso, Matisse, Vermeer, Fragonard, Monet, Pollock, Andy Warhol or Keith Haring | |
a beach home in New Hampton | |
a farm with milk cows, and then go cow tipping |
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a Ferrari | |
Homes: |
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to live in an ideal Martha Stewart – Cookie Cutter suburban town somewhere in Connecticut for a year or insanity, which ever comes first | |
to live in London and Paris for about three years each | |
in Scarsdale after kids | |
to live in the woods for a month, living off the woods | |
a cheap, humongous New York loft right near the meat packing district or the Village | |
Places: |
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Times Square during New Years Eve | |
every Ivy League school & Oxford | |
next Woodstock (if there ever is one) |
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Cancun during Spring Break | |
The Democratic Convention with a “Don’t Forget Bush” sign | |
The Republican Convention with a “Remember Bush?” sign |
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any of the Presidential Debates | |
where John Lennon got shot | |
where JFK got shot |
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the White House | |
Thailand |
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Las Vegas | |
Amsterdam, New Netherlands | |
Germany | |
to eat sushi in Tokyo | |
Moscow, Russia |
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Miscellaneous things: |
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to witness a birth of a child |
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to read every work by Sylvia Plath | |
to witness the Northern Lights | |
to whistle, snap, and cross-eye | |
to have children | |
to bungee jump | |
to sky dive | |
to ride a whale and a camel | |
to go to Mardi Gras | |
to watch 1,000,000 movies, (600 so far) | |
to crowd surf at a rock concert | |
to jump off a water fall, to scuba dive, to surf |
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to have an article written and published in the New Yorker | |
to live as a vegan for a month | |
grow my own food for a complete year | |
to be on the Tonight Show: David Letterman, Conan O’Brian or Jay Leno | |
to buy a Christmas tree and decorate it | |
to learn every Jewish holiday and the history behind each of them | |
to read every single article in the Sunday New York Times including the Magazine & complete the crossword puzzle on the same Sunday | |
to watch every episode of I Love Lucy | |
to memorize every sonnets in Romeo and Juliet | |
to learn how to do the Electric Slide | |
to read the Declaration of Independence | |
to be on Trading Spaces | |
to own a piece of the Berlin Wall |
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to know every amendment | |
to know someone personally for past thirty years |
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Stupid things: |
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to catch an ex – senator, governor, or any leader in the government participating in a repulsive act in New York City, (i.e. flashing, sex shows, vulgar language) | |
to start a real life Mystery Gang like Scooby Doo | |
to have a picnic at Central park | |
attend AA for the coffee and the cigarettes | |
to join as many self help groups as possible | |
to sing Sweet Caroline in the biggest restaurant with karaoke in New York City | |
to learn how to do the Irish Jig |
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