List of New Things

This is the running list of the new things I do this year. Want to see something else on here? Leave me a comment!

Received a Tiffany's blue box Jersey Shore'd Myself Introduced My Parents to My Boyfriend's Parents Set 1, 5 and 10 Year Goals Learned the Alphabet Backwards Learned How to Play FIFA for XBox Applied and Wore Fake Fingernails Folded an Origami Crane Listened to Korean AM Radio Ate a Meal at a Real Restaurant, Alone Went to Flip Burger and Drank a Milkshake Made with Liquid Nitrogen Took a Bath in My Garden Tub and Used a Bath Bomb Saw So You Think You Can Dance Live Wore Silly Bandz  Learned all the Lyrics to and Sang Ice Ice Baby  Gave Money to Support Roswell Firefighters  Car Danced with the People in the Car Next to Me Learned how to fill up my tires with air Got Reflexology  Sent a Care Package to the Troops  Read a Magazine Like a Book Watched Glee  Ate a Krispy Kreme Doughnut when the Hot Sign was on  Stargazed on the hood of a car  Shamelessly Promoted My Blog Visited a Pet Cemetery Bought and Shot Off a Firework  Played Mahjong Used a 5-hour Energy Watched "The Rescue" in Chile  Wrote a "Positivity Blog" Met Long-lost Relatives  Blew a Bubble Gum Bubble as Big as my Face  Flew a Helicopter Did a Yoga Handstand  Saw Adam Carolla Live   Created and Named my Own Chocolate Bar  Sent a Secret to Postsecret  Hosted Mark's Parents in our Apartment for Dinner and a Movie  Attended Taste of Atlanta where I sampled Chicken and Waffles (among other delicious things)  Saw Moulin Rouge, The Ballet  Wrote and Performed a Poem when not prompted by some homework assignment  Discovered and Bought the Mumford & Sons CD  Created Tableaux of Historical Battles with Little Green Men   Ate Gold Ate Brains   Was Invited to Dinner with Strangers  Went to a Movie Alone  Drew a Cartoon Leah Blogged Under the Influence (aka BUI)  Started Reading a Fantasy Novel  Watched Top Gun  Made a Mentos and Coke Fountain  Went to the Decatur Art Walk Scored a Container of Really Fancy 'Fancy Sauce' from Iberian Pig Ingested Mentos and Coke Attended a Meditation Class/Ceremony at a Tibetan Monastery  Pulled Into a Gas Station with Zero Miles Left in my Tank  Boxed with an Amateur Fighter  Cooked Mom's Chili Did Half-Lotus Tree Pose  Re-designed the Look of IANTM Brunched at Rosebud and Sampled their Fried Chicken Danced at a Twisted Taco (VIDEO) Watched Mark Hit on Cougars (VIDEO) Played 'Words with Friends'  Ate Vegan for a Day  Flew on the Flying Trapeze (and other Circus tricks)  Removed a Stamp From an Envelope  Read a Sci-Fi Novel--Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy  Colored my Hair  Made Towel Animals  Left a Book at Borders and a Note for the Finder to Find the Blog!! Learned How to Pick a Lock  Celebrated Friendsgiving  Brought a dish to Thanksgiving  Went Ice Skating at The Rink at Park Tavern  Went to A Gay Bar Was the Best Wing-Woman Ever Performed a Yoga Demonstration at Lululemon's Lenox Store Opening  Saw 127 Hours, the Movie  Worked out to the Shake Weight Instructional Video  Took the First Step to Becoming an Entrepreneur  Traded a Penny Stock  Went to a PRSA Meeting  Attended a Professional Boxing Match Attended the John Lennon Art Exhibit Benefiting the Atlanta Children's Shelter and Learned that John Lennon was an Artist Artist  Watched a Creed Concert on Palladia  Played Free Rice  Met Korto from Project Runway Attempted to Send Free Mail  Went to the Trans Siberian Orchestra Concert  Decorated the Apartment with a REAL Christmas Tree  Met Richard Blais from Top Chef Learned how to use Wordpress Researched Buddha's Hand, the Fruit  Took a Mensa Practice test (under the influence)  Made fire without matches, a lighter, lighter fluid, a starter log, etc. Carved initials into a tree Used a hatchet Carved a banana and turned it into banana smores  Went antiquing (sort of) Attended a Core Fusion Class at Exhale MindBody Spa  Received Christmas Cards Addressed to Me Did something I can't say on the blog Made cookies with only a spoon Experienced a White Christmas in Atlanta, the first time since 1882 Ate honeycomb  De-iced my windshield with a knife and spatula Baked a Cake--which was a birthday cake, and also a carrot cake Used Nair  Sabered Champagne  Rang in the New Year with Korean Karaoke Made Stuffed Bell Peppers Found "The Vice Guide to Everything" and Deemed it my New Favorite Show Played Hooky from Work Checked out my Birth Chart Learned How to Read Palms Ate Sea Urchin Sushi Dressed in Grunge Saw the Most Snow I've Ever Seen in My Life Tried to Freeze a Popsicle Outside Worked from Home  Ote-wray an ost-pay in-ay Ig-Pay Atin-Lay Did a clapping push up  Had my First One Year Job Review Tried Astanga Yoga  Ate a Kumquat  Opened a Coconut with my Bare Hands  Started Training for the Chattahoochee Road Runner 10K   Googled "Leah Looks Like..." Attended a grand opening party Made & Ate Baked Brie Watched The September Issue Used a P-Touch Labeler Got my First Free Yoga Class for Starting Atlanta Yoga Scene Finished Watching the Second Season of Daria Tested the Urban Myth about Putting Vapor-Rub on Feet to Stop Coughing at Night Watched Eat, Pray, Love Went to Walgreen's Take Care Clinic Tried Ben & Jerry's Karamel Sutra Enjoyed a Sunday Funday Traveled to San Diego for Business Partied at the Hard Rock Took a Red Eye Flight Lived through February 3, 2011  Introduced Mark to Guster Bowled with a 15 Pound Ball Switched my Dominant Hand for a Day Wore an Eye Patch  Hired a Virtual Assistant  Used Anti-Aging Cream  Bought a Share of a Llama Interviewed a Yoga Teacher Attended Oyesterfest Bought Neverwhere, the First Fantasy Book I'm Going to Finish Gave a Balloon as a Gift Sprinted (on a treadmill) Bought a Heart-Shaped Box of Chocolates for Myself Ran All the Way Around Chastain Park (almost) Ate Veal Liver Got My Eyebrows Threaded Got a Manicure in Black Colored Mark's Goatee Wrote Fanmail   Finished Reading a Fantasy Book Flew with Mark Ate at Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland, OR Hung Out in Portland and Did Lots of New Things Read in Powell's City of Books  Ate from a Food Truck  Ran All the Way Around Chastain Park Made and Played with Oobleck Read an Advance Copy of a Book Learned All the Names of Ingredients of Paella in Spanish Ran the Chattahoochee Road Runners 10K Adopted a Puppy Unsuccessfully Did Yoga with my Hair Down Learned How to Play the Lottery by Failing at it 4 Times Drank a "Shorty" Played the Numbers on the Back of a Fortune Cookie Fortune Made Lunch for Mark Walked along Roswell Road Dined on a Puppy Patio Bought Juice for a Two-Day Detox  Did the First Day of A Juice Cleanse  Did the Second Day of A Juice Cleanse Picked a Bracket for March Madness Paid the Toll of the Person Behind Me Made Peep Sushi Did Zumba Fried a Bratwurst Turned off Cable TV for a Week Scooped Poop Made Art with MS Excel Visited Oni Fitness and Did Candlelight Yoga Washed a Dog Went to Mark's Parent's House Without Him Watched American History X Was the First Person to Ever Take a Class Did My Taxes Had Homemade Greek Yogurt, Made by a Greek Man Got a Hater for Atlanta Yoga Scene Went to Canoe Drank a Monster as Big as My Head Worked out with Kettlebells Ate Ice Cream for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Resolved to Start Wearing Make Up Celebrated a Two-Year Anniversary Brushed my Teeth Outside Drank a Beer in the Shower Watched The Godfather Went to a Dog Park Got an i-Phone