1.) Be on GUTS and or Legends of the Hidden Temple and completely devour the competition and punch a Temple Guard in the face. Because, I never understood how if you were running through the Dark Forest and a Temple Guard grabbed you, how you would not instinctfully punch him in the wedding jewels. Because I took D.A.R.E. and I learned if a stranger grabs you in a dark place, it is : Step 1: Nutcracker. Step 2: Run. Except in Legends of the Hidden Temple terms it would have been: Step 1: Nutcracker. Step 2: Win, and receive a life time supply of Sketchers, an N64 and a hundred dollar gift card to Toys 'R Us. Which at that point in my life was on par to a gazillion dollars.
2.) Fly
3.) Play for the Red Wings, Tigers, Pistons, and Packers. Logistically, this seemed possible as I acted like I was a member of each said team when I was 7 and acted out games in my yard and drive-way. Realistically, at age 19. Kind of impossible, now I can not fault myself on this one. But, I if do not do this by the time I am 20, then it was a failure.
4.) Be a member of the Mighty Ducks. Not the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. The movie Mighty Ducks. As a 7 year you could not convince that it was not real. I actually hoped to one day play only side Charlie Conway and be coached by Gordon Bombay. But then I found out Bombay was Emilio, so I dodged that bullet.
5.) Be a Ghostbuster.
6.) Have 100 dollars. Now, I did do this. But at the time (being a 7 year old) and having an income based off of Birthdays/Christmas/Easter/Random Acts of Family Donation. I thought having a C-note to my name was big stuff.
7.) Invent a sport involving roller skates, football, soccer, basketball, and deep sea fishing. Do not even ask.
8.) Be a sports announcer. I always used to act like a commentator whenever I played sports games. Still do, so the dream lives.
9.) Be the next Beatles. Then I learned that they were actually four separate. I was stunned.
10.) Be on Mr. Dress Up. Greatest show ever produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Company.
12.) Not have an 11th thing that I hoped to accomplish by now.
13.) Be a firefighter or police officer. I mean why not. Come to thing of it though. If I indeed did become a Red Wing/Tiger/Piston/Packer/Mighty Duck/Beatles/Police Officer/Fire Fighter, I would of have no time to of been of GUTS.
14.) Be John Travolta's character from Grease. Again, do not even ask. Actually, I will elaborate. I saw Grease at thought it was amazing, and I had this little leather jacket and I used to rock it, I also had this Big Wheel at my grandma's. And I always used to wear my jacket and ride up and down the street thinking I was a Greaser.
15.) Go on Sesame Street and fight Big Bird. Alright, when I was 7, before all this Team Jacob/Team Edward stuff. There was in my mind Team Big Bird/Team Kermit. I was on Team Kermit. Still to this day I do not trust or like yellow birds. Especially one's who are 6'7 and tell me what the letter of the day is.
16.) Have a red Mustang, with a tan drop-top and drive my grandma around it in. Because at 7 years old there were three things I loved.
1.) Baseball
2.) Bubble Gum
3.) My grandma/other family members.
And I still love them all.
17.) Go to a Tiger's game with my neighbor Eleanor. I love you and miss you Eleanor. You were the best neighbor ever. It is because of you I am addicted to Swedish Fish and listening to Tiger baseball on the radio. Because like you always said, "The Tigers just sound better when Ernie is talking about them." I cherish those times when you baby sat me and I would always sit on that green chair, and you would sit on your recliner and we would just talk about whatever a 7 year old would talk about. And how you always called me a handsome young man. Again, I love and miss you.
18.) Solve a rubix rube. F those things with a tuba. I digress.
19.) Find Carmen San Diego.
20.) Be on All That/Not poop myself during Are You Afraid of the Dark. Now to clarify. All That was my Saturday Night Live as kid, I so badly wanted to be Super Dude or REPAIR MAN MAN MAN MANNN MANNNNNNNNNNNN. And as for the not pooing during Are You Afraid of the Dark. I never did soil myself just by watching the show. I did however find myself answering the question of, "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" With, "Yes, clearly I am."
So you could say I may have not accomplished anything, but I just saw Inception for the first time. So in a parallel universe I did do these things in my mind. Or I was dream chased by Leo.
Which leads me to the next thing I wanted to do by the time I was 19....
I am kidding. I never dreamt of being dream chased. Or did I?
Oh god, I am getting Inception-ed.
Bumm, bummm, bummmm!
2.) Fly
3.) Play for the Red Wings, Tigers, Pistons, and Packers. Logistically, this seemed possible as I acted like I was a member of each said team when I was 7 and acted out games in my yard and drive-way. Realistically, at age 19. Kind of impossible, now I can not fault myself on this one. But, I if do not do this by the time I am 20, then it was a failure.
4.) Be a member of the Mighty Ducks. Not the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. The movie Mighty Ducks. As a 7 year you could not convince that it was not real. I actually hoped to one day play only side Charlie Conway and be coached by Gordon Bombay. But then I found out Bombay was Emilio, so I dodged that bullet.
5.) Be a Ghostbuster.
6.) Have 100 dollars. Now, I did do this. But at the time (being a 7 year old) and having an income based off of Birthdays/Christmas/Easter/Random Acts of Family Donation. I thought having a C-note to my name was big stuff.
7.) Invent a sport involving roller skates, football, soccer, basketball, and deep sea fishing. Do not even ask.
8.) Be a sports announcer. I always used to act like a commentator whenever I played sports games. Still do, so the dream lives.
9.) Be the next Beatles. Then I learned that they were actually four separate. I was stunned.
10.) Be on Mr. Dress Up. Greatest show ever produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Company.
12.) Not have an 11th thing that I hoped to accomplish by now.
13.) Be a firefighter or police officer. I mean why not. Come to thing of it though. If I indeed did become a Red Wing/Tiger/Piston/Packer/Mighty Duck/Beatles/Police Officer/Fire Fighter, I would of have no time to of been of GUTS.
14.) Be John Travolta's character from Grease. Again, do not even ask. Actually, I will elaborate. I saw Grease at thought it was amazing, and I had this little leather jacket and I used to rock it, I also had this Big Wheel at my grandma's. And I always used to wear my jacket and ride up and down the street thinking I was a Greaser.
15.) Go on Sesame Street and fight Big Bird. Alright, when I was 7, before all this Team Jacob/Team Edward stuff. There was in my mind Team Big Bird/Team Kermit. I was on Team Kermit. Still to this day I do not trust or like yellow birds. Especially one's who are 6'7 and tell me what the letter of the day is.
16.) Have a red Mustang, with a tan drop-top and drive my grandma around it in. Because at 7 years old there were three things I loved.
1.) Baseball
2.) Bubble Gum
3.) My grandma/other family members.
And I still love them all.
17.) Go to a Tiger's game with my neighbor Eleanor. I love you and miss you Eleanor. You were the best neighbor ever. It is because of you I am addicted to Swedish Fish and listening to Tiger baseball on the radio. Because like you always said, "The Tigers just sound better when Ernie is talking about them." I cherish those times when you baby sat me and I would always sit on that green chair, and you would sit on your recliner and we would just talk about whatever a 7 year old would talk about. And how you always called me a handsome young man. Again, I love and miss you.
18.) Solve a rubix rube. F those things with a tuba. I digress.
19.) Find Carmen San Diego.
20.) Be on All That/Not poop myself during Are You Afraid of the Dark. Now to clarify. All That was my Saturday Night Live as kid, I so badly wanted to be Super Dude or REPAIR MAN MAN MAN MANNN MANNNNNNNNNNNN. And as for the not pooing during Are You Afraid of the Dark. I never did soil myself just by watching the show. I did however find myself answering the question of, "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" With, "Yes, clearly I am."
So you could say I may have not accomplished anything, but I just saw Inception for the first time. So in a parallel universe I did do these things in my mind. Or I was dream chased by Leo.
Which leads me to the next thing I wanted to do by the time I was 19....
I am kidding. I never dreamt of being dream chased. Or did I?
Oh god, I am getting Inception-ed.
Bumm, bummm, bummmm!
What a lovely tribute to Elinor, whom I also remember. You should be writing a blog for your school paper. Good stuff.
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