Saturday, November 10, 2007

Things To Do...Besides From Getting the Schoolwork Finished

When I came to Columbia, SC, I spent so much time hating it that I rarely ever appreciated the beauty in it. And that attitude also extended pretty much for the entire country.
For the past few months I have been dreaming about how I want to run away from here, be in other places/ countries, and visit all the beautiful places without even realizing that some of the most beautiful places/things are right here in this country. So I made a list of things to experience/discover here as time allows..
  • Hike the Glacier National Park
  • Go to Yellowstone
  • Go to Alaska
  • Hike the Appalachian Trail :)
  • Aspen Music Festival
  • Other music festivals
  • Go to a Broadway show
  • A Karaoke night club
  • Walk around the Mississippi and hopefully find the cave that Tom and Huck hid in :)
  • Go to CALIFORNIA! and live like a hippie for a day or two
  • Rodeo!
  • Bungee jump from the Grand Canyon :)
  • Hawaii!
  • take the longest and the craziest roadtrip
  • New Orleans during Mardi Gras
  • Live in one of the Indian reservations
  • Death Valley
  • Smithsonian Institute
  • Underground dance clubs in NYC ;)
  • Other places in NYC undiscovered
  • Blackhills National Forest
  • Massachusetts in general
  • Maine (for some reason)
  • Visit the Ahmish people
I think that's about it and a lot for now.
;-)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Ruia,
I'm actually only 21 so my experience is quite limited! we screened a film because we managed to get access to it, where others could not and basically the just promoted it as much as possible. As ours was Tibetan based I just got on the internet and looked for all the Tibetan/Buddhist groups in our area and then contacted them and provided them with a flyer I made up for the event. So I would suggest doing that... And we managed to get the event voiced on the Radio which I think also helped. Basically you need to locate your target audience and then inform them. You need to be prepared to go to a great deal of work, and have it maybe not be a big success. And if you can get a few people to help you organise it, the job will be so much easier/enjoyable. Raffle tickets are always good, or cheap 'door prize' to be given out to a winner of those who attend. I even used the internet to get people involved, so if you have myspace or facebook thats a great starting point. I made a myspace page about supporting Tibet. So yeah, i'm no expert but if you have any questions i'm more than happy to give you my advice! best luck with it Ruia, and I'd love to hear how you go. really great to see others around the world taking action! take care..
The Itinerant

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