37 Things I Have Never Done

to celebrate today, my 37th birthday, i went on my local radio station with my favorite host EVER, monte belmonte, and gave him a list of 37 things i have never done. some of which i never want to do, some of which i hope to do. a few days later, i also went on my favorite NYC station, WFUV, and shared my list with the awesome carmel holt.

  1. had a slurpee

  2. been to asia, africa, australia, antartica, or south america

    [UPDATE: i went to australia in january 2018 on tour with welcome to night vale]

  3. met sting

    [UPDATE: i met and played for sting in an apartment overlooking central park in february 2018. he was very very nice. we talked about how hard it is to write musicals. i did not tell him about this list.]

  4. changed a tire

  5. shaved my head

    [UPDATE: i have been shaving large parts of my head since january 2016. does this count?]

  6. seen a david lynch film

  7. ridden a camel

  8. been to an NFL or NHL game

  9. sung the national anthem at a sports event, or at any event at all

    [UPDATE: in september 2016, along with the cast of miss you like hell, i sang the national anthem at a san diego padres game.]

  10. baked a cake

  11. bought a house

  12. had a kid, that i knew about

  13. been abducted by aliens, that i knew about

  14. been on snow skis

    [UPDATE: sometime in 2017, i tried cross-country ski-ing. i did not like it.]

  15. discovered a planet

  16. won a prize at a carnival game

  17. gotten married, and i never will

  18. worn contacts

  19. grown a beard

  20. gotten fired from a job

  21. ridden a unicycle

  22. seen star wars

  23. seen an episode of “the sopranos”

  24. finished “friday night lights”

    [UPDATE: sometime in 2015 i finished this series. clear eyes, full hearts, cant lose.]

  25. bought or sold anything on craigs list

  26. eaten cotton candy

  27. used a sewing machine

  28. been in a corn maze

  29. my car has never climbed mt.washington

  30. sledded down hospital hill

  31. been to yankee candle

  32. biked across america

  33. milked a cow

  34. eaten lucky charms

  35. thrown the first pitch at fenway

  36. driven a standard

  37. gone windsurfing

erin mckeown