It’s been a busy week with Homecoming and all, but my ultimate goal is to get on some sort of regular posting schedule…of course I say that with ONE WEEK TO GO until I’m in Florida…so we’ll see how this goes…
24. Find out my blood type
I’m adopted which means there’s a whole slew of stuff about myself that I don’t know. Medical history? No idea. Where my curly red hair came from? A friend’s mother joked that it came from the JCPenny’s catalog. I probably won’t know a lot of that stuff…but there is a test to find out my blood type. It’s just that that test requires a needle. To draw blood. Clearly you can see why I’ve put it off.
My REAL hope is that sometime in the next three-ish years, technology creates some cheap, easy, and pain-free way for me to know my blood type. If not, hopefully I can suck it up and go get the test done!
25. Watch the post-Elliott Stabler seasons of SVU
I first watched Law and Order SVU when I was in middle school. No, I didn’t have irresponsible parents…my religion teacher’s daughter played one of Detective Stabler’s daughters, so of course I wanted to see her on TV. Other than that, I really had no interest in the show. Later in life, I fell captive to one of USA’s SVU marathons. And by one I mean MANY. Seriously, if you find that USA is running a marathon of SVU and there is something that needs doing, do NOT turn on the TV.
One winter session, I decided to watch all of SVU on Netflix. By some miracle, it did NOT negatively affect the grade I got on my comprehensive exam. At the time, Netflix ONLY had the Stabler episodes – he had just left the show. I could have easily started watching the current episodes on whatever channel they air, but I liked Stabler, I didn’t want to see the show without him. I was afraid it would suck. However, it’s still on the air and I’m sure they’ve updated Netflix so I should probably check it out.
27. Have a conversation in ASL
RIT has NTID, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, on its campus. About 10% of the student body was deaf or hard-of-hearing. I was used to classes with interpreters and c-print, captioning on all of the TVs, and seeing groups of students speaking with their hands. It wasn’t hard to learn ASL (American Sign Language) at RIT. They offered classes – both for credit and not-for-credit and had weekly “No Voice Zone” sessions. Additionally, everybody learned the “dirty” words quickly. I took the not-for-credit courses offered through NTID. They were $15 each quarter and were taught by NTID students. Fun fact – my ASL instructor later went on to become the first deaf contestant on Amazing Race!
While I was at RIT, my sign was okay…I’m not going to say I was good by any means…I have several friends that are interpreting majors, they’re good. I was able to practice signing frequently by talking with co-workers, sorority sisters, and classmates. Since leaving RIT, I really haven’t had the chance to use ASL. The local community class has ASL courses that I’ve thought of taking, but they’re a bit pricy.
Really, RIT is the only place that I know I can sign. The last time I visited, I wound up running into a sorority sister outside of the house and even though I had never met her before, we had an entire conversation in ASL. Granted, there was a lot of finger spelling on my end. Getting back to RIT is already on the list so hopefully while I’m there I can kill two birds with one stone!
29. $5 for every task NOT completed to charity
This one was definitely spotted on other lists! This is one that can’t be crossed off until the end and I have no clue what the amount is going to be. I’m also not sure of what charity I’m going to donate it to. Through Junior League, I’ve gotten to learn about local organizations that help the Reading area, so if I’m still in the area, maybe that’s where it will go to. Or maybe I’ll FINALLY answer RIT’s request for donations…HA!
300 Before 30 