Just because. Everything striked out is what I've accomplished, and everything in red is what I'm working on now.

- Buy an Xbox 360
- Own a dog
- Graduate from Elementary School
- Graduate from High School
- Graduate from College
- Become a Geologist
- Go to Europe (especially Italy)
- Explore the majority of the United States
- Take a cruise in the Caribbean
- Be a hero (I've donated over 2 gallons of blood)
- Buy a barrel of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
- Go to an NFL football game (don't care who is playing)
- Go to an Alabama Crimson Tide football game
- Meet a deer
- Donate to a variety of charities
- Donate $1,000 to ToT
- Save the world

I wonder what M & A could do with $1,000 (don't know if that'll be in USD [740 EURO] or EURO [$1350 USD]) but either way they're getting it. I'm really curious, too, how much that would help them with funding. I'm debating asking them or keeping it a semi-secret and surprising them with it once I'm making the big bucks. What do you guys think?



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This section is personal for me, I'm creating a list of different charities I want to donate to. My new plan is to donate what extra money I have to a variety of charities. The following are who I am currently considering:

Health-related charities:


AWC - A Wider Circle: "to help individuals and families lift themselves out of poverty."


DAREF - Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation: "to find cures for diabetes and related diseases and to enhance the quality of life for all people affected by diabetes." (My mom has diabetes so that is why I would donate to this charity)


FACT - Food Animal Concerns Trust: "to improve the welfare of farm animals; address public health problems such as the safety of meat, milk, and eggs; broaden opportunities for family farmers; and reduce environmental pollution."

Environmental and Animal-related Charities


AF - American Forests: "to grow a healthier world with trees."


National Audubon Society: "to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity." (Caw asked me to donate to this charity)


Defenders of Wildlife: "to protect all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities." (Blixt requested that I donate to this charity)


FoE - Friends of the Earth: "to defend the environment and champion a healthy and just world." (Trunks wished for me to donate to this charity)


FT - Friends of Trees: "to preserve and enhance the urban forest through public education, promotion and support of urban tree planting projects and urban tree maintenance for the public benefit." (Pent said I had to donate to this charity)


NWF - National Wildlife Foundation: "to educate, inspire and assist individuals and organizations of diverse cultures to conserve wildlife and other natural resources and to protect the Earth’s environment in order to achieve a peaceful, equitable and sustainable future." (Quad wants me to donate to this charity)


Rainforest Alliance: “to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior.” (Zephyr asked me to donate to this charity)


TWP - Trees, Water, and People: "to improve people’s lives by helping communities to protect, conserve and manage the natural resources upon which their long-term well-being depends."


Water.org: "to educate those in the U.S. and other developed countries about the water supply problems faced by people in developing countries and serve as a charitable organization by raising funds to support the implementation of water supply project initiatives benefiting people in developing countries."


WS - Wilderness Society: "to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places."


WWF - World Wildlife Fund: “to preserve the diversity and abundance of life on Earth and the health of ecological systems by protecting natural areas and wild populations of plants and animals, including endangered species; promote sustainable approaches to the use of renewable natural resources; and promote more efficient use of resources and energy and the maximum reduction of pollution.”

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Here's the link to the website I used for these resources. Of course my choices are not limited to this list, and some charities I may not even get to donate to, but I will do everything I can to save the world. That I promise