The "30" List

What I Had to Do Before I Turned 30

James Schlarmann
As I approached my thirtieth birthday, which would mean one-tenth of my life will had expired. I wonder what the next 270 years will bring? I really hope they bring back 2D films. Things used to be so stunningly flat.

In thinking upon this momentous occasion I decided to create a 30-List. Like a "Bucket List" it involved doing things that I always wanted to do but had not yet. Unlike a "Bucket List" I'm not Jack Nicholson or Morgan Freeman, though I am one hell of a narrator.

1. Discover the Lost City of Atlantis

2. Fight a Kangaroo

3. Watch the entire series Designing Women

4. Cure Athlete's Foot (personal reasons)

5. Beat BurgerTime

That was it, just five things. I had already done everything else I wanted to do by 30, everybody does right?

Published by James Schlarmann - Featured Contributor in Arts & Entertainment

Writer, musician, comedian and social commentator. James started performing stand-up and sketch comedy in 1998, and has since also branched out into writing movie reviews and social commentary on social and...  View profile

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  • Rita Oakleaf7/27/2011

    Kangaroos are surprisingly soft, but they would probably still injure you severely. I saw your common-sense comment on the “Keep the Faith” forum discussion and figured you had some good content. Why does every forum discussion turn into a fighting match? Are we five years old? I’m checking out your humor articles. I write humor too. I don’t make crap for pay, but it’s pretty much all I can get myself to write. :)

  • James Schlarmann3/25/2011

    Ha ha. I do respect my (not very much) elders. So I'll take your advice.

  • Maria Roth3/25/2011

    NO! Don't waste a single minute of your remaining 270 years watching "Designing Women"! I'm 3 years older than you. I know what I'm talking about. ;)

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