Happy Birthday Camille!

21 Things To Do Before you are Twenty-Two.

A Scavenger Hunt for Camille Agnes Volz on her Twenty First Birthday.

With Love, From her Oldest Sister, Brooke Who Has (Unfortunately, Already) Been There and Done That. 

(And one Bonus Item From Matt.)

 

1.  Go Skinny Dipping.  Just do it already. (Especially while you still have great tits.  At 40 - kids or no kids - they might not be so great.  Trust me.)

 

2.  Develop your alcohol vocabulary.  Make it a point to try one classic cocktail from each family of booze.  Some suggested cocktails that a newly inaugurated drinker might like:

*Gin Fizz/Gin & Tonic

*Margartia/Tequila Gimlet

*Vodka Lemondrop

*Whiskey Sour/Jack & Coke

*Mojito

*Mimosa

*Sangria

*Pink Wine in a Box (just ask

Shannon

)

Whatever anyone else says, do NOT - I repeat - do NOT ruin yourself with Long Island Iced Teas, Sex on the Beach, Fuzzy Navels, Jungle Juice or any other alcoholic concoction that mixes more than 2 liquors at a time.  Stay away from lots of sugar.  It's the sugar that'll make you barf.

You may also want to go international and try more obscure tastes like:
*Absinthe

*Campari

*Lillet

*Limoncello

*Ouzo

*Mint Julep

*Kutakoo

*

Bangui

But have a foreign man paying for these drinks if you do.

 

3. Make a list of 5 things you are really afraid to try (oysters on the half shell, skydiving, taking a calculus class, audtioning for the Spring musical, asking a guy for his phone number, rollerblading on

Venice

Beach

...)

 

4.  Do at least one of them before your next birthday.

 

5.  Create a vision board of what you want your life to look like at 30.

 

6.  Make a list of 10 things you can do between now and then to make these dreams come true.

 

7.  Buy one set of really sexy lingerie - preferably French made.

 

8.  Put them on and let Heather take an artistic photo of you wearing them.  You can hide the photos for now but one day, I promise, you will want to see what your scantily clad body looked like at 21.

 

9.  Write a one sentence biography of each year of your life.  Frame it.

 

10.  Rudolf Steiner says that we truly become adults at 21.  Until 21, we receive from the world around us, absorbing knowledge and gathering resources.  At 21, we begin giving back to the world.  What is your greatest gift to the world?  Make a painting of this gift.

 

11.  Time for more Ink!  What began at 18 with your initiation as "Littlest Sister" can continue.  Get a tattoo that celebrates and captures who you are at 21.

 

12.  Plan and take an overnight trip all by yourself...a cheap motel in

Santa Cruz

, camping at Stewart Hot Springs, a hostel in

Lake Tahoe

...Just do it.  And don't forget the ipod playlist that will be your very own soundtrack.

 

13.  Make an appointment at the MAC counter at Nordstroms in S.F. and let them re-create your look for the day.  It is free and who knows what vixen might be waiting to come out!

 

14. Choose one:  Have your palm read, get a tarot reading or let someone analyze your astrological chart.

 

15.  Take any personality or physical typing tests you can:  Meyers-Briggs, Strong-Campbell, Enneagram, Ayurvedic Doshas, the Four Humors, etc....don't take it too seriously, but see what these tests say about you.

 

16.  Once a month, tell someone something that makes your heart race and your stomach full of butterflies (I love you, Fuck Off, You Broke My Heart…)

 

17.  Ride a roller coaster.  Go to Great America and re-live the Grizzly that scared you so much when you were 6.

 

18.  Choose a charity you belive in and make a donation - even if it is only $5 - in celebration of your birthday and yourself.

 

19.  Perfect a signature dish that people count on you to make - a lush salad with your own personal twist, decadent blueberry muffins with a crunchy, sugary top, the perfect, cheesy lasagne, a cheesecake that does not crack, tender and juicy pot roast....practice until you find one you like.  Then make it yours.

 

20.  Plan, organize and host a dinner party.  Come up with a guest list, create your menu, plan decorations, make a seating chart, serve your signature dish and one cocktail that you have learned to like.  Put on a dress and lipstick.  Take photos.  Enjoy!

 

21.  Document your 21st year in photos.   Take a photo each month for the next 12 months.  Start today - 09/30/09 at 9:30:09 pm and take one each month on the 30th at the same time.  See who shows up.

 

22.  (From Matt)  Stay up all night and watch Saw I - IV. 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Camille!  It is 12:10.  Sending you love and happy wishes on this special birthday.

 

 

  

Comments

[Nicole]

Hi Brooke,
I LOVE THIS! YOu are such a great big sister, mom, wife and human! Thanks for sharing! So much of what you say makes me giggle with knowing...you are lucky to have been a big sister, so doing your own children may seem easier than if you are the youngest and doing your own children is really the 'first' time, so the learning curve is longer. You rock sista'!

[marybeth]

oh brooke. i wish i had you as a big sister then. and now. (i kinda do don't i...i mean your not THAT much older than me, but well...you are. so there).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAMILLE. You are blessed, so blessed and beautiful. I hope to meet your magic one day. Each Marianne's babies is like a puzzle piece that helps me see the world is Whole.

xxoo
mb

ps-Matt. you scare me and this is why i adore you.

[M]

May?

[julie]

Matt may need therapy!!!!
avoid Saw anything..keep your view of the world free of such tormentors.

excellent work Brooke..whats my list for 40, with 4 kids and a surgically altered hubbie??
Jxxx

[Kiersten]

Damn!! Why weren't you in my life when I turned 21?!! Camille-you definitely need to take the lingerie pictures because you will be happy you did in about 10 years or after kids (whichever comes first). And great advice about the sugar and alcohol-so true!!!!! Happy 21'st Camille!! I've never met you but if you're Brooke's sister then I like you already!!!

[MereMortal]

I think at 32 I may have to steal some of these ideas myself.
Thanks, Brooke.
Love you.
Happy Bday Camille!

[Marianne]

So awesome Brookie. Will you be my big sister next time around? I'm so proud of my kids and the love they share and it all statrted with you! xoxoxoxo Mom