I still can’t believe it’s already the end of August. Where the hell did Summer go? It feels like only yesterday that I got back from tour and celebrated my 23rd birthday in Orlando and now…poof…I’m another year older.
So in an attempt to make sure I do everything I want to do this year before I hit 25 (and seeing as how time has been flying by lately), I decided to put a list together of 24 things I want to do before August 28, 2010.
Here goes (in no particular order):
1) Learn Japanese ( I learned some on tour, but forgot all of it. Sorry Pete! 
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2) Start a Rock Band (Hmm…Maybe Chris Brogan will be my guitarist?)
3) Break 10 Guiness World Records
4) Witness the Dolphins win a Superbowl
5) Read 52 books (that’s right a book a week!)
6) Rank #1 on Google for Eric Schechter.
7) Beat Zac Johnson in an Eating Contest.
8 ) Drive 1000 Unique Visitors a day to this blog.
9) Grow a full fledged mustache.
10) Get 50 people to buy the new No More Kings album, because it’s AWESOME!
11) Speak at a Conference
12) Sky Dive for the first time.
13) Have a drum off against Jonathan Volk, Justin Barr, and Logan Thompson.
14) Learn PHP
15) Redesign this blog
16) Bowl a perfect game.
17) Find Amberlee Jenkins III a steady boyfriend. (She’s been begging me for a while haha)
18) Visit all my friends in California and Seattle (I miss you guys! It’s been forever!)
19) Write a new album and perform it live.
20) Gain 15 pounds of muscle (Ohhh yeaa. Getting a gym membership this week!)
21) Beat Murray Newlands and Greg Rollett in Beer Pong.(You guys are going down this time! 
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22) Write 3 guest posts on Mashable.
23) Build the World’s Biggest Sand Castle (Siesta Key is a great spot for that!)
24) Win the Championship in the next Clickbooth Basketball League.
There you have it. 24 Things I want to do before I turn 25. How many will I accomplish? Only time will tell, but I am definitely going to give this my all and will keep all of you updated as I knock each one out.
Thanks again to everyone for the birthday wishes, you are all AMAZING!
Peace out.
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Wow, those sound like some pretty good goals. I especially like the full fledged mustache idea. Go for it. All great drummers need a mustache.
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@ Logan – Exactly! But for some reason my girlfriend seems to think differently. I wonder why? lol.
@Udi – Haha thanks for pushing me Udi! You’re right…maybe I should rethink these some more
Happy Birthday man!
Hard for me to believe you’re not 25 – I feel ancient
This is a good list but I have to say, it seems too easy. Maybe except for the “learn Japanese part”, I think you should be able to do at least half of these things waaaaay before you’re 25. Consequently, I think you should do #15 now and redesign this post by including some harder things like
“Make $10 million dollars (at least)”
“Have a 15 minute conversation (at least) with President Obama”.
“Date a famous celebrity”
and maybe even
“Reject a famous celebrity” (but that might be stretching it)
Things like that. if you do this, you can already scratch 1 from your list!
Aim higher! 
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OK, I’ll help you with #14.
Lesson #1 – things that look like $name are variables
Lesson #2 – print_r() is your friend
Happy Birthday!
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I want to learn japanese too – adtech japan maybe =P
.-= Ian Fernando´s last blog ..Your Tracking Link Got Removed! =-.
@IanFernando: Didn’t you mention you were doing Rosetta Stone?
Beat me in a drum off and I’ll help you with the PHP =)
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Haha you got it! Let me know next time you’re in Florida
I’ll be down this weekend… not sure if I’ll have time for a meetup, but I’ll let you know!
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That’s a pretty ambitious list Eric. (I like #10 the best – it is a great album!)
Good luck!
Hey, where is dunking on the list? You’re a tall dude and need to throw it down during one of your CB games!
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Eric,
I’m happy to help you with #6 and #14 at the same time– to rank on your name and redesign the blog. I had no idea how many other Eric Schechter’s there are– that top result is PR5, so your blog needs WAYYY more juice. You’re currently at PR2, but a few links from Zac (PR4), myself (PR5) and shoemoney (PR6) and you’ll get there.
Dennis
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Great post Eric! Look forward to reading more of them.
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