Two weeks to go until my birthday!  Normally I’d wait a little longer to reveal my 33 Things list, but since I also have a Life List in the works, I want to space out the launchings in order to avoid list overload. (Although, is that even possible?)  You’ll recognize some of the items below from my 32 Things list, but many are brand new and are part of adapting to my change in roles and locations in the fall.  Items marked with an * will also be a part of my Life List, to be revealed next week.  Until then, enjoy, and let me know if you have any tips or would like to join in for a few!

1. Spend a month reading only German news.*

2. Create a book documenting my parents’ life.*

3. Find a running partner in my neighborhood.

4. Find a tandem-sprach partner. Done!

5. Submit photographs to Getty. Done!

6. Publish two articles on my fellowship research.* As of July 2011: In revision!

7. Take a photography course.*

8. Decrease the amount of refined sugar in my diet.*

9. Incorporate more tofu into my diet.

10. Read five books. Done! Der Vorleser, The World Without Us, Damals war es Friederich, Half of a Yellow Sun, and The Enchantress of Florence.

11. For one month, only check Facebook once a day.

12. Visit a country I’ve never been to before. In July I’ll be attending a week-long course in Hungary (Budapest). It doesn’t officially happen before I turn 34, but it’s close enough!

13. Upgrade my cell phone.

14. Practice daily meditation.* As of January 2011, I’m starting by reading, Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

15. Participate in Marianne Elliott‘s 30 days of yoga. Done!

16. Pass official exam proving my German language skills.* Done!

17. Teach my nephew a few words in German.

18. Buy a bike in Bremen.

19. Make a trip home to Seattle. Done!

20. Run in at least two races. March 2011: After all the drama with my kneecap in the Fall, I’ve only just now started running again, and I’m in no shape whatsoever to run in two races before June, so this goal will get pushed off until next year’s list.

21. Learn how to make sushi at home.*

22. Be as close as possible to Eddie Vedder and Ben Harper as I can on June 30. Done!

23. Host visitors to Germany!

24. Spend a weekend in Vienna.

25. Visit three new Christmas markets and blog about them. Done!  The Schlachte-Zauber and Marktplatz Weihnachtsmärkte in Bremen and the Ottensen Weihnachtsmarkt in Hamburg.

26. Switch health insurances. Done!

27. Switch banks. Done!

28. Visit a German dentist.

29. Try out Nike Frees or Five Fingers.

30. Do 5 pull-ups.*

31. Upgrade to a Bahn Card 50. Done!

32. Call home more often. Done!

33. Update my professional website. Done!