I’ve been twenty-one for a day and I’ve already crossed two items off my 21 things to do whilst 21 list!
Yesterday for my birthday, my friends and I went to the Yuengling Brewery for a free tour and samples – yum! This completes item 1 on the list 🙂
In addition to that, I did get my daffodil tattoo listed in number 3, HOWEVER, I did this technically a few days BEFORE I turned twenty-one. Guess that means I’ll just have to get another tattoo this year to make it official?
The story behind my daffodil tattoo is simply that it is lovely and I adore flowers and wanted a piece that was just beautiful, more there for aesthetics than my other two tattoos with deep meanings. The reason I chose daffodils is the following poem by e.e. cummings.
“in time of daffodils(who know
the goal of living is to grow)
forgetting why,remember how
in time of lilacs who proclaim
the aim of waking is to dream,
remember so(forgetting seem)
in time of roses(who amaze
our now and here with paradise)
forgetting if,remember yes
in time of all sweet things beyond
whatever mind may comprehend,
remember seek(forgetting find)
and in a mystery to be
(when time from time shall set us free)
forgetting me,remember me”
I love the concept of the goal of living being to grow. I find this profoundly beautiful and my tattoo will serve to be a reminder to keep on growing.
I’ve also started purchasing some beers I haven’t tried yet in order to complete number 4 on the list – to try 21 new beers and document each one. So I’ll get started on that tonight 😉
Okay, so I’ve had PLENTY of the Blue Moon pumpkin ales, but the other five I have only either sipped on someone else’s or have never tried at all, so they’ll be included in my 21 new ones.
I’m off to enjoy being twenty-one now ~
samflower 