{"id":7626,"date":"2016-05-18T23:32:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T06:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7626"},"modified":"2017-05-18T21:21:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T04:21:17","slug":"7-quick-takes-video-bucket-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7626","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes: Video Bucket List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/7qt.jpg\" alt=\"7 Quick Takes\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s my birthday week so I thought I&#8217;d do something &#8220;different&#8221; and do my Quick Takes in video form.  The text is below and can also be found by clicking on &#8220;Continue reading&#8230;&#8221; if you happen to have surfed over to this entry on my blog.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 584px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7626-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/birthdayquicktakes.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/birthdayquicktakes.mp4\">http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/birthdayquicktakes.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt1\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt1\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 1 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Actually *RUN* a 5K without stopping.<\/strong>  Due to asthma and too many injuries, I can&#8217;t run though I do love to walk.  I&#8217;ve wanted to do the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.c25k.com\/\">couch-to-5K challenge<\/a> a number of times but I always seem to start having issues with my knees or my ankles.  I keep thinking that I&#8217;ll eventually be able to heal things well enough to be able to try, but it hasn&#8217;t happened yet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt2\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt2\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 2 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Take part in a performance of Bach&#8217;s <em>Mass in b minor<\/em>, including being chosen for the concertini sections.<\/strong>  For those who are new to my blog, I am a classical music snob and a die-hard Bach fan.  This is a work that can bring me to tears and given my love for it and for baroque music, I would love to be able to sing it and even be chosen as a member of the select group that performs the concertini parts.  Maybe some day when I can do community choir stuff again?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt3\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 3 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Perform &#8220;O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion&#8221; at a performance of Handel&#8217;s <em>Messiah<\/em>.<\/strong>  I am an alto and I&#8217;ve sung the Christmas section of the <em>Messiah<\/em> a number of times.  While I&#8217;d also like to be part of a performance of the entire work, this happens to be one of my favorite solos and one that I taught myself on a drive between San Jose and southern California last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt4\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 4 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Return to Ireland and see more of England than just a few sights in London.<\/strong>  I had the opportunity to visit Ireland with my family 18 years ago and I&#8217;d really like to go back.  It was just a magical place for me as I&#8217;m Irish-American, it&#8217;s considered &#8220;the homeland&#8221;.  We had a 24-hour layover in London on that trip so we got to go see the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey (pilgrimage for me as I&#8217;m <a href=\"http:\/\/episcopalchurch.org\">Episcopalian<\/a>), and Buckingham Palace.  I&#8217;d like to see more of London but also see other parts of England and Scotland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt5\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 5 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit Hawaii and go snorkeling.<\/strong>  I got to snorkel when I went to Chapter Camp on Catalina Island and while that was pretty darn amazing, I would really love to do it in Hawaii where the water is warmer and I would be able to see more interesting fish.  My twin brother has gotten to go to Hawaii twice for work and I&#8217;m a little jealous.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt6\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 6 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit Australia and New Zealand.<\/strong>  My great-grandfather was from New Zealand (his ancestors were Welsh and Irish) and there&#8217;s a statue in Auckland for which he posed.  We&#8217;ve got the scanned pictures of his last trip home to visit family at the beginning of the 20th century and my grandparents have been a couple times.  Currently, one of my younger cousins is living in Australia and her mother and sister are over there visiting her.  I will admit that all the nature shows I watch have me terrified of being bitten by snakes or eaten by a crocodile; but I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;d be OK.  New Zealand is on the list because of the natural beauty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt7\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 7 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit Israel and Egypt.<\/strong>  I&#8217;m a scholar of religion and the two I focused on were Christianity and Islam.  I&#8217;d love to visit Israel and see all the places Jesus saw and walked as well as visiting Egypt to see the pyramids and some of the temples.<\/p>\n<p>For more Quick Takes, visit Kelly at <a href=\"http:\/\/thisaintthelyceum.org\">This Ain&#8217;t The Lyceum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s my birthday week so I thought I&#8217;d do something &#8220;different&#8221; and do my Quick Takes in video form. 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