Ten Things I Should Like to Do Before I Die

(Not intended to be morbid in any way—Indy, you can stop peeking over my shoulder now and giving me that look like your afraid I'm going to throw myself off a cliff—though that is number one)

1. Cliff diving. I should very much like to try this sometime, though Daddy says, "Not while you live under my roof, Rose." So that one will have to wait until I am at least eighteen. (Unless I move out now. Maybe Daddy can build me a shed like Mummy's in the back garden…)

2. Snog Tom Levin

3. Get a tattoo. (Another thing Daddy says, "Not while you live under my roof, Rose" to.) I still haven't decided where I would get or what of, but it looks like I still have a lot of time to decide.

4. Get a motorbike and take a trip around Europe. (Michael says maybe I can borrow his old motorbike for this)

5. Snog Tom Levin (I've already mentioned that, haven't I?)

6. Learn how to play the guitar properly. I can play a few chords and a few simple songs, but I would love to truly learn how to play.

7. Gather a box full of those maple leaf helicopter seeds (The ones that spin like propeller blades when you drop them) and then climb up on the roof on a windy day and dump them all down.

8. Go to China. I don't know why, but I think it would be great fun to go there.

9. Snog Tom Levin

10. I might change the title of this to: The Nine Things I Should Like to Do Before I Die