This week, after six-and-a-half years at Cornell, I finally enrolled in HADM 4430: Introduction to Wines — it was my last shot to take the course.

And, while sitting in Statler Auditorium during the first class, I got to thinking about the “161 Things Every Cornellian Should Do” list that we published in The Sun almost four years ago now, on Feb. 28, 2005.

After class, I went back to the list to see how much of it I had actually accomplished during my six-plus years on the Hill. The verdict: not nearly enough. Below is a list of the things I have actually completed, along with some commentary:

3. Camp out overnight for hockey tickets.

I have had hockey tickets all seven years, but I only had to camp out four times for them.

4. Go to the Cornell-Harvard men’s hockey game and throw fish on the ice.

7. Take HADM 430: Introduction to Wines. (Finally!)

11. Go sake bombing in Collegetown.

12. Order ice cream at the Dairy Bar.

13. Climb the rock wall in Bartels Hall.

17. Go to the Fuertes Observatory on North Campus and gaze at meteor showers.

23. Wait in line for half an hour for a salad at the Terrace.

25. Bomb a prelim.

My first prelim freshman year — Econ 101 — was my worst grade of my entire Cornell career. It was the definition of a “bomb.”

26. Live through an Ithaca blizzard and tell your friends how you survived frostbite.

29. Make your face turn blue by screaming at midnight before the first finals.

30. Get heartburn at the Chili Cook-off on the Commons.

I covered it four years in a row for The Sun.

31. Enjoy Ithaca’s two months of warm weather by spending a summer here.

33. Watch the AAP students parade down East Avenue on Dragon Day.

34. Enjoy corn nuggets at the Nines.

38. Go on a wine tour.

44. Learn the “Alma mater,” “Evening Song,” and “Give my regards to Davy.”

Two of them I know, but what’s the “Evening Song”?

48. Have dinner at a professor’s house.

52. See a play in the Schwartz Center.

55. Gamble at Turning Stone.

I’ve also had my car die at Turning Stone. It’s not fun.

62. Go to Wegmans on a Friday or Saturday night.

64. Go to a fraternity party as a senior.

65. Pretend you’re Harry Potter and study in the Law School library.

Although I’ve spent two-and-a-half years at the Law School now, I’m still not really sure what this means. The Myron Taylor Hall Reading Room’s ceiling does look kind of like an upside-down pirate ship though …

69. Take part in a psychology experiment.

70. Take over a building.

I never actually “took over” a building, but I was hunkered down in a stairwell during the “Redbud Woods” Day Hall takeover almost four years ago. I think that counts.

73. Ace a prelim.

76. Eat in the Risley dining hall.

77. Play at least one game of Texas Hold-’em.

79. Order a PMP at the Hot Truck.

80. Go to karaoke night at Rulloff's on Mondays.

82. Go to Group Therapy on Wednesdays at Dunbar’s.

84. Go bowling at Helen Newman Lanes.

89. Eat breakfast at 2 a.m. at the State Street Diner.

Mmmm … blueberry pancakes.

93. Walk to the Commons and back.

94. Go to an a cappella concert.

95. Play trivia at Dino’s on Sunday nights.

96. Eat pizza at the Nines.

98. Drink bubble tea.

99. Eat a Pinesburger.

100. Walk to a fraternity party with your entire freshman floor.

104. See a foreign film at Cinemapolis.

106. See a concert at Barton Hall.

108. Eat brunch on North Campus.

109. Do your Freshman Reading Project before you graduate.

111. Tailgate for Homecoming.

127. Go to the Pyramid Mall, realize it is severely lacking, then drive to Carousel Mall in Syracuse.

128. Eat mongo at RPCC.

129. Attend Cross Country Gourmet at a dining hall near you.

138. Watch people play Dance Dance Revolution in Appel.

Do they actually still do this?

142. Crash a political rally on Ho Plaza.

143. Do the COE ropes course.

144. Attend a show at the State Theatre.

145. Prank call the CIT HelpDesk.

I never actually did this, but I worked at the CIT HelpDesk a bunch of years ago and have been pranked. I think that counts.

146. Wake up at 6 a.m. for CoursEnroll, realize that it is still better than waiting outside Barton.

I just want to take this opportunity to say that the new PeopleSoft system is awful — I want Just the Facts back.

153. Walk to class in the snow, uphill both ways.

156. Eat at each dining hall at least once.

I think I’ve done this, but I need to look into the more obscure dining establishments.

By my calculation, that’s about 56 things — meaning that I’ve still got about 105 to do before May 10, although I’ll probably pass on such items as “go on a blind facebook date” and “hook up with a freshman,” since I get the feeling those could get me in trouble with my girlfriend.

Well, I’d better get cracking — only about four months to go. The clock is ticking.