The Bucket List

This list is almost 10 years old and I haven’t really knocked a lot off of it. (I’ve recently had to make some adjustments due to family changes). Granted a lot of the things on here are expensive excursions but there are some that should have been accomplished a while ago. Check out my progress through the tag “My Bucket List” (duh). Time to get work.

1. Learn to play Acoustic Guitar
2. Be able to play “Come as You Are” by Nirvana
3. Repair an appliance
4. Fly a Cessna
5. Fast for 3 Days having just water.
6. Drive the Pacific Coast Highway
7. Make the Perfect Omelet
8. Do a flip off a diving board
9. Toboggan – aggressively
10. Learn to Ski
11. Scuba Dive
12. Swim with the dolphins
13. Learn Italian
14. Master Spanish
15. Milk a cow and drink it
16. Mentor Someone
17. Throw a real party (minus strippers, cake and kegs)
18. Start something that scares you
19. Choose a word or phrase and vow never to use it again
20. Visit Milan
21. Master a Cooking Dish
22. Go Kayaking
23. Get good at a sport that isn’t really a sport (like darts, horseshoes, etc…)
24. Listen to a veterans war stories
25. Write someone else’s biography without mentioning yourself
26. Sing in public 
27. Play chess until you beat someone you shouldn’t then quit and never play again
28. Give up your seat to someone
29. Attend a funeral of someone you didn’t know well
30. Take a vow and keep it
31. Eat a six course meal that you prepared
32. Make a movie
33. Give a panhandler all your money
34. Make beer, wine, or moonshine
35. Read Lolita
36. Attend an All Star for each of the major sports
37. Ride a horse
38. Run a marathon
39. Climb something you were afraid of
40. Get a deep tissue massage
41. Put a $100 on a long shot
42. Max the speedometer
43. Bungee Jump
44. Visit a real blues bar in Chicago 
45. Learn to Tango
46. Learn to Surf
47. Photograph an endangered species 
48. Attend the Olympics
49. Watch an orchestral performance in Vienna
50. Skydive
51. Ride an Elephant
52. Visit the Pyramids in Giza
53. Bake a 2-tiered cake
54. Run a cookout
55. Go fishing, catch, clean, and cook
56. Read something by Voltaire
57. Be able to recite MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech verbatim
58. Find a Cause, give money & time for 1 year
59. See Prince Live (He died before I could complete this — fail)
60. See Outkast Live
61. Visit the Louvre
62. Go Parasailing
63. Learn to water-ski
64. Go to an Art Gallery Opening
65. Get as close as possible to the “Hollywood” sign
66. Helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon
67. Visit NYC
68. Ride a mechanical bull
69. Build a PC
70. Fly a kite
71. Go Zorbing
72. Visit and Snorkel The Great Barrier Reef
73. Go Pike Place Market in Seattle
74. Drive a Lamborghini
75. Become a Wine Connoisseur
76. Create a financial strategy and use it for a year
77. Learn a new word everyday for a year
78. Go white water rafting
79. Make a Snow Angel
80. Write my name in the snow
81. Get my masters
82. Take a walk in the rain
83. Hot Air Balloon ride
84. Watch the Sunset and Sunrise
85. Stay awake for 24 hours
86. Get another tattoo
87. Have a picnic
88. Eat Sushi
89. Visit London
90. Go to a Comic Con
91. Visit Japan
92. Learn Japanese
93. Learn to Say I Love You In 7 different languages (not including Spanish, Italian or Japanese)
94. Run a mile in under 8 minutes 
95. See a movie premier at The Chinese Theater in California
96. Kiss my first Child
97. Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans
98. Write a Book and Get It Published
99. Attend a Ball
100. Attend a Florida State Football Game