I'm a few clowns short of a circus, and unfortunately I've disillusioned myself into thinking I can write. Godspeed.

Saturday, July 20, 2013

My Bucket List Updated

Since I've been awhile on an update on this, and I'm procrastinating on painting my spare room, I thought now was as good a time as any to do one.

Set foot on every continent on Earth. (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Antarctica, Australia)
Get a tattoo on my ankle or foot.
Get a degree.
Watch a soccer game in Brazil.
Fly first class.
See Our Lady Peace in concert.
Restore a car.
Visit Boston in the fall.
Take a comedy class.
Go backcountry camping.
Take a self defense class.
Visit Australia (and watch the sunset at Uluru).
Ride a real rollercoaster.
Visit NYC.
Join the Mile High club.
Inspire someone to do something great.
Bake cookies for my neighbours.
Fly in a hot air balloon.
Take voice lessons.
See the Grand Canyon.
Go wine tasting at a vineyard.
Start a dance in a public place.
Take my CFSC exam and get my firearm Possession and Acquisition Licence -- just because.
"Flip" a house.
Visit the East Side Gallery in Berlin.
Ask for a raise.
See U2 live in concert in Dublin.
Go to Charleston, SC and drive across the Arthur Ravenal, Jr. Bridge.
Drive across the Golden Gate bridge.
Get down to a single digit clothing size.
Help build a Habitat for Humanity Home.
Ride a camel in the desert.
Learn to play the piano.
Give a stranger a $100 bill.
Play a song on a guitar.
Have a salt water aquarium.
Be "at sea" on Christmas Day.
Swim with a dolphin.
Buy and display a piece of art that I love.
Rescue a dog and give it a forever home.
Go skydiving.
Make love on a moving train.
Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich.
Perfect my poker face.
Send a message in a bottle.
Learn to actually shuffle a deck of cards -- properly.
Ride in a private plane.
Pay for someone's groceries.
Drive a Lamborghini Diablo.
Visit a former concentration camp.
Learn how to invest intelligently.
Ride a mechanical bull.
Visit Japan (and the Aokigahara Forest).
Make a real difference in someone's life.
Ride through the Panama Canal.
Visit Easter Island.
Write a will.
Live abroad for a year.
Audition for a play.
See a play on Broadway.
Quit smoking.
Attend Mardi Gras.
Play tennis passably well.
Take a computer free vacation for at least 2 weeks.
Throw a classy dinner party.
Kiss the Blarney Stone.
Safari in Africa.
Help sail a yacht.
Learn to say the alphabet backwards.
Hitchhike.
Convincingly adopt an accent for an entire day.
Take salsa dancing lessons.
Take tango lessons.
Have whiskey at a pub in Ireland.
Go wild at Carnival in Rio.
Have my teeth professionally whitened.
Learn how to surf.
Spend New Year's in an exotic location.
Participate in a Marathon.
Go on a cruise.
Write and submit a script for a TV show.
Speak in front of a large crowd.
Feel weightlessness.
Live in a beach house.
Heal my past.
Donate blood.
Gamble in Monte Carlo.
Take a bellydancing class.
Own a Clydesdale Horse.
Whale Watch.
Go Scuba Diving.
Buy a round for everyone in a bar.
Visit all US States. (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming) * 7 down now.  Sadly Z is doing much better at this one than I am.
See all the Wonders of the World. (Great Wall of China, Petra, Christ the Redeemer, Machu Picchu, Chichen Itza, Colosseum, Taj Mahal, Great Pyramid of Giza, Stonehenge, Hagia Sophia, Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa)
Go to Hawaii.
See a tornado.
Take a Flair Bartending class.
Go to the Kentucky Derby and wear a great hat.
Make love under a waterfall.
Break a plate at a Greek restaurant while yelling "Oppa!"
Learn how to ice skate without killing/maiming someone.
Learn the basics of ASL.
Become fluent in another language.
Become conversational in at least 4.
Meet the Dalai Lama.
Get married.
Stay in a 5 star hotel.
Learn to sculpt.
Own a canoe (and use it).
Be an extra in a movie (or a TV show).
Go whale watching.
Speed date.
Live in a house with a window seat.
Ride in a gondola with the love of my life in Venice.
Go on a road trip down the Pan-American Highway (it doesn't have to be all the way).
Show a dog at Westminster and Crufts the same year.
Make something to be proud of.
Write a novel.

As you can see, I have a long way to go still.