Basically, it's a list of all things I've ever heard, seen, or thought of and my inner voice whispered, "Oh my god, I want that."
And just because I have a minor problem with tardiness, let's try for 50% by age 30.
- Kick down a door
- Become fluent in Italian
- Be able to say "please" and "thank you" in 10 languages (5 to go)
- Go pearl diving and snag a pearl
- Dive with sharks
- Learn to ride a motorcycle
- Drive stick shift
- Learn to play the piano
- Be an audience member for a TV show taping (COMPLETED! 11/9/09 - Comedy Central Presents: Jeff Dye and Elliot Chang - New York, USA)
- Ride in a helicopter (COMPLETED! 11/29/10 - Atlanta, GA)
- Ride in a fighter jet (COMPLETED! 4 /4/10 - Atlanta, USA)
- Crash a strangers wedding
- Be in a movie (COMPLETED! 8/23/10 - Los Angeles)
- Learn to tango and salsa
- Visit a food factory
- Go skydiving
- Get published by a magazine
- Earn a credit on IMDb (COMPLETED! 11/3/10 - Los Angeles)
- Be an underwater salvager (dig for treasure)
- Work on an archaeological dig
- Ride in a blimp
- Ride in a Zorb ball
- Swim with dolphins
- Throw a tomato at the Tomatino festival in Spain
- Attend Burning Man in Nevada
- Help with an olive harvest
- Get stupid in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Throw a Molotov cocktail
- Stomp grapes at a vineyard
- Go hang-gliding
- Go parasailing
- Learn how to drive a tractor
- Try snake, venison, dove meats
- Assist with the delivery of a newborn animal
- Ride an elephant (COMPLETED! 1/26/10 - Krabi Thailand)
- Ride a camel
- Bottle feed a wild baby animal
- Go to the January festivals in the Philippines
- Take Disney's Underground Tour, Orlando FL
- Visit Roswell, NM and visit alien museums and kitschy shops
- Ride a jungle zip line
- Milk a cow
- Sheer a sheep
- Learn the ins and outs of manning a sailboat
- Try fencing
- Ride in a hot air balloon over Africa
- Get pilots license
- Dive in a submarine
- Witness the Aurora Borealis
- Party at Mardi Gras in New Orleans
- Party at Carnivale in Brazil
- Master the game of poker
- Fly a kite in a foreign land
- Be able to perform one flawless magic trick
- Make a candle
- Take a cooking class (COMPLETED! 1/23/10 - Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand)
- Help monitor a sea turtle hatching
- Get certified as a notary in a US state
- Groom a bonzai tree
- Meet a member of a royal family
- Shake hands with Barack Obama
- Make or break a Guinness World Record
- Play and win at a Bingo hall
- Raise enough money to "gift" a cow through Heifer Int'l
- Get ordained to be a minister online
- Go "Office Space" on a personal machine that angers me
- Make money as a street performer
- Have a desert tent party in Morocco
- Write a novel for the National Novel Writing Month competition
- Take a self defense class
- Learn to skateboard
- Attend a high priced auction
- Own an art piece by Ryan McGinness
- Hold a koala bear (COMPLETED! 2/9/10 - Cairns Australia)
- Attend a Super Bowl
- Send a message in a bottle
- Paint a mural on a public wall
- Attend the Kentucky Derby
- Go to a firing range (COMPLETED! 4/18/10 - Atlanta, USA)
- Learn to crochet
- Make a fire (no man-made help)
- Work a dirty job with Mike Rowe
- Stand on the equator line
- Lend my voice to an animated production
- Create a detailed collage book of my bucket list
- Complete a mission with the boys from The Buried Life
- Make 1000 origami cranes
World Locations
- Blue Grotto, Capri Italy
- Taj Mahal, Agra India
- Great Pyramids, Abu-Simbel, Karnak - Egypt
- Alhambra Palace, Granada Spain
- Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Turkey
- The Acropolis, Athens Greece
- Kremlin, Moscow Russia
- Sydney Opera House, Sydney Australia (COMPLETED! 2/10/10)
- The Great Barrier Reef, Australia (COMPLETED! 2/8/10)
- Machu Picchu Ruins, Peru
- Christ Redeemer, Brazil
- Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco CA
- Great Wall of China
- The Hollywood Sign, Los Angeles CA (COMPLETED! 5/12/09)
Completed
- Get certified for SCUBA diving - August 2009 - Miami, FL
- Go Spelunking - Compton, AR
- Go Bluff Jumping - Branson, MO
- Nascar Racetrack Experience - 2003 - Griffin, GA
- Learn to Wakeboard - Branson, MO
- Go Rock Climbing - Georgia Highlands
- Vacation on a houseboat - Summers 1994-2008, Lake Powell,AZ
- Try gator meat - Aug 2009 - Jacksonville, FL
- Live in an apartment in Italy, cook my meals from scratch, become a local - July 09
- Visit a Renaissance Fair - Fairburn, GA
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Ride a mechanical bull - Aspen, CO
- Grand Canyon, AZ
- Eiffel Tower, Paris France - June 2007
- The Vatican, Italy - May 2004
- Big Ben and Parliament, London UK - July 2007
- Ride the London Eye Ferris Wheel - July 2007
- Eat Key Lime Pie in Key West, FL - Blue Giraffe Cafe 2003
- Help brew a form of alcohol - Limoncello - Italy 2009
- Learn Calligraphy - June 2008
- Learn to knit - March 2002
- Learn to make origami flowers - November 2008
- Shake hands with a former US President - Jimmy Carter, May 2004
- Have something named after me - "Via Christina", Wellington FL - 2003
- Throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain, Rome - May 2004
- Go on a safari - October 1995, Kenya
