Bucket List

Everyone seems to have a list in their head filled with things they dream about accomplishing or doing before they die. I’m no exception. However, I’ve decided that it would be cool to get my own bucket list out of my head and onto my screen. Below is my list.

The things below are in no particular order. Yeah, some of them would be ranked way higher than others had I decided to rank them and, yeah, some of them are probably too far-fetched to actually accomplish. Who knows though, right?

As time goes by I’ll probably add a few things I either forgot to write originally or had pop into my head. I might even un-list some things for one reason or another. And, it should go without saying that I hope to cross-off lots of things I’ve accomplished/done as the days, weeks, months, and years fly by.

Here’s to reminding myself to live.

  • Graduate with my Bachelors.
  • Get a tattoo. I know what I want and where I want it, I just need to price it and get it.
  • Hug and spend as much time with Thomas as he can manage to spend with me.
  • See a Red Sox game at Fenway.
  • ✓ Use my passport for the first time.
  • ✓ See Coldplay in concert again.
  • Go kayaking.
  • Travel to London. I want to visit and ride the London Eye, hear Big Ben chime, take a river cruise down the Thames, go to Buckingham Palace and see the guard change, mind the gap and ride the London Underground, see Piccadilly Circus at night with the lights all around, visit Reuters’ world headquarters… there’s more but I’ll stop. I want to go and see and do everything.
  • Literally walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.
  • Go skydiving.
  • Learn a second language. Preferably, German.
  • Spend at least a day with each of at least three of my favorite Twitter and/or Tumblr people.
  • Acquire a taste for/find a beer that I can actually drink without wanting to throw-up.
  • Meet a celebrity or personality I admire or enjoy, ask for their autograph, and shake their hand all while not turning into a starstruck mess.
  • ✓ Be able to call someone my “best friend” for more than two years and actually mean it.
  • Attend the taping of a talk show, game show, and/or something similar.
  • Observe an autopsy in person.
  • Travel to Germany. I want to visit Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, and everywhere in between.
  • Drive across the US/Canadian border.
  • ✓ Fly over the Atlantic Ocean to some place in Europe.
  • Visit the Grand Canyon.
  • I also have some, I’ll just say, “sex-related” things on my list. I’ve decided to not make those public for now. However, if you really want to know, ask and I’ll probably share. 
  • Learn how to snowboard.
  • Find at least 1,000 geocaches.
  • Get new teeth and/or fix the ones I have. I just want to be able to smile without thinking about my ugly, crooked teeth.
  • Visit New York City between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
  • Graduate with my Masters.
  • Visit Walt Disney World as an adult (post high school graduation age).
  • Fly in a helicopter.
  • Go skiing in Colorado and/or somewhere outside of the US.
  • Travel to Seattle, Washington and at least go to the top of the Space Needle, experience the Experience Music Project, visit Pier 70, walk through Pike Place Market and visit the original Starbucks, and take a stroll through Pioneer Square.
  • ✓ Travel from one European country to another.
  • Be someone other than my parents’ emergency contact number.
  • Ride the world’s tallest roller coaster while it is at the top of the list.
  • Go back to New York City, ride the subway, see another Broadway show, and just spend more time exploring.
  • Take a red eye flight to some major city, spend the day exploring said city, and take a red eye flight back home.
  • Take a road trip from the Atlanta Ocean to the Pacific Ocean while stopping and taking pictures at random places along the way.
  • Visit Thorpe Park and/or Alton Towers.
  • Be an extra on a tv show or movie.
  • ✓ Visit Universal Studios Florida.
  • ✓ Go to Cedar Point.
  • Go sailing on a sailboat.
  • If eligible, get LASIK eye surgery.

– Used my passport/flew over the Atlantic on Dec. 26th to fly from Atlanta to Paris and from Paris to Hamburg and traveled from one European country to another (France to Germany and Germany to Sweden via Denmark) in Jan. 2012. Updated 2/10/2012 
- Removed “Have my own place which contains a bookshelf large enough to shelve all of my books” because I recently got rid of a shit-ton of my books. 12/17/2011
– Removed “Visit (and eat something) from at least 25 different Chipotles:” 9/30/2011
– Saw Coldplay in concert again: 9/24/2011
– Corrected grammar mistakes: 7/31/2011
– Created and Posted: 6/3/2011