This will be a very “listy” post. For obvious reasons, see title. I thought it would be a good idea to get some of my goals and stuff up and crossed off. I know, super long list and it is constantly getting updated. This is by no means all of them. But a good start and I plan on writing posts about them:
Personal Goals
Become and ordained Minister.Solve a Rubicks cubeFall in love and get marriedHave a babySubsequent baby calls me momma
- Create a Rube Goldberg Machine
Find a conch shell.The Conch CatastrophyWalk a mile backwardsget a tattooBreak a boneAnd This Little Piggy Went Directly Into a Baby Gate and Broke- Create and set off a thermite explosion
- Open a champagne bottle with a saber.
Get fired, especially (but not limited to) when you’re getting fired because you want to get fired.(Should happen to everyone at least once)- Own a flame thrower
Dance with my dad at my wedding- Learn to BBQ some “Slap yo mama” ribs
Save a lifeGo whale watching(Again, Thank you Bruce and Melissa)- Cook a book
- Be able to do the scorpion yoga pose
Have a hero.Be a hero.- Meet your hero.
Go ghost hunting.- Lose 130 pounds (wow seems like a lot! It is a freaking lot. Oh well)
- Become a published author
Have my artwork displayed in a gallery(When I was 12, but still counts)- Publish a children’s book
- Restore a classic car
- Restore an old house
Hug a redwoodThe Redwood Didn’t Hug Back..JerkfaceStart a blog!(it can be found here :P)make a 16 hour full day playlist(I am on Spotify if you want to find me)- Read a book about every american president
Swim / stand under a waterfall(one in Zion pushed me flat to the ground)- Ride a harley
- Cruise in a ferrari
- swim with dolphins
Become a vegetarian(for 6 months, but I did it)Taste the finest wine.(Sweet surrender – from Keyways Winery)- read the top 100 books (List can be found here Modern Libraries Reader’s List)
- run a marathon
- 3.5r
- mini
- 1/2
- whole
- Have 100,000 in savings
Have 10,000 in savingsHave 1,000 in savingsHave 10 bucks in savings- Own a 1971 Mach 1 mustang (have only hugged one, and drooled from afar)
- Dye hair black and blue
Dye hair red and black- Read the Kama sutra
- Know the names of all the American presidents
- Memorize the rhyme of the ancient mariner
- Complete a triathlon
Walk a labyrinthHelp Lisa Fly in a planeRoll around in 20’s like the 3rd rate rap star that I am- Roll around in 50’s like the 2nd rate rap star that I am
- Roll around in 100’s like the 1st rate rap star that I am
Change my own serpentine beltChange my own brakesChange my own oilRotate my own tiresFly my car 30 feetmake 1000 paper cranesAttend the Nebula Awards(Thank you Bruce and Melissa. You made one of my dreams come true)Meet Neil Gaiman(I hugged him)See a major league baseball gameParticipate in a food fightRead 1000 books- Be photographed in the Iconic breakfast at Tiffany’s pose.
- Get a blue box from Tiffany’s.
- Go grape stomping
- Experience a white christmas
Hug a pug(Lisa, I miss your pugs. Snort snort)- Watch over 100 artists live in concert.
Dave MathewsDave Mathews and Tim ReynoldsElton John and the red pianoReba McentireRodrigo y GabriellaMetallicaGodsmackU2Black eyed peasBuckeye cherryCypress HillKittynonpointCherry Poppin DaddiesBig bad voodoo DaddyBig bad voodoo DaddyNew Kids on the BlockThe killersPhil Lesh and Trey AnastasioThe Black CrowesDamien MarleyGodsmackDeftonesHomegrownIncubusStone Temple PilotsThe Keller Williams Incident featuring Keller Williams backed by The String Cheese IncidentBig and Rich
Watch a Cirque du Soleil show.(Seen a few, those crazy bastards)- Kiss under mistletoe
- Experience zero gravity
Go to a drive in move(many times as a kid)Test-drive a car you can’t really affordTry on jewelry you can’t afford.(Tried on a pinky ring that cost a half million dollars)
Travel
- See the underground Paris catacombs
Eat pasta in ItalyTravel through five states in a day- See Starry Night in person at the MOMA. (almost saw it on a New York trip. It was traveling..I almost sat on the floor and cried. Had to make do with Jaspar Jones)
- Go on an Alaskan Cruise with my family
- See the inauguration of an American president
Visit times square- Visit every state
- 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
- Alabama
- Visit Montreal, Quebec and see the ice hotel
- Visit the seven sacred pools
- Visit the Athabasca glacier
- Go to a TED Conference
- See the Olympics
- Go to Mardi Gras
- Go to Oktoberfest
- See Versailles
- Go to the Louvre
See Niagara FallsHave Buffalo wings in Buffalo New York- See Falling Water house
Go to the CaribbeanVisit Jamaica- Cruise the Greek Islands
- Hike Kilimanjaro
Visit the Grand Canyon- Kayak the grand canyon
See the smokey mountainsClimb a great big mountain. (climbed Mt. Charleston 11,916 ft)- Ride the Trans Siberian railroad
- Storm a castle in Ireland
- Walk the Inca Trail and see Machu Picchu
- Be serenaded by a venetian gondolier (maybe next time. really expensive in Venice)
- skinny dip in Ireland
- Drive across the USA (Have driven south to north on both sides of the US)
- Go to the mall of america
- See Mt. Rushmore
Visit my fathers hometown in Tennessee- Helicopter ride over a Hawaiian Volcano
Helicopter ride over the Strip- See wolves in yellowstone
Go to New OrleansTry a hurricaneTry a MuffalataSee Jackson squareSee the french quarterHave Beignets and Creole coffee.Get some beads.Have some seriously southern food, gumbo, red beans and rice, alligator.
- See Flamenco dance live in Spain
- Drink Hot Cocoa in Switzerland
Live in Italy for three monthsSee the city center of pienza- See the blue grotto
- See the Last Supper
- Visit Assisi
- Frasassi Cave
Visit the botanical garden of PaduaSee Cinque terreSee Verona ItalySay “Romeo Romeo where for art thou Romeo” in Verona.
See Villa D’esteVisit Genoa Italy and eat some seafoodVisit RomeVisit the Holy SeeMichangelo’s DavidThe ColosseumGo into the Colosseum
The PantheonHave the best Gelato in ItalyArch of ConstantineChurch of Santa ConstanzaTempietto di San PietroVilla FarnesiaColonade of St. PeterSan Carlo alle Quattro FontoneBasilica of San MarinoTrevi Fountain
Visit FlorenceSan Minialo al montePalazzo mediciflorence cathedralHear the bells pf florenceHave a hotel that faces the domeHospital of the innocentsPalazzo VecchioPalazzo PitiFlorence BaptisteryUffiziBoboli Gardens
See Castle Vecchio in VeronaSee the Hospital of Santa Maria della ScallaPalazzo piccolomini in PienzaPalazzo Ducale in UrbinaVilla Farnese, Caparola- See Nice
See Sienna- See pompei
- Watch the races in Sienna
- See the Leaning tower of Piza
- Cross from Italy into France
- See Lake Como
- Sleep in hotel California
- See Angel Falls in Venezuela
- Experience a dim sum breakfast in Hong Kong
Go on a cruise- Bike across the USA
- Attend a comic con
See Venice beachSee Venice canalsBasilica of San MarcoFeed the insane number of pigeons in front of the basilicaSee the Church of the redeemerSanta Maria dei miracoliCa d’oroWatch glass blowing in Venice
See The Venetian in Las VegasSee the Hershey’s chocolate FactorySee the Spiral JettyHave Dim Sum in San Francisco You lose some, and then you dim sum.Find the best pork buns in San Francisco
Experiences
- Try Kopi Luac coffee or poop coffee
- Try 100 year old balsamic Vinegar
Cook and eat a Chinese tea eggAn Egg-ceptul amount of Umam- Go panning for gold
- Forge my own knife
- Brew my own beer
Blow my own glassCreate a ring plane- Fly a paper airplane 500 feet
- Create a supper club
Start a science fiction book club- Help build a house for habitat for humanity
- See the murmuration of Starlings
- Go zorbing
- Go white water rafting
- Fly in a hot air balloon
- Go in a submarine
- Race cars on a track
- Do an AIDS walk
- 3 day breast cancer walk
Do a MS walkDo an Alzheimers walk
- See Nesun Dorma sung live
- Attend a ballet
- Be a trainer for a day at sea world
- Go skydiving
- get boobs done
- Have a bonfire on the beach
- Drink glacier water
- Walk on hot coals
Catch a firefly- Fire Dragons breath from a shotgun
- See the salmon run
- Go dog sledding
- See the naked bike race
- Ride an elephant
Dive with sharksResearch my family treeChange a flat tireHug a redwood tree
Classes
- Teach a college class
- Take Tango lessons
- Take a bartending class
- Take a molecular gastronomy class
- Learn to glide step
Learn to Juggle(I can juggle 4 balls for a few seconds, but mostly 3)- Learn to roll quarters across my knuckles.
- Learn to speak
- Spanish
German- French
- Italian
- Take shooting lessons
- Become good at pool
- Become a black belt
- Take flamenco lessons
- Learn to ski
- Get Scuba certified
- Learn to belly dance
- Learn to weld
- learn to play guitar
- Learn to Surf
Learn to boogie boardLearn snowboarding(changing this one to “Try snowboarding” learn that you hate it)Learn OrigamiLearn to program (This is ongoing, but I have learned the basics)
Cooking
- Bake 30 types of brownies
- Make 30 types of hot cocoa
- Eat ham from/in spain
Make dinner for 25 people. Done this one twice.Drink 50 types of tea- Try 50 whiskeys
- Make 50 types of pie
Drink thirty year old scotch- Make an old fashioned pie. “More hot pies! More hot pies! – Part 1”
- Make turkish delight.
- Make Ratatouille.
- Make Coq au vin.
- Make French Macaroons.
- Flambe something
- Make Boeuf Bourguignon.
- Make Black forest cake.
Gardening
- Grow a cutting tree
- Grow a lemon tree
- grow a “black” rose
- Become a master gardener
- Grow a cutting garden
- Set up a hydroponics garden
wow! you quite have an interesting list there. 😀
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Thanks! I have been told I am an “interesting” person.
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