Bucket List

I told my mother than I would write up a bucket list that improves upon the lame-o one going around on facebook, so, here it is!

Bucket List

(x) See the Northern Lights
(x) Ride a camel in the Sahara Desert
( ) Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
( ) SCUBA dive the Great Barrier Reef
(x) Become a certified SCUBA diver
( ) Sky Dive
( ) Swim with Great White Sharks
( ) Learn to speak a foreign language fluently
(x) Fill up a passport
( ) Train a mustang
(x) Live in a foreign country
(x) Work on an archaeological dig
( ) Sail down the Amazon River
(x) Go on safari in the Serengeti
(x) Go at least a week without showering
(x) Go whitewater rafting
(x) Swim with dolphins
(x) Write a book (working on it!)
(x) Pay off my student loans (I did once, and then I got more loans out!)
(x) Kiss the Blarney Stone
( ) Learn to Tango in Buenos Aires
(x) Learn to belly dance
(x) Learn CPR
( ) Get a tattoo (I have it picked out)
(x) Find a record player and actually sync up Dark Side of the Moon and the Wizard of Oz
(x) Look up the significance of all the things Billy Joel mentions in “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
(x) Go to the World Series
( ) Go to the Super Bowl (alternatively: see the Bengals FINALLY go back to the Superbowl)
(x) Sail around the world
( ) Visit all 50 states (6 to go, but one is Delaware and one is Alabama, and I’m not sure how I feel about that…)
(x) Walk on the Great Wall of China
(x) Go to the Taj Mahal
( ) Go on a cattle drive
( ) Ride the Orient Express
( ) See the Pyramids of Egypt
( ) See the sun rise on all 7 continents (Only two to go!)
( ) Go to Carnivale in Venice
(x) Go to a Pagan Ceremony
(x) Go dogsledding
( ) Stay in an over-water bungalow
( ) Go to Petra
( ) Go to La Tomatina in Spain
(x) Break a horse
(x) Eat food I can’t identify (do it all the time!)
( ) See the mosques of Mali
(x) Go out into the ocean and spend time where you can’t see anything but ocean
(x) See the Khmer ruins in Cambodia
( ) Go to the Kentucky Derby

Place an X by all the things you've done and remove the X from the ones you have not, then send it to your friends (including me).

Things you have done during your lifetime:
() Gone on a blind date (have never needed to)
(x) Skipped school
( ) Watched someone die
( ) Viewed an autopsy
(x) Have a passport
(x) Been to Canada
(x) Been to Mexico
(x) Been to Florida
( ) Been to Hawaii
(x) Been on a plane
( ) Flown a plane
( ) Been on a helicopter
(x) Been lost
(x) Fired a gun
(x) Smoked
(x) Had a hangover
(x) Gone to Washington, DC
(x) Swam in the ocean
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Had surgery
(x) Played cops and robbers
(x) Recently colored with crayons (well yeah!)
(x) Sang Karaoke
(x) Paid for a meal with coins only
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't.
(x) Made prank phone calls
(x) Given first aid to a stranger
(x) Given money to a homeless person
(x) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans (just last weekend! I got (earned) beads!)
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose & elsewhere
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Danced in the rain-naked
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(x) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(x) Watched the sunrise with someone
(x) Tried Sushi
(x) Been in love
(x) Been betrayed
(x) Been published
(x) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice-skating
(x) Gone to the movies
( ) Been deep sea fishing
(x) Driven across the United States (many, many times…)
( ) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
(x) Been kayaking
(x) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Been surfing
(x) Been in a hurricane
(x) Experienced an earthquake
(x) Seen a tornado
(x) Lived in more than one country
(x) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(x) Seen a falling star and made a wish
(x) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
(x) Seen the Statue of Liberty
(x) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
(x) Been on a cruise
(x) Traveled by train
(x) Traveled by motorcycle
(x) Been horse back riding
(x) Ridden on a San Francisco Cable Car
(x) Been to Disneyland/ Disney World
( ) Truly believe in the power of prayer
( ) Believe in Karma (I used to, but I don’t anymore)
(x) Hate someone
(x) Had a near death experience
(x) Are close with your family
(x) Been on TV
(x) Been in a rain forest
(x) Seen whales in the ocean
(x) Been to Niagara Falls
(x) Played a sport
(x) Ridden on an elephant
(x) Ridden on a camel
(x) Swam with dolphins
(x) Held a snake
( ) Been to the Olympics
(x) Walked on the Great Wall of China
(x) Saw and heard a glacier calf
(x) Love to read
( ) Been spinnaker flying
( ) Been water-skiing
(x) Been snow-skiing (snowboarding?)
(x) Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
(x) Swam in the Mediterranean
( ) Been to the Great Pyramid in Egypt
(x) Been to a Major League Baseball game
(x) Been to a National Football League game