The List

Okay, I know I'm posting again, twice in two days, something that's generally not seen in the blogging world. Here you may be thinking "Yippee! Someone who can actually keep up with her posts!" I hate to disappoint you, but I'm definitely just another one of those bloggers. You know, the ones who start out strong and then slowly dwindle in their posting... not only the amount they post in terms of time, but how much they actually post in each of their posts. But, I digress. I promise I'll post as much as I can all the time, but I've never been a good diary keeper. If you think about it, a blog is essentially a diary and a diary (or journal for those of you out there who are too manly or too embarrassed to use the term diary) is merely a chronological, written account of things that go on in life. I like to think I'm a good writer, half decent even, but that doesn't mean that I'm consistent.

Alas. Life goes on.

This post is aptly titled "The List" because I will be posting what I have so far of a bucket list. It's not excessive, extensive or even really impressive so far, but that's the greatest thing about bucket lists- they change! You can add things and cross things off. As we get older, our wants change and some things which we once wanted to do and never got around to doing may no longer look as desirable. The funny thing is that I add things every day when I can think of them. My current list stands at 50 things that I want to do, but guarantee that by tomorrow, or at the latest by the end of the weekend, I'll have another 50 things to add to it. I'll continue to add more and more in different posts as I think of them.

Here's the list!

1. Go cage diving
2. Swim with sharks
3. Swim with dolphins (April 2006)
4. Learn how to drive a clutch
5. Illegally street race
6. Have my own cooking show on Food Network
7. Ride Kingda Ka
8. Read every Stephen King book
9. Read every Dean Koontz book
10. Make a book list and read every book on it
11. Travel the world in 80 days (like done in the book)
12. Climb a mountain
13. Drive on the autobahn
14. Backpack through Europe (3 week, 5 week OR 7 week plan)
15. Split my bucket list into several bucket lists (do-able, not do-able, books to read, movies to see, etc)
16. Get married
17. Have kids
18. Debone a duck
19. Visit some place in every state in the US
1. Alabama
2. Alaska
3. Arizona
4. Arkansas
5. California – Hollywood, LA, San Fransisco
6. Colorado
7. Connecticut
8. Delaware
9. Florida – Orlando (August 1999)
10. Georgia - Savannah
11. Hawaii
12. Idaho
13. Illinois
14. Indiana - Indianapolis
15. Iowa
16. Kansas
17. Kentucky
18. Louisiana – New Orleans/Mardi Gras
19. Maine
20. Maryland – Baltimore Aquarium
21. Massachusetts (Lived) – Martha’s Vineyard, Cape Cod
22. Michigan – Mall of America
23. Minnesota
24. Mississippi
25. Missouri
26. Montana
27. Nebraska
28. Nevada – Las Vegas
29. New Hampshire
30. New Jersey (Lived)
31. New Mexico
32. New York (Lived)
33. North Carolina
34. North Dakota
35. Ohio
36. Oklahoma
37. Oregon
38. Pennsylvania
39. Rhode Island
40. South Carolina
41. South Dakota
42. Tennessee
43. Texas
44. Utah
45. Vermont
46. Virginia
47. Washington
48. West Virginia
49. Wisconsin
50. Wyoming
51. Four corners
20. Go to Katz’s deli in Manhattan (July 2011)
21. Write a full novel (50,000+ words)
22. Participate in NaNoWriMo
23. Get a book published
24. Help build a house
25. Find a beer I actually like
26. Visit King’s Cross Station in England
27. Go to Israel (June 2010)
28. Ride a camel (June 2010)
29. Ride an elephant
30. Learn another language and be able to hold conversations
31. Write a screenplay
32. Acquire a $2 bill
33. Go to a Renaissance Faire
34. Scuba diving
35. Visit South America somewhere
36. Meet and become friendly with someone excessively famous
37. Really learn how to play guitar
38. Eat in every restaurant that has been on Guy Fieri’s Diner’s, Drive In’s and Dives
39. Apply to be on the Amazing Race
1. Participate in Amazing Race
2. Win Amazing Race
40. Snorkel
41. Hold a koala
42. Own a penguin
43. Take a cooking class at Le Courdon Bleu in Paris
44. Ride in a hot air balloon
45. Go to the site of the Woodstock concert (August 2003)
46. Drive down the Pacific coast
47. Participate in a Tough Mudder competition
48. Go white water rafting
49. Learn how to surf
50. Learn how to water ski

I'm well aware of the fact that #19 has a lot of things under it (every state in the US), but I need to keep track of which states I visit and which are still to be visited! I'm also aware that half the states don't actually have specific places to visit. I haven't done all the research yet on each state, but I know I want to visit somewhere in every state (even if the only thing I want to do in that state is visit somewhere Guy has been on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives). I'll eventually get up another post with all of the states modified to have somewhere I want to visit in each state. =) I'm also aware that "Four Corners" is not a state, but it's four states at once and I couldn't figure out where to put it, so I made it it's own destination. I am also aware that #39 has a part A and a part B attached. These two aren't necessary, since after applying to be on the Amazing Race, things are out of my control. If I get onto the Amazing Race, I'll participate. If I participate, I'm going to try my hardest to win, but that's also not necessary. It's just an additional plus.

So now that the list is posted and you've seen the things that I want to do, all I can do is hope that there are a few things on there you might think are crazy, impossible, dramatic.... but that you might want to do, too.