Things I want to do before I kick the bucket. *Inspired by The Bucket List.

Personal Experiences:

• Write a novel from start to finish.
• Film a documentary.
• Record a song.
• Drive a convertible in 90 degree weather with the top down and music blaring.
• Have a gothic photo shoot in an elaborate prom dress. Destroy said prom dress during the photo shoot, starting in a cemetery and moving to a fountain or river/lake where I’m in the water with the dress on.
• Learn to play the piano. Bonus points for learning to play Bella’s Lullaby. (Skip to 1:10 to hear the piano melody)
• Ride the Slingshot bungee ride at a fair. August 2003
• Skydive.
• Ride a zip-line.
• Join a gym. January 13, 2010
  
• Return to my high school happy weight of 150 lbs.
• Find my birth mom. 2005
• Sing the American and Canadian national anthems in front of 2,500 people. 2000-2002
• Take a class for something just b/c I’m interested. 2008, Beginner’s Sewing
• Learn to drift a car. Extra points for autocross or rally.
• Learn to swim properly.
• Move to a new city, leaving everything behind. May 2005
• Volunteer for something I’m passionate about.
• Ride a roller coaster. 2008
• Work for myself.
• Build a comfortable savings for the future.
• Learn to spin and dye yarn.
• Overcome my anxiety and panic attacks.
• Raise a puppy into a well behaved family dog.
• Adopt a stray kitten from an animal shelter. March 2008 (Wednesday) & April 2008 (Gir)
• Realize complete happiness in every aspect of my life.
• Learn to cook.
• Make bread from scratch.
• Remodel a room.
• Send in my own Post Secret.
• Build a tree fort.
• Swim with a dolphin.
• Have my portrait painted or sketched at an outdoor booth.
• Go skinny-dipping in broad daylight.
• Be a member of the audience in a tv show.
• Send a message in a bottle.
• Sit on a jury panel.
• Ask for a raise I deserve. 2010
  
• Teach someone to read.
• Watch a lunar eclipse.
• Write my legal will.
• Spend an ENTIRE day (from morning to night) reading a great novel.
• Earn mardi gras beads the traditional way.
• Fly first class.
• Ride in a helicopter.
• Enjoy a meal alone at a restaurant. 11/20/09
• Participate in a charity walk
• Learn to snowboard.
• Eat at a 5 star restaurant.
• Go horseback riding.
• Donate blood.
• Knit a sweater from start to finish.
• Fold 10 origami shapes with personal messages written on the inside. Give them to 10 people I love.
• Learn and practice yoga and/or meditation.
• Organize a picnic.
• Spend an entire day naked.
• Swim 5 laps without stopping.
• Create my own web site. March 2009
  

Love:

• Experience true love. 2005 and counting :)
  
• Take a romantic hot air balloon ride.
• Take a romantic gondola ride.
• Watch an entire sunrise and sunset together.
• Make love on a beach in broad daylight. 2007 ;)
  
• Get married, preferably on the TI pirate ship in Vegas.

Material Objects:

• Buy myself a gorgeous piece of heirloom jewelry.
• Own a piano. Christmas gift, 2009
• Win something super awesome.
• Pay off my car. January 2010
  
• Own a Mercedes Benz.
• Own a motorcycle.

Travel:

• Visit Heather’s burial site in Ohio.
• Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich.
• Visit at least one place on each continent.
• Visit a Disney theme park
• Go on a cruise, preferably a themed cruise
• Attend a ComiCon convention
• Drive the Autobahn.
• Take a vacation. A real one, far away from home. Las Vegas, Oct. 2009
• Visit each of the 50 US states. - 5/50: CA, OR, AK, WA, NV

visited 5 states (10%)