One of my heroes, Maggie Mason, wrote up a Life List about a year ago and I decided to make my own.
40 Things I Want To Do Before I Die
1. Make a home on every continent. I have 3 left: Live in Antarctica for 3 months or less/Live in Europe for a year or more/Live in South America for a year or more.
2. Make a book of children’s poetry
3. See David Bowie live in concert!
4. Write a pilot for a comedy show that makes people belly laugh
5. Sing at my sister’s wedding
6. Have Joe, John, Cress, Cole, Brent, and Angie be my bridesmaids at my wedding.
7. Go back to the Ilomba one last time.
8. Wear a couture dress at least once
9. Go to a ball.
10. Perform a stand up routine at a amateur/ open mic night
11. Pay for my children’s or my sister’s children’s college tuition
12. Tell all the men that I had relationships with that I love them and that I never forgot them
13. Go back to Bejaia
14. Go sailing with my father
15. Speak French, Italian, and German
16. See the Louvre again
17. Sing on stage with a band
18. Go to Japan
19. See Casablanca, Bringing Up Baby, Drunken Master 2, and Rear Window on the big screen
20. Go to South By South West
21. Go to Butt-Numb-A-Thon
22. Go to Austin-City-Limits
23. Write a thank you letters to all the people who’ve inspired me and helped me out during my travels
24. Go to Fantastic Fest
25. Write a horror story
26. Fully prep my house for the Zombie Apocalypse
27. Have a Bat Cave for all my geeky stuff
28. Help give birth to an animal
29. Learn how to properly tango, waltz, salsa, and two-step
30. Write a movie review that gets published
31. Finish school
32. Learn some basic kung fu – tai chi would be good
33. Fill my home with art I love
34. Vacation in Cambodia (my parents did it without me)
35. See Paris in the winter
36. Paint something that I really proud of
37. See La Boheme live at the Met
38. See either Sweeny Todd or Company live
39. Host an amazing Costume Party
40. Have a nude portrait painted of myself (I know…this one is really silly)
41. Eat 50 new foods
42. Learn 50 new recipes
43. Write a recipe book
44. Write a really, really good love letter to someone
45. Learn 5 dances and dance them well
46. Invent a cocktail
47. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
48. Sell a painting
49. Write a catchy song about Ivan Drago
50. Have one original piece of art from every place I travel to
51. Tickle an elephant
52. Become a Scrabble Master
53. Learn how to play chess well
54. Learn how to ride a bike and not fall over
55. Go on a week long hiking trip
