Fourth revision of my "Things I Must Do Before I Die" list

[unearthingbone]

Things I Must Do Before I Die

• Go to Africa
• Live in Washington, D.C.
• Learn to speak Spanish fluently (in progress ... probably eternally)
• Learn Italian
• Visit Spain
• Write a novel
• Win a Pulitzer Prize
• Change the world
• Visit Mexico
• Go to Hawaii
• Go to Alaska
• Visit England
• Visit Ireland
• Visit France
• Get a tattoo
• Watch a sunrise
• Watch a sunrise with someone important
• Write for a major newspaper
• Write a front-page story that blows the lid off something major
• Write a true crime or suspense novel (or both!) that transcends the genre
• Host a radio show
• Observe a court trial
• Get married
• Relearn American Sign Language
• Record an album (in progress!)
• Be in a Broadway musical
• See a Broadway musical
• Become an FBI Agent
• Become a forensic profiler
• Sing the National Anthem at a major televised sporting event
• Write a romance novel
• Publish a book of poetry
• Write syndicated editorials
• Cantor a wedding
• Make a pilgrimage to Mecca
• Visit Australia
• Be in the Olympics
• Fall in love
• Fall madly, passionately in love
• Win a major award
• Edit manuscripts
• Shave my head
• Buy a domain
• Create a custom 404 page
• Sponsor a child through one of those commercials on TV
• Kiss someone in the rain
• Build a computer from scratch
• Kiss someone in an elevator
• Have sex in a public place
• Have sex outside
• Live in an apartment
• Live on a farm
• Live in the city
• Write a bestselling novel
• Win a Pushcart Prize
• Subscribe to Writer's Digest
• Be okay with crying
• Slow-dance in the rain
• Write a song and play all of the instruments on it
• Visit the Grand Canyon
• Visit California
• Camp out under the stars
• Be an editor for a newspaper
• Surprise people
• Act in a movie
• Sing an entire concert solo in front of an audience
• Paint a large, completed work on canvas with oil paint and get it framed if it's good
• Paint a huge abstract painting
• Get my nose, eyebrow or lip pierced
• Visit New York City
• Swim naked in a river at night
• See Hanson play live again
• Fix my relationship with my father (in progress)
• Learn to cook (in progress)
• Visit Montreal for a week or longer
• Cook an entire Thanksgiving dinner myself, turkey included
• Change someone's life
• Save someone's life
• Learn to sew
• Write a screenplay
• Have sex in a car
• Star in a Broadway musical
• Go stargazing
• Take a roadtrip across the country
• Take a roadtrip across the country with my younger sister
• Have sex on a beach
• Learn to play the bass
• Learn to play the guitar
• Learn to really play the harmonica
• Change my gender legally
• Learn to play the violin
• Become proficient at the piano
• Start a band and record an album
• Be in a healthy and stable relationship
• Be in a healthy and stable relationship for more than 3 months
• Learn how to fill out Protection from Abuse / Harrassment paperwork
• Live in a tiny house
• Get in a fistfight
  

Comments

[eclipsepixie.livejournal.com]

That's a great list (ps- didn't you watch the sunrise when you and Amanda drove to the beach at like 3 a.m.? Is it creepy i remember random things you do)

I wish I had the time/inspiration/attention span to do a list like that. Maybe I will.

Also- when you're in a broadway musical I better a) get front row seats for free, or b) be your publicist.

and 3. Please cross off "change someone's life." Come on.... <3

[speaktomysoul.livejournal.com]

i'd have to agree, "change someone's life" has totally been accomplished, 'cause you're one of those people who changes someone's life just by being in it. :)

[djsandoz.livejournal.com]

i cooked my first thanksgiving feast all by myself this past thanksgiving.

the only thing that has given more a greater sense of accomplishment was driving from northern maine to central texas this summer.