100 things to do before I go

Okay, so many of you are already familiar with my bucket list, which I've talked about and published in an earlier post. I've decided to turn it into a 100 things list. I've edited out some fluffy things from the 13 year old me version, and added some goodies. Again, strike outs are for things completed!!!

May 30, 2012: I'm thinking of splitting this list up into a 'Life' 100 things list and also a travel bucket list. There are so many places on my travel bucket list that I think they just have to be separate. Stay tuned.


1. Experience true love
2. Learn to snowboard
3. Be in two places at once (straggle a border)
4. Visit the town where my father was born
5. Change someone's life
6. Learn to drive a stick-shift
7. Write a lyrical song (i wrote the lyrics to a sevenatenine song!)
8. Compose a string quartet (i arranged God Only Knows by the Beach Boys)
9. Be happy with myself
10. Go on a big rollercoaster
11. Have something memorable named after me
12. Be in a movie
13. Sleep under the stars (does camping in a tent with no rain fly count?)
14. Fly an airplane
15. Bungee jump
16. Parasail
17. Perform with a professional symphony
18. Be in a movie score's orchestra
19. Go to Hawaii
20. Win an award
21. Get married (to the real deal!) THIS IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 3, 2012!!!!!!
22. Meet someone famous
23. Go to a major league baseball game
24. Be in a book dedication
25. Ride in a horse-drawn sleigh
26. Play in the Academy Awards Orchestra
27. Attend the Academy Awards as a guest/date
28. Attend a government/political ball or gala
29. Live in New York City
30. Write for a newspaper, journal, or magazine
31. Live in Italy
32. Reach and stay at goal weight
33. Be fluent in Italian
34. Have children
35. Have a house on the ocean or a lake
36. Hold an elected office in my community
37. Visit Greece
38. Revisit Mexico
39. Walk the red carpet
40. Stay at the Plaza Hotel
41. See Billy Joel in concert
42. See Paul McCartney in concert
43. Dine at Tavern on the Greene (it closed!)
44. Open my own cooperative health private practice
45. Pay off my student loans by age 35
46. Purchase a home by age 30
47. Visit Niagara Falls
48. Visit the Grand Canyon
49. Take a pottery class
50. Set foot in all 50 states (see my states list!)
51. Go on a multi-day canoe trip
52. Hike a portion of the Appalachian trail and stay in the huts
53. Visit Yellowstone & Yosemite
54. Become a cross country skier
55. Go dog sledding
56. Walk a Glacier in Alaska
57. Get my wisdom teeth out (this is a partial strike out. I intended to get all 4 but I beat up the dentist under anesthesia so they could only get one).
58. Sleep on a boat (that's not anchored OR a cruise ship)
59. Take a road trip across the US
60. Stay at the ice hotel
61. Afford to eat truly organic and whole food
62. Take ballet again
63. Finish all the books on my reading list (which is constantly getting longer!)
64. Zipline
65. Rock climb on an actual rock face
66. See the northern lights
67. Write a book/memoir/travel guide
68. Live in a home that satisfies all of my must-haves and really-wants (list here!)
69. See the ball drop in Times Square (preferably from a swanky hotel party)
70. Visit Banff, Canada

...the rest are forthcoming!