Bucket List
A page from my Bucket List.
I decided my bucket list – or list of things to do before I die – needs its own page. My goal is to blog about items as I cross them off and then link said blogs here for quick and easy access.
As many of you don’t know, this bucket list started in 2004. Back then it was only 21 items long and lacked the depth that it has grown into with my recent interest.
So here it is: My bucket list.
- Drive a bus
Ride a horseSkinny dip- Travel to London
- Play strip poker
See Coldplay in concertSee Radiohead in concertSwim in the Gulf of MexicoTake the ultimate roadtrip across the country- Learn to play piano proficiently
- Write something meaningful to me
- Write to submit/publish (sorta)
Ride an Amtrak train- Cross the Golden Gate Bridge
- Sneak away to Paris
- Climb the Eiffel Tower
- Climb the Statue of Liberty
- Live in a big city (NYC!)
- Skydive
- Go to a World Cup game
- Watch a space rocket launch in person
Be a studio audience member- Make out and/or hold hands during a movie
Be in a meaningful relationship- Take a hot-air balloon ride
- See a solar eclipse in person
Watch a meteor shower in a dark, empty field- Run a marathon
- Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
- Meet the President of the United States and shake his hand
- Kiss atop the Empire State Building
- Fire a gun
- Visit Abbey Road in England to see the studio and walk the street
- Drive a classic, powerful muscle car
Learn to drive stick shift- Gamble in Las Vegas
- Ride on a sail boat
- Sleep under the stars
- Chase a tornado
- Serve Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner to the homeless
- Pay for the car behind me at a toll booth
- Walk the Great Wall of China
- Volunteer out of the country
- Get a passport
See the Grand Canyon- Visit Ireland
- Invest in the stock market
- Sleep on a beach
- Make a vodka infusion
Go wine tasting in California- Attend the Coachella music festival
- Visit the Louvre in Paris
- Learn American Sign Language fluently
- Fall in love
- Attend New Year’s Eve in Times Square
- Get a tattoo
- Have a child or children
- Write a novel
- Own a vacation home
See Sufjan Stevens in concert again- Own a big-ass R.V.
- Break the sound barrier
- Learn how to work a sound board
- Hold public office
- Go into space
- Send a message in a bottle
- Write a short story about said message in a bottle
- Get a tailored suit
- Meet J. K. Rowling
- Own a “for fun” car
- Have a dog or cat that I pick out (or picks me)
- Watch “Casablanca” with a lover
- Have a romantic Valentine’s Day
- Ride a high-speed train
- Interview someone famous
- Manage a staff
- Be in a Hollywood movie
- DJ a radio show
- Get a Master’s degree
- Plant a tree
- Donate blood
- Find out my blood type
- March in Washington, D.C., to protest
- Tour the White House
- Throw a surprise party
- Tour with a band
- Learn how to surf (or at least try to)
- Visit Boston, Mass.
Live completely on my own (or get a place of my own)Get a full-time job- Go stargazing at an observatory
- Get a manicure
- Pay a ridiculous amount for a haircut
- Watch a concert from backstage
See TV on the Radio in concert- Tell a lover, “I love you,” and mean it
- See a presidential inauguration in person
- Volunteer with a presidential (or other political office) campaign
- Learn to ski
- Join a choir or town/concert band post-college
- Go on a helicopter ride
- Fly in a blimp (or better yet, an airship!)
- Visit Sydney, Australia
- See a concert in the Sydney Opera House
- Visit all 50 states
- Go apple picking
See a living Beatle in concert- Fly a kite
- Build a model train layout
- Paint oil on canvas
- Buy an Amish-made quilt
Teach someone how to drive a carAttend a pro baseball gameOwn a wine rack and keep it stocked- Go whale-watching
- Milk a cow
- See the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in person
See Conan O’Brien in personSwim in the Pacific OceanTravel to CaliforniaCross the Mississippi River by land- Skinny dip in the ocean
- Attend a Philadelphia Eagles game
- Get married
- Teach a class
- Run a 5k
- Go strawberry picking
- See a gubernatorial inauguration in person
- Own a house
- Visit San Francisco
- Visit Portland, Oregon
- Attend a Philadelphia Union game
- Attend a taping of Craig Ferguson’s show
My thanks to my fellow bucket list-ers out there, specifically Jesse Harding and the reality series “The Buried Life.”
Now that you’ve read my list, the question on your mind should be, what do you want to do before you die? Leave your comments below and feel free to leave a link to your list.
Awesome list man! I may have to “borrow” some of these for my own list. I’m glad that I could help and I’ve had a great time chatting with you so far about bucket lists.
P.S. If you go see TV on the Radio, let me know. I want to go.
P.P.S. When I was reading it, #71 and #72 blended and I thought it was “Own a ‘for fun’ cat.” I was thoroughly confused.
Best of luck!
Borrow away! That’s one of my main goals for posting.
And I’ll let you know about TV on the Radio… Unfortunately they’re not touring right now.
And about the cat and car, I considered splitting those two up, but decided to keep my electronic the same as my written list.
Learning to drive stick shift is on my own list, as is visiting all 50 states. It always makes me happy to be able to cross something off. Best of luck, RyRy.
“62. Own a big-ass R.V.” made me laugh out loud. Also, whale watching is meh (my dad took me a few times), and Conan O’Brien is actually extremely scary looking in real life, lol. Good list and good luck Ryan!
Aww, I wish I would have known apple picking was on your list…we could have gone to Masonic Village. And there are a bunch of things on there we could do together…just sayin’.