The Life List

1.     Make it to every continent (North America, Europe, South America, Africa, Asia)

2.     Get a nerdy tattoo

3.     Get a Thai massage

4.     Get married

5.     Spend one year living abroad

6.     Give ten gifts for no reason, all in the same month

7.     Get matching tattoos with someone

8.     Do sun salutations in New York’s Time Square on the summer solstice

9.     Own a house

10. Take a photo with a celebrity

11. Kiss under the Eiffel Tower

12. Be an extra in a movie or TV show

13. Publish a novel, novella, or collection of humor essays

14. Have/adopt a child

15. Sponsor a child in a developing country

16. Leave an outrageously huge tip for a breakfast waitress

17. Attend at least one event in the Olympics

18. Have drinks in an ice bar Done 5.19.13 during BiSC

19. Stay in a Hard Rock Hotel

20. Go to Bora Bora and stay in a hut on the water

21. Travel alone

22. Be part of Improv Everywhere’s No Pants Subway Rides

23. Tour the White House

24. See the Aurora Borealis

25. Go to the Galapagos Islands

26. Show up at the airport with just a bag and my passport. Take the first available flight.

27. Figure out my personal manifesto, then live it.

28. Be a photographer for a wedding (not a family member). Done 3.14.2012

29. Work a bizarre job for at least a month

30. Teach a class or seminar

31. Watch all of one year’s Oscar nominated movies

32. Throw an extremely fancy party

33. Attend a masquerade ball

34. Meet J.K. Rowling

35. Hug Rupert Grint

36. Bungee jump

37. Email/write a letter to five people who I’ve never met but influenced my life

38. Decorate an entire room in black and white with one red centerpiece

39. Move out of Texas. Done January 19, 2012

40. Contribute to setting/breaking a world record

41. Work for a non-profit Started on January 23, 2012

42. Go to a major music festival

43. Go to a couple’s spa retreat

44. See the cities where my parents were born

45. Drive across the country

46. Buy both of my parents something they want but would never buy for themselves

47. Move my blog to it’s own domain

48. Create a holiday tradition with a group of friends

49. Interview/photograph someone famous

50. Sell everything I own except the things I would save in a fire and two weeks’ worth of clothes

51. Ride horses on a beach

52. Own a vintage typewriter.

53. Join a book club

54. Become conversational in French

55. Own a photography business Established!

56. Go on a cruise to Alaska

57. See a photo I took in National Geographic

58. Spend a day silent

59. Get into a yoga routine – twice a week for a year

60. Be a vegetarian for a month

61. Raise over $1000 for a charity or non-profit

62. Hike a mountain

63. At a coffee shop, pay for my coffee and the one behind me

64. Take a recreational culinary class

65. Pet a giraffe.

66. Attend one of my high school reunions

67. Attend a blogger meet up. BiSC Finale 2013.

68. Learn to scuba dive.

70. Swim with sharks or stingrays.

71. Spend a day museum-hopping.

72. Stop whining; Hire a trainer and get back into shape.

73. Become conversational in four languages (English, Mandarin)

74. Go on a wine and cheese tour of France.

75. Take a photo in every country in the world.

76. Throw a drink in someone’s face.

77. Swim with a whale and a dolphin.

78. Have black and white boudoir style photos taken of me.

79. Achieve really cute calligraphy/handwriting

80. Attend a gay wedding Paige + Paul, March 14, 2012

81. Have Shatterboxx design my blog

82. Attend a TED event.