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Topic: 1. Things to Do.....
For all you people who sit around saying to yourselves,
"I'm going to do THAT one of these days,"
let me set an example of follow-through, by making my own list, which is a simple device for remembering all my ideas, and from there make plans to achieve them.
That is, unless you were just listening to the sounds of your own voices, in which case you should just quit wasting my oxygen with your making noise.
(Years after I posted this, the "Bucket List" movie came out. I'm not revising my title.)
Posted by greenconner
at 12:01 AM EST
Updated: Sunday, 5 July 2009 8:12 PM EDT
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Topic: 1. Things to Do.....
Things to Do Before I Die
- Life is Not a Spectator Sport -
My Flexible *List* of Goals in Random Order
( Blue = "To Do." Red = "Process Initiated." Green = "Accomplished." Magenta = "Improbable but Nifty." )
- Start a BLOG, with No Ambition to Change the World
- Catalogue Books
- Organize Wardrobe
- Write & Publish Op-Ed on Fuel Economy just to Piss Off HUMMER Owners
- Restart & Finish reading Anne Rice's "Merrick"
- Learn how to Play "Five Notes" from "Close Encounters"
- Learn how to Play "Ode to Joy"
- Learn how to Play Theme from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" --- on the guitar
- Make it to a Stadium Concert I'll enjoy
- Invent & Patent Something WAY COOL
- Start an Urban Legend
- Coin a Word or Phrase
- Spend a Holiday Serving Meals for the Homeless
- Complete Genealogy Data on Great Grandfather's Descendants
- Work out at a Gym, or build a space exclusively for cardio exercise and weight training
- Basic Yoga
- Join a Tai Ch'i Class
- Make Bread, Pizza, & Doughnuts from Scratch
- Bake a Batch of Awesome Bisquits
- Learn How to Pick Locks
- Learn Poker
- Ride Amtrak from Atlanta to New Orleans & Back
- Spend Quality Time in Sedona, AZ
- Vacation at childhood grounds in Lancaster Co., PA
- Visit "Guidestones" in Elbert County ( link )
- Disney World & EPCOT again ('nuf said)
- Explore Toronto
- Take a Whirlwind Tour of Europe just to say I've been there
- Help Open a Used-Book Store, a Shoe Store, or Italian Restaurant (with a lunch buffet), or some other business whose product is desperately needed in a small town. Cover windows with paper for weeks before the Grand Opening, and write "ADULT VIDEO" in large print over most of the paper, along w/ various associated promotional blurbs (e.g., "Live Lingerie Models") around the "ADULT VIDEO".
- Capture an Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) Recording
- Become a Pro Seller online
- Become a professional Astrologer
- Engineer a Working Photovoltaic Solar Panel
- Brew and Distill Ethanol "for Motor Fuel."
- Build a Geodesic Dome Greenhouse
- Grow, Market Organic Herbs & Vegetables
- Make Really Cool Stuff from Bamboo
- Try Roller Blading
- Try Scuba Diving
- Try Wind Surfing
- Learn how to ride a SkateBoard
- Have Lunch at the Hare Krishna Ashram
- Build a Refractive Solar Cooker and Show it Off
- Get a Physical Notebook as a Handy Tool for this List
- Finish Artwork for Brian's Birthday Gift
- Finish Last Will & Testament, accounting for any benefactors who die prematurely
- Author and publish a sci-fi comic book series in lieu of writing a sci-fi novel (after finding an illustrator); turn it into a screenplay.
Posted by greenconner
at 12:01 AM EST
Updated: Wednesday, 19 August 2009 7:00 PM EDT
