Things to Do Before I Die

Here is my list (so far) of things to do before I die:



1) Go scuba-diving off Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
2) Become a parent.
3) Visit Paris and go to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
4) Go to a real theatre. 5/15/08 Chicago Theater to see "Wicked"
5) Take a hotair balloon ride.
6) Climb a mountain.
7) Christmas in New York.
8) Go to a major sporting event.
9) Visit the pyramids.
10) Go whale watching.
11) Visit Machu Picchu.
12) See the northern lights.
13) Visit a museum in London.
14) Attend the Olympic games.
15) Donate blood.
16) Try wine-tasting.
17) Float in the dead sea.
18) Go on a safari.
19) Walk on the Great Wall of China.
20) Take the Trans-Siberian Express across Asia.
21) Visit the Tower of London.
22) Eat jellied eels from a stall in London.
23) Run a marathon.
24) Send a message in a bottle.
25) Be present at a birth (of a child other than mine).
26) Hike the Appalachian Trail.
27) See the Niagara Falls.
28) Go to midnight premiere of a movie.
29) Cruise down the Nile.
30) Ride a camel in the desert.
31) Kiss the Blarney Stone.
32) Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
33) Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich.
34) See a musical on Broadway.
35) Throw a huge party and invite every one of your friends.
36) Swim with a dolphin.
37) Skydive.
38) Learn to speak a foreign language and make sure you use it.
39) Go skinny-dipping at midnight in the South of France.
40) Watch the launch of the space shuttle. Kennedy Space Center
41)Be an extra in a film.
42) Buy a round-the-world air ticket and a rucksack, and run away.
43) Give your mother a dozen red roses and tell her you love her.
44) Be a member of the audience in a TV show. --I did this, I went to see a taping of Jeopardy.
45) Put your name down to be a passenger on the first tourist shuttle to the moon.
46) Send a message in a bottle.
47) Plant a tree.
48) Learn to ballroom dance properly.
49) Sit on a jury.
50) Go to Walden Pond and read Thoreau while drifting in a canoe.
51) Be someone's mentor.
52) Shower in a waterfall.-3/23/08--Didn't take a full shower, didn't get naked, but I definately immersed myself in a waterfall at the end of a caving expedition. 53) Be one of the first to take a flight on the new Airbus A380.
54) Spend New Year's in an exotic location.
55) Drive across America from coast to coast.
56) Make a complete and utter fool of yourself. --I do this too often!
57) Take a ride on the highest roller coaster in the country. --currently the Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ
58) Go wild in Rio during Carnival.
59) Drive the Autobahn.
60) Spend Christmas on the beach drinking pina coladas.
61) Raft through the Grand Canyon.
62) Spend three months getting your body into optimum shape.
63) Attend one really huge rock concert.
64) Give to a charity -- anonymously.
65) Lose more money than you can afford at roulette in Vegas.
66) Visit the Holy Land.
67) Go to Auschwitz
68) Catch a ball in the stands of a major league baseball stadium.
69) Stay overnight in a Buddist Monastery