A bit of inspiration for my list.

I saw this commercial awhile ago before I made my list. It showed me that there were so many things in life that I may never experience unless I make the effort on my own. And thus my list was created.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

THE LIST

I'm not exactly sure how this is going to work in the entirety of this blog but I thought I should make sure to place the list somewhere in here. Especially since its the whole reason this blog is being created.

This list has been through quite a few revisions with things being added and removed. However, I finally got it down to a list that I feel contains only the things I really felt I wanted to do.

When i first started the list I had bought 2 books about places to see before I die (1000 places to see before you die world ed & 1000 places to see before you die US and Canada ed). I eventually went through both of them and picked out a bunch of places I wanted to see. Originally my plan was actually all 2000 places but as I started reading through it 2 things dawned on me:

1) Attempting to see 2000 places would be extremely time consuming
2) As I was reading I found there were quite a few places that I personally didn't care to see

I end up still picking a lot of places from the 2 books and added them to the list. As time went on I took a good look at all the places I had added and decided that some of the places I had on my list I didn't really want to see. They just seemed cool when I was trudging through 2000 different places. So I ended up cutting out more places until I finally got to a point where it seemed just right

When I was thinking of things to put on my list I decided to go on the Internets and see what other people had come up with. So thats how I got a lot of other ideas for my list.

So heres the list in all its glory:

Completed Items: 2 of 131

RED = Not Started
ORANGE = In Progress
BLUE = Completed

1) Go skydiving (COMPLETED)

2) Climb a mountain

3) Visit all 50 states (Take a picture next to the Welcome to Sign for that state)

I. Alabama

II. Alaska

III. Arizona

IV. Arkansas

V. California

VI. Colorado

VII. Connecticut

VIII. Delaware

IX. Florida

X. Georgia

XI. Hawaii

XII. Idaho

XIII. Illinois

XIV. Indiana

XV. Iowa

XVI. Kansas

XVII. Kentucky

XVIII. Louisiana

XIX. Maine

XX. Maryland

XXI. Massachusetts

XXII. Michigan

XXIII. Minnesota

XXIV. Mississippi

XXV. Missouri

XXVI. Montana

XXVII. Nebraska

XXVIII. Nevada

XXIX. New Hampshire

XXX. New Jersey

XXXI. New Mexico

XXXII. New York

XXXIII. North Carolina

XXXIV. North Dakota

XXXV. Ohio

XXXVI. Oklahoma

XXXVII. Oregon

XXXVIII. Pennsylvania

XXXIX. Rhode Island

XL. South Carolina

XLI. South Dakota

XLII. Tennessee

XLIII. Texas

XLIV. Utah

XLV. Vermont

XLVI. Virginia

XLVII. Washington

XLVIII. West Virginia

XLIX. Wisconsin

L. Wyoming

4) Go to a Laker game

5) See a baseball game at Fenway Park (Boston)

6) Visit Atlantic City

7) See the Empire State Building

8) Go to Grand Central

9) Eat a New York style Pizza in New York

10) See a game at Wrigley Field

11) See the Indianapolis 500

12) Visit Mount Rushmore

13) Visit Wall Drug Store

14) Visit Yellowstone

15) See the Grand Canyon

16) Go to Aspen

17) Visit Alcatraz

18) Visit Yosemite

19) See the Merrie Monarch Festival

20) Visit Pearl Harbor

21) See Niagra Falls

22) Visit Loch Ness

23) See “Arc De Triomphe” (Paris)

24) See the Eiffel Tower

25) Gamble in the Grand Casino (Monte Carlo)

26) See the Coliseum

27) See the Pantheon

28) View the Last Supper (Milan, Lombardy, Italy)

29) Ride in a Gondola in Venice

30) Ride on the train Jungfraujoch (Switzerland)

31) Visit Red Square

32) Ride on the Trans-Siberian Express

33) Visit the North Pole

34) Climb Mount Fuji

35) See the Taj Mahal

36) Visit the Sydney Opera

37) Visit Easter Island

38) See Angel Falls

39) See the Statue of Liberty

40) See Times Square

41) See Ground Zero

42) See a game at Yankee Stadium

43) See the liberty bell

44) Visit the library of Congress

45) Visit the National Archives

46) Visit the National Mall

47) See the White House

48) Watch the Kentucky Derby

49) See a performance at the Grand Ole Opry

50) Eat Chicago Style Pizza in Chicago

51) Go to a football game

52) Learn to play my guitar

53) Learn to play my violin

54) Get married

55) Go on a cruse

56) Go bungee jumping

57) Swim with the dolphins

58) Learn to fly a plane

59) Experience zero gravity

60) Visit an active volcano

61) Go snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef

62) Run a marathon

63) Fly first class

64) Learn Japanese

65) See all 8 of the new Wonders of the World

I. See Manchu Pichu (Peru)

II. See the statue of Christ the Redeemer (Brazil)

III. Walk on the Great Wall of China (China)

IV. See Chichen Itza (Mexico)

V. See Petra (Jordan)

VI. See the Coliseum (Italy)

VII. See the Taj Mahal (India)

VIII. See the Great Pyramid (Egypt)

66) See Victoria Falls (Zambia/Zimbabwe)

67) See a show on Broadway

68) Swim with sharks

69) See stone henge

70) See a shuttle launch

71) Ride a motorcycle up the coast

72) Ride in a hot air balloon

73) Tour the Louvre

74) Perform for an audience (COMPLETED)

75) See the aurora Borealis

76) See the Sistine Chapel

77) Learn to surf

78) Learn to Snowboard

79) Run with the bulls (Pamplona)

80) See the World Cup

81) Learn to hula

82) See an opera

83) Step in all 5 oceans

I. Pacific

II. Atlantic

III. Arctic

IV. Indian

V. Southern

84) Visit all 7 continents

I. North America

II. South America

III. Asia

IV. Antarctica

V. Europe

VI. Africa

VII. Oceania

85) Learn to swing dance

86) Live to see my Grandchildren (If I have any)

87) See the ball drop in NYC

88) Learn to play Rhapsody in blue on the piano

89) See a lunar eclipse (COMPLETED)

90) See a solar eclipse

91) Learn to juggle

92) Attend a concert at Carnegie Hall

93) Drive a really fast car

94) Go hang gliding

95) Go on an African Safari

96) Go white water rafting

97) Go horseback riding

98) Travel down route 66

99) Visit a castle

100) Eat at a 5-Star restaurant

101) Go ice skating at Rockefeller Center (New York)

102) Get fit

103) Learn to fence

104) Learn to salsa dance

105) Ride an elephant

106) Go cliff diving

107) Go to Walt Disney World

108) Go to Euro Disney

109) Visit Pearl Harbor

110) Go to Okinawa

111) Ride on a dog sled

112) Travel on the Orient Express

113) Go kayaking

114) Visit Normandy beach

115) Visit Rio De Janeiro during Carnival

116) Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans

117) Go to the top of the statue of liberty

118) Stand under a waterfall

119) Eat fresh honeycomb

120) See Halley's comet

121) Go to a World Series game

122) Go to a Superbowl game

123) Go on a carriage ride at night in central park

124) Go to the top of the tallest building in the world

125) Learn to scuba dive

126) Climb the 7 summits

I. Mount Kilimanjaro

II. Mount Elbrus

III. Mount Aconcagua

IV. Carstensz Pyramid

V. Mount Denali

VI. Mount Vinson

VII. Mount Everest

127) Spend the night on a private island

128) Spend the night in the Icehotel

129) Go to Penny Arcade Expo (PAX)

130) Create an overclocked remix of a song

131) *Complete all current Final Fantasy games in numerical order

I. Final Fantasy I (COMPLETED)

II. Final Fantasy II (COMPLETED)

III. Final Fantasy III

IV. Final Fantasy IV

V. Final Fantasy V

VI. Final Fantasy VI

VII. Final Fantasy VII

VIII. Final Fantasy VIII

IX. Final Fantasy IX

X. Final Fantasy X

XI. Final Fantasy X2

XII. Final Fantasy XII

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