Bucket List

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

~Abraham Lincoln

I've done a lot of living in my 23 years, but I have even more to do in the next 23 (or so). Realizing this, I made a bucket list back in October. I recently ran across someone else's bucket list and he had looked online for the top things that people should do before they die. So I decided to take some of his and mix it with the one I already had to create a respectably full (long) list. I was pretty proud to discover that I've already checked off quite a few of the items. While the list is pretty lengthy, I want to post it so that I can have some sort of accountability with it. If you don't want to read through the whole thing, I don't blame you. First is my Bucket List and second is my Checked Off List. If you do read the whole thing, help me remember anything that I might need to add. Thanks!

Oh yeah! I almost forgot: I'm checking off one of my items tomorrow! I'm going to an opera! I can't wait. Seriously, I'm so excited. I've been wanting to go to one for about five years now and I finally am. I'll be seeing Carmen at the Capitol Theatre. I think I might wet myself.

Brooke's Bucket List:

• Attend a Black Tie Event in NYC
• Attend the Olympics
• Attend an Opera
• Be a Lead in a Musical
• Be in a Protest
• Become Fluent in a Second Language
• Cook a Thanksgiving Dinner
• Drive From One Coast of the US to the Other

• Experience Weightlessness
• Explore the Louvre
• Fly in a Helicopter
• Fly on the Trapeze
• Get Paid to Pull Someone’s Tooth

• Get a Motorcycle License
• Go to Disneyworld
• Go to Europe (Italy& Scotland at Highest Priority)
• Go Fishing and Catch a Fish
• Go to a Gay Bar
• Go Hang Gliding
• Go to Harry Potter World

• Go to a Monster Truck Rally
• Go Sailing
• Go Sky Diving
• Go Snowmobiling
• Go Whitewater Rafting
• Have a Pet Snake

• Have a Pet Sugar Glider
• Have a Porch Swing
• Jump Off a High-Dive
• Learn the Guitar
• Live above the Magic Shop on Mainstreet in Disneyland
• Look at the Stars Through a Telescope

• Meditate with Monks
• Perform Stand-Up
• Perform on the Street for Money
• Punch Someone in the Face
• Ride an Elephant
• Ride a Mechanical Bull
• Ride a Unicycle

• Run a Marathon
• See Mt. Rushmore
• See the Northern Lights
• See the Pyramids
• See the Taj Mahal
• See Wayne Newton in Vegas

• Sew Myself an Article of Clothing
• Sleep in a Hammock for an Extended Period
• Swim with Dolphins
• Visit All 50 States
• Visit Graceland

• Visit the Holy Land
• Watch a Rocket Blast Off
• Write a Book
• Write My Grandfather’s Biography
• Write a Screenplay
• Write a Song

Brooke's Checked-Off List:

• Attend the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Be the Lead in a Play
• Be Put Under for Surgery
• Break a Bone
• Climb a Mountain
• Eat Alligator

• Eat Caviar
• Eat Dog
• Eat Escargot
• Eat Frog
• Eat Rocky Mountain Oysters
• Eat Snake

• Eat Sushi
• Eat Turtle
• Float a River
• Fly in a Private Plane
• Go Bungee Jumping
• Go on a Cruise
• Go to a Demolition Derby

• Go to Disneyland
• Go Four-Wheeling
• Go Horseback Riding
• Go Kayaking
• Go Off-Roading
• Go Parasailing

• Go Scuba Diving
• Go Skiing
• Go Skinny Dipping
• Go Snorkeling
• Go Snowboarding
• Go Surfing
• Go Waterskiing
• Hike the Great Wall of China

• Kiss Under a Mistletoe
• Learn to Juggle
• Live in a Foreign Country
• Master Chopsticks
• Participate in a Motorcycle Rally
• Ride a Bus
• Ride a Camel
• Ride a Hot Air Balloon

• Ride a Motorcycle
• Ride a San Francisco Cable Car
• Ride on a Subway
• Ride in a Taxi
• Ride a Train
• Ride a Zip-Line (This Particular Time was Off of the Great Wall)

• Sing Karaoke
• Swim in the Ocean
• Swim with Sea-Turtles
• Try Water Sports
• Use Crutches Out of Necessity
• Visit the Grand Canyon
• Visit Niagra Falls
• Visit the Sacred Grove
• Visit the Statue of Liberty (I'm not in this one, but I took the picture.)

• Watch My Meal Be Slaughtered
• Witness a Birth
• Write a Play that is Produced