To inspire creativity, create more writing prompts for next year, and as extra credit, I had my students create a list of 100 things they want to do before they die. In return, the students started bugging me about my own list. So I thought it would be a good idea to throw it up on here too. I can't show the crossed out ones, but here's the original list, created about 8-10 years ago, I can't remember....
1. MOVE OUT OF NEW JERSEY
2. write a novel
3. see all seven continents
4. have a professional career in teaching
5. own my own Ducati motorcycle
6. MOVE TO AND LIVE IN COLORADO
7. get my master's degree
8. kiss a girl while skydiving
9. play tennis competitively again
10. become a published author
11. have someone ask and sign an autograph
12. learn a martial art
13. drive a motorcycle down the Auto Bahn
14. work at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City
15. ski 50 days in a single ske season
16. own and rebuild a Triumph motorcycle
17. invent my own ice cream flavor
18. ride a motorcycle across the country
19. drink an entire bottle of Hershey's chocolate syrup
20. stow away on a ship to South America
21. get a degree from a top ten school in the world
22. visit the seven wonders of the world
23. win a poker tournament in Vegas
24. not break more than 10 bones
25. be able to test drive a Ferrari because I'm "Dr. Songero"
26. join the circus and travel with them
27. ski in every continent
28. complete a triathlon
29. ride on 50 different roller coasters
30.learn to play a musical instrument
31. ski in every state on the east coast
32. spend a night in the Hong Kong gambling underworld
33. date a stripper and convince her to quit her job for me
34. create a hysterical drunken toast at a wedding
35. spend an entire summer in Sicily
36. try over 100 types of beer
37. learn to salsa dance
38. actually hit with a tennis pro on court
39. steal a giant trail map from a ski resort
40. write and publish a play
41. fly a plane
42. work for a newspaper
43. take boxing lessons
44. do the Running of the Bulls in Spain
45. skip church for over 10 years
46. see Les Miserables on Broadway
47. have dinner with a celebrity
48. own an exotic pet
49. get a PhD and teach in a university
50. sell my novel to a major publishing house
51. kiss a girl while riding the gondola throughout Venice
52. have a job as a department chair
53. swing dance really well
54. ski from one country to another
55. see Metallica live five times
56. design a nationally televised TV commercial
57. cook my mother's lasagna or veal cordon bleu for a date
58. take a class at the Sorbonne
59. win a case against a cop for a speeding ticket
60. go to all four grand slam tennis tournaments live
61. take a mobster's money in a poker game and give it to charity
62. eat grits
63. learn and speak the Romantic languages
64. learn how to play golf
65. own an original Dali portrait
66. have Beluga caviar and Havana cigars displayed in my own office
67. run a 6 minute mile
68. drink vodka in Russia
69. scuba dive in the Aegean Sea
70. spend a night in jail
71. buy and listen to an entire country music CD
72. see all 50 states
73. fill up an entire refrigerator with chocolate milk and nothing else
74. live in Japan for only 6 months to a year
75. develop an addictive habit and break it
76. live in Italy for a few years
77. get an autograph from Patrick Ewing and John Starks
78. take a tour of the White House
79. own a sphinx cat
80. take a multi-day hike in the highlands of Scotland
81. go bungi jumping off of a bridge
82. try and eat 50 doughnuts in one sitting
83. go scuba diving and swin with sand sharks
84. go on a safari riding an exotic animal
85. perform stand-up in front of a live audience
86. shoot a gun
87. collect enough Joe Camel dollars from smokers to get something for free
88. live in Paris for a few years
89. visit Bruce Lee's grave in Seattle
90. have my parents come to me for help with writing
91. become handy around the house
92. learn to eat and enjoy seafood
93. learn to eat spicy food
94. tour Iran and buy Persian art
95. get in a fight and beat up the kid that bullied me in school
96. date a stewardress
97. own both a Ducati and BMW motorcycle and alternate days riding them
98. sing in public on a holiday or special occasion
99. go camping
100. be able to complete and start another list of 100 things to do
2 comments:
That is freakin' cool! I already know you've done some of those things, though, but this is a great idea.
Yeah, that's the problem with the typing the list. I couldn't figure how to show what's been crossed off. Actually, I'm more than a third of the way through the list. When are you to put yours up on your blog?
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