I think everyone has a list of things they want to do before a certain period (before I turn 30, before I get married, before I have kids, before I turn 40, before I die…). Most people share these items with friends and family for support and encouragement. Everyone wants to hear “Go get ‘em tiger. You can do it!”. “It” of course being whatever is one of those things that they want to do before that certain milestone reaches. I am sure there is a housewife finishing a marathon today that got the encouragement needed to run all those damn miles. I am also sure that there is some pimply virgin in vegas right now patting himself on the back for getting the nerve to hire a legal prostitute to bust his cherry before he turned 25, just because it was on his list. Goals and aspirations surround all of us everyday. Some of us make a list of all of those goals and aspirations and some of us even accomplish something on that list. Well except me…I don’t have a list of things I want to do, nor do I have any specific benchmarks to reach. Hell I’ve turned 30, I’ve gotten married, I’ve had kids and not necessarily in that order. I certainly haven’t reached 40 and I don’t think I’ve died, unless the afterlife is this…could I be already be in hell?
I really should make a list and I should share it with friends and family. I definitely need the support, especially if I decide to run a marathon or take that trip to vegas.
Without any previous thought here are things I want to do before I die…
- Take the Red Star Ferry to Hong Kong
- Go to London, England
- Own a remote control car
- Learn to play the stand-up bass
- Grow a pompadour
- Start a Rockabilly band named Velvet Snatch with me on upright bass sportin’ a pompadour lookin’ all 1998
- Sleep 10 hours in a row (hell I’ll take 7 hours)
- Get a badass tattoo
- Fight 3 rounds of Mixed Martial Arts with my shirt off
- Look like Tyler Durden with my shirt off
- Go to culinary school to become a chef
- Tell someone at a bowling alley to “Mark it Zero”
- Open my own restaurant in NYC or Chicago
- Watch the original Star Wars Trilogy without falling asleep during any one of the movies
- Have exact change at Taco Bell for 3 soft tacos and a small drink
- Finish reading the morning newspaper before leaving for work
- Juggle 3 balls in two hands instead of just 2 balls in 1 hand (this has nothing to do with a self exam in the shower, but thats a good one too)
- Find a stranger in the Alps
To Be Continued…
