100 things to do before i die
August 11, 20061) do something crazy and out of the ordinary for me
2) find/build a house with lots of interesting rooms, nooks and crannies, possibly a hidden passageway
3) change someone’s life, have a big impact on them
4) do something, leave something for humanity
5) be so happy that even worries don’t take away from it
6) live alone for a while, own apartment, etc
7) go far, be successful in job
8) do something rEdiculous
9) fall in love-it sucked though
10) stay in love, find that lasting love
11) have someone say i’m beautiful-yeah, but it only matters from certain people
12) have sex
13) get married
14) have kids? or at least adopt
15) be recognized
16) scuba dive
17) see the pyramids
18) have an adventure/drama and live to tell the story
19) go to greece and italy
20) win weight battle
21) not be shallow
22) leap when i’m supposed to
23) be well-off
24) live in a big city
25) meet someone famous and see if the public persona matches the real person
26) have one true and completely unadulterated feeling
27) stop overthinking
28) be funny-sometimes
29) have good comebacks
30) write a book
31) find out how magic tricks work
32) go on a road trip-went to DC. want a more memorable trip though, with my best friends and no responsibilities
33) be poised
34) have friends for life
35) triumph over some some sort of challenge
36) have a cartharsis
37) stay on a deserted island
38) be a glass-half-full person
39) sing and dance in the rain
40) be calm in the presence of chaos-yeah, once, during a banana boat fiasco. when everyone flew overboard, i managed to think about grabbing the 3 year old.
41) for once, feel a part of something
42) climb a mountain and yell “I’m on top of the world”
43) sky dive
44) make it into law school
45) find someone i am completely unselfconcious with
46) win an important argument
47) not care what others think
48) become a sophisticated, knowledgeable person
49) think about something that means something
50) stop thinking about things that don’t matter
51) be completely awake for one time in my life
52) learn a new language
53) blow something up, in a nice way. like fireworks.
54) visit the Taj Mahal-it’s more beautiful than the pictures
55) own a horse
56) visit kashmir
57) see something others do not
58) be assertive
59) have self-control
60) understand people
61) sleep under the stars
62) see a tornado live
63) go to the oscars
64) watch the sun set and rise
65) drive past 90 mph-115 mph, baby
66) have a food fight
67) have a snowball fight
68) new year’s eve in time’s square
69) do something risqué
70) cook something-well, yes, but badly
71) see the aurora borealis
72) see hawaii
73) be truly scared-got sick enough to think i was going to die once
74) tell someone i love them-relates back to the falling in love, again, awful
75) fly first class
76) do the splits
77) have a fortune cookie that comes true
78) think outside the box
79) be respected
80) visit the rainforest
81) go to an amazingly fancy restaurant
82) learn some sort of martial art
83) be an extra in a movie
84) find a buried treasure
85) be ready and accepting of death
86) at some point, be at complete peace
87) be an eccentric old lady
88) shoot a gun-its rather empowering. i want to do paintball now
89) feel pure
90) get lost-this might be my permanent state actually
91) be cool
92) learn an indian dance
93) do something against the law-i’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours 
94) go without technology for a month
95) start a conversation with a stranger
96) drive around those vehicles in the airport
97) be important enough to have a VIP pass
98) be struck dumb with awe
99) experience the eye of a hurricane and live through it
100) have no regrets
any other recommendations? what are yours? better yet, what are the stories that go along with yours?
