So this morning I was reading Carrots N Cake like usual, and Tina announced that she was going to run and marathon and she posted her bucket list. Because I have finals tomorrow and needed a distraction I worked on my bucket list all day today. Let me know what you think, 100 things I want to do before I die:
- Drive a convertible up sunset blvd.
- Spend an entire summer on the Vineyard
- Crush grapes at a vineyard
- Get my J.D.
- Adopt a rescue dog
- Fall in love and get married
- Own a home
- Work on a political campaign
- Have a spiritual awakening
- Argue a case in front of a judge
- Buy a Birkin
- Write a book
- Live in Paris
- Travel all over Italy
- Go to Germany
- Go with the firm on a 5 star vacation somewhere warm and exotic
- Mentor someone like Theresa Perry mentored me
- Have my name on a plaque somewhere on Simmons’ campus
- Be my own boss
- Have a garden and grow all my veggies from it
- Get my driver’s license
- Expand my blog and get its own URL
- Go back to Istanbul
- Go to Lollapalooza
- Sing in a choir
- Go to San Francisco
- Eat at French Laundry
- Go to Fiji
- Have a subscription to the New York Times
- Attend a Presidential Inauguration
- Vote for a female democrat for President (primary election doesn’t count) & she gets elected
- Attend the Kentucky Derby
- Take a bartending class
- Go skinny dipping
- Go to a Turkish bath
- Drive cross country
- Go horseback riding on the beach
- See the grand canyon
- Meet Hillary Clinton
- Meet Martha Stewart
- Go to Culinary School
- Travel the French Countryside
- Eat at the Turkish barbeque at the Kipinski Palace in Istanbul (again)
- Open a restaurant
- Learn how to make sticky buns
- Be a mother
- Ride a mechanical bull
- Go to every Starbucks in Boston Proper (I might have already done this but I have to check)
- Be elected to an office (anything from PTA to the Senate, doesn’t matter)
- Go to Africa
- Learn to Golf
- Be a Simmons Success Connection Mentor
- Own a hybrid car
- Travel up the California Coast on the 1
- Watch oral arguments in front of SCOTUS
- Cook a traditional Thanksgiving dinner all by myself
- Have a cupcake from Magnolia
- Get to & maintain my healthy weight
- Sail on the Charles River
- Buy a bicycle and actually use it on a regular basis
- See the pyramids in Egypt
- Ride a camel
- Go to the Vanity Fair Oscar Party
- Run a marathon
- Do a wine tasting
- Renovate an entire house from top to bottom
- Camp in Yellowstone
- Sail around the world
- Meet Ina
- Go to every state in the country
- Go see a stand-up comedy show
- Live on the beach
- Learn to surf
- Encourage a young woman to attend a women’s college
- Read all 3 Master of the Senate books
- Have an outdoor shower in my backyard
- Get really good at tennis
- Fire a gun
- See the 7 wonders of the world
- Hook up with a celebrity
- Visit all the Boston sites mentioned in “The Namesake” in one afternoon
- Have coffee with Jhumpa Lahiri
- Pass the California Bar
- Vacation on a (nearly) deserted island with my husband
- Find a job that makes me happy
- Be self fulfilled
- Use a dog sled
- See Madonna in concert
- Order a $800 bottle of champagne
- Be content no matter what I’m doing
- Fall in love and go to Paris
- Kiss a random hot man on the street
- Go to Sweden
- Stay up all night dancing with my girlfriends from college
- Grow old with someone I love
- Raise productive citizens
- Be self accepting
- Attend the Democratic National Convention
- Sleep in a castle
- Hold my best friends’ babies
- Finish 1L
So bloggies, what’s on your list?
Love it! I may stow away in your baggage for all those fancy, swanky vacays and trips you want to go on, just to warn you. 🙂 Also, I’ll go to the Kentucky Derby with you! I’ve always wanted to go and wear a shmancy sundress and big hat, because really, what does anyone else care about at that thing? The horse race?! HA! 😛
Oh, the booze are also very important! Mint julups for everyone!
camels suck. and they smell bad.
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