I was inspired by lesleycarter and http://lalasworldblog.wordpress.com/ to make a bucket list today, since they both have bucket lists on their blogs.
Actually, last May my boyfriend and I were in a novelty store and flipped through a book called What Do You Want to Do Before You Die? by a group of friends who made their own bucket list and set out to do everything on it.
They chose awesome and strange things, like go to a party at the Playboy mansion, and dance with Ellen, and get arrested, streak a sporting event, etc. It was awesome, and they even made a TV show on MTV about doing these things. It inspired my boyfriend and I to make out own list of things we would like to do together, and inspired me to make my own individual list as well.
I consider myself to be a pretty adventurous person, and I have accomplished many things that would have appeared on my bucket list had a made it 10 years ago. The biggest thing I already did on my list was live overseas. I lived in Korea during 2010 and taught English, and it was an amazing experience.
Most of the things on my current list involve extensive travel, so I’ll leave those off for now and make a different list another day with those locations. But here are some things on my current bucket list:
1) Get a tattoo. I’m scared of needles and pain, but it’s still an experience I would like to have, and not just in a peer-pressure, everyone else is doing it kind of way. I want to know the feeling of choosing something permanant for my body, having a constant visual reminder of something I care about or that has shaped my life inked onto my body. Plus, I’ve been recently really into L.A. Ink 🙂 Anyways, I’m thinking about the symbol of the Deathly Hallows from Harry Potter. Thoughts? (PS – obviously since this is still on my list, the photo below is not me, just an example)
2) Swim with a dolphin. Dolphins have been my favorite animal ever since I watched SeaQuest as a child, and observed the interactions between Jonathan Brandis and his dolphin, Darwin. Such sleek, elegant animals. Plus, I really love to swim.
3) Learn how to surf. Inspired by watching The O.C. And again, I love swimming and I love the ocean. But I am also fairly uncoordinated and clumsy, so it would be good for me.
4) See a Night-Blooming Cereus. It’s a flower that only blooms one night a year, and it apparently has a very distinctive odor. From what I understand, people will gather to watch this event. I would like to be one of those people someday. I love witnessing once in a lifetime moments. Unique events. Inspired by the book Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
5) Go skydiving. The most terrifying thing on my list. I don’t even know if I can explain why I want to do it, except to say that every fiber of my being is scared to do it, so it would be like overcoming the scariest thing I can imagine. Like slaying a dragon, right? 🙂
What’s on your list?
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