My Bucket List

Things I want to do before I die. Some are more age specific than others, but all are things I’d like to do eventually. I read somewhere that you’re supposed to make the list for the age you are on each birthday, and replace the ones you’ve accomplished with new ones, so here are my 23 life goals, big and small.

1. Get something I’ve written published
2. Finish writing a novel
3. Learn Portuguese
4. Go to Italy
5. Go to Hawaii
6. Go to Portugal
7. Go to Spain
8. Go to Israel
9. Go to Egypt
10. Work on a war film
11. Work on a period piece
12. Make a photography portfolio
13. Fall madly in love with wild abandon
14. Take a road trip up the coast
15. Lose weight (ultimate goal: 150lbs)
16. Volunteer with the USO (Soldier’s Angels)
17. Get better about responding to people (at least once a week!)
18. Learn how to drive a stick shift
19. Learn to surf
20. Take a completely impromptu road trip to anywhere. Rent a convertible for it.
21. Own another Firebird (1969 or 1998 TransAm)
22. Pick up the guitar again
23. Make a list of all the actors I’ve worked with (and DPs and Directors)
24. Make a list of everything I want in a house one day
25. Take my Mom to Italy
26. Learn to cook like cooking
27. Really pick up drawing
28. Have a dark room in my house (probably a converted bathroom)
29. Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York
30. Continue building the photography portfolio
31. Join the Local 600
32. Lose the weight
33. Buy more photography gear
34. Learn to dance