• Visit Jerusalem, Dome of the Rock, Nablus, Tulkarm
• Fly somewhere to attend the World Cup
• Attend the summer Olympics
• Be fluent in French and Arabic
• Live in three very different parts of the world at least once (ie France, Lebanon, Japan)
• make a stop motion animation
• hold a baby dolphin
• melt gallium in my hand

a bucket list of sorts (not written by me)

• Swam with dolphins
• Climbed a mountain
• Been inside the Great Pyramid (ish)
• Held a tarantula
• Said “I love you” and meant it
• Hugged a tree
• Bungee jumped
• Visited Paris
• Watched a lightening storm at sea
• Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
• Seen the Northern Lights
• Gone to a huge sports game
• Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
• Grown and eaten your own vegetables
• Touched an iceberg
• Slept under the stars
• Changed a baby’s diaper
• Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
• Watched a meteor shower
• Given more than you can afford to charity
• Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
• Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
• Had a snowball fight
• Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
• Held a lamb !!!!
• Seen a total eclipse
• Ridden a roller coaster
• Danced like a fool and didn’t care who was looking
• Adopted an accent for an entire day
• Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
• Had two hard drives for your computer
• Visited all 50 states
• Taken care of someone who was drunk
• Had amazing friends
• Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
• Watched whales
• Stolen a sign
• Backpacked in Europe
• Taken a road-trip
• Gone rock climbing
• Taken a midnight walk on the beach
• Gone sky diving
• Visited Ireland
• In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
• Visited Japan
• Milked a cow
• Alphabetized your CDs
• Pretended to be a superhero
• Lounged around in bed all day
• Gone scuba diving
• Played in the mud
• Played in the rain
• Gone to a drive-in theater
• Visited the Great Wall of China
• Started a business
• Toured ancient sites
• Taken a martial arts class
• Been in a movie
• Crashed a party
• Made cookies from scratch
• Ridden a gondola in Venice
• Rafted the Snake River
• Been on a television news program as an “expert”
• Gotten flowers for no reason
• Performed on stage
• Been to Las Vegas
• Recorded music
• Gone to Thailand
• Bought a house
• Been in a combat zone
• Been on a cruise ship
• Spoke more than one language fluently
• Raised children
• Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
• Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
• Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
• Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
• Sung loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking with the windows open
• Wrote articles for a large publication
• Piloted an airplane
• Touched a stingray
• Helped an animal give birth
• Won money on a TV game show
• Gone on an African photo safari
• Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
• Ridden a horse
• Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
• Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States
• Visited all 7 continents
• Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
• Eaten sushi
• Had your picture in the newspaper
• Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
• Gone back to school
• Parasailed
• Eaten fried green tomatoes
• Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
• Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
• Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
• Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
• Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
• Had a booth at a street fair
• Dyed your hair
• Been a DJ
• Saved someone’s life