While rummaging through my closet earlier, I found a blank copy of Richard Horne's 101 Things To Do Before You Die amongst a number of other pointlessly interactive Urban Outfitters books, and I felt completely obligated to transfer it onto here.
- write a best-seller
- swim with...
- sharks
- whales
- dolphins
- tropical fish
- win an award, trophy or prize
- catch a fish with your bare hands
- make a discovery
- throw a house party when your parents are out
- be part of a threesome
- realize your childhood dream
- learn that instrument
- leave your mark in graffiti
- storm chase a tornado
- get a piece of art into an exhibition
- meet someone with your own name
- ride the world's biggest rollercoasters
- stage dive or crowd surf
- get into the Guinness Book of World Records
- own a pointless collection
- study the Kama Sutra and put theory into practice
- master poker and win big in a casino
- get backstage and get off with a band member
- be a human guinea pig
- go up in a hot air balloon
- get arrested
- see a space shuttle launch
- capture the moment in an award-winning photograph
- bungee jump
- see an erupting volcano
- skydive
- meet your idol
- stay in the best suite in a five star hotel
- experience weightlessness
- see the aurora borealis
- score a hole in one
- design your own cocktail
- play a part in your favorite tv show
- visit every country
- make a fire without matches
- see these animals in the wild
- panda
- rhino
- hippo
- grizzly bear
- elephant
- hummingbird
- giraffe
- koala
- manatee
- gorilla
- lion
- monkey
- penguin
- kangaroo
- tiger
- crocodile
- orangutan
- eagle
- polar bear
- coelacanth
- see a dog race
- get a free upgrade on a plane
- be friends with your ex
- hit your targets
- throw a dart into a map and travel where it lands
- attend a film premier
- do a runner from a fancy restaurant
- scuba dive
- milk a cow
- be present when your country wins the world cup
- see both eclipses
- write your name over a star on the walk of fame
- learn another language
- read the greatest books ever written (the following are what I HAVE read on this list):
- 1984, George Orwell
- Animal Farm, George Orwell
- The Art of War, Sun Tzu
- The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
- Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
- Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
- Holes, Louis Sachar
- Lord of the Flies, William Golding
- The Odyssey, Homer
- The Illiad, Homer
- Of Mice and Men, John Steinback
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
- Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
- Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne
- complete a coast-to-coast road trip across america
- make at least one huge purchase you can't afford
- score the winning goal/try/basket
- crash an A-List party
- see the all-time greatest films (once again, the following are what I HAVE seen on the list):
- Amadeus
- Back to the Future
- The Breakfast Club
- A Christmas Carol
- Donnie Darko
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Fight Club
- Jaws
- The Jungle Book
- The Omen
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- The Ring
- Se7en
- The Shining
- Shrek
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Toy Story
- Toy Story 2
- live in the place you love
- leave a job you hate
- take part in a police lineup
- get away with the perfect practical joke or hoax
- join the mile high club
- make the front page of a national newspaper
- drive a car at top speed
- shout "drinks are on me!" at a pub/bar
- be part of a flash mob
- visit one of the world's most famous sights
- save someone's life
- in various languages, learn to:
- say hello, goodbye, please and thank you
- order beer
- swear
- insults
- invent a word that makes it into the dictionary
- have adventurous sex
- have enough money to do all of the things on this list
- stand on the international date line
- learn to fly a plane
- get a tattoo and/or piercing
- invent something
- learn astronomy and read the night sky
- drink a vintage wine
- answer a personal ad
- spend christmas on the beach
- get barred from a pub or bar
- build your own house
- skinny dip at midnight
- sell all your junk on ebay and make a profit
- visit one of the world's tallest buildings
- run a marathon
- conquer your fear
- get married unusually
- cook a meal for yourself
- join the 16-mile high club
- create a cult website
- own an original work of art
- complete the monopoly board pub crawl
- get something named after you
- get revenge
- be an extra in a film
- live out of a van
- go on a demonstration
- confess
- reach 100 years of age
- continue your gene pool