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I mentioned in a previous blog my bucket list. I have the attention span of a gnat, so its good for me to make lists. This one has been more therapeutic than I had thought, and the more time that passes since I put this together (last summer), the more I think everyone should do this. Its a very accountant approach to "have a life plan", but at the same time, I think you should have a strategy to challenge yourself to not be complacent and experience the life you have.
Having just returned from Puerto Vallarta, I just knocked off #58 from my list, swim with the dolphins. All I can say is, put it on your list!!! Awesome time, got to do a belly swim with a dolphin around a huge tank, hugs, a dolphin kiss, etc. My daughter loved it and I left with an experience I will never forget.
My most vivid memory will be the belly ride, I was very concerned I was going to catch a tail in the groin. After watching our dolphin jump about 15 feet into the air, the power of the dolphin tail was not lost on me. Needless to say, I was smiling, but my primary concern at the time this picture was taken was catching an epic nut shot that the Jackass crew would cringe at. Fortunately for me, my jewels did not get whacked and I got to leave with a great memory of spending a short amount of time with a very intelligent and sweet animal (my kid), and the dolphin was a lot of fun too!
When I made the bucket list, I gave myself some credit for some of the things I have been able to do so far in my journey through life (disclaimer: I am not super optimist/always happy guy-at times I have thought life was less of a journey and more of a series of broken new year's resolutions that I am doomed to continue to repeat and break).
Anyway, here is the part of my bucket list that is not in the bucket, things I want to do, some which seem impossible for me right now (see #23...ugh).
The rest of the bucket:
1.Race a season on a NASCAR circuit
2.Play in the world series of poker
3.Raft the grand canyon
4.Run with the bulls in Spain
5.Lounge in a vineyard in Tuscany
6.Stay in a glass bottom hut in Tahiti
7.Do the zip-line tours in Costa Rica
8.Visit the Mayan Ruins
9.Play a round of golf at Torrey Pines
10.Oktoberfest in Deutschland
11.Visit The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
12.Tour New Zealand
13.Visit Australia
14.Go to PGA Golf School and get my handicap to single digits
15.Write a book
16.Make a rock video for one of my songs
17.See the Mona Lisa in the Louvre
18.Kiss my love on the Eifel Tower
19.Learn a dance for weddings and parties
20.Ride a gondola in Venice
21.Attend Mass at the Vatican
22.Hang in Napa valley and drink wine while touring in a limo
23.Run a marathon
24.Experience weightlessness
25.Go scuba diving
26.White water rafting on the Rogue River
27.Go on safari in Africa
28.See the northern lights while on a fishing trip in Alaska
29.Mardi Gras in New Orleans
30.Carnival in Brazil
31.Play a round of golf at St. Andrews
32.See The Basilica di San Marco, Venice
33.See St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican, Rome
34.See The Acropolis in Greece
35.See the Alhambra in Spain
36.See the Statues of Easter Island, Chile
37.See Hagia Sophia, Turkey
38.See Kiyomizu Temple in Japan
39.See The Kremlin in Russia
40.See The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
41.Visit Stonehenge, United Kingdom
42.Visit The Sydney Opera House, Australia
43.Visit The Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, London England
44.Visit Athens, Greece
45.Visit Buenos Aires, Argentina
46.Visit the 7 wonders of the world including: #1 Machu Picchu, Peru
47.# 2- The Coliseum in Rome
48.# 3- Petra, Jordan
49.# 4- Christ Redeemer, Brazil
50.# 5- The Great Wall of China
51.# 6- Chichen Itza, Mexico
52.# 7- The Taj Mahal, India
53.Visit all 50 states
54.Take up photography
55.Make a homebrew of wine or beer
56.Restore a classic car (most likely a 1964 impala)
57.Get an MBA
59.Start a Blog and maintain it for at least a year
60.Do a fantasy baseball camp Go Cubs!
61.Grow a beard- no shaving for two months
62.See a baseball game in Fenway park
63.Do a long hike in Kauai to a secluded beach
64.Sail in the San Juan’s
65.Be a cowboy for a week
66.Visit Puerto Rico
67.Ride a camel
68.Do a multi-day backpacking trip in Yosemite
69.Attend the burning man festival
70.Drive a Porsche coast to coast
71.Lounge on the beach in Zihuatanejo, Mexico
72.Attend the super bowl
73.Attend a world series game
74.Climb mt. Kilamanjaro
75.Visit Fiji and eat Fijian BBQ
76.Attend a Luau in Hawaii
77.Live abroad for at least a year
78.Ride a train across India
79.Visit the luxury of Dubai
80.Sunbathe on a beach in Thailand
81.Visit Jerusalem
82.Attend the South by Southwest music festival in Austin Texas
83.See the Amazon rainforest
84.Travel with the Husky Football team in an RV for one season
In the bucket- Got these done so far!!!
58. Swim with the Dolphins
85. Run in the world’s longest relay race (Mt. Hood to Seaside)
86. Play a rock show in Hollywood (the Key Club!)
87. Run the lights at the Viper room in Hollywood (for a band dressed like Ninjas)
88. Attend a Hollywood party with celebrities (Paris Hilton, Dicaprio)
89. Become an ordained minister and officiate a wedding (two down now, they say I could make a living doing it!)
90. Play trumpet with Doc Severinsen (back when I played trumpet instead of guitar)
91. Raft the Deschutes (ahh yeah!)
92. Attend the US Open and watched Tiger Woods fist pump during a victory with a broken leg
93. Hang out in the blues bars in Chicago (if you haven't done this and love music at all, you have to go)
94. See a baseball game at Wrigley field (right behind the dugout baby!)
95. Go deep sea fishing and catch a big one!
96. Operate a nuclear reactor
97. See a baseball game in Dodgers Stadium right behind the dugout (I am jealous of Nomar, how could you not be???)
98. Write and produce a rock album (I have about 5 more albums written but need the time and $ to get them radio ready, anyone want to sign me?)
99. Lead 78,000 people in a cheer (as captain of the cheer squad, I was the annoying guy with the microphone, go Huskies!!!!)
100. Marry the love of my life (we'll see if she stays with me...heh heh).
By the way, as you can see #59 is start and maintain a blog...I told myself I need to do this a year before I cross it out. So far, I like doing the blog, the simple rules of keeping my work and daily life out of it have helped to remind me of who I am, not what I do.
You only get one chance at this, make the most of it. And most of all...
BE EXCELLENT TO EACH OTHER!
