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“101 Things to Do Before You Die”

10/29/2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

“It’s better to regret something you have done, rather than to regret something you should have done but didn’t. Living is the middle bit between life and death, it’s what you do in the middle that counts.” – Richard Horn

  1. Write a Best-seller
  2. Swim with dolphins, whales and sharks
  3. Win an Award, Trophy or Prize
  4. Catch a Fish With Your Bare Hands
  5. Make a Discovery
  6. Throw a House Party When Your Parents Are Out
  7. Be Part of a Threesome
  8. Realize Your Childhood Dream
  9. Learn That Instrument (V: 1988-, JMS ; G: 2001-, DL)
  10. Leave Your Mark in Graffiti
  11. Storm Chase a Tornado
  12. Get a Piece of Art into an Exhibition
  13. Meet Someone with Your Own Name
  14. Ride the World’s Biggest Rollercoasters (2010/05/22 Discovery Land)
  15. Stage Dive or Crowd Surf
  16. Get into the Guinness Book of World Records
  17. Own a Pointless Collection
  18. Study the Kama Sutra and Put Theory into Practice
  19. Master Poker and Win Big in a Casino
  20. Get Backstage and Get Off with a Rock God
  21. Be a Human Guine Pig
  22. Go Up in a Hot Air Balloon
  23. Get Arrested
  24. See a Space Shuttle Launch
  25. Capture the Moment in an Award-winning Photograph
  26. Bungee Jump
  27. See an Erupting Volcano
  28. Sky Dive
  29. Meet Your Idol (2004, SY)
  30. Stay in the Best Suite in a Five Start Hotel
  31. Experience Weightlessness
  32. See the Aurora Borealis
  33. Get to Score a Hole in One
  34. Design Your Own Cocktail
  35. Play a Part in Your Favorite TV Show
  36. Visit Every Country (or Continent)
  37. Make Fire Without Matches
  38. 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…)
  39. Go to the Dogs
  40. Get a Free Upgrade on a Plane
  41. Be Friends With your Ex
  42. Hit Your Targets
  43. Throw a Dart into a Map and Travel to Where it Lands
  44. Attend a Film Premiere
  45. Do a Runner From a Fancy Restaurant
  46. Scuba Dive
  47. Milk a Cow
  48. Be Present When Your Country Wins the World Cup
  49. See Both Solar and Lunar Eclipses (L: ?JMS; S: 1996JMS, 2009DL)
  50. Write Your Name Over a Star on the Walk of Fame
  51. Learn Another Language (E: 1989- ; J: 2003- ; K: 2003- )
  53. Complete a Coast to Coast Road Trip Across America
  54. Make at Least One Huge Purchase You Can’t Afford (2009DL)
  55. Score the Winning Goal/Try/Basket
  56. Gatecrash a Fancy Party
  58. Live in the Place You Love (2001- DL)
  59. Leave a Job You Hate (2008- DL)
  60. Take Part in a Police Line-up
  61. Get Away with the Perfect Practical Joke or Hoax
  62. Join the Mile High Club
  63. Make the Front Page of a National Newspaper
  64. Drive a Car at Top Speed 
  65. Shout “Drinks Are on Me!” in a Pub or a Bar
  66. Be Part of a Flash Mob
  67. Visit (Colosseum, Rome; Uluru, Australia; Much Picchu, Peru; The Pyramids at Giza, Egypt; Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro; Sydney Harbor, Australia; Taj Mahal, Delhi; Great Barrier Reef, Australia; Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco; GRAND Canyon, Arizona; Angkor Wat, Cambodia; The Great Wall of China [2007]…)
  68. Save Someone’s Life
  69. In Various Languages, Learn to say Hello, Goodbye, Please and Thank You; Order Beer; Swear; Insults… (E; J; K)
  70. Invent a Word That Makes it into the Dictionary
  71. Have Adventurous Sex
  72. Have Enough Money to Do All the Things on This List
  73. Stand on the International Date Line
  74. Learn to Fly a Plane
  75. Get a Tattoo and/or Piercing
  76. Invent Something
  77. Learn Astronomy and Read the Night Sky
  78. Drink a Vintage Wine
  79. Answer a Personal Ad
  80. Spend Christmas on the Beach
  81. Get Barred From a Pub or Bar
  82. Build Your Own House
  83. Skinny Dip at Midnight
  84. Sell All Your Junk on eBay and Make a Profit
  85. Visit the World’s Tallest Buildings
  86. Run a Marathon
  87. Conquer Your Fear
  88. Get Married Unusually
  89. Throw Away the Instant Noodles
  90. Join the 16-Mile High Club
  91. Create a Cult Website
  92. Own an Original Work of Art
  93. Complete the Monopoly Board Pub Crawl
  94. Get Something Named After You
  95. Get Revenge
  96. Be an Extra in a Film
  97. Live Out of a Van
  98. Go on a Demonstration
  99. Confess
  100. Reach 100 Years of Age
  101. Continue Your Gene Pool

Notes:

Red: Accomplished
Green: Cannot be accomplished

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  1. Yang
    10/30/2009 at 11:36 am
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    You seem to have accomplished a lot!

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