100 Things to do Before I Die
One day I decided that I was going to create myself a list. It all began when I got to visit Barcelona AND San Francisco within the same year (the same summer in fact). It was a dream come true, a dream I’d had for about seven years. Fulfilling these dreams made me think about the great things in the world. Some people dream of jumping out of aeroplanes, others hope to travel the world. I’m not the kind of person that has dreams of grandeur or extreme sports. I don’t care much for travelling the majority of the world, the thought of jumping out of a plane petrifies me and I revel more in the little things. Which is why you won’t find many extreme/crazy/’are you mad?’ things on my list. But that doesn’t make it any less wonderful to be able to tick things off.
3. Go to supermarket at 3am to buy a cheap item (e.g. pen/notepad/ruler)
4. Visit all 50 states of the US -
5. Visit Australia
7. Go to a casino
8. Walk the Golden Gate Bridge for charity
9. Set up my own charity
10. Visit Redwood City, California
11. Visit all Ivy League schools
12. Visit Oxbridge – Oxford, Cambridge
13. Attend a cake decorating class
14. Dress up as a nun
15. Attend a Catholic mass
16. See someone really, really famous even if I dislike them
17. Fly somewhere and return for no reason
18. Spend the night in an airport
19. Have children
20. Meet my Aussie Delta friends
13. Attend a cake decorating class
14. Dress up as a nun
15. Attend a Catholic mass
16. See someone really, really famous even if I dislike them
17. Fly somewhere and return for no reason
18. Spend the night in an airport
19. Have children
20. Meet my Aussie Delta friends
21. Ride a bus route all the way back to the start
22. Play on swings as an elderly woman
23. Visit Disneyworld again
24. Get a temp job
25. Stay in a hotel under a false name
26. Live in another town for at least 3 months
27. Go on the London Eye at night
28. See a baby that isn’t mine being born
29. Save a life (doesn’t have to be physically)
30. See a member of the Royal family/Prime Minister
22. Play on swings as an elderly woman
23. Visit Disneyworld again
24. Get a temp job
25. Stay in a hotel under a false name
26. Live in another town for at least 3 months
27. Go on the London Eye at night
28. See a baby that isn’t mine being born
30. See a member of the Royal family/Prime Minister
31. Sit on THE Big Bench and do everything on Toastie’s Broken Hill list
32. Go to Lego land
33. Go to Cadbury’s world
34. Do something for someone and don’t tell them
35. Pay someone’s bus/train/toll road fare
36. Go on a canal boat for at least a night
37. Take a ‘funny’ course for no reason (e.g. how to be a mime)
38. Learn to play at least one song on the piano (not Yankee doodle, like Delta)
39. Learn to play an instrument I’ve never heard of before
40. Audition for a film/TV show
32. Go to Lego land
33. Go to Cadbury’s world
35. Pay someone’s bus/train/toll road fare
36. Go on a canal boat for at least a night
37. Take a ‘funny’ course for no reason (e.g. how to be a mime)
38. Learn to play at least one song on the piano (not Yankee doodle, like Delta)
39. Learn to play an instrument I’ve never heard of before
40. Audition for a film/TV show
41. Own a cat that has kittens and name them after something to do with the number of kittens there are (e.g. 7 named after S Club 7)
42. See a West End or Broadway show
43. Throw a whole box of mugs against a wall
44. Write something/have an article written about me that ends up in a national newspaper
45. Watch a drag queen show
46. Own at least 3 chickens at one time
47. Walk on the grass of a professional football pitch
48. Go to Wimbledon
49. Go to Palm beach during the filming of Home and Away
50. Go on the Neighbours tour
43. Throw a whole box of mugs against a wall
44. Write something/have an article written about me that ends up in a national newspaper
45. Watch a drag queen show
46. Own at least 3 chickens at one time
47. Walk on the grass of a professional football pitch
48. Go to Wimbledon
49. Go to Palm beach during the filming of Home and Away
50. Go on the Neighbours tour
51. Visit a country I know I’ll hate and eat the local food I know I’ll despise
52. Visit a really tall hotel just to ride the lift
53. Live in an apartment
54. Get a tattoo that doesn’t look like one (e.g. the TB dots on my arm)
55. Rent my house to someone and live in a rented house while they’re in it
56. Live in another country with children for at least 3 months
57. Attend a stranger’s funeral
58. Watch all the films I’ve ever wanted to/that are considered classics (see additional list)
59. Own a backwards clock
60. Own the Playmobil mansion and enough people/things to fill it
52. Visit a really tall hotel just to ride the lift
53. Live in an apartment
55. Rent my house to someone and live in a rented house while they’re in it
56. Live in another country with children for at least 3 months
57. Attend a stranger’s funeral
58. Watch all the films I’ve ever wanted to/that are considered classics (see additional list)
59. Own a backwards clock
60. Own the Playmobil mansion and enough people/things to fill it
61. Sit in a big lecture that isn’t mine
62. Sit in a big lecture at a different Uni
63. Learn to pull a pint
64. Own at least 5 cats at one time
65. Do something that scares me to death (a la jumping off a waterfall)
66. Spend the night in a library
67. Ride a tandem bike
68. Get a full body massage
69. Ride Blackpool’s tram from one end to the other and back again
70. Walk the length of the Blackpool beach
62. Sit in a big lecture at a different Uni
63. Learn to pull a pint
64. Own at least 5 cats at one time
65. Do something that scares me to death (a la jumping off a waterfall)
67. Ride a tandem bike
68. Get a full body massage
69. Ride Blackpool’s tram from one end to the other and back again
70. Walk the length of the Blackpool beach
71. Go to the top of Blackpool Tower
72. Go to Blackpool Pleasure Beach
73. Go to Thorpe Park
74. Visit the top tourist attractions in London
75. Spend the day on a bouncy castle
76. Build/go in a secret passageway
77. Meet at least 1 more member of S Club 7
78. Make an item of clothing
79. Design my own brand new kitchen and bathroom
80. Travel from lands end to John O’Groats
72. Go to Blackpool Pleasure Beach
73. Go to Thorpe Park
74. Visit the top tourist attractions in London
75. Spend the day on a bouncy castle
76. Build/go in a secret passageway
77. Meet at least 1 more member of S Club 7
79. Design my own brand new kitchen and bathroom
80. Travel from lands end to John O’Groats
81. Use an orange as a ball and hit it with a bat
82. Put a Mento in a bottle of coke and watch the fireworks
83. Egg something
84. Dye my hair a colour other than blonde
85. Hold a 50 pound note
86. Walk the Sydney Harbour Bridge
87. Have a paint fight
88. Set up a big toy – e.g. train set, marble run, domino set (bigger than normal)
89. Send a message in a bottle
90. Donate money and put my name on something – e.g. a scholarship, a park bench
82. Put a Mento in a bottle of coke and watch the fireworks
83. Egg something
84. Dye my hair a colour other than blonde
86. Walk the Sydney Harbour Bridge
87. Have a paint fight
88. Set up a big toy – e.g. train set, marble run, domino set (bigger than normal)
89. Send a message in a bottle
90. Donate money and put my name on something – e.g. a scholarship, a park bench
91. Create my family tree
92. Play a real golf game
93. Write a full length book/script
94. See a famous painting in real life (e.g. Mona Lisa, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers)
95. Go fishing – at least once
96. Go to martial arts sessions and gain at least 1 belt (beyond white)
97. Attend a festival/parade/annual celebration (e.g. Mardi Gras, Times Square on News Years Eve, Gay Pride, etc.)
98. Go on a short cruise
99. Create a piece of art I’m proud of
100. Create a scrapbook and complete it
92. Play a real golf game
93. Write a full length book/script
95. Go fishing – at least once
96. Go to martial arts sessions and gain at least 1 belt (beyond white)
97. Attend a festival/parade/annual celebration (e.g. Mardi Gras, Times Square on News Years Eve, Gay Pride, etc.)
98. Go on a short cruise
99. Create a piece of art I’m proud of
100. Create a scrapbook and complete it
Currently Completed:
1. Go to Barcelona [visited in 2008]
2. Go to San Francisco [visited in 2008]
29. Save a life (doesn’t have to be physically) [a friend of mine told me in 2010 that I had saved her life]
42. See a West End or Broadway show [saw Legally Blonde The Musical in Oct 2010]
66. Spend the night in a library [I did this in 2009 before I finished university]
85. Hold a 50 pound note [I held a handful in, I think, 2009]
94. See a famous painting in real life (e.g. Mona Lisa, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers) [I've seen several, check my blog posts!]
34. Do something for someone and don’t tell them [A couple of weeks ago I was sat at the bus stop when I found a school book bag, I looked inside, found the school it was for and took it back. I doubt the people who it belonged to will ever know who I am, or if someone even found the bag and took it to the school at all. Good deed, done.]
78. Make an item of clothing [I did this sometime in 2011 - I made a pair of pyjama pants, I love them]
6. Place a bet at a betting shop [January 2012 - Betfred in Bristol, it was awesome, I lost £10]
54. Get a tattoo that doesn’t look like one (e.g. the TB dots on my arm) [February 1st 2012 - Stefs, Bolton, I got my 7 dots and ow did it hurt]