The Bucket List: 101 Aspirations

There are so many things I want to do before I die; some of them are doable, but some aren't. I recently sat down and came up with a list of the things I aspire to do in my lifetime. Here goes nothing:

Put change in an expired meter

Attend the Kentucky Derby

Pay a stranger's bar tab

Learn to sail

Organize a large event

Buy a house

Attend a low country boil

Travel to Europe

Go fly fishing

Cook a meal for 5+ people

Drive across the country

Write a book

Get a book published

Pay off my credit card debt

Visit a castle

Start my own blog

Read all of Faulkner’s work

Plant a vegetable garden

Learn to play poker

Fly in a helicopter

Watch the changing of the guards

Ride in a limo

Drink milk from a fresh coconut

Attend a jazz festival

Learn to ski

Get a tarot card reading

Take up horseback riding again

Watch an Ole Miss game from the alumni box

Sing karaoke in public

Go mountain biking

Jump off a diving board

Start a petition

Open my own restaurant or cafe

Have a hot stone massage

Watch the 10 Greatest Movies of All Time

Ride on a motorcycle

Learn to speak Italian

Go snorkeling

Eat at a restaurant alone

Throw a surprise party

Watch a solar eclipse

Learn to bartend

Blow glass

Hike (part of) the Appalachian Trail

Leave a 100% tip for a server

Change a flat tire by myself

Enter a writing contest

Drive over the Brooklyn Bridge

Learn to knit

Go to a drive-in movie

Watch the duck walk at the Peabody

Get hypnotized

Take an art class

Order room service

Be an extra in a film

Do my own taxes

Ride a cable car in San Francisco

Drink expensive champagne

Name a star

Invest in the stock market

Travel by riverboat

Be a tourist in my own city

Go grape stomping

Have a mud fight

Spend the day at a spa

Rope swing into water

Watch the sun set over the mountains

Drive a Zamboni

Own my own beach house

Meet someone famous

Volunteer at the soup kitchen

Go deep sea fishing

Fly first class

Move somewhere knowing no one

Serve on a jury

“Unplug” for 48 hours

Build a house with Habitat for Humanity

Get acupuncture

Catch, cook and eat a fish

Learn to salsa dance

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah

Go to a vodka lounge

Pan for gold

Sleep on a beach

Try a Cuban Cigar

Find a pen pal from another country

Ride a camel

Give a speech at a wedding

Refinish an old piece of furniture

Jump off a cliff into the water

Get ordained

Visit every state in the U.S.

Be a bridesmaid

Swim with dolphins

Fly in a hot air balloon

Complete a 10-day fast

Organize my own cookbook

Train my dog

Climb a mountain

Take a spontaneous vacation

Attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Can y'all think of anything I left out? I'm always open to suggestions!