Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Stuff to do before I die.

I've been inspired (read: forced) by Scott to make a list of things I want to do before I die. This isn't going to be a numbered list of goals though, moreso events I'd like to attend and places I'd like to go. Moreover, it is intentional that these are all extremely cliche.

Run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. And I don't mean watch the running, I mean actually out run a bull, the whole way. Extra points for being gored!

Make a stupid face at one of those Royal Guards at Buckingham Palace.

Party at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, once they're back up and running. I have to see at least 13 boobies.

Get a Philly Cheesesteak in Philadelphia.

Attend a World Cup game in a European or South American country. Engage in any tomfoolery that occurs.

Drink a Guinness in Ireland. Not Dublin though, a small pub with a real fireplace in a small town.

Attend a New Zealand All-Blacks rugby match. Also, I will accomplish Dwight's goal:
I can travel anywhere. Except Cuba. And I will travel to New Zealand. And walk the Lord of the Rings trail to Mordor. And then I will hike Mount Doom.
Participate in the tomato fight in Spain - requires 10 headshots for completion.

Drink a glass of wine at a vinyard in Italy...in one sip.

Go snowboarding in Banff and Whistler.

Go surfing in California.

Enjoy a Fosters, barbecued shrimp and then go scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia.

Buy the best rip-off electronics I can find in Japan, after a meal of sushi and sapporo.

See a play on Broadway in New York.

Go to a high school football game in Texas.

See an NCAA football game and basketball game.

Leave a casino in Vegas as a winner.

As I mentioned on Scott's blog, drink tequila in some roadside stop on the way to Mexico city. The kind of place where you can pay your tab with a nice watch, and lose in pool against some three-toothed, 64 year old Mexican prostitute named Chantico.

Smoke a cigar and drink a mojito in Cuba, while reading a Hemingway novel.

Take a photograph of the Taj Mahal.

Go on a safari in Africa.

Smoke sheesha in Egypt after a day of graverobbing the pyramids.

Visit Easter Island off the coast of Chile.

Write a "Hello World" program at a startup in Silicon Valley.

Buy a hotdog and $8 beer and see a Red Sox/Yankee game at Fenway park.

Walk along the Great Wall of China.

Have a cup of fresh coffee in Columbia. Also, cocaine.

Eat a lobster dinner in Maine.

Deposit money into a swiss bank account.

Do a cycling tour of Italy or France.

Enjoy an Ouzo somewhere in the Greek islands.

I'm sure I will add to this list as the ideas enter my head. Anywhere else I should go?

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Cocaine's addictive... Rosy

Unknown said...

I have personally completed the following from your list:

> Make a stupid face at one of those Royal Guards at Buckingham Palace.

(did this, as a young child)

> Leave a casino in Vegas as a winner.

(ok, so it was only $60)

> Take a photograph of the Taj Mahal.

(does taking a photograph of a photograph of the Taj Mahal count?)

> Buy a hotdog and $8 beer and see a Red Sox/Yankee game at Fenway park.

(been there too...beautiful park...smells like sweat and pee though)

> Do a cycling tour of Italy or France.

A cycling tour? Yes. In Europe? Unfortunately, no.

Young man, your list is inspiring. I too shall make a list. Peace out.

Anonymous said...

I also completed a few:
-Ouzo on the Greek Islands
-Drank wine in an Italian vineyard. Can't say it was in one sip, but Mike did it and I was a foot away from him so that's pretty good
-I saw a world cup game while in France...but it was on the television
-I got a picture and had a conversation with some guards at Buckingham Palace, but they weren't wearing those red coats and big black hats like in Mr. Bean

Places you should go:
Hallstatt, Austria
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

Look at some pictures