I won't lie to you, when I was in college, my list was all about sex. It would have made Dan Savage proud. One by one as I slowly ticked off my list, it lost its luster and didn't have the same resonance for me. I couldn't articulate it, but I wanted something more. I resolved to improve myself, maybe with books, but since I was already an extremely active reader, I decided that this really wasn't fair either. Hopefully this list, which I am now formalizing at this very minute, is a little more interesting, broadened, and applicable to people outside of myself.

1.  Capture my Grandpa on video talking about his life, so that I can show the world how great he really is.

 

2. Take a safari in Africa somewhere, sometime, but preferably one in which I am not in grave danger or in a situation where I am forced to use my lightning-fast running skills to out-run leopards and/or cheetahs.

3.  Take a month-long road trip to the south-west of the United States.

4.  Learn to cook at least one "specialty-dish". (Kraft Macaroni definitely does NOT count).

5.  Learn how to count to five in German. (right now, I can only say the words 3, 23, and rock, paper, scissors in German, so I believe this will make me much-more conversant with any Germans I should happen to meet while traveling.)

6.  Learn how to make a web page.

7.  Write an actual short-story.

8. Secretly de-friend people I don't like on Facebook.

9. Grow a plant of my own without killing it.

 

10.  Write fan letters to my favorite writers without sounding like a crazy stalker.

11.  Eat frog legs because I hear that they taste a bit like chicken, which also tastes like snake.