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Bucket List

I've kept this list in my head for a long time. It's time to put it out there and start achieving some of these goals.

Geek
  1. Visit Hogsmeade in Harry Potter World at Universal
  2. Visit Diagon Alley in Harry Potter World at Universal
  3. Visit the Harry Potter Studio in London
  4. Venture on the Lord of the Rings tour in New Zealand
  5. Visit all the Vancouver locations in Battlestar Galactica
  6. Visit the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff
  7. Visit Platform 9 3/4
  8. See Wicked
  9. Try a pint of butterbeer
  10. Meet Stephen Amell
  11. Meet John Barrowman
  12. Meet James Marsters
  13. Attend a convention as press
  14. Commission art at a convention
  15. Attend Gen Con
  16. Attend BlizzCon
  17. Tour Pixar
  18. Tour Lucasfilm
  19. Meet Mark Hamill
  20. Hug Chewbacca
  21. Tour Nintendo
  22. Tour Google
  23. Meet Edward James Olmos
  24. March in the DragonCon Parade
  25. Meet Neil Gaiman
  26. Get a BSG tattoo
  27. Have an IMDB page
  28. Speak on a panel at a convention
  29. Moderate a panel at a convention
  30. Read all the books that I own
  31. Attend San Diego Comic Con
  32. Attend Star Wars Celebration
  33. Attend E3
  34. Attend PAX East
  35. Attend PAX Prime
  36. Attend New York Comic Con
  37. Visit the Jay & Silent Bob Secret Stash
  38. Have my own podcast
  39. Particpate in GISHWHES
  40. Go to Star Wars Weekend at Disney
  41. Go to a Renaissance Faire
  42. Go to the Highland Games
  43. Attend a film premiere
  44. Go to a book signing
  45. Read the book before the movie
  46. See a Broadway show
Space/Aviation
  1. See a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral
  2. Visit the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
  3. See the Spruce Goose
  4. Tour Kennedy Space Center
  5. Pay my respects to Apollo 1
  6. Attend a NASA Social
  7. Name a star
Creativity
  1. Complete NaNoWriMo
  2. Learn how to, properly, use Photoshop
  3. Learn to become a better photographer
  4. Have one of my poems turned into a song
  5. Publish a book
  6. Be Published
  7. Create a Family Tree
  8. Explore my Ancestry
  9. Design a website
  10. Make Tie Dye clothing
  11. Start a Blog
  12. Become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution
  13. Attend a poetry reading
Travel
  1. See the Chicago Bean
  2. Visit Stonehenge
  3. Visit Highclere Castle
  4. Visit Oxford University
  5. See and touch the Berlin Wall
  6. Eat tapas and drink sangria in Spain
  7. Visit a concentration camp and pay my respects
  8. Visit the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  9. Visit Times Square
  10. Swim in the Mediterranean Sea
  11. Visit Hawaii
  12. Visit Hong Kong
  13. Visit Hampton Court Palace
  14. Visit the Tower of London
  15. Climb to the top of a volcano
  16. Drive down Route 66
  17. Visit Niagara Falls
  18. Visit Canada
  19. Go to Ireland
  20. See the Northern Lights
  21. Visit the Full House home in San Francisco
  22. Visit the Toretto House in LA
  23. Explore a fjord
  24. Celebrate Paddy's Day in Dublin
  25. Go on a cross-country trip of Canada
  26. Go on a cruise where I don't have to work
  27. Go to Alaska
  28. See the Grand Canyon
  29. Visit Lake Louise in Canada
  30. Go to Australia
  31. Visit the Biltmore Estate
  32. Go to a game at Fenway Park
  33. Go to a Sprint Cup race
  34. Visit Hawaii
  35. Have a hot dog from Pink's
  36. See the Redwoods
  37. Visit Berlin
  38. Visit Prague
  39. Visit Budapest
  40. Drink limoncello in Sicily
  41. Watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace
  42. Cross the Equator
  43. Attend the Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament
  44. See the Hollywood sign
  45. Visit Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany
  46. Cross Tower Bridge in London
  47. Visit Strawberry Fields in Central Park
  48. Visit all 50 States
  49. Eat a cannoli in Italy
  50. See a performance at the Globe Theatre in London
  51. Visit Nova Scotia
  52. Drive on the Pacific Coast Highway
  53. See the Cliffs of Moher
  54. Visit Notting Hill
  55. See Big Ben
  56. Visit Machu Picchu
  57. Attend Carnivale in Sicily
  58. Attend the Winter Olympics
  59. Tour a vineyard
  60. Shop at a Christmas market in Europe
  61. Explore the Acropolis
  62. See Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia
  63. Attend Burning Man
  64. Attend Carnival in Rio
  65. Drink authentic Sicilian wine
  66. See a concert at the Ancient Greek Theatre in Taormina
  67. Attend Sundance
  68. Eat a Chicago Dog in Chicago
Adventure
  1. Hike the Appalachian Trail
  2. Go snowboarding
  3. Go paintballing
  4. Learn archery
  5. Chase a tornado
  6. Swim with manatees
  7. Dog sled
  8. Indoor skydive
  9. Kite Surf
  10. Parasail
  11. Rappel into a cave
  12. Scuba Dive
  13. Skydive
  14. Swim with manta rays
  15. Take a falconry class
  16. Go whale watching
General
  1. Cultivate and maintain a garden
  2. Dye my hair purple
  3. Receive my permit to carry a weapon
  4. Get a tattoo
  5. Own a pair of Doc Martens
  6. Graduate college
  7. Climb a lighthouse
  8. Be thanked in the acknowledgments of a musical album
  9. Be an audience member on the Price is Right
  10. Live in a different country
  11. See Slipknot live
  12. Be in the front row at a concert
  13. Lose 50 pounds
  14. Eat a real Gordon Ramsay Beef Wellington
  15. Earn a Masters Degree
  16. Earn a PhD
  17. Learn to shoot a gun
  18. Sing karaoke
  19. Sing a karaoke duet
  20. Attend Gay Pride
  21. Attend a Jazz festival
  22. Take an Improv class