100 Scoops

Because imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and because seeing it all written out in front of me might help me actually achieve some of these goals…

(All completed activities are italicized in bold)

1. Get published, in any forum and form.

2. Live in another country for an extended amount of time.

3. Run a Marathon…maybe an Ironman

4. Write a song and have someone sing it…well.

5. Get married.

6. Climb a mountain.

7. See the 7 Wonders of the World in some combination of the ancient, medieval, and new:

Great Pyramid of Giza

Stonehenge (Spring 2006)

Colosseum

Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Taj Mahal

Leshan Giant Buddha

Channel Tunnel (Spring 2006)

CN Tower (Winter 2002)

Empire State Building (Winter 2002; Summer 2007)

Golden Gate Bridge

Panama Canal

8. Go to Grad School

9. Have a pen pal (the old fashioned way)

10. Go through a drive-thru; pay for me and the car behind me.

11. Walk down the red carpet.

12. Straddle the border between two countries.

13. Skydive.

14. Make my own wine at a vineyard.

15. Tutor someone.

16. Learn to snowboard.

17. Have children.

18. Go on a cruise

19. Drive cross-country.

20. Keep a journal for an entire year; write in it everyday.

21. Take a picture with a celebrity; get their autograph.

22. Teach a class.

23. Visit Australia.

24. Paint.

25. Own a bookstore.

26. Go on a book tour.

27. Go backstage at a favorite band’s concert and meet the band.

28. Learn to play the guitar.

29. Cook a multi-course gourmet dinner for my closest friends.

30. Ice skate.

31. Throw the first pitch at a baseball game (minor, major or little league)

32. Be a guest in the White House.

33. Spend a weekend at a luxury spa.

34. Skinny-dip.

35. Go Sailing.

36. Collect sand from 5 of the world’s most beautiful beaches.

37. Go to Vegas and actually win money.

38. Spend a Christmas in Paris.

39. Stand under a rain forest canopy.

40. Bake a pie from scratch.

41. Own a house.

42. Attend the Pope’s Mass at the Vatican.

43. See the Aurora Borealis.

44. Take a red-eye flight and stay awake.

45. Safari through Africa.

46. Pick blueberries and make homemade jam.

47. Learn how to fly a small plane.

48. Ride a camel in Egypt.

49. Create a cartoon character.

50. Watch the sunrise over 4 different horizons: plain, ocean, mountain, valley.

51. Go spelunking.

52. Bungee-Jump.

53. Learn to mix a proper martini-dirty.

54. Drive a tractor.

55. Send someone a singing telegram.

56. Stand on a surfboard in the ocean for more then 10 seconds.

57. Learn to meditate.

58. Donate blood.

59. Swim underwater up and back the length of a pool.

60. Stand on my head for 30 seconds.

61. Build a fire from scratch.

62. Become active in local government.

63. Rent a luxury sports car and drive it at top speed on the Autobahn.

64. Take pictures with only a Polaroid camera.

65. Hike the Appalachian Trail.

67. Make homemade ice cream, slow-churned of course.

68. Do a walking tour of the Cinque-Terre.

69. Take a self portrait photo every day for a year.

70. Fit ten friends in a photo-booth for a goofy photo session.

71. Name a famous Ice Cream Flavor.

72.  Go up in a hot air balloon at dawn or dusk.

73. Complete an entire NYT cross-word puzzle.

74.  Volunteer during a holiday.

75. Try something I’m afraid of doing.

80. Do a proper cart-wheel.

81. Swim in the Dead Sea.

82. Write my memoirs.

83. Visit the Great Wall of China

84. Read 50 books in a year.

85. Be a mentor.

86. Buy something for my parents they’d never buy for themselves.

87. Pan for gold.

88. Be an extra in a movie or a television show.

89. Meet Oprah.

90. Spend a summer on a boat.

91. Protest for a cause I believe in.

92. Give twenty “just because” gifts.

93. Put my hand in ten of the world’s oceans and bodies of water.

94. Visit Yosemite National Park.

95. Walk with 4 friends across Abbey Road.

96. Visit all 7 continents.

97. White-water raft.

98. Become conversational in French or Italian.

99. Milk a cow.

100. Show up at the airport with my bag and passport- take the first available flight (this is by far my favorite)

Thanks for the inspiration to all those who’ve done this and thus given me a number of my 100.

See anything I missed?