100 Things to Do Before I Die

It's been almost a year since I started this list, and almost 6 months since I finished it. Since then I've removed a couple things that don't seem like such good ideas now. I also modified a couple things to make them more achievable. I'm still not sure about that going to space thing though. I've started categorizing the list and plan to start marking off the easier ones very soon.

1. Eat frog legs.
2. Overcome my fear of bees and wasps.
3. Tie bed sheets together and use them to climb out of a window.
4. Win a Halloween costume contest.
5. Find the remains of the cabin in Morristown where Evil Dead was filmed.
6. Tour the Bell Witch Cave.
7. Get banned from a place of business.
8. Play a game of lacrosse.
9. Handcuff a briefcase to my wrist.
10. Visit every state park in Tennessee.
11. Write a message in a bottle.
12. Be in a food fight.
13. Learn to cook pineapple fried rice.
14. Pick up a hitchhiker.
15. Research my family tree.
16. Jump out of a moving vehicle.
17. Use a bullhorn.
18. Own a handgun.
19. Eat at a KFC in Kentucky.
20. Use night vision goggles.
21. Get a tattoo.
22. See Stonehenge.
23. See a live volcano.
24. Visit Australia.
25. See Mount Rushmore.
26. Take an Alaskan cruise.
27. Search for Bigfoot.
28. See the St. Louis Arch.
29. Tour Alcatraz Island.
30. Go whale watching.
31. See the Grand Canyon.
32. Eat at Hello Deli.
33. Visit Yellowstone.
34. Go to Area 51.
35. See Niagara Falls.
36. Go to LEGOLAND.
37. Travel around the country in a Winnebago.
38. See the Statue of Liberty.
39. Tour Washington D.C.
40. Experience a total eclipse.
41. Compete in the Rock Paper Scissors International World Championships.
42. Attend a PEZ convention.
43. Watch the Aurora Borealis.
44. Attend a Republican National Convention.
45. Watch an Olympic event in person.
46. Learn to play a musical instrument.
47. Learn to drive a manual transmission.
48. Master card counting.
49. Teach Banjo a stupid trick that will get us on Letterman.
50. Take stunt driving classes.
51. Learn to pick locks.
52. Take up carpentry as a hobby.
53. Train Banjo to run an agility course.
54. Learn to beatbox.
55. Become fluent in another language.
56. Practice one video game until I master it.
57. Become an excellent foosball player.
58. Hotwire a car.
59. Be a contestant on Jeopardy.
60. Get into the Guinness Book of World Records somehow.
61. Patent an invention.
62. Be my own boss.
63. Be a father.
64. Get married in Las Vegas.
65. When I’m an old man, sit in a rocking chair on the porch and whittle.
66. Coach a youth swim team.
67. Join the Coast Guard Reserve.
68. Write my memoirs.
69. Sponsor a third-world child.
70. Play Monopoly with real money.
71. Join the Polar Bear Club.
72. Compete in a bass fishing tournament.
73. Open a Swiss bank account.
74. Write a screenplay.
75. Build and spend the night in a tree house.
76. Build a secret passageway behind a bookcase.
77. Have an aquarium full of either piranhas or small sharks.
78. Have my own soda fountain.
79. Start an arcade and pinball machine collection.
80. Have a pet goat.
81. Buy a boat.
82. Buy a late 60’s – early 70’s Camaro SS.
83. Buy a DeLorean.
84. Undergo hypnosis.
85. Play baccarat in a casino.
86. Hike the Appalachian Trail.
87. Chase a tornado.
88. Be part of a live studio audience.
89. Feed an alligator.
90. Be an extra in a movie.
91. Sink up to my waist in quicksand.
92. Find the world’s best donut.
93. Ride on a double-decker bus.
94. Drive an Aston Martin.
95. Ride a snowmobile.
96. Ride in a hot air balloon.
97. Tackle a purse snatcher.
98. Serve on a jury.
99. Meet a sitting President.
100. Be a space tourist.