Bucket List

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How many of you have already made a bucket list? You know things to do before you kick the bucket.

For those of you who've already seen the movie Bucket List, you know exactly what I'm talking about. For those of you who haven't, go out and rent it. It's an unforgettable heart-warming story.


Over the years I have compiled a list mentally, but I thought it was time to jot it all down and see what I've missed.

I can't always depend on my memory and besides it's always fun to compare notes. Right? So here it goes in no particular order:

  I would love to learn how to sing—but that's definitely not going to happen. Reaching for my red pen and crossing that one off.

 Songwriting would be an absolute blast. I've always wanted to write songs. If I can't sing them, might as well write them. Which leads me to...

 Dee-jaying. Call me crazy but ever since high school I always wanted to be a dee-jay. Who knows maybe I'll be spinning beats as an 80 year old. {G}


 Learn how to paint. Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso, Claude Monet, Rembrandt—need I say more?


 Discover how to play an electric guitar. How hard can it be? Okay, so it's not that easy, but I find it intriguing to be able to create music by a stroke of a string. I've always wanted to rock out in a band. Remember the movie High School Rock? Yeah, like that!


 Go up in a hot-air balloon? Maybe. I'd have to REALLY check out who is conducting it first. But I would love to see what the world looks like from way high and since I am too chicken to go sky diving, it's the next best thing. (I know someone who isn't chicken though! Come check out my good buddyToni Kelly's sky diving experience HERE)

Photo by Karol Pomplin

 Graphic/Web design. There's just something compelling about designing Web sites and creating incredible images. Fun, fun, fun!

  I absolutely would LOVE to visit Italy. But then again who wouldn't? Ah, to climb the Tower of Pisa. To float down the Grand Canal in a gondola on a moonlit night.

To savor a slice of pizza in Naples. Maybe even ride a bicycle through Tuscany. And let's not forget about the Vatican. Must see Michelangelo's breathtaking work at the Sistine Chapel. Ciao!

Cake decorating. I have always been eager to learn how to decorate cakes. Maybe one day...

  Last but not least, I would love to write material for comedians, but then again that may mean career suicide for the comedian. But hey, you never know.

P.S. And before you ask where my good deeds list is, don't worry I have one of those as well. It's not all fun and games. ☺
Oh, and of course hitting the NY bestselling list would be nice, wouldn't it D'Ann?

So what about you? What's on your bucket list?