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asher orion royce (_asher) wrote,
@ 2010-02-02 19:08:00

Because Jilli inspires me as the young tend to do, I decided to take her advice and make a bucket list of my own. I find it really hard to think outside the box anymore. I have for a very long time .. ever since Jess died. And it's been hard for me to even admit that I still carry her with me everywhere, that I'm still holding on to the past. But, anyway .. that proved to be a starting point for my list. So .. here it is :

1. Learn to say goodbye.
2. Go on a blind date.
3. Run a marathon.
4. Learn sign language.
5. See an opera.
6. Ride in a hot air balloon.
7. Take fencing lessons.
8. Go bungee jumping.
9. Visit the Amazon Rainforest.
10. Run with the Bulls in Pamplona.
11. Celebrate New Year's in Times Square.
12. See all 50 of the United States.
13. Go back to school.
14. Paint a mural on a wall.
15. Visit the observatory at Griffith Park.
16. Get lost in the desert.
17. Visit the Playboy Bunny Mansion.
18. Get into the Guinness Book of World Records.
19. Volunteer at a homeless shelter.
20. Spend more time with my family.
21. Audition at an open casting call.
22. Own a Ducati.
23. Allow myself to fall in love again.
24. Milk a cow.
25. Go to a World Series game.
26. Shake hands with the President.
27. Learn how to fly a plane.
28. Be ridiculous.
29. Visit the wreckage of the Titanic in a submarine.
30. Go to Australia.
31. Be on a gameshow.
32. Crowd surf at a concert.
33. Volunteer at a school for disabled children.
34. Buy a one-way ticket and travel without itinerary.
35. Visit the Holocaust Museum.
36. Save someone's life.
37. Make a fool of myself in public and have the guts to laugh about it.
38. Attend the Burning Man festival.
39. Sleep in a hammock.
40. Quit smoking.
41. Drive a race car.
42. Visit the ruins of Pompeii.
43. Build a house with Habitat for Humanity.
44. Take a trip through the Panama Canal on a ship.
45. Sit in on a taping of Saturday Night Live.
46. Go rollerblading at the beach.
47. Buy a sailboat and go sailing for a month.
48. Have an entire conversation in a language other than English.
49. Learn to play the guitar.
50. Go to a Comic-Con.
51. Get in a bar fight.
52. Take a tour of a recycling plant.
53. Don't drive for a month -- take the bus or ride a bike.
54. Try speed dating.
55. See the Northern Lights.
56. Go to Falling Waters in Pennsylvania with my brother.
57. Learn how to bartend like Tom Cruise in 'Cocktail.'
58. Try being a vegetarian for a week.
59. Get a gym membership and actually use it.
60. Live long enough to see my daughter graduate.

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aesthetical
2010-02-03 12:40 am UTC (link)

Okay, so I'm gonna do what I did with Jilli and see what I can help you out with.

First off - sign language. I got this. After Lyric was born, I bought those "teach your baby to" videos and books and I kinda learned along with her. So this is totally checked off your list.

Does Glee karaoke not count in the "be ridiculous" and "make a fool of myself in public" categories?

Also? Comic-Con. I wanna go! Can I? Can I?

Now you two have me thinking of making one of these lists. Oh dear.

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_asher
2010-02-03 01:08 am UTC (link)

So, you and Lyric are going to teach me sign language?

'Be ridiculous' is more of an ongoing thing. Reminding myself to loosen up and not be so serious all the time. 'Make a fool of myself in public' could probably be crossed off the list but I was thinking more like .. break dancing in the middle of the street or falling on my ass in front of a ton of strangers.

And yes, you can go.

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	aesthetical 2010-02-03 01:25 am UTC (link)
	Sure! We're pretty good at it. :) I didn't notice the vegetarian thing, so you can add THAT to the list of things I can help with too! Haha. You break dance in the middle of the street and Jilli wants a dance-off with a stranger. I don't think I could make my list nearly as entertaining. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jbelmont 2010-02-03 03:57 am UTC (link)
	Milk a cow? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_asher 2010-02-03 04:02 am UTC (link)
	Hey, don't knock it. I would have made a bad ass farmer. Besides, it's something I've never done. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jbelmont 2010-02-03 04:09 am UTC (link)
	Well you better get on it old man. You've got like what ? Two years before it's time to go to the retirment home? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_asher 2010-02-03 04:12 am UTC (link)
	Something like that, yeah. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jbelmont 2010-02-03 04:17 am UTC (link)
	Sucks. I'm glad I'm practically an infant. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_asher 2010-02-03 04:20 am UTC (link)
	I remember you as an infant. You're not quite that young. In fact, you should probably get to work on your own list cause you'll be headed to the retirement home not too long after me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jbelmont 2010-02-03 04:28 am UTC (link)
	~~Well stop remembering me that way!~~ I'm practically done with my list, thank ya very much. I don't just sit around playing video games all day you know. I'm out delivering babies and jumping off waterfalls. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_asher 2010-02-03 04:36 am UTC (link)
	That so, huh? I guess I really should get started on mine. I'm thinking a bar fight seems like a pretty good place to start. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jbelmont 2010-02-03 04:43 am UTC (link)
	Nah. You're at that stage where a broken bone could mean serious problems. You don't want to have to use a cane just yet. Start with milking your cow. You should squeeze somebody's boob and say you're just practicing. Someone who just had a baby. =D (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_asher 2010-02-03 04:45 am UTC (link)
	If I miraculously find someone who just found a baby in a bar and do that, I'll be able to cross off two at once! Cause I'm pretty sure it would get me hit. That's it, isn't it. You're trying to get me beat up, but you don't want it to seem too obvious. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jbelmont 2010-02-03 04:52 am UTC (link)
	You won't get hit if you pinch and then run really fast. I'm trying to help you. I don't promote violence against my elders. (Reply to this) (Parent)