1. Rent a fancy sports car and drive along the coast for the day/weekend.
I drove up the Pacific Coast Highway with Mom from San Francisco to Newport Oregon, and it was incredible. I have also driven most of the way from LA up to San Simeon and from San Francisco down to Carmel-by-the-Sea. So that covers most of it. Actually, I would like to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium. That's pretty different from the starting point of this guy's item though.
2. Swim with dolphins.
I've read that this is actually really bad for dolphins plus you know dolphins are so smart what if they start thinking "wasn't she going to lose weight or something? wth?" no, too much pressure. I'll just leave them alone to deal with their intelligent thoughts privately.
Seriously though, if you're considering it please read this article or any one of thousands more about it please. Because does this look like a nice job for dolphins to have?
From The Hill.
3. Go visit a psychic.
So this is an interesting one but I'm also a little scared. Sort of the same reason I avoid therapy. :-D
4. Watch a movie in the Hollywood cemetery.
OMG I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS A THING BUT IT IS CAN I PLEASE GO MOM CAN I I'LL BE REALLY GOOD PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
No but seriously if I lived in LA I would literally go every week. Sorry Saturday night, you're taken from here to eternity. Did you know they have a photo booth, too? So yeah.
5. Sleep under the stars.
I've done this lots of times. I forgot to tell you I went to college in Asheville.
6. Do a 5K Mud run.
I just realized that the people who make lists like this are the same kinds of people who push themselves to accomplish meaningless feats of endurance/strength/insanity - I've noticed that it's a common theme among lists.
7. Serve the homeless at a soup kitchen.
I've made the soup several times but never actually served it. That's interesting to realize.
8. Donate blood.
i forgot to tell you how one time i tried to donate blood in high school and the guy must have been a trainee or a homicidal maniac off the street and he kept stabbing into my arm over and over and over again and finally they just gave me a cookie and told me i could go - i guess i could add it to my list but i'm not sure my veins could take it - when they take blood at the doctor's office it always takes a long time to find a vein and i've heard the needles are even bigger for donating not that i've given it much thought i'm just throwing this out there
9. Camp in the Grand Canyon and/or go white water rafting down the Grand Canyon.
Ooh now this sounds AWESOME!!!
10. Eat the worm in a tequila bottle.
WAIT WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY
11. Pick a hockey team and learn every player on the team.
Is this quiz still in English? What's happening?
12. Paint something.
I have been meaning to paint my office. That's an idea.
Although I'm starting to think maybe I should have started this list a little earlier. Maybe it will turn into a 4 before 40 list...
13. Go skinny dipping in the ocean.
Ok that sounds well and good but then I think about fish and how basically everything poops into the ocean and then I'm like no way. Yeah that's definitely not my cup of pee. Er, tea.
14. Learn how to edit video on Final Cut Pro.
Maybe there are some programs I could learn better than would help. I've been wanting to learn Raiser's Edge, for instance, but having a difficult time. Because no one I know has it so I can't access it.
15. Headstand in the middle of the room and stay for a minute.
This is a really good goal for people to set for themselves. Like, people who don't lose their balance in footstands.
16. Adopt something.
Question: do cats count?
17. See your mom’s house in Nevada.
Ok this one sounded a lot funnier that it was. It was literally his mom's house in Nevada and he literally hadn't seen it, so I'll have to find something else. Although I have also never seen his mom's house in Nevada.
18. Hot air balloon ride or zipline or bungee jump.
I have ridden in a hot air balloon but I haven't ziplined and always wanted to. This is an exciting idea!
19. Sit in “The Show” (the San Diego State student section) for an Aztecs men's basketball game.
What Lucille said. YES EVEN THOUGH YOU EXPLAINED IT.
20. Ride a helicopter somewhere special.
When I was in high school we rode a helicopter around Maui and I saw a circular double rainbow below us in a little valley filled with waterfalls. That was pretty special.
21. Hike to the top of Mt. Baldy.
Maybe I could just say "go on a backpacking trip"?
22. Go to a jazz concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
Probably this won't happen for me. Let's be honest. Although it looks like Herbie Hancock will be playing there on August 23rd which makes this a perfect time to Rockit a little bit.
23. Build my Twitter following to 1,000.
I think maybe an increase of 858 followers might be a little too ambitious.
24. Go zorbing.
Hmm. Thinking about it but not really. What the hell is the matter with people?
25. Milk a cow.
No.
26. Write my will.
Hmm. Now this is something I should be doing. And a surprisingly responsible item to be following zorbing and milking a cow...
27. Visit Hearst castle.
28. Solve a Rubik’s cube.
I'd actually like to reach 40 without having a pointless nervous breakdown so I'll stick to easy sudoku.
29. Open a Swiss bank account.
The young gentleman did his research and found out you actually need lots of money to do this and frankly unless I can win millions of dollars at craps or poker or blackjack in Monte Carlo and then say "Just wire the winnings to my Swiss bank account, Jeeves," I'm not really sure it's worth it anyway.
29.1 Be an extra on a TV show or movie for a day.
This was our young gentleman's replacement item which I think might actually be more pie-in-the-sky for me than a Swiss bank account and yes I haven't forgotten that I'm unemployed.
30. Write a blog post that gets 5,000 hits.
I believe my current max is 60 hits. So again, this is not going to happen for me.
31. Walk the red carpet and attend a movie premiere.
I'm starting to think I'm missing out by not living in LA.
32. Attend a Cirque de Soleil show.
Done! Multiple times. Awesome. The best time was when I went with my husband for our anniversary the year he bought me tickets to see Kurios and I bought him tickets to see Capital Cities in Oakland. I got a Christmas tree ornament that we hang up every year and every time I hang it up I drag him down to fawn over it with me because I love him so much.
The worst time was when I went to see it with a guy who was mostly separated from his wife and he called his high school aged daughter in the middle of it to tell her that they picked the same guy from the audience as the night before so it was definitely scripted.
33. Hand out a $100 bill to a homeless person in need.
I can't even remember the last time I had a $100 bill. Probably some graduation or holiday. I could make a donation to an organization for homeless people though.
34. Ride a Segway.
Haha. I hope this isn't something I need to do before I turn 40. Or 100. If I EVER ride a segway it will be through Golden Gate Park and we will ride up to the front of all the things and listen in our headsets as some tour guide tells us what's in each of them but we won't actually go inside any of them because we can't bring Segways.
Actually, I'll probably just take a GoCar.
35. Attend a murder mystery dinner.
I did this in college and it was lots of fun, mostly because we got to dress up. I'd really like to do one of those Escape Rooms though! I only recently heard about them and I mean, it looks INCREDIBLE!!
36. Say the phrase “quick, follow that car” for a justifiable reason.
Too bad I didn't use it last weekend when my mother-in-law was in town with my brother-in-law and Mad and I followed Brandon and Collin to brunch. I'm optimistic that I'll be able to find another time to use it though!
37. Floss every day for 365 days straight.
I can't sleep if I haven't flossed. True story. Although I do suffer from insomnia so those might not be related.
38. No red meat for 365 days.
Not really necessary. I'm mostly vegetarian and was full-on vegetarian for more than a decade so I'm ready to let the red meat thing go. I have it like three times a year.
39. Obtain a copy of “The Sleepy Floyd Game” and it has to be the one with Greg Papa doing the play-by-play.
What Lucille said.
40. Pick something else to add to this list in the next 364 days.
I think I'm going to have to add more than one to bring it up to 40. This gives me a good head start, though!
24. Go zorbing.
Hmm. Thinking about it but not really. What the hell is the matter with people?
25. Milk a cow.
No.
26. Write my will.
Hmm. Now this is something I should be doing. And a surprisingly responsible item to be following zorbing and milking a cow...
27. Visit Hearst castle.
It was so worth the trip! Although they screened Citizen Kane there once and I really wanted to go (it was a few months before we visited in 2015). The only problem was that we went to the Castle for my birthday which is in September and the screening was in March. Oh and the tickets were $1000 each. Yes, three zeroes. Each.
28. Solve a Rubik’s cube.
I'd actually like to reach 40 without having a pointless nervous breakdown so I'll stick to easy sudoku.
29. Open a Swiss bank account.
The young gentleman did his research and found out you actually need lots of money to do this and frankly unless I can win millions of dollars at craps or poker or blackjack in Monte Carlo and then say "Just wire the winnings to my Swiss bank account, Jeeves," I'm not really sure it's worth it anyway.
29.1 Be an extra on a TV show or movie for a day.
This was our young gentleman's replacement item which I think might actually be more pie-in-the-sky for me than a Swiss bank account and yes I haven't forgotten that I'm unemployed.
30. Write a blog post that gets 5,000 hits.
I believe my current max is 60 hits. So again, this is not going to happen for me.
31. Walk the red carpet and attend a movie premiere.
I'm starting to think I'm missing out by not living in LA.
32. Attend a Cirque de Soleil show.
Done! Multiple times. Awesome. The best time was when I went with my husband for our anniversary the year he bought me tickets to see Kurios and I bought him tickets to see Capital Cities in Oakland. I got a Christmas tree ornament that we hang up every year and every time I hang it up I drag him down to fawn over it with me because I love him so much.
The worst time was when I went to see it with a guy who was mostly separated from his wife and he called his high school aged daughter in the middle of it to tell her that they picked the same guy from the audience as the night before so it was definitely scripted.
33. Hand out a $100 bill to a homeless person in need.
I can't even remember the last time I had a $100 bill. Probably some graduation or holiday. I could make a donation to an organization for homeless people though.
34. Ride a Segway.
Haha. I hope this isn't something I need to do before I turn 40. Or 100. If I EVER ride a segway it will be through Golden Gate Park and we will ride up to the front of all the things and listen in our headsets as some tour guide tells us what's in each of them but we won't actually go inside any of them because we can't bring Segways.
Actually, I'll probably just take a GoCar.
35. Attend a murder mystery dinner.
I did this in college and it was lots of fun, mostly because we got to dress up. I'd really like to do one of those Escape Rooms though! I only recently heard about them and I mean, it looks INCREDIBLE!!
36. Say the phrase “quick, follow that car” for a justifiable reason.
Too bad I didn't use it last weekend when my mother-in-law was in town with my brother-in-law and Mad and I followed Brandon and Collin to brunch. I'm optimistic that I'll be able to find another time to use it though!
37. Floss every day for 365 days straight.
I can't sleep if I haven't flossed. True story. Although I do suffer from insomnia so those might not be related.
38. No red meat for 365 days.
Not really necessary. I'm mostly vegetarian and was full-on vegetarian for more than a decade so I'm ready to let the red meat thing go. I have it like three times a year.
39. Obtain a copy of “The Sleepy Floyd Game” and it has to be the one with Greg Papa doing the play-by-play.
What Lucille said.
40. Pick something else to add to this list in the next 364 days.
I think I'm going to have to add more than one to bring it up to 40. This gives me a good head start, though!
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