While perusing the interweb in 2009 I found a book called “101 Things to Do Before You Die” by Richard Horne. It’s a interesting book with colorful illustrations and stickers and checklists to track your completed items. I’ve always had a list of things in my mind that I wanted to do and realized life is full of excuses you make to not accomplish them. This is not a bucket list per say since we all know I am invincible and immortal (my only known weakness being bullets) but more of a way to get my list down then focus, execute and complete them.
Now granted since this list of 101 things to do was created by someone else, some of the things I probably won’t ever do or have no desire to do but I will use this as my foundation and will add more to this list as I can so anything after #101 is my own additions. Some of them are more of a running list like “#67 Visit all the famous places in the world”. I may not complete my entire list but somewhere down the line I can look back and have a record of all that JonnyKu, the Man, the Myth, the Legend has accomplished. No Regrets, just Git ‘R Done.
1 Write a Best-Seller
2 Swim With… (Dolphins, Whales, Sharks)
3 Win an Award, Trophy, or Prize
4 Catch A Fish With Your Bare Hands
5 Make a Discovery
6 Throw A House Party When Your Parents Are Out
8 Realize Your Childhood Dream
9 Learn that instrument
10 Leave your mark in graffiti
11 Storm Chase A Tornado
12 Get A Piece of Art into a Exhibition
13 Meet someone with your own name
14 Ride the World’s Biggest Rollercoasters
15 Stage Dive or Crowd Surf
16 Get into the Guinness Book of World Records
17 Own a Pointless Collection
18 Study the Kama Sutra and Put Theory Into Practice
19 Master Poker and Win Big in a Casino
20 Get backstage and hang out with a Rock God
21 Be a Human Guinea Pig
22 Go Up in a Hot Air Balloon
23 Get Arrested
24 See a Space Shuttle Launch
25 Capture the Moment in an Award-winning Photograph
26 Bungee Jump
27 See an Erupting Volcano
28 Sky Dive
29 Meet Your Idol
30 Stay in the Best Suite in a Five Star Hotel
31 Experience Weightlessness
33 Get to Score a Hole in One
34 Design your own cocktail
35 Play a Part in Your Favourite TV Show
36 Visit Every Continent
37 Make Fire Without Matches
38 See These Animals in the Wild
39 Bet on a horse/dog/etc race
40 Get a Free Upgrade on a Plane
41 Be Friends with your ex
43 Throw a Dart into a Map and Travel to Where it Lands
44 Attend a Film Premiere
45 Do a Runner From a Fancy Restaurant
46 Scuba Dive
47 Milk a Cow
48 Be Present When Your Contry Wins the World Cup
49 See Both Solar and Lunar Eclipses
50 Write Your Name Over a Star on the Walk of Fame
51 Learn Another Language
52 Read the Greatest Books Ever Written
53 Complete a Coast to Coast Road Trip Across America
54 Make at least one huge purchase you can’t afford
55 Score the Winning Try/Goal/Basket
56 Gatecrash A Fancy Party
57 See the All-Time Greatest Films
58 Live in the Place You Love
59 Leave a Job You Hate
60 Take Part in a Police Line-up
61 Get Away with the Perfect Practical Joke or Hoax
62 Join the Mile High Club
63 Make the Front Page of a National Newspaper
64 Drive a Car at Top Speed
65 Shout ‘Drinks Are on Me!’ in a Pub or Bar
66 Be Part of a Flash Mob
68 Save Someones Life
69 In Various Languages, Learn to say…(please, thank you, your welcome, I’d like a beer, swear, etc)
70 Invent a Word That Makes it into the Dictionary
71 Have Adventurous Sex (in different places)
72 Have Enough Money to Do All the Things on This List
73 Stand on the International Date Line
74 Learn to Fly a Plane
75 Get a tattoo and/or piercing
76 Invent Something
77 Learn Astronomy and Read the Night Sky
78 Drink a Vintage Wine
79 Answer a Personal Ad
80 Spend Christmas on the Beach
81 Get Barred From a Pub or Bar
82 Build Your Own House
84 Sell all Your Junk on eBay and Make a Profit
85 Visit the World’s Tallest Buildings
87 Conquer Your Fear
88 Get Married Unusually
89 Learn to Cook
90 Join the 16-Mile High Club
91 Publish a Cult Website
92 Own an original Piece of Art
93 Complete the Monopoly Board Pub Crawl
94 Get Something Named After You
95 Get Revenge
96 Be an Extra in a Film
97 Live Out of a Van
99 Confess
100 Reach 100 Years of Age
101 Continue Your Gene Pool
———————-My Additions—————————-
102 Be there in Person when the Yankees win the World Series
103 Lasik for my eyes. No more contacts!
104 Create your own Brand in your very image or Have someone stop you and ask you for your autograph.
105 Get someone to name their kid after you.
107 Have a school department named after you
108 One Million Unique Visitors to this website
109 Eat all Regional BBQ/RIB styles at their respective geographical location.
110 Complete the 72 oz Steak Challenge
111 Be able to pull of the Windmill power move in Breakdancing
112 The American Dream Own my own place.
113 Go to the Superbowl
114 Help a needy child out
115 Participate in a Triathlon
116 Attend a Saints game at the New Orleans Superdome
117 Visit the Motherland (Taiwan)
118 Take a kid on a toy shopping spree
119 Experience zero gravity
120 Throw the first pitch at a major league baseball game (hopefully the Yankees)
121 Tell a judge: “You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!”
122 Host a Block Party
123 Give a stranger a $100 bill
124 Send a message in a bottle….and get a response.
125 Become a Knight….for a day.
126 Write an Article for a Major Publication
127 Run a successful business
128 Be a contestant on a game show
129 Street Perform and make $100
130 Ride through the dessert in a dune buggy
131 Teach a elementary school class
132 Have Eric throw me a “21st” birthday party
133 Help 5 other people achieve their own goals
134 Give a Speech at a TED talk or Moth event
135 Watch the movie “The Bucket List”
2 Swim With… (Dolphins, Whales, Sharks)
3 Win an Award, Trophy, or Prize
4 Catch A Fish With Your Bare Hands
6 Throw A House Party When Your Parents Are Out
7 Eat Chocolate Covered Ants
8 Realise Your Childhood Dream
9 Learn that instrument
10 Leave your mark in graffiti
12 Get A Piece of Art into a Exhibition
13 Meet someone with your own name
14 Ride the World’s Biggest Rollercoasters
16 Get into the Guinness Book of World Records
17 Own a Pointless Collection
18Study the Kama Sutra and Put Theory Into Practice
19 Master Poker and Win Big in a Casino
20 Get backstage and hang out with a Rock God
21 Be a Human Guinea Pig
23 Get Arrested
25 Capture the Moment in an Award-winning Photograph
26 Bungee Jump
28 Sky Dive
30 Stay in the Best Suite in a Five Star Hotel
34 Design your own cocktail
35 Play a Part in Your Favourite TV Show
38 See These Animals in the Wild
39 Bet on a horse/dog/etc race
40 Get a Free Upgrade on a Plane
41 Be Friends with your ex
42 Go Target Shooting
43 Throw a Dart into a Map and Travel to Where it Lands
44 Attend a Film Premiere
45 Do a Runner From a Fancy Restaurant
46 Scuba Dive
47 Milk a Cow
48 Be Present When Your Contry Wins the World Cup
49 See Both Solar and Lunar Eclipses
50 Write Your Name Over a Star on the Walk of Fame
52 Read the Greatest Books Ever Written
53 Complete a Coast to Coast Road Trip Across America
54 Make at least one huge purchase you can’t afford
55 Score the Winning Try/Goal/Basket
57 See the All-Time Greatest Films
59 Leave a Job You Hate
60 Take Part in a Police Line-up
61 Get Away with the Perfect Practical Joke or Hoax
63 Make the Front Page of a National Newspaper
65 Shout ‘Drinks Are on Me!’ in a Pub or Bar
66 Be Part of a Flash Mob
67 Visit (This is a list of iconic places around the world, so far I’ve only visited the Roman Coliseum).
69 In Various Languages, Learn to say…(please, thank you, your welcome, I’d like a beer, swear, etc)
70 Invent a Word That Makes it into the Dictionary
71 Have Adventurous Sex (in different places)
72 Have Enough Money to Do All the Things on This List
73 Stand on the International Date Line
75 Get a tattoo and/or piercing
77 Learn Astronomy and Read the Night Sky
79 Answer a Personal Ad
80 Spend Christmas on the Beach
81 Get Barred From a Pub or Bar
83 Skinny Dip a Midnight
84 Sell all Your Junk on eBay and Make a Profit
85 Visit the World’s Tallest Buildings
88 Get Married Unusually
89 Learn to Cook
90 Join the 16-Mile High Club
91 Publish a Cult Website
92 Own an Original Work of Art
93 Complete the Monopoly Board Pub Crawl
94 Get Something Named After You
95 Get Revenge
96 Be an Extra in a Film
97 Live Out of a Van
98 Go On a Demonstration
99 Confess
100 Reach 100 Years of Age
101 Continue Your Gene Pool