My Bucket List, aka Brag-a-thon

So, today on Toytown, I saw a thread reminding users that, hey, since the world is ending in three weeks, it's time to evaluate our bucket lists to see what's doable in that period of time.

Considering I'm a compulsive list-maker who has at least four or five lists hanging around at any given time, you'd think one of those lists would be a bucket one. Although I did have a similar sort of list I made (what to do by 30) a few years back, I have yet to have a true bucket list.

Sure, there are things I'd like to do, see or accomplish before I die. High on my list of to-dos are getting my PhD one day, actually becoming trilingual (which means I'll actually have to end up sticking to another language long enough to move past the advanced beginner/intermediate stage), finally being able to converse in Russian and creating my own mini-library. I'd also like to actually go to Russia (China, too), live in another foreign country and maybe give marriage another shot some day. I'd also really love to publish a book, if only anyone would find my musings awesome enough to be worth their hard-earned dough.

The chances of me checking these things off some list before the world ends are pretty slim to none. I guess I'm really a sort-of long-term planning kind of gal.

Still, I was curious to see what other people put on their bucket lists. So, since I'm entirely unoriginal, I went to bucketlist.org to see what people think are awesome things to do.

I admit that there are a lot of things on there I haven't done (errrm... trying shrooms, for example), or would never, ever do (hot-air balloon ride, anyone?).

Still, I feel lucky to have done/experienced some things that other random interwebbies-strangers feel important enough to include on a bucket list.

I've learned to bellydance, have seen the Northern Lights (about a gazillion times, mind), have seen a sunrise in the desert, seen some Mayan ruins, swam with dolphins, moved to a foreign country, learned a new language, visited the Eiffel Tower, been in a helicopter, gone to a foam party and had a headbanging competition.

Since (obviously) the world is about to end, take some time to consider -- are you happy with the experiences you've had so far, and are you cool with not having done the things you always wanted to do?

If not, you have three weeks! Looks like it's time to buy that ol' PhD from one of those diploma mills I've seen advertised on the interwebbies!