I better be loaded.

Well, yikes...after last night's entry, I've decided to do something a little more up-beat...but only a little more I suppose. I've always felt like I would die young, so we'll see how many of these I accomplish. I've done pretty darn good so far. Also, to be fair, I've done some of these things already, but don't remember them well enough to count them the first time. I will denote these two-timers with an *.

My bucket list (in no particular order):

1. Ride in a hot air balloon*
2. Go on an African safari
3. Tour Alcatraz Prison/Ride a cable car in San Francisco
4. Sleep in a haunted house (preferably a haunted castle in Scotland...but let's not be picky)
5. Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef
6. See the Northern Lights
7. Visit a nude beach (although I probably won't be nude)
8. Take a swamp tour*
9. Celebrate the Day of the Dead in Mexico
10. Go to Mardi Gras
11. Visit a former concentration camp
12. Go whale watching*
13. See the Grand Canyon (I hope to raft through it)
14. Travel to India and see the Taj Mahal
15. Sing the National Anthem at a sporting event
16. Witness the running of the bulls in Pamplona (I probably won't participate)
17. Watch the ball drop in New York City
18. See the Great Pyramid at Giza
19. Attend a major film festival (Sundance or Cannes)
20. Be a member of a TV show studio audience
21. Shoot a machine gun
22. See the Olympics (any event - preferably swimming)
23. Go sailing
24. Go to the Super Bowl
25. Write a message in a bottle
26. Make a difference in someone's life
27. Join a choir/singing group
28. Write and publish a novel
29. Go on a cruise
30. See Area 51
31. Visit Mount Rushmore
32. Tour Pearl Harbor
33. Ride a steamboat on the Mississippi River
34. Learn to play chess
35. Visit a volcano*
36. Go to Greece (Acropolis, Santorini)
37. Attend Oktoberfest (funny for a non-drinker)
38. Take up cooking
39. Take piano lessons*
40. Gamble at Monte Carlo, Monaco
41. Own a hot tub
42. Raise a child
43. Find inner peace
44. Go to a Pittsburgh Penguins game
45. Eat at Ithaa (look it up!)
46. See a show at the Moulin Rouge cabaret
47. Ride with someone in a horse-drawn carriage (ex. NYC)
48. See AFI's Top 100 Films of All-Time
49. See the Hollywood sign*
50. Fall madly in love and be loved in return

I could probably think of another 50, but I should probably work on those first. ;)

In sports news, Lebron is abandoning Cleveland for Miami. Ouch. BUT...Votto won the final vote and will be in the All-Star game. Yay for Cincinnati perseverance. I like it.