1000 Things to Do Before I Die

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  1. Come up with (at least) 1000 items for this list.
  2. Visit 25 nations (airport terminals don't count). So far: USA, Canada, UK, South Korea, China, North Korea, Venezuela, Indonesia (8).
  3. Visit all 50 states. So far: Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennslyvania, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming (25).
  4. Visit Mount Rushmore (before 05-24-05)
  5. Walk on the Great Wall of China. (before 05-24-05)
  6. Helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon. (before 05-24-05)
  7. Go to a drive-in movie theater. (before 05-24-05)
  8. Design and program a video game. (before 05-24-05)
  9. Write and sell a book.
  10. Make a website (before 05-24-05)
  11. Run nude through a public place.
  12. Marry.
  13. Make love in an airplane.
  14. Make love in a cathedral.
  15. Make love on an ocean beach.
  16. Make love on a football field.
  17. Make love in a relative's house.
  18. Make love on a moving train.
  19. Make love in a pool.
  20. Make love in a forest.
  21. Make love in the middle of a street.
  22. Tape myself making love.
  23. Get road head.
  24. Send a message in a bottle.
  25. Sleep a night in a snow fort I built. (before 05-24-05)
  26. Fly a kite. (before 05-24-05)
  27. Dive nude off a boat with others. (before 05-24-05)
  28. Swim across a large lake. (before 05-24-05)
  29. Flatten coins on a train track. (before 05-24-05)
  30. Lie in bed an entire day. (before 05-24-05)
  31. Eat a large, live insect. (10-02-05)
  32. Ride a mechanical bull. (before 05-24-05)
  33. Ride a rollercoaster. (before 05-24-05)
  34. Write a letter to the editor.
  35. Grow and eat my own vegetables. (before 05-24-05)
  36. Sleep under the stars. (before 05-24-05)
  37. Have a meaningful conversation with a beggar. (09-29-05)
  38. Hit a home run. (before 05-24-05)
  39. Adopt an accent for an entire day.
  40. Take a long road trip with friends. (before 05-24-05)
  41. Sing karaoke enthusisastically.
  42. Start a business. (before 05-24-05)
  43. Call or write my congressperson. (before 05-24-05)
  44. Have cosmetic surgery. (before 05-24-05)
  45. Fire a gun. (before 05-24-05)
  46. Be a sperm donor.
  47. Have my picture in a newspaper. (before 05-24-05)
  48. Kill and prepare an animal for eating. (before 05-24-05)
  49. Build my own PC. (before 05-24-05)
  50. Dye my hair nonsensically. (before 05-24-05)
  51. Live abroad. (sping 2007)
  52. Do 100 pushups in a row.
  53. Write a letter of thanks for a good product or customer service.
  54. Write a letter of complaint for a bad product or customer service.
  55. Climb a tall tree all the way to the top. (before 05-24-05)
  56. See the Harlem Globetrotters play. (before 05-24-05)
  57. Put on and act in a stage performance. (before 05-24-05)
  58. See the northern lights. (before 05-24-05)
  59. Yell "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!" in a crowded area.
  60. Conquer a powerful addiction, 'cold turkey' style. (before 05-24-05)
  61. Learn to say the alphabet backwards really, really fast. (before 05-24-05)
  62. Meet someone I met on the Internet in real life. (spring 2007)
  63. Fast (intake nothing but water) for 72 hours. (09-05-05)
  64. Tutor a mentally challenged student. (before 05-24-05)
  65. Build a working piece of furniture. (before 05-24-05)
  66. Get professionally certified. (before 05-24-05)
  67. Converse with a parrot.
  68. Learn a programming language. (before 05-24-05)
  69. Vote. (before 05-24-05)
  70. Literally rip a woman's clothes off her body, like in the movies.
  71. Actually comprehend my finances and taxes.
  72. Host an outdoor barbeque. (fall 2006)
  73. Be on TV. (before 05-24-05)
  74. See an annular solar eclipse. (before 05-24-05)
  75. Make a once-in-a-lifetime basketball shot. (before 05-24-05)
  76. Provide the police with an anonymous tip. (08-08-05)
  77. Shower in the rain. (08-26-05)
  78. Visit an intentional community.
  79. Hitchhike.
Author Comments: 

Oofta, gonna have to get crackin'. Suggestions needed - I haven't thought of 1000 yet. Completed. 'Huge' Items (difficult, expensive, extremely time-consuming, etc.)

I don't have a suggestion so far; I just love #1. :-)