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I would definately like to travel the world, and I'd really like to get married, have the romantic proposal and a beautiful (but not insanely huge) wedding *sigh*. Hope my boyfriend doesn't find this thread lol, think he'd get scared!! Hehe :twisted:
nedkelly
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1. To have peace within my own mind.
2. To enjoy my family more, not letting it being second fiddle to my illness.
3. To Travel
4. To have a house on acerage
5. To have a fishing boat.
6. Sorry Horatio..i pinched this one from you (can't believe i forgot it!)
To see a Cyclone/Hurricane/Tornado
2. To enjoy my family more, not letting it being second fiddle to my illness.
3. To Travel
4. To have a house on acerage
5. To have a fishing boat.
6. Sorry Horatio..i pinched this one from you (can't believe i forgot it!)
To see a Cyclone/Hurricane/Tornado
Horatio
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I have a pretty long list, some of which I've accomplished already but most of which I haven't yet. I'll only post the first 50 but the list is over 100 and growing :lol:
1. Write a book
2. See a live Volcano during an eruption
3. Chase a tornado
4. Meet Peter Jackson
5. Walk through the Red Square dressed as James Bond
6. Visit my Great Great Uncle Jack’s grave at Gallipoli on ANZAC Day
7. Gallop a horse down a beach
8. Fly in a biplane
9. Convince someone that they are being recruited for the secret service
10. Send someone 101 letters in one day
11. Go on a week long cruise in the Caribbean dressed as a pirate
12. Waltz on a ballroom floor
13. Take part in the re-enactment of the battle of Waterloo
14. Challenge someone to a duel at dawn
15. Fall in love and be loved in return
16. Work for National Geographic
17. Hire a helicopter and fly low over a beach at night time, using a spotlight to follow a random couple for half an hour
18. Undergo a “Crossing of the Line” ceremony with King Neptune
19. Locate a missing wreck
20. Live in a ghost town as an 1860’s gold miner long enough to pan enough gold to cast a ring for my fiancé/wife
21. Fire a musket
22. Board the HMS Victory
23. Hoax a Moa sighting
24. Visit the Holy Land and drink from the well at Beersheba
25. Direct a feature film
26. See a Great White Shark in the wild
27. Go to Campbell Island
28. Prove that Social Phobia doesn’t prevent one from achieving goals
29. Sail from England to New Zealand (or from New Zealand to England)
30. Compete in a jousting tournament
31. Dress up as druid at Stonehenge
32. Find a small island and live on it for a fortnight, refusing to move from it whilst always referring to it as “my kingdom” and referring to the tent as “my castle”
33. Spend a night in a haunted house
34. French kiss a girl in Paris
35. Talk with a Battle of Britain veteran
36. Dress up a dummy with the name “Depression” and burn it at the stake
37. See U2 live in concert
38. Own a settler cottage
39. Visit England, Scotland and Wales to see the towns my ancestors came from
40. Send a letter to the state of New South Wales offering to work in a chain gang for a week
41. Convince a girl whilst believing it full heartedly that she really is the best thing in the world
42. Write a second book
43. Submerge in a submarine
44. Set up an anti-bullying trust in a school to offer support to victims
45. Perform the Haka somewhere in the northern hemisphere
46. Become an honorary member of an Eastern European Fighter Squadron and receive official insignia to sew onto my jacket
47. Go to the site where the Titanic sank
48. Build and test a flying machine (doesn’t have to be successful, just dramatic)
49. Launch an expedition to locate a lost city
50. Find an artifact
1. Write a book
2. See a live Volcano during an eruption
3. Chase a tornado
4. Meet Peter Jackson
5. Walk through the Red Square dressed as James Bond
6. Visit my Great Great Uncle Jack’s grave at Gallipoli on ANZAC Day
7. Gallop a horse down a beach
8. Fly in a biplane
9. Convince someone that they are being recruited for the secret service
10. Send someone 101 letters in one day
11. Go on a week long cruise in the Caribbean dressed as a pirate
12. Waltz on a ballroom floor
13. Take part in the re-enactment of the battle of Waterloo
14. Challenge someone to a duel at dawn
15. Fall in love and be loved in return
16. Work for National Geographic
17. Hire a helicopter and fly low over a beach at night time, using a spotlight to follow a random couple for half an hour
18. Undergo a “Crossing of the Line” ceremony with King Neptune
19. Locate a missing wreck
20. Live in a ghost town as an 1860’s gold miner long enough to pan enough gold to cast a ring for my fiancé/wife
21. Fire a musket
22. Board the HMS Victory
23. Hoax a Moa sighting
24. Visit the Holy Land and drink from the well at Beersheba
25. Direct a feature film
26. See a Great White Shark in the wild
27. Go to Campbell Island
28. Prove that Social Phobia doesn’t prevent one from achieving goals
29. Sail from England to New Zealand (or from New Zealand to England)
30. Compete in a jousting tournament
31. Dress up as druid at Stonehenge
32. Find a small island and live on it for a fortnight, refusing to move from it whilst always referring to it as “my kingdom” and referring to the tent as “my castle”
33. Spend a night in a haunted house
34. French kiss a girl in Paris
35. Talk with a Battle of Britain veteran
36. Dress up a dummy with the name “Depression” and burn it at the stake
37. See U2 live in concert
38. Own a settler cottage
39. Visit England, Scotland and Wales to see the towns my ancestors came from
40. Send a letter to the state of New South Wales offering to work in a chain gang for a week
41. Convince a girl whilst believing it full heartedly that she really is the best thing in the world
42. Write a second book
43. Submerge in a submarine
44. Set up an anti-bullying trust in a school to offer support to victims
45. Perform the Haka somewhere in the northern hemisphere
46. Become an honorary member of an Eastern European Fighter Squadron and receive official insignia to sew onto my jacket
47. Go to the site where the Titanic sank
48. Build and test a flying machine (doesn’t have to be successful, just dramatic)
49. Launch an expedition to locate a lost city
50. Find an artifact
SongOfSongs
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Great list, Horatio.
Horatio
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Shy_Violet said:
lol thanks, it is a work in progress as I keep adding more as they come to mind. I started the list quite some years ago when I was rather depressed and heard about someone else who had made such a list to motivate them to keep living, so far I have only acheived 17 of my goals but I'm working on it. Some of them are things that will be a long way off whilst others I just need to get off my butt and do them
here is the rest of my list excluding only a few which I didn't think would be appropriate to post :lol:
51. Meet the Prime Minister
52. Work for the Discovery Channel
53. Collect over 50 “Dance Cards” over 100 years old
54. Build an old English pub to the same specifications as the ones in World of Warcraft
55. Get a job as an extra in a major feature film
56. Sail on a tall ship
57. Own a pet Spaniel
58. Represent my country at a sport (computer gaming doesn’t count)
59. Offer to be someone’s bodyguard for a day, black suit and sunglasses are compulsory
60. Climb to the top of Mt Taranaki
61. Design my own historical based website
62. Sleep on a house boat
63. Ride on the London Underground
64. Convert an empty DC3 or DC10 aircraft in a stationary “House Plane” with the cockpit transformed into a mini cocktail lounge.
65. Have a drink from a 1939 bottle of French Champagne or Wine
66. Shake hands with a member of the Royal family
67. Work for the History Channel
68. Share a spot on a credit list with an Oscar winning actor or actress
69. Be an Elf for a weekend, ideally in the company of others in similar costumes
70. Own an Iron Cross
71. Hold a formal dinner party on a beach
72. Walk from the coast to coast on the South Island
73. Build a giant sand castle on a beach and sleep on it overnight
74. Direct a full length historical documentary
75. Wear a Scottish kilt whilst in gale force winds
76. Walk up to a girl, ask her out, and hear her say yes
77. Drive in a Willis Jeep whilst smoking a cigar
78. Spend two weeks looking for the Holy Grail or/and the Ark of the Covenant, Indiana Jones costume is compulsory
79. Find an old coin with a metal detector
80. Locate the missing French Claim to New Zealand
81. Speak Te Reo Maori fluently
82. Personally win an international award for work in the television/film industry
83. Run a race on Mt Olympus
84. Make someone laugh so hard that they actually wet themselves (children don’t count)
85. Be interviewed on live Television
86. Be stranded in the middle of nowhere for at least three days with the girl that I love
87. Make my document/letter/postcard/photo collection available online
88. See a Knight’s tomb
89. Surrender to someone whilst waving a white flag
90. Call the Pentagon
91. Walk 500 miles along a main road with the Proclaimers song “500 miles” playing on repeat at full volume from a ghetto blaster
92. Kiss a girl whilst in the “Titanic” pose at the bow of a ship at sunset
93. Go for a whole month without drinking Coca Cola or any substitute soft drink
94. Write a third book
95. Form a local Militia, at least one person must be armed with a pitch fork
96. Undo a corset
97. Sit round a table with an Irishman, a Englishman and an Australian and not make any jokes
98. Buy a soft toy and design it custom made clothing with its name “Virginity” etched in red, and then lose it. Or alternatively lose my virginity in the regular way.
99. Visit the Cathedral in Durham and see the wheelhouse where my Nana was born
100. Learn to sword fight
101. Write a feature film script
102. Shower in a waterfall
103. Genuinely increase public awareness of mental illness
104. Ride a camel at the Pyramids of Giza
105. Play a garden gnome prank on someone
106. Ride a horse and cart through a suburban street ringing a bell and yelling “Bring out your dead”
107. Learn to Swing Dance
108. Throw a proper pity party with streamers and everything
SongOfSongs
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Here it goes:
1. Learn to play an instrument and play it well
2. Write a song (see above)
3. Write and direct the pilot of a TV sitcom
4. Get an iPod
5. Write a good poem
6. Break a world record
7. Sleep for 24 consecutive hours
8. Have a Pez dispenser made in my likeness
9. Get married (that should really be at the top of the list)
10. Buy my own island
11. Have something named after me
12. Buy seasons 3 & 4 of the A-Team on DVD
13. Read one of Soren Kierkegaard's books
14. Figure out what my signature actually means
15. Sculpt something
16. Buy a yacht
17. Find Waldo
18. Ride in a tank
19. Have a soda tap installed in my bedroom
20. Have a soft-serve ice cream machine installed in my bedroom
21. Graduate high school
22. Graduate college
23. Write a book
24. Get that book published
25. Have a book signing for the aforementioned book
26. Sail my yacht (see 16) to my island (see 10)
27. Be an extra in an episode of The Office
28. Go on a date
29. Have a decent picture taken of me
1. Learn to play an instrument and play it well
2. Write a song (see above)
3. Write and direct the pilot of a TV sitcom
4. Get an iPod
5. Write a good poem
6. Break a world record
7. Sleep for 24 consecutive hours
8. Have a Pez dispenser made in my likeness
9. Get married (that should really be at the top of the list)
10. Buy my own island
11. Have something named after me
12. Buy seasons 3 & 4 of the A-Team on DVD
13. Read one of Soren Kierkegaard's books
14. Figure out what my signature actually means
15. Sculpt something
16. Buy a yacht
17. Find Waldo
18. Ride in a tank
19. Have a soda tap installed in my bedroom
20. Have a soft-serve ice cream machine installed in my bedroom
21. Graduate high school
22. Graduate college
23. Write a book
24. Get that book published
25. Have a book signing for the aforementioned book
26. Sail my yacht (see 16) to my island (see 10)
27. Be an extra in an episode of The Office
28. Go on a date
29. Have a decent picture taken of me
shyandnumb
Well-known member
1.) Have a good career that lets me use my passions and talents
2.) To actually have a date and get a boyfriend, and maybe start a family
3.) Write a self - help book about overcoming creative blocks
4.) Publish my poetry around the world
5.) Visit the most haunted places on the planet and see what makes them haunted
6.) Create a website for young artists to display their masterpieces for free
7.) Dance in a thunderstorm on a crowded street without fear
8.) Create my greatest masterpiece and show it to the world
9.) Travel to the most ancient cities around the world and explore their glorious histories
10.) To get a place of my own without my parents next door
2.) To actually have a date and get a boyfriend, and maybe start a family
3.) Write a self - help book about overcoming creative blocks
4.) Publish my poetry around the world
5.) Visit the most haunted places on the planet and see what makes them haunted
6.) Create a website for young artists to display their masterpieces for free
7.) Dance in a thunderstorm on a crowded street without fear
8.) Create my greatest masterpiece and show it to the world
9.) Travel to the most ancient cities around the world and explore their glorious histories
10.) To get a place of my own without my parents next door