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poll: what do you have on your bucket list?

silverwhisper posted on Jan 16, 2008 | views: 686 | Tags: bucket list, to do list, polls, list, to do, DREAM, goals
the film the bucket list, starring morgan freeman and jack nicholson, has a simple premise: two friends decide to do all the stuff that they wanna do before they...kick the bucket.

i've been meaning to see this movie for some time, but haven't yet had the chance myself. however, it did (of course) give me an idea for a poll. :D

what's on your bucket list?

i know, we've done stuff like this in the past but there's different people and i figure some answers have changed: i know some of mine have, anyway.

so? :>

ed

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  • polarheart said on Jan 16, 2008....
    Good one, Ed, I'll give it some thought and come back in a while ;-)
  • tbs230 said on Jan 16, 2008....
    Actually ed, someone else has posted a 101 things in 1001 days challenge. It's pretty much the same thing, except there's a time limit.

    But I'm going to post my list as soon as I can think of 101 things. And that's so much harder than it sounds! I'll see if I can find that link.
  • tbs230 said on Jan 16, 2008....
    BAM!!! Here it is, Are you up for the challenge?
  • beyondtheveil said on Jan 16, 2008....
    Ed- First of all, my wife and I very much like the two actors and want to see this movie. But back to the post-

    I want to go to Europe, mainly Italy and France.
    I want to spend a week or two in New York City.
    I'd like to walk in one of those semi-active volcanos and watch the molten lava.
    I'd like to vote for a presidential candidate I truly admired and wanted in office.
        
  • silverwhisper said on Jan 16, 2008....
    polar: take your time! :>

    tbs: ah, i don't read mariah--thank you!

    beyond: oo, those are all sounding great to me--esp the last!

    ed
  • tizzygirl said on Jan 16, 2008....
    I believe the only thing I truly want to be able to do with all my heart is....

    own some land, build my home there and be able to sit on my porch, look out and as far as I can see know it is my home filled with love and laughter and hard work. 

    it sounds simple and maybe a little sappy....but if I accomplish that in my life, I can't imagine anything more I'd need than what I'd already have.
  • GracefullyGrowing said on Jan 16, 2008....
    I just want to complete my original purpose in life to the best of my ability.  I know what that purpose has been in the past, and I did it well, causing a modicum of harm.  As for the future, I'm convinced the purpose is much different because I'm in the process of learning new things - growing.  That usually means a total change in direction than what I anticipated the path would be.  How very exciting!
     
    ~Grace~
  • uniquely-ironic said on Jan 16, 2008....
    go to New Zealand and ride the world's longest zip line
    see the glaciers in Alaska
    go to europe, especially croatia
    restore an old victorian to it's original splendor
    learn a few more instruments
    see my daughter graduate from med school
    learn tai chi
  • the_infernal_optimist said on Jan 16, 2008....
    Cool!

    I'd like to:

    -publish at least three novels and two poetry collections
    -buy a house in my beloved mountains (given my long ago ambition to become an architect, I'm certainly not opposed to designing and building my own either)
    -adopt a child
    -see my children grown up and happy with their lives
    -become a grandma and great-grandma
    -visit Ireland and Scotland to explore the homelands of my ancestors, and Switzerland just because it'd be neat :-D
    -visit NYC (that's not a must-do, but I'd like to see Times Square)

    I'm sure there's more than that. I guess I'd better live a long, long time to get it all done. :-D

    ~Infernal
  • queenparanoia said on Jan 16, 2008....
    oh so any things... i already have a dream for my life notebook... and i wrote down everything i want to do... =)
  • silverwhisper said on Jan 16, 2008....
    TG: you know, maybe it's a little sappy or simple, but i figure most dreams should be, you know?

    grace: so what is that purpose?

    u-i: wow, that all sounds really cool, esp about your daughter and the zip line!

    infernal: all of that is...more or less what i expected you to say. :D

    queen: so what are some of 'em? :>

    ed
  • GracefullyGrowing said on Jan 16, 2008....
    Ed - I'm not sure yet.  The picture for the near future is just beginning to come into focus.
     
    ~Grace~
  • the_infernal_optimist said on Jan 16, 2008....
    ed: You'd think we were pals or something. I'll have to come up with a surprising one...oh!

    I'd like to ride every roller coaster at every theme park on the East Coast before it's all said and done.

    ~Infernal
  • hidufel said on Jan 16, 2008....
    interesting idea...

    I want to go to Scotland / England / Ireland, preferably all three, preferably often.
    I want to visit as many castles as i can. preferably all over europe.
    I want to skydive. Preferably more then once.
    Find a woman to love and be loved by.
    Father many children, and be the best father for them that i can be.
    I want to fly a jet plane.
    I want to learn A martial art. Preferably two, one of them involving a sword.
    I want to learn the saxophone.
    I would like to visit mayan ruins.


  • silverwhisper said on Jan 16, 2008....
    grace: ah. well then, i will stay tuned. :>

    infernal: oo, i like the roller coaster one! :D

    hidufel: a castle tour would definitely be teh r0xx0r. martial arts however shouldn't be hard--there are tae kwon do places everywhere, it seems. ones teaching a sword--consider tai chi, which i know does at some point involve such training.

    ed
  • LacyChenault said on Jan 16, 2008....
    One thing I can think of right away - visit the philippines
  • vacantmind said on Jan 16, 2008....
    I thought about posting on this very thing the other day. There is just so many things I feel lke I have to do.
    I want to explore the Grand Canyon, really go down into it, fly over it.
    I want to canoe down the Colorado.
    Camping in the mountains, travel to Italy, Ireland, Australia, and so many others.
    I want to skydive and ski and look happy versus scared shitless while doing it.
    Times Square on New Year's Eve, the list goes on and on and on....
    Oh and I want to have really cool photos of it all.
  • the_infernal_optimist said on Jan 16, 2008....
    ed: Coming along for the roller coaster adventure? :-D We could fill a tour bus with coaster enthusiasts and make a road trip out of it!

    hidufel: Oooh, I want to skydive too!

    ~Infernal
  • CreativeWoman said on Jan 16, 2008....
    I'm probably weird, but I don't really dream like that.  If I had to pick something, I guess it would be to have someone who had the time to dream with me.  Then we could set about having some fun in life.

    CW
  • crybabylu said on Jan 16, 2008....
    Handgliding & bunji jumping.
  • VICARIOUS said on Jan 16, 2008....
    Hey Ed, long time, buddy. Good to see you are still here entertaining the masses.
     
    Hmmm.. to be selfish I only want one thing ... to make the Best Seller's list ... several times. Lol.
  • Twylarants said on Jan 16, 2008....
    Wow..if you had asked me this 40 years ago...but then you couldn't have, huh? You would have been...you wouldn't have been!

    At this stage of my life my daydreams are not quite as grand as they were at that stage of my life.  At 20 I planned to study law.  That was all I wanted to do.  Then I married and had children.
    At this stage?  Have grandchildren, my sons' children.  I have 2 step-grandchildren, but we're not allowed to see them...my stepson's wife doesn't care for us.  Oh well.
    Live in Europe for 1 year, and travel by train to every country we've always wanted to see.
    Move back to Jersey where our families live.
    Paint a masterpiece.
    Learn to play piano.
    Have a fully stocked wood working shop.
  • wakingharmony said on Jan 16, 2008....
    Wow.... I Just live day to day and try to do what I can when I can. Maybe if I hang around you and soulcast friends...I write a book (right..)
  • lalalalalala said on Jan 16, 2008....
    ed, i want to see the world and discover my purpose. i also want to see this movie! thanks for asking! :-)
  • RollingC said on Jan 16, 2008....
    I'll have to come back later as this list has changed with me over the years and I got to make up my mind which thing on the list is still attractive to me.  I definitely cannot and will not do....for lack of stamina and physical fitness....the things I'd liked to have done in the past.  Like get a challenging job like a police man or fireman or something like that.  Traveling is for sure a big attraction for me but can't afford the places I'd like to go.  Parachuting is another big attraction for me but I'd have second thoughts about doing that now although I'm still interested.
    There's a bunch more but I'd have to sit down and think about it.
    Rc
  • tbs230 said on Jan 16, 2008....
    Hey, infernal and anyone else who's mentioned it...if you ever want to come to NYC and see the sights, I'm all for it (I live here, but you'd be surprised how much I miss)!! Just let me know and I can definitely help with that. I love that people love (or at least appreciate) my city!!!

    Plus, how cool would it be to meet more people from SC, so far, I haven't been disappointed at ALL!! You guys are so awesome

    ed: always glad to help. I never realized how many different people there are on here...so cool!
  • ninjapirate said on Jan 16, 2008....
    I love what Creative said, it's so sweet, I think thats a big one for me. Also what Lala said is very important for me too. Plus some have said skydiving, skiing or snowboarding and living in another country. I'd like to add get outdoors more like camping and hiking, ah yes in Switzerland I told myself I'd like to do those things there one day. I'd also like to go to India and get some clothes there and jewlery, I love their stuff! Learn how to make clothes, learn the guitar and violin, paint more and knit a sweater...I think I could go on and on!
  • queenparanoia said on Jan 16, 2008....
    well built my own bakeshop... go to different countries and so on... =) ALL MY DREAMS... =)
  • Fallyn said on Jan 16, 2008....
    wow.......there's so much.......i dont think i have a list.
  • the_infernal_optimist said on Jan 16, 2008....
    tbs: If I do head that way, I'll definitely let you know beforehand - that would be very cool!

    ~Infernal
  • Lioness said on Jan 16, 2008....
    Hmmm... That seems an interesting movie, ed. As for me,
    • Renovate my kitchen
    • Shift my focus more on work, on accomplishing more.
    • Become a volunteer worker in a humanitarian organization
    • Have an out of the country long vacation (2 weeks) before the year ends 
    • Settle down, hopefully.
  • Lioness said on Jan 16, 2008....
    @ LacyChenault - please do! :D
  • PAPERBACKWRITER said on Jan 16, 2008....
    Hello ed, = )

    Thanks for the link! I will definitely watch this movie. I admire both actors.  And before I crash (my computer is suffering as I am too = / ) and the baby wakes up(!), let me send this comment as quick as I can.

    It used to be a long list (and I have checked most of it).  Last night, I thoughtfully went over it in my head again.  I am going through another bout of depression, and everything becomes clearer when you are slllllllllllllllllllowly coming out of one *sigh*.

    I feel blessed to have my dream fulfilled of having daughters.  And before I hit the bucket :

    I wish to see them happy while growing up; I want to see them as happy adults; I want to see them as happy mothers, and yes perhaps if I am lucky, I wish to see them as happy grandmothers too.

    Deep inside me that is my only wish.  A wish I cherished since I was a kid.

    Warmest regards,

    paper ~

    P.S.

    LacyChenault - I second the motion ;  )
  • Mamie said on Jan 17, 2008....
    good question, my bucket must be filled to overflowing with peace, love, joy, happiness, quietness, content, abundance, stillness, learning, excitement (which I just accidentally typed out "incitement"...so we see my true nature popping thru?)
    and clarity, and serenity and did I mention peace?
    :) mamie
  • silverwhisper said on Jan 17, 2008....
    lacy: welcome to my blog! stick around--there are plenty of filipino/filipina soulcasters. why the philippines, if you don't mind my asking?

    vm: wow, those all sound great! i have 2 friends who just did the times square/new year's even thing. i'll see if i can't coax one into describing it. :>

    infernal: heh...that could be a lot of fun!

    CW: excellent answer. :>

    dee: you know, i don't think i could get into bungie jumping, but hanggliding...wow...

    vic: hey, long time no see. you know i share that one.

    twyla: heh...i've made no bones about being somewhere in my 30s so no, i suppose not. that's terrible about your stepdaughter-in-law, though--? learning to play piano is perhaps oddly not that difficult, IMHO. and i know what you mean about painting--what do you paint in, watercolors, oil, something else?

    WH: why not write a book?

    lala: finding a purpose is pretty darned important and i hope you discover yours soon.

    rollingc: i hear you re: skydiving, man--i can sympathize. :>

    tbs: o yeah, there's tons and tons of folks, and i love discovering 'em here, you know? :>

    np: hi there! visiting india, huh? i think that sounds great! why guitar and violin?

    queen: and you can do all of those things, little sister. i have faith in you. [hug]

    fallyn: long time no see! you could just list one or two things, you know. :>

    lioness: out of country vacation? where would you like to go? and what kind of humanitarian organization?

    paper: long time no see! that's a good thing to have on your list, and i'm sure the other parents who responded are nodding in agreement. :>

    mamie: those are excellent things to have on your list. :>



    on my own list: be a published author and make a living at it, go on a castle tour of france and maybe germany too. beyond that, i'm not sure.

    ed
  • lalalalalala said on Jan 17, 2008....
    ed, thank you! me too! and i hope you get to check out those castles and publish a bunch of books! :-)
  • Lioness said on Jan 17, 2008....
    ed, I'm planning to go to Brunei or Malaysia, the nearest ones first. :D. I prefer an org where I could teach reading and writing to kids of indigent families or elderly people who have not stepped through primary school.
  • silverwhisper said on Jan 18, 2008....
    lala: and thank you! :>

    lioness: wow, i really admire that. :>

    ed
  • polarheart said on Jan 18, 2008....

    Ok, I eventually got back here 2 days later!

    Some of the things on my list are:

    Visit Australia and the USA

    Have an upclose viewing of whales in the wild

    Dine at a celebrity chef's restaurant

    Arrange and attend a family reunion with my brothers, sister and all their partners and children :-)

     

  • silverwhisper said on Jan 18, 2008....
    better late than never, i say! :> hey, at what celebrity chef's restaurant would you most want to dine? i don't suppose you're a fan of jamie oliver?

    ed
  • polarheart said on Jan 18, 2008....
    I do like Jamie, but the chef whose food I like to eat is perhaps lesser known  and he is Heston Blumenthal. He has this wonderful scientific approach to cooking and he is really down to earth and modest.
     
    If you have some time read what is written about him.  I have a feeling that you'd like him.  His restaurant is called The Fat Duck :-)
  • polarheart said on Jan 18, 2008....
    Ed? Ed? Yooohooo!
  • silverwhisper said on Jan 18, 2008....
    sorry, was tied up w/ work--i know, i know, positively unconscionable of me, huh? :>

    i don't believe i'm familiar w/ blumenthal, but i am somewhat familiar w/ molecular gastronomy. i am of course familiar with both ferran adria's and thomas keller's names, though. thank you for linking that article--i'm utterly fascinated by this style of cooking, actually. :>

    ed
  • polarheart said on Jan 18, 2008....
    Not at all Edikins, I keep forgetting that you guys are still working and I'm at home close to midnight! LOL
     
    I'm glad you liked the article :-)
  • silverwhisper said on Jan 18, 2008....
    hey, i keep hearing about the fifth quarter, i believe it's in london--do you know anybody who's been there?

    ed
  • polarheart said on Jan 18, 2008....
    Ed, I must be honest and say I have never heard of the Fifth Quarter - what's happening there?  Is it a restaurant?
  • silverwhisper said on Jan 18, 2008....
    yep, apparently specializing in organ meats and other cuts not generally served in most restaurants. just thought i'd ask. :>

    ed
  • polarheart said on Jan 18, 2008....
    Oooh, eeek!  I did see on google that there is an official Fifth Quarter Offal Cookbook. . .not my kinda thing though.  My dad use to make offal using sheeps head and stomach (yukety yuk)
  • silverwhisper said on Jan 18, 2008....
    yeah, it isn't everyone's thing, i know. :>

    ed
  • ninjapirate said on Jan 19, 2008....
    Hi Ed, feels like it's been awhile!  Yes India, among other places of course, but their clothes are silky, sparkly and bright colored, I love that stuff.  Guitar and violin because they get to play a lot of the fun melodies it seems, I think I would like that.  Hope you get to do all the stuff on your list!       
  • silverwhisper said on Jan 20, 2008....
    np, are you familiar w/ indian cuisine? it's among my very favorites. there's no cuisine i know of that uses such intricate combinations of spices--it's IMHO utterly w/out equal, IMX.

    ed
  • Zayda said on Jan 21, 2008....
    Hmmmm...part of my bucket list:

    • Take an inner passage cruise to Alaska
    • Take a trip to Hawaii.
    • Finish my Ph.D.
    • Take a trip to China and India.
    • Spend Christmas in NY and New Year's Even in Times Square.

  • silverwhisper said on Jan 21, 2008....
    super z: i'm sorry, "inner passage"? all that stuff on your list looks perfectly reasonable to me, although i'll confess the notion of being in times square on new years eve throws my demophobia into high gear.

    ed
  • Zayda said on Jan 21, 2008....
    Inner Passage Cruises (or Inside Passage Cruises) travel inside Alaska through Glacier Bay, for one.  You can also take shore cruises around the outer coast.
  • silverwhisper said on Jan 21, 2008....
    ah...i've heard how beautiful it is there. i may need to add that to my own list. :>

    ed
  • ninjapirate said on Jan 31, 2008....
    Hi Ed, I'll say Indian food is unique, although I'm only familiar with chicken tiki...umm something like that and their bread and mango smoothies.  I need to try more, but it's very tasty :) 
  • silverwhisper said on Feb 01, 2008....
    np: o, you should definitely try more--i completely agree about the breads, when they're fresh out of the oven they're wonderful! i'm a big fan of masala and vindaloo (a very spicy preparation). there's a place near here that does a lovely buffet lunch, and it lets you sample a bit of a lot of dishes, so you can learn what you do/don't like about the cuisine. it's among my favorite things... :>

    ed
  • Zayda said on Feb 24, 2008....
    I keep thinking about this list and find mine growing:

    • Take a River Cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg
    • Visit Helsinki
  • silverwhisper said on Feb 25, 2008....
    what is it you find appealing about that cruise? come to think of it, what river is that--my knowledge of russian geography is highly limited.

    i'm kinda curious what's peaking your interest in finland, i'll confess. ?

    ed

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