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Mallory's "1001 things to do before you die"

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see the northern lights

Send a message in a bottle

bunjee jumping

ride a roller coaster

adopt a cat or dog from an animal shelter

get a massage

Fall in love

volunteer for something

have a movie marathon

10.

do yoga

11.

visit all 7 continents

12.

eat sushi

13.

Fly First Class

14.

go camping

15.

Swim with dolphins

16.

go on a honeymoon

17.

have a library

18.

learn how to cook

19.

Read a classic

20.

buy a home

21.

Go skydiving

22.

go on a cruise

23.

plant a garden

24.

ride a bike to work

25.

horse ride

26.

Watch 1000 movies

27.

scuba dive

28.

meet someone famous

29.

Donate to charity

30.

win something

31.

eat a pizza in italy

32.

visit europe

33.

Make my own bread

34.

overcome a fear

35.

bake a cake

36.

visit a zoo

37.

have a romantic candlelit dinner at home

38.

Write a letter to the editor to a newspaper or magazine about an issue that touches me

39.

go skinny dipping

40.

fly a kite

41.

be an audience member for a TV show taping

42.

have breakfast in bed

43.

ballroom dance

44.

grow vegetables

45.

Go to the top of the Statue of Liberty.

46.

Dance in the rain

47.

visit the Holy Land

48.

Kiss in the rain

49.

ride in a hot air balloon

50.

write a book

51.

Spend a whole day reading a great novel.

52.

climb a mountain

53.

Write a will

54.

Walk Down Abbey Road

55.

find a four leaf clover

56.

milk a cow

57.

ride a motorcycle

58.

Float on the Dead Sea

59.

ask to see the menu when ordering pizza by phone

60.

Donate blood

61.

tell someone I love them

62.

karaoke in Japan

63.

Sit on a jury

64.

knit something

65.

go whale watching

66.

Egg a house

67.

get something off ebay

68.

ride in a blimp

69.

have a picnic

70.

ride an elephant

71.

Go on a roadtrip with no particular destination

72.

Go on a safari

73.

Climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge

74.

complete a video game

75.

teach a child to read

76.

ride in a helicopter

77.

go to a drive in theatre

78.

lie in bed all day.

79.

hold a tarantula

80.

Break a Bone

81.

Attend a film premiere

82.

foster or adopt a child

83.

84.

stay in a 5 star hotel

85.

Eat at a 5 star restaurant

86.

make homemade ice cream

87.

bake cookies

88.

read a novel in a foreign language

89.

Read every book in a series that has more than 10 books in it

90.

sleep under the stars

91.

Build a snowman

92.

go into a library and randomly select a book, then borrow it out and read it.

93.

smash something on purpose

94.

find an item of clothing you would never wear out in public, then wear it out in public

95.

run through a busy street in a foreign city wearing pjs

96.

attend or hold a surprise birthday party

97.

make a prank phone call

98.

Host a dinner party

99.

Read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

100.

speak another language fluently

101.

Ride a Camel

102.

learn to play an instrument well

103.

see the pyramids

104.

dye my hair

105.

go to the olympics (either watch or compete)

106.

go ice-skating without falling over

107.

make an origami crane

108.

show up at the airport with a bag & a passport & take the first flight available.

109.

write a love letter

110.

be a vegetarian for a week

111.

share a plate of spaghetti with a loved one like the lady and the tramp

112.

Visit 20 capital cities

113.

Donate old clothes to charity

114.

Go door-to-door to collect money for a charity

115.

see three movies at a cinema in a day

116.

experience a white christmas

117.

join a book club, even if you know you'll only last a week

118.

dye easter eggs

119.

shop in the world largest shopping mall

120.

run barefoot in the snow

121.

make a snow angel

122.

convince someone to join you in creating a concrete angel (dry concrete)

123.

try curling

124.

cover all three bases in a day (yes THOSE bases)

125.

see a musical on Broadway

126.

go see an opera

127.

go into a cd store, randomly select a cd and buy it

128.

Research my family tree

129.

Play DDR

130.

start your own strange holiday (eg. Happy Aluminium Underpants Day)

131.

Swim at 10 different beaches around the world

132.

have a deviantART account and actually have something on it

133.

eat a supersize meal at mcdonalds (yes, I know its gross)

134.

do something spontaneous

135.

have oreos and milk together

136.

complete a first aid course

137.

solve a rubix cube

138.

visit stonehenge

139.

finish a sudoku puzzle

140.

complete a 1000 piece puzzle

141.

read a book in a day

142.

Have a water balloon fight

143.

sing New York, New York in a street in New York (just to yourself is fine)

144.

Watch the Sound of Music

145.

do scrapbooking

146.

own either a "vote for pedro" or a "save ferris" shirt

147.

Be in a food fight

148.

have a garage/yard sale

149.

sleep in a caravan

150.

Try caviar

151.

eat at an american diner

152.

play a game of monopoly and win

153.

Go skiing

154.

go rock climbing

155.

Sing in the rain

156.

do something illegal

157.

have to spend a night in hospital

158.

have a 100+ item collection of something (eg stamps, rocks, CDs)

159.

reuse wrapping paper at least once

160.

give someone a birthday card with an age number that is at least ten years out (Eg, they're 30, give them a card saying 40)

161.

drive a car on a racing track

162.

Hold/attend a fancy dress party

163.

get drunk once

164.

bake something for a bake sale

165.

Go on a scavenger hunt

166.

witness a solar eclipse

167.

watch a hayao miyazaki film

168.

Roll on your side down a grassy bank

169.

receive/send a postcrossing postcard

170.

use bookcrossing

171.

organise/take part in an easter egg hunt

172.

Have a slumber party

173.

own a piece of gym equipment

174.

sing in the shower

175.

start a mexican wave at a major sporting event

176.

go to a concert of someone you dont like, and throw something at them

177.

visit a museum

178.

visit an art gallery

179.

have your photo taken at a famous monument

180.

Read The Lord of The Rings

181.

Read every harry potter book

182.

compete in either a walkathon or marathon

183.

get completely soaked in the rain

184.

run a mile

185.

complete any course other than first aid

186.

leave a HUGE tip to a waitress or waiter

187.

make a list of the top 5 people who have positively influenced you and write them all letters

188.

drive the alaska canadian highway

189.

do a strip tease/lap dance

190.

call in sick - when you're not

191.

track down/look up an old friend

192.

catch a snowflake on my tongue

193.

make an infant laugh/smile

194.

swim in each of the seven seas

195.

Take a mud bath

196.

take a bubble bath and blow the bubbles off your hand all over the place

197.

bathe a baby/child

198.

have a bath with at least 3 bath bombs at once

199.

join a gym

200.

meditate

201.

Tell the next Jehovahs witness to come to your door about a great spaghetti monster

202.

build something out of wood

203.

recite the alphabet backwards

204.

visit a 3rd world country

205.

catch the bouquet (even if you are a guy)

206.

make my own sushi

207.

have watched at least three monty python movies

208.

have my palm read

209.

have someone else clean your place

210.

witness a birth

211.

pull off an april fools prank

212.

play scrabble... and win.

213.

ride a gondola in Venice

214.

Roast marshmallows

215.

make paper dolls

216.

Send or receive a secret valentine

217.

swim in the rain at night

218.

line dance

219.

inspire someone

220.

start a trend

221.

go to a prom/formal

222.

cosplay at an anime/star wars etc convention

223.

camp in your backyard or anywhere..by yourself

224.

own a copy of the ONE ring to rule them all

225.

pole dance

226.

play strip poker

227.

try vodka

228.

slow dance

229.

majorly disrupt a public library (use trumpet, mobile phone etc)

230.

Win a trophy

231.

Find my hidden talent

232.

surf/boogie board

233.

watch lost

234.

See Ayers Rock

235.

cry in the rain

236.

touch a stingray (they're furry)

237.

catch a fish longer than your forearm

238.

visit the Taj Mahal

239.

learn about a religion other than your own

240.

attempt to order a pizza at mcdonalds

241.

play the lottery

242.

see an egyptian mummy in a museum

243.

to be boss

244.

Read the book "Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code"

245.

see a falling star/comet

246.

learn how to ride a skateboard

247.

sell something on ebay

248.

try ten different cheeses

249.

mow a lawn

250.

try prawns

251.

rollerblade

252.

have a room with a view

253.

brew my own beer

254.

send someone a dozen red roses with an anonymous love letter

255.

write a letter to Santa

256.

Get a promotion

257.

karaoke to the spice girls

258.

spend christmas on a beach in the southern hemisphere

259.

take a photograph you can proudly hang on the wall

260.

drive a porsche

261.

learn how to write your name in japanese

262.

Kiss on top of the Eiffel Tower

263.

build a house of cards

264.

re-create a scene from a movie with food

265.

play a game of tennis

266.

swing on a swing

267.

slide down a slide

268.

play marbles

269.

read a manga

270.

walk along a beach and hunt for sea shells

271.

read a marvel comic book

272.

have my picture in the newspaper

273.

ride in a limo

274.

read 10 parodies

275.

make a great pizza from scratch

276.

make lemonade

277.

leave a letter in a library book for someone to find

278.

drink hot chocolate

279.

Play spin the bottle

280.

build a sandcastle

281.

own a michael jackson CD

282.

Watch "The Wizard of Oz" at the same time as listening to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"

283.

write a poem

284.

grow a herb garden

285.

have a meaningful conversation with a stranger

286.

sit at a bus stop one day and tell your life story just like forest gump

287.

keep a journal for at least a month

288.

Meet someone face-to-face from 43things

289.

try hanggliding

290.

own a gaming console

291.

Give a homeless person a meal

292.

give a homeless person a christmas gift

293.

live for at least a week in a caravan

294.

visit ten of the big things around the world (eg Big banana, big pineapple etc)

295.

lean against the leaning tower of pisa

296.

Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef

297.

See a musical

298.

hold a koala bear

299.

go fishing

300.

Play cricket on or near the beach

301.

shoot a basketball from the three point line and get it in

302.

celebrate christmas at least ONCE

303.

complete 1000 goals on 43things that were originally on your goal list

304.

change a diaper

305.

complete any listsofbests list other than this one with more than 100 things on it...one I didn't create

306.

paint my nails

307.

watch a bollywood film

308.

be in a play/musical

309.

make up a parody song and sing it/give it to someone

310.

go to a thanksgiving parade in NYC

311.

get something pierced

312.

Get a tattoo

313.

eat an insect

314.

eat a foreign cuisine in its native country

315.

go on a train ride (as a holiday)

316.

visit an old person in an old folks home

317.

sell sea shells by the sea shore

318.

go white water rafting, canoeing etc

319.

blow a raspberry on a baby or toddlers stomach

320.

learn a new artisan craft just for fun

321.

have an imaginary friend for a day and convince someone they exist

322.

Pretend to be from another country for a day and convince someone else of it

323.

Spend time with and truly try to understand someone whose world view and ideas are radically different from yours

324.

Download a song from the internet

325.

Buy a CD of music that is a genre you have never listened to before

326.

dance a hora

327.

Toilet paper a house

328.

Go to a rodeo

329.

create a monument for a dead loved one

330.

build a tree house

331.

get dressed up in a formal/prom dress/suit and go to a fast food restaurant

332.

get peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth

333.

dance like no one can see you even though they can

334.

go to work with a hickey on your neck

335.

finish a giant jawbreaker

336.

hug someone you don’t know and say “thanks for last night”

337.

sing a song at the top of your lungs even if you don’t know the words

338.

have your heart broken and heal it with ice cream

339.

play beer pong

340.

eat so much at thanksgiving/christmas that you can’t button your pants anymore

341.

do a handstand

342.

Play a joke on a telemarketer

343.

Wear slogan shirts every day for a week

344.

Spend a day with someone who has nothing in common with yourself

345.

Take the Myer-Briggs personality test and discover your personality type.

346.

learn calculus

347.

buy something for a stranger from their Amazon.com wish list

348.

buy something off amazon.com

349.

visit a graveyard at midnight

350.

attend a ball

351.

see shamu at sea world

352.

give a beggar a sandwich instead of money

353.

win a game of freecell on your computer

354.

kiss someone with your eyes open

355.

watch a movie the whole way through with the directors commentary playing

356.

custom make your own teddy bear

357.

do a weird accent when speaking to someone through a drive thru window

358.

go a full night with no sleep

359.

play super mario brothers

360.

play tetris on your mobile phone

361.

spend more than four hours talking on the phone to someone

362.

See a Glacier

363.

own a wedding ring

364.

have acrylic nails done

365.

get your picture taken in a photo booth at a mall

366.

try all types of seafood

367.

drop your cellphone in a toilet

368.

have a funny voicemail message

369.

wave at people when driving past them

370.

own a pet with a funny name

371.

fill your entire bed with stuffed animals

372.

ride a banana boat

373.

have a ridiculous ringtone

374.

record yourself screaming into your mobile phone and set it as a ringtone

375.

have the hairdresser cut your hair way shorter than you really wanted it to be

376.

listen to an audio book

377.

read an ebook

378.

initiate a conversation with a stranger on the plane and talk for most of the flight

379.

hold doors open for people

380.

put change into someone else's parking meter

381.

take an interest in politics

382.

superglue a coin to the ground in a public place and wait to see if someone tries to pick it up

383.

Listen to 1,000 albums in my lifetime

384.

make your way through a hedge maze

385.

travel through some sort of tunnel that is underwater (by car, walk) etc

386.

Ride on a ferris wheel

387.

watch fireworks with someone special

388.

watch a sporting event at a stadium that you have never had any interest in before

389.

move away from my family

390.

love your mom

391.

love your dad

392.

find inner happiness

393.

wing it!

394.

help someone with a stroller/suitcase get up/down a set of stairs

395.

eat real motzarella cheese

396.

gather eggs from chickens

397.

visit another country and try to speak their language (doesn

398.

introduce yourself to someone at a bar

399.

Rescue an animal

400.

teach a child to cook

401.

teach a child a song

402.

wear flip flops

403.

whistle while you walk down the street

404.

put your MP3 player on and sing along while you are in public

405.

use the pool facilities at a hotel you are not staying at

406.

go pool hopping

407.

tell your boss what you really think about something (but don’t let it end in unemployment)

408.

Fall in love a second time and realize that it is possible

409.

Eat a Belgian Waffle in Belgium

410.

eat fries in france

411.

eat french toast in france

412.

Drink Vodka in Russia

413.

celebrate your ‘half’ birthday,

414.

know your neighbors

415.

bring cookies to your neighbors

416.

set up a neighborhood party

417.

go on a organized pub crawl

418.

sleep in a hammock overnight

419.

jump in a puddle

420.

climb a fence in heels/dress shoes

421.

call a random number and order a pizza

422.

drive across the US

423.

drive across the Play and win a carnival game (darts in balloons, ring around the animal, knock down the pins, etc) US

424.

ask a famous person for an autograph

425.

ask a completely random person for their autograph

426.

Go to the World Cup (final game if you can!)

427.

go to the super bowl

428.

Go backstage for a music event

429.

be able to name 10 different plants

430.

See a monkey in the wild

431.

Get a perm

432.

set up something electronic all by yourself

433.

re-plumb your sink (who needs a plumber?)

434.

play battleships

435.

build a birdhouse

436.

Sew a piece of clothing

437.

bake a perfect cheesecake

438.

go down a zip line

439.

randomly perform a duet with someone in a public place so that EVERYONE can hear

440.

pay for the next car at a tollbooth

441.

Spend one month completely alone

442.

make a travel documentary

443.

Interview your self on video camera

444.

Interview your friends on video camera

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Created by Mallory on Jul 04, 2006.