Bucket List?

Here's mine:

1. Scuba dive under an ice sheet. I'm fairly sure this would be the best thing ever.
2. African safari, with sightings of lions and elephants. (Photographs only. My interest in seeing some dude blast a lion with his rifle is well below zero.)
3. Dinner at a Thomas Keller restaurant, including wine & dessert.
4. Complete a half marathon. Last place is acceptable.
5. Green Day concert. They were just down the road a couple of weeks ago but I was at work. I'm still kicking myself. (Hence this thread).

robeiae said:

1. Ice fish with depth charges.
2. Cause an elephant stampede.
3. Dinner at a Thomas Keller restaurant...with Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck.
4. Booby trap a marathon course so everyone that doesn't finish the whole thing gets slimed and pantsed.
5. Cause Green Day to break up before they can do anymore shows.

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You, sir, are the suckiest suck who ever sucked a suck.

cmi0616 said:

1. Never get old enough to make a "bucket list"

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You're a close second.

ButtonTheCat said:

Visit some place never seen before by any human.

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I may have done this one, or at least close. I went on a diving expedition in the yucatan to some cenotes (underwater caves). We were waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the jungle. Snakes, centipedes, tarantulas, the whole 9 yards. The hole we dove in looked like the frigging black lagoon on the surface, but once you got below the level of leaves and gunk rotting on the surface the water was perfectly clear. We didn't go too far in, but the cave was windy and twisty and we poked around in some pretty obscure holes. I may not have been the very first person to see some of it, but I bet I was in the top 10.

I had a blast. If you're not claustrophobic, I'd highly recommend it.

KTC said:

The last two years I've actually been crossing BIG things off my bucket list. I feel really blessed in my middle age.

1. African Safari (DONE---two safaris! In Kenya last December... Masai Mara)

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No kidding? That is really cool. If you liked whoever you did it with can you send me a link to the company you went through? I'm semi-serious about checking off at least one from my list in 2011. The safari is probably cheaper than antarctica and a lot less painful than the marathon.

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TerzaRima said:

4. Exhibit my weird photography

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That reminds me of another one: learn how to use @$%^ing Illustrator. I'm putting it low on the list for morale purposes. I'm usually fairly good with tech stuff, but the fiendish puzzle designers at Adobe have pretty much thwarted me.

TerzaRima said:

Your (runner's mileage) may vary. I did Grandma's Marathon in Duluth a few years ago--I'm not a marathoner by any means but the half was full. Mother of God. I dropped out at mile 16 because of the heat and the sunburn and the suck and God, that Gatorade tasted like Champagne.

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Sixteen miles is pretty darn good.

Bubastes said:

Yikes, that sounds awful!

On the flip side, I ran the Cincinnati Flying Pig marathon this year and finished with a smile despite the pouring rain, hills, and more hills. And I'm no athlete. So, your mileage will definitely vary.

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I'm in awe. Last time I did anything other than a couple laps around the block was a 10K in Spring 2009. It turns out that I'm not 20 anymore. Who knew? I finished, but I was more or less dragging myself along by my lips.

There's an older dude around here who runs in bare feet, jeans and a t-shirt. I've seen him at every race I've done.