Bucket List

by Mike

We only live once, so I think we should do as much as we can in our lifetime. Here is what I have planned:

Legend: In Progress, Completed.

Accomplish:

  1. Take ALP (The Adult Learning Program) at NSCC, to get my grade 12 equivalent.
  2. Go to Acadia. and take Computer Science, to become a computer programmer.
  3. Become a video game programmer (after a computer programmer).
  4. Get my black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Currently have Blue Belt which is only two belts away from Black Belt.
  5. Get my drivers license.
  6. See the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx in Egypt.
  7. Travel to Florida again.
  8. Move to the US, preferable Florida or California.
  9. Hold and pet a monkey.
  10. When I die, be cryopresereved.

Learn:

  1. Liquid Dancing.
  2. Spanish.
  3. PHP (when I take CS at Acadia).
  4. Learn to play the piano, then a synthesizer.
  5. Learn Blender.

BUILD & CREATE

  1. Build my own computer.
  2. Start a web startup/social network for… (it’s a secret).
  3. Build a small wooden boat (next summer).
  4. Write a book.
  5. Fold 1000 origami swans in accordance to the old Chinese “myth” thingy to cure a disease.
  6. Build a small island out of pop bottles or Styrofoam.

GET

  1. Buy one set of Bloxes and copy the template, and build my own wall.
  2. Get a netbook or laptop for music, movies and ebooks, for use in bed, travel, etc.
  3. Get an electric scooter.
  4. Get a treadmill.
  5. Get a camcorder.
  6. Get a digital picture frame.
  7. Get a digital projector, for use a home movie theatre.
  8. Get a Yamaha Motif XS8.
  9. Get a Mac

READ, LISTEN & WATCH

  1. Steven Colbert – I Am America (And So Can You!)
  2. Richard Dawkins – The God Delusion
  3. TTC – Psychology of Human Behaviour
  4. TTC Audio – Bob Brier – History of Ancient Egypt
  5. Understanding the Fundamentals of Music (Audio)
  6. BBC Life (10 episodes)
  7. George Carlin – Last Words
  8. Warren Buffet – The Snowball
  9. Sam Harris – The End of Faith
  10. TTC Audio – Great Ideas of Psychology