THE BURIED LIFE

One Question:
"What do you want to do before you die?"

Some are borrowed, some are original, but they're all significant to me in one way or another.

1. Fall in love.
2. Get back in shape.
3. Learn how to speak a foreign language.
4. Learn how to drive a stick.
5. Get a college degree.
6. Hike to the summit of Pike's Peak, CO.

7. Climb the incline in Manitou Springs, CO.
8. Plant a tree.
9. Re-learn how to play piano. It's been too long.
10. See Canada.
11. Visit (live in?) Alaska.
12. Kiss the Stanley Cup.
13. Sky-dive.
14. Take a stranger out to dinner.
15. Go scuba diving.
16. Go on a road trip with a friend.
17. Take a child on a shopping spree at a toy store.
18. Throw a surprise party.
19. Be in a relationship with a man who loves me and trusts me and cares for me enough that they ask me to take their name. (Get married.)
20. Adopt a child.
21. Run in a marathon.
22. Jump off a waterfall.
23. Have a child.
24. Learn how to surf.
25. Learn how to snowboard!!!
26. Experience zero gravity.
27. Host a lemonade stand.
28. Ride in a hot air balloon.
29. Pay for someone's groceries.
30. Hear a significant other tell me they love me and mean it.
31. See the Colorado Avalanche win the Stanley Cup at the Pepsi Center.

32. Convince a friend who has never donated blood before to donate blood with me.
33. Swim with dolphins.
34. Stay in an ice hotel.

35. See the Great Barrier Reef.
36. Visit a Buddhist temple.
37. Drive up the west coast.
38. Visit Greece.
39. Visit New York City. DONE! 9-6-08
40. See Japan.
41. Visit Hawaii.
42. Grow my own fruits and vegetables.
43. Hike the Rocky Mountain National Park.

44. See the Northern Lights.
45. Throw a hat for a hat trick at a hockey game.
46. Spend New Years Eve in New York City.

47. Go white water rafting down the Colorado River.
48. Learn the constellations.
49. Cook a Thanksgiving dinner for the people I love.
50. Learn how to dance.
51. Take a spur-of-the-moment road trip.
52. Run through sprinklers like I did as a kid.
53. Eat real Italian food in Italy.
54. Meet Stephen Hawking.
55. Meet Paul Stastny. DONE! 09-16-09
56. Visit Musée du Louvre and see La Gioconda (The Mona Lisa.)
57. Visit China.
58. See the green flash over a sunset on the Pacific.
59. Wake up to laughter.
60. Ice skate in Rockefeller Center.

61. Take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage through Central Park.
62. Visit Turkey and the remains of the lost city of Troy.
63. Hike to the summit of Mt. Bierstadt via Guanella Pass.
64. Learn Latin.
65. Drink Santana champagne on a boat with Andy Samberg.
66. Climb to the top of every 14-er in Colorado.
67. Take bartending classes and be a bartender for a night.
68. Visit Seattle, Washington.
69. Visit Portland, Oregon.
70. Visit Vancouver, BC Canada
71. Hike to the top of Blodgett in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
72. Hike the Punch Bowls in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
73. Hike Waldo Canyon in Colorado Springs, Colorado. DONE! 08/16/09
74. Complete every hike in 100 Classic Hikes in Colorado.
75. Complete every hike in Hiking Colorado's Summits.
76. Complete every hike in Hiking Colorado's Front Range.