2012

2011 was such a success that I'm doing this again in 2012.  Only just averaging once a month this year, so 12 things, because some of it got a little expensive!  Plus, I'm hoping to make some of the big ones happen in 2012!

1. Go to 12 religious services in 1 year, no repeating sects.
2. Don't ingest any caffeine for 1 week.
3. Really catch a wave when surfing.
4. Join a women's volleyball league in Chicago.
5. Climb Kilimanjaro.
6. Go to Paris alone.
7. Spend the night on a boat.
8. Eat at one of the Top Chefs' restaurants.
9. Go see a soccer game in Europe.
10. Visit the Jersey Shore.
11. Go on an REI trip, preferrably a volunteer one.
12. Go on a cycling tour.
13. Go to a new state.
14. Go to a new country.
15. Go to a new continent.
16. Punch someone in the face.
17. Go to an Alabama home football game.
18. Go to a men's NCAA basketball tourney game.
19. Hold a tarantula.
20. Shoot a gun.
21. Enter a story to read at "The Moth."
22. Read all of Vonnegut's published works.
23. Go on an overnight hike.
24. Go to a taping of "The Daily Show" or meet Jon Stewart.
25. Play a new sport in a league.
26. Go to a therapist.
27. Have a weekend with the camp girls.
28. Forage for mushrooms.
29. See C. Ronaldo play live.
30. Go to a jazz club in Chicago.
31. Do another destination half marathon.
32. Pay off a loan.
33. Pay off a credit card.
34. Play a new sport.
35. Go curling.
36. Fish in the ocean.
37. See 3 academy-award-winning movies I've never seen.
38. Read 10 books from the list of the top 100 of the 20th century.
39. Start a PhD program.
40. Move to a new state.
41. Play hockey again.
42. Find a place to ride regularly.
43. Do a new 5k.
44. Run a PR.
45. Coach.
46. Volunteer for another race.
47. Be rolfed.
48. Skydive.
49. Roll sushi.
50. Snorkel.
51. Scuba.
52. Walk on my hands for 10 feet.
53. See a shark in open water.
54. Ride a motorcycle.
55. Go on a blind date.
63. Hike the AT.
64. Attend a rodeo.
65. Do a stair-climbing event.
66. Cross-country ski.
67. Go on vacation alone.
68. Don't drink for at least one month.
69. Snowboard down a blue hill without falling.
70. Jump wake to wake on the wakeboard.
71. Complete a triathlon.
72. Do another adventure race.
73. Eat Indian food on Devon.
74. Go out on the Southside.
75. Go to one of the big horse races.
76. Do a weird / ghost / gangster tour.
77. Go camping.  For real this time.
78. Sell calligraphy to a stranger.
79. Juggle for 1 minute.
80. Go get dim sum in Chinatown.
81. Take a stained glass class.
82. Take a mosaic class.
83. Go to Kingston Mines.
84. Don't eat meat for one month.
85. Read 52 books.
86. Make a real whiskey sour.
87. See the show Book of Mormon.
88. Read a religious book.
89. Go to 3 Ultimate games.
90. Golf 18 holes.
91. Swim in the deep ocean.
92. Take a pottery class.
93. Stand up paddle board.
94. Go caving.
95. Rock climb (outdoors).
96. Participate in a protest or demonstration.
97. Tube down a river.
98. Don't drink soda for 1 month.
99. Only listen to classical music for 1 week.
100. Visit a grave.