Life List - Bigger, Bolder, Shorter

Ah, insomnia.  I was lying in bed, thinking about my Life List and decided it was a bit, well, weak.  Where was the bold, spicy flavor?  It's too safe, too...achievable.  So, I'm takin' some of the items up a notch.  Wha-bam!  And takin' some out - some that weren't really what I wanted to do, just what I thought I should want to do.

1. Write an international best seller that's published in 17 languages
2. Road trip, in a camper van, around New Zealand
3. Hike The Trail of the Buddha (a grueling, multi-week hike through India, China and Tibet)
4. Plant a sunflower garden
5. Plant a poppy garden
6. Bake bread from scratch
7. Swim with dolphins
8. Attend the bi-annual festival in Marostica, Italy
9. Learn to blow glass in Venice
10. Celebrate the winter solstice in Antarctica and the summer solstice in Barrow, AK
11. Learn to Tango in Argentina
12. See the Moai on Easter Island
13. Visit the pyramids in Egypt
14. Attend stunt car driving school
15. Sing with Sleater-Kinney
16. Learn to scuba dive
17. Care for a big dog (i.e., Great Dane, Irish Wolf Hound) - woof!
18. Visit Grandma Cora's grave
19. Run for an elected position
20. Attend the Olympics
21. Raise a bilingual child
22. Ride in a dog sled
23. Drink real Champagne in the Champagne Valley of France
24. Soak in a hot springs in Iceland
25. Touch a Viking ship in Denmark
26. Kayak the fjords of Norway
27. Hike the Great Wall of China
28. Participate in a traditional tea ceremony in Japan
29. Help baby turtles make it to the ocean
30. Drive the AL-CAN Highway
31. Send a telegram
32. Pet a whale
33. Sit on the shores of Lake Ponchatrain, LA
34. Sleep in a hut over the ocean
35. Wear a bikini in public
36. Picnic at The Getty
37. Travel via Zip Line through a rain forest
38. Live in a foreign country again
39. Own my own business
40. Hike Antelope Slot Canyon in Page, AZ
41. Serve as an Executive Director or CEO
42. See the Terracotta Army
43. Plant a vegetable garden (completed June 2010)
44. Own a Prius (completed Oct. 2008)
45. Give birth (completed 10/10/09)
46. Own a house (completed Dec. 2005)
47. Get my Master's degree (completed Dec. 2003)
48. Get a tattoo (completed May 2000)
49. Attend college in New England (completed May 1999)
50. Travel Europe (completed 1997-1998)
51. Live in Europe (completed 1997-1998)
52. Go nightswimming (completed August 1997)
53. Travel by myself (completed summer 1997)