The list is complete...

I've been drafting this list for about 6 weeks now. With some input from friends and others from my sphere, I think its pretty complete. One caveat - I have told my dear friend Kristin that she can replace one item with one of her own making. 


How it will work: Some items on the list are ongoing - things I have to learn, tackle or build up to over time. I will write entries as I progress on those by referencing the list item in the title. Some are one-offs that I will accomplish in one awesome moment, in which I may just try a witty title - I'm already working on one for when I punch someone in the face! Some are a stretch but I'm going to do my damnedest (a not oft-enough used phrase favored by the Wagner family). Next to some entries are the initials of a person that suggested the item. I'll write a little about that person and their role in my event once it's accomplished. 
That's it really. I had one thing I wanted to accomplish by 30 that I didn't (get a dog). I didn't want another decade to go by without doing some things that would make life fun and interesting, and that were always on my list. 
And now, countdown to forty....

1.      Start A Blog

2.      Become a devout fan of one band (RP)

3.      Be a spectator at the Oscars (SS)

4.      Meet Conan O’Brien

5.      Get a dog (LG)

6.      Learn a medium difficult song on piano (MM)

7.      Deadlift 300 lbs (KP)

8.      Knit a Scarf (LG)

9.      SkyDive (LG)

10.   Cook and Host a 5-Course Dinner Party

11.   Start my own (small) Business (RP)

12.   Paint a picture (MM)

13.   Take up tennis (MM)

14.   Catch, gut, and eat a fish

15.   Find a childhood friend and have coffee

16.   Apologize to someone who deserves it

17.   Take my Mother to Italy

18.   Get really drunk in an Irish pub, in Ireland

19.   Make one room in my house look EXACTLY how I want it

20.   Go to dinner with just my siblings

21.   Wake up on the ocean with Brendan

22.   Buy a well-tailored suit

23.   Talk to one friend everyday for one-year

24.   Perform in public. Karaoke. Sober. (LC)

25.   Ride a mechanical bull

26.   Watch every Woody Allen directed movie

27.   Shoot a gun

28.   Punch someone in the face on a bet

29.   Read 10 books I really should have already (ML)

30.   Totally unplug for a full weekend (JSK)

31.   Girls weekend in Vegas (JSK)

32.   Fly a plane! (TK & JSK)

33.   Run a 5k race (JSK)

34.   Own something by a designer (JSK)

35.   Attend a major film festival (KGC)

36.   Change the letters on a marquee

37.   Go out with an entourage (RC)

38.   Help a homeless person (DS)

39.   Go to a live taping of SNL (JK)

40.   Plan one real wedding