Having 2 near-death experiences in the past 3 years has been eye-opening. I need to make some changes in my life, and feel like I'm enjoying life and not just living through it.

Self-improvement:

• Lose 50 pounds
• run in the mini-marathon
• Take up a sport that I do every day
• Learn another language
• Learn PHP and MySQL

Fun:

• Go on the Amazing Race
• Read every book in my library
• Have a conversation with Jon Stewart, and make *him* laugh
• Marry my sweetheart and move in with her
• Take my sweetheart to Niagra Falls
• Finish scanning in Curious Myths of the Middle Ages
• Buy a motorcycle jacket while I'm still young enough to look good in it

Creative:

• Write a novel
• Write a video game storyline
• Build a piece of furniture -- preferably the dining room table Stephanie and I were brainstorming
• Help build an art car!! Woo hoo!!
• Work more on my house
• Redesign my Dad's website

Travel:

• Go to Disney World
• Drive across America taking pictures of Big Things
• Take a train trip
• Italy: leaning tower of Pisa, Florence, Rome
• Paris, London, Berlin
• Visit an Asian country. Japan?
• Visit a South American country
• Visit an African country
• See the Northern lights

Political:

• Carry out my local freeway blogger project
• get non-discrimination laws for gay people passed
• Help get a political candidate elected
• Eliminate special marriage rights for heterosexuals