Post-Grad, Pre-Life Bucket List

It recently dawned on me that for someone who is suddenly all about "adventure," I really haven't had any. Family trips, college, and summer camps don't count in this mix. Why? Because these are things you do because you must do them, and you do them with support of other people in some organized fashion. A real adventure is a spontaneous jolt outside of your comfort zone with no safety net (see: skydiving, running with the bulls, blind dating).

As my life ticks away into this unknown abyss of the future, all I can think about is all the things I want to do before I'm forced to go back into the normal flow of life: career, marriage, kids.

So here is my post-grad, pre-life bucket list (first draft):

1. Eat chocolate in Belgium
2. Explore my heritage in Budapest
3. See Stonehenge and debate its meaning
4. Take a boat out in Venice
5. Flirt relentlessly with the men in Scotland in hopes one of them might be Gerard Butler
6. OKTOBERFEST!
7. Fly in a Blue Angel
8. Be in a movie (you know, Girl in Cafe #3)
9. Have real pizza in Italy
10. Race a car a la NASCAR style
11. Rock-climb a real mountain
12. Jump off a cliff on a Greek Island


(this is a pic of my feet on a beach on a greek island summer of '08... family trip in which I was basically a bum. I need a redo!)

So lets call this my first draft, even though I already had to cut several food-related items. I need a separate bucket list just for food!