I actually made a list like this when I was 12 years old, and I still have it stuffed somewhere in a drawer back home. If I would look it up I suspect I would laugh grandly; I remember points like "Owning my own motorcross", "Play in a rockband" and "Go back to New York City" which I had just visited at the time.
If I were to make a List today, it would be quite different. Marek has already pinpointed one of my top points: skydiving. I simply must skydive before I die. The feeling of plummeting 'helpless' towards the earth before unleashing a quite simple construction on which your life will depend... Ah, I wager it will be grand.
In the same ballpark, I want to take a certificate for small airoplanes like the Cessna 172. My father is a pilot for a living, and also flies in his spare time, and I simply
love to fly and accompany him to work or the flying club; it is such a liberating feeling, which is why I want to skydive. I also
love flying simulators, and then I don't mean Microsofts Flight Sims, but teh real tng - the very simulators that are used to educate pilots. I don't get to do it very often, but when my father does take me to the Flight Acadamy I live on it for weeks to come. Doing that thing they did in Tomb Raider 2: Cradle of Life from the skyscraper would also be very nifty, though I don't remember what it is called.
Furthermore I wish to learn Japanese before I die, and by 'learn Japanese' I mean master it to such an extent that I would be able to live and work in Japan. If I have my will done, I will probably only live there for a few years or so after three years of studying the language on the University of Lund, Sweden. I know I will not benefit on it economically, and that when I get back it will be like starting from square one when it comes to getting a meaninful job in Sweden, but wellbeing and doing what you want to do in life is to me more important than money, even though it can help you achieve your goals.
Always wanted to publish a novel. I've been writing on and off on three since way back - I started with a fantasy novel in English when I was about 14 years old, and as I've grown older and more educated in the language I have altered and revised it up to standard with my current English skill, so the old material is not more useless than the new.
As for my dream job, which I guess is not very far off the topic, it is actually to become a composer for movie music and/or video games. Movie music would me far more stimulating, while I can imagine that making video game music for a living would be like one long feast of laughter. Sure, all occupations have their downsides, but I really can't see many with this one. If I do live to see it fulfilled, it might even come at handy to speak Japanese, since all the great video game composers are from Japan.
Oh well. Damn this became a long post.
TVD said:
-Cosplay. (guess who as?)
Zwarte Pieten?
