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The whole list

Every one, out in the open.

The real list, always growing. The ones I'm still chasing, the ones already done that I just never filmed, and the ones that happened on a cycle.

Still chasing

• Rollerblade through my childhood neighborhood
• Go on a jet ski adventure
• Watch Pirates of the Caribbean outside
• Paintball day
• Beachfront tug of war with a pool of water dug out in the middle between us
• Boogie board into a wave to launch up and off of it
• Rent out Fox & Hound for karaoke and a little college reunion
• See frozen waves
• Go to a party at a big house where the whole point is wandering around to explore every room
• Be able to play Hall of the Mountain King on piano
• Visit a place that feels like time travel
• Play a concert at midnight for New Year's Eve
• Stay overnight on a luxury yacht
• Have our own private waterfall
• Do a glass blowing event at Ignite Glass Studios
• See a tardigrade
• Take sword fighting classes
• Celebrate another country's holiday or festival with them, in that country
• Get invited to an awesome picnic setup at Ravinia for a performance
• Play a Christmas song Ferdie style
• Kayak down a crystal clear turquoise river in an icy landscape
• Ice skate a long path, like a frozen river
• Go away somewhere and work on my book
• Go to a closed theme park for a private event
• Play hockey for a crowd at the United Center
• Downhill snow kayaking
• Safely see a giant wave coming to shore
• Record some never-recorded PGS songs
• See a playoff hockey Game 7 live
• Work with a company that throws parties on the beach at night
• See a live taping of a show like John Oliver
• Go to a fancy gala for a special occasion, like the planetarium after dark
• Whitewater rafting
• See an NFL game from the field
• Order all of the entrees at a restaurant
• Plant a tree
• Take singing lessons
• Go to an ice-themed water park
• Ice skating wind surfing
• Have a booth at Renegade selling shirts and the card game
• See stars all the way down to the horizon
• Get flown out to speak somewhere with the accommodations and agenda already planned, and play guitar or uke that night
• Have custom pockets on my pants
• Throw an elegant canopy garden party, themed attire, a Marie Antoinette scene
• Play volleyball in water, not water volleyball
• Visit the Frank Lloyd Wright office in Racine
• Learn judo
• Bring Tuscany to my Mom
• Visit the Chicago History Museum
• See Return of the Jedi in concert
• Have a conversation with Chance the Rapper
• Be at a New Year's party with a small jazz group and a chef's table, courses served through the night, then sweets and hot chocolate at the end
• Arrange a presentation at Game Lounge Chicago with Q Cards
• Find my massage limit, like Arie did (his was 6 hours, then he didn't want anyone to touch him for days)
• Dance to Stormy Weather with the woman I love

Done, no camera rolling

• Skip a stone across a frozen lake
• Look at the night sky through a high-powered observatory telescope
• Go to an experience like Couples Retreat
• Witness a large migration of animals
• Watch football while in a pool or hot tub
• Experience a beautiful thunderstorm from a safe place
• Get invited to a fancy event with important people (Christmas parties, 2025)
• Have someone tell me they love my UpLevel blog posts
• Try Sandbox VR
• Play a show with professional sound and lighting
• Stay at your vacation house
• Watch Back to the Future: The Musical
• Go glamping (HipCamp)
• Go camping during a full moon

Done, on a cycle