To Do: Experience life.

40x40, A List in Progress

My list is not done, nor are many of my goals clearly defined, but this is what I have. I will not be referring to them by number yet, as my list is not complete, a fact I mentioned in the prior sentence, and numbers may shift. Hopefully, I'll be able to scratch a couple of these off before I hit the big 4-0, since that's sort of the point. I think. Am I doing this right?

Categorized, and in no particular order

General Geekery

~~Put 40 items on my 40x40 list~~
Re-launch my personal website
Own a 1931 Ford pickup or a Volkswagen Beetle (old or new?)
Own a Mac (iPod/iPhone/AppleTV doesn't count)
Design and code a video game (iPhone/XNA)
Have a chat (face to face) with a "famous person" (Jonathan Coulton or Merlin Mann would be quite awesome. Leo Laporte would also be pretty cool.)

Creativity
Write & record a singer songwriter concept album
Write & record a stoner rock album
Get paid to do a show at a bar/coffee shop, etc.
Self-publish a non-fiction book (joint effort with Heather)
Self-publish a fiction book (novel/novella)
Write/draw/ink a comic book
Draw an online comic series on a fixed schedule (interval and duration)
Paint something interesting on a large acrylic canvas
Do something interesting with a stupid domain name

Hobbies
Learn to skateboard
- Drop-in
- Pump/kick-turn a mini-ramp or bowl
- 50x50 stall
- Pivot on coping
- Ollie flatground at speed
- Ollie up a curb
- Ollie off an incline
- Pop shove-it
- Fakie big spin
- Kickflip
Play strong amateur level chess (I'm not entirely sure what this means.)
Play shodan level Go (Perhaps as "simple" as 1d on KGS)
Finish all of the Zelda games I own (Essentially, this is every one after Ocarnia of Time)

Self-Improvement
Get down to the top end of my ideal weight, 185lbs
Live greener (This doesn't have to go as far as off the grid, but that would be quite awesome.)
Get a masters degree (Philosophy? Astronomy? Physics? Mathematics?)
Take a writing course
Take a photography course
Take a cooking course
Learn to play the drums
Learn Japanese (I don't know that I necessarily have to be fluent, but stringing together a few coherent sentences would be grand.)

Financial Improvement
Become solely family employed
Get out of debt
Plan inheritance for the family
Plan college savings for the girls
Plan our retirement
Plan my funeral

Travel & Entertainment
Complete "Alphabet Dating"
Take a cruise with Heather
Ride in a limo with Heather
Visit Las Vegas with Heather
- ~~Get married by Elvis~~ (This was nixed by Heather)
- Ride that roller-coaster (this is not a euphemism)
Visit New York for non-business purposes
Attend a comic book/video game/tech convention of some sort (MaxFunCon?)
Attend SXSW
Visit japan