My driving instructor told me he was a school bus driver once. I asked "why?" and he said, "because it was on my bucket list, so I did it for two years and then stopped." He went on to tell me he had other things on his bucket list, such as learning new languages. He asked me what I had on my bucket list, and I was caught off guard, because I hadn't thought about it.
Now that I have, I realized I always wanted start drumming and I want to pick up painting again, since I enjoyed it very much in high school. There are a few other things on my list, but I want to hear about your guys' bucket list. What do you guys want to do, or learn to do before you die?
Definitely have a lot of stuff I would love to do. 1. Learn German (took it first year and found it very interesting) 2. Travel Europe 3. Climb some high mountain 4. Read a book a week for 2 years.
You can easily do all these over the next 12-18 months.
Already working on #1. The rest I either don't have as much time currently or I'm just broke (Still in undergrad).
How do you read a book a week for 2 years in less than 2 years?
I recommend learning how to maintain your car or motorcycle
That one is way up on the list since I know next to nothing about cars.
Sounds like you need to look into the Leadville 100!
1) Learn the fiddle 2) Deep sea fishing (prefer to catch marlin) 3) Roadtrip with camping/hiking along Route 66 4) Swim with tiger sharks 5) Become certified as an advanced diver (followed with upper levels) 6) Become certified to skydive solo 7) Participate in a ruck march for PTSD awareness 8) Travel to Asia 9) Start a business that I would enjoy 10) Buy an acreage out in the wilderness
Skydiving, starting a business, and diving are also on my list. The PTSD awareness is very interesting, how come you want to do that specifically?
If there are two causes I had to pick from, they would be vets and terminally ill children (in no order). I think it would be cool to do the ruck march. Bummed I missed Chicago's this past May - had a friend's wedding back home.
for #4, look up mark healey, he can help you with that.
I'd rather go with Ocean Ramsey ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Awesome list, +1 SB for the skydive solo and PTSD awareness goals.
I'm pretty basic. This list could go on for pages but it'd just be a list of "little big things". At the end of the day my ideal 10/10 life would just be having considerable sex every day with a model, playing video games with my friends, and smoking enough weed to immobilize a dinosaur. I never grew up, sadly.
I find that the people who never grew up are the most fun
I'm totally curious, what do you mean by a pillar of your church? Is that an actual thing in whatever Christian denomination you're a part of or is it something to your church specifically?
Not really a specific thing, just mean someone who who people trust and rely on, the way you would say "a pillar of his community."
NYC Bucket List (Originally Posted: 05/25/2012)
I'm going to be starting a new job in mid-June, and I have a free week of absolutely nothing to do during the day. Anyone have good ideas of how to waste it? I'm already planning on doing MoMA, the Met, Chinatown, Katz, Grimaldi's.
Anyone who suggests Diablo 3 or jacking it, will have monkey shit thrown in their direction.
GS OR BUST!!!
right now he's at 3.5 lol
Just don't be a tourist. Please. Everyone hates them.
This coming from the guy who probably eats dinner in Time Square every Saturday night.
I recently walked across the Brooklyn Bridge (into Brooklyn) and went the park that's right there. It's a really nice, clean park right on the water and it's right next to Grimaldi's so you should probably check that out.
Governor's Island is also a cool place to check out. I'm a huge NYC history buff so maybe that's why I like it but it offers very nice views of Manhattan and it's a nice oasis from the mayhem of the rest of the city.
Go for a Circle Line cruise. Takes a while but it will teach you a lot of cool things about the city. High tourist factor though.
Katz - get the combo corned beef / pastrami
Food related shit to when you're done with your day, although they tend to be on the pricey side...
Capital Grille - bone in Kona Keen's - mutton chop 21 Club Gordon Ramsay at the London 53 and 6 halal
and let me know if you're in the Chinatown area
autoerotic asphyxiation
The Cloisters at Fort Tyron Park and Fort Washington up in Washington Heights if your into history.
"secret" hamburger place at the Parker Meridien (56th between 6th & 7th). young crowd and lots of finance people so great place to network and make friends. very limited seating so it forces you to make conversation. cash only.
watch The Bucket List
then watch it again, on acid
GOOD ONE!!!!!
Familiarize yourself with the area your office is in. Dont be that guy who asks "where is a good place to get food"
Also if you want history....look up historical place of NYC or significant places and go walk around.
Walk through Times Square with a Canon point and shoot, and randomly stop in the middle of the sidewalk to take a picture, and spend the next 30 seconds juggling your camera out of your fanny pack as people queue up behind you.
When 15 angry New Yorkers come up to yell at you, just say with a smile and southern accent "Ooops! Sawry. Ah'm from Georgia." Then follow up with "Have you seen a restroom around here?"
Actually, we don't have cameras west of the Appalachians, so that situation would be impossible.
i usually just go to the Saks and fart while trying on the suits
Check out the Frying Pan on Pier 66, it's a good laid back bar on a historic ship on the pier...doesn't actually move but they have cheap beer and casual atmosphere. Also, Beekman beer garden is decent, that one could be hit or miss. Enjoy NYC.
Chicken and Waffles - Harlem
Actually heard some great recommendations for NYC this past weekend...
"If you're looking to celebrate the summer, I know just the place for you. New York's hottest club is Scampi..."
SOLD Grimaldi's Pizza dude. Waste of a trip to Brooklyn.
Thanks for the ideas. Anyone try the tour buses? I know it's touristy, but I've been in NY for seven years and I've always wanted to do it.
I've done a couple of tour bus tours and they were fun -- lots of ground covered and plenty of fun, informative facts about NYC. You can get on/off the bus at any stop you want. A whole tour is about two hours.
What bus tours do you recommend?
go to a yankee game, if your around the weekend of the 9th they're playing the mets. If your into art go to the whitney. if the weather is nice, chill in riverside park and hit grays papaya on 72nd.
Great idea about baseball. But the Yankees are going to be away all of next week. The Mets only day home game is on Monday.
I live in UWS, so I've definitely hit up Gray's Papaya on almost a weekly basis.
theres always the GWB....utilize it like that dude from Rutgers a couple years ago
Too Soon....
GhettoSightsNY
Go to the top of the Rock, great views on a clear night / day. Personally I think it's better at night.
Visit the 9/11 memorial..
If you like Japanese food (good but on a budget) check out the yakitori place on Astor Place. It's a pretty interesting neighborhood to walk around. There's also a few other hole in the wall type places around there that are alright.
Check out the steakhouses, plenty of good ones to choose from.
Grimaldis is ridiculous... expect a line a quarter mile long of french tourists.
The Top of the Rock is awesome btw.
Walk. Walk. Walk. Just do it. You'll meet interesting people and find cool places to hang, guaranteed. Plus, it's free.
My bucket list this summer is to get laid in NYC
Die
Bucket List (Originally Posted: 02/14/2012)
Just curious what finance guys want to do before they die. I assume a lot of "slay hot bitches every day of my life" and "make 300 mil before im 26"
so go ahead and post your bucket list.
Will not let me edit lunch to launch...
Shark cage at Great Barrier Reef or Neptune Island
Learn to shoot.
participate in the Arab Spring
Finance rebellions against enemy regimes Climb the half dome Go to every national park Kill a dictator Embrace the tao Learn algebraic geometry and kripkean semantics Live to 150
Become God
I'm sure there's others I haven't thought of but two quick ones come to mind:
1 - Run the NYC Marathon again. Yes, I've already done it but it was SO good I want to do it again before I die 2 - Be a member at Augusta National.
Do a triathlon Climb a mountain that is 20,000 ft+ (probably Denali) Probably will never happen but I'd love to learn how to "fly" a wingsuit Travel to a bunch of cool places
take a dump on my boss desk
take a dump on my boss' desk
take a dump on my boss' desk
Learn how to fly a small aircraft, perhaps a cessna...
Do some deep water soloing (rock climbing without ropes over the water) in Myorka
Build a baseball park à la Field of Dreams, travel to Scotland, kill an elk.
Scotland is truly beautiful! I spend virtually every other weekend up there and it is fantastic.
I'd love to take a tour of the distilleries, watch a rugby game, and hunt a stag while I'm there.
Heres a few: -Learn a few more languages -Go wingsuit gliding -Earn private pilot's license -Create and record a song
I'm just going to list some wacky ones that I have:
-Defend myself in court -Successfully run from the police -Successfully defend myself in a dire situation -Top 175mph in a car -Learn to fly an airplane or helicopter -Do standup comedy in front of at least 1,000 people -Get invited to some type of crazy sex party/orgy kinda thing
Only invited to a sex party or participate?
To be a respected member of society someday.
Lol jk I work for the banking industry.
Respect on the wanting to get back into painting. I met a girl recently and spent an afternoon doing water colors (first time since I was 10), good stuff. It is very time consuming but an amazing use of downtime.
On my bucket list:
Most of mine are either travel based or giving back, so I would say it is pretty clear where my focus lies.
2 chicks at the same time,
not really, same ol shit other people mentions: see some shit, learn some shit, do some shit, be happy.
You know Kung Fu is made up bullshit, right? Like, any high school wrestler will break your neck while you're doing Sweeping Swan or some shit
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