My Bucket List

Seeing the ISS (International Space Station) fly directly overhead tonight gave me goosebumps -- I was so excited! It would be such a neat experience to see the shuttle (or whatever it becomes in the future) launch in person at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

It got me thinking about what other great life experiences I want to have before I "kick the bucket". So, here's my Bucket List. I'll probably add and edit this one as I go along. I don't really think they're in any particular order.

Bucket List

1. Ride in a hot air balloon
2. Visit India and see the Taj Mahal
3. Visit Japan and eat fugu (blowfish)
4. Take an Alaskan cruise
5. Sing the national anthem at a game
6. Publish at least one novel
7. Play in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (and not suck!)
8. Be able to hike down to Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the Grand Canyon
9. See the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
10. Learn to speak (and read) Japanese
11. See the shuttle launch in person

What's on your "Bucket List"?

Hot Air Balloons and Karazhan

Winter's in the air when I drive to work in the morning, heading north on I-17, and I see no less than six hot air balloons dotting the horizon at varying altitudes. I love Arizona, I love the seasons (cool to HOT), I love seeing hot air balloons on the way to work in the morning. It'd be great to ride in a hot air balloon early some Saturday morning, Starbucks cup in hand with steam rising out from the tiny hole in the lid.

On the WoW side of life, our raid group is fully Karazhan attuned in guild, so now we're at "homework stage" where we read about all of the fights, bosses, what to expect, YouTube videos of fights. Then we'll shoot to down three bosses that first night and see how we do! Should be pretty fun :)

Here's my Kara reading homework assignments:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Karazhan

Boss Guides for Kara: http://www.bosskillers.com/cgi-bin/bbguild/index.cgi?sid=xkKQTWlGBg&action=dungeonpage&dungeonid=37

Boss Strategies (W/Screenshots)
http://www.ampwow.com/wow/viewBCStrats/Karazhan.php