40 at Forty

Happy 40th birthday to me! And in honor of turning 40, I have created a list of 40 things I wan to accomplish or experience in the next year.

1. attend Pride in a new city
2. see a bullfight
3. take a classic road trip
4. clean out my garage
5. convert video tapes to DVD
6. go to the Del Mar horse races
7. find and play on park swings
8. fly a kite
9. get a merman tattoo
10. go sailing
11. go to a beach bonfire
12. have a "hand-craft holiday ornaments" party
13. take a hot air balloon ride
14. kayak La Jolla cove
15. learn a magic trick
16. make a birthday calendar
17. play a song on the guitar
18. purchase an original piece of art
19. ride a bus
20. ride a roller coaster
21. ride Amtrak
22. ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles on a bike
23. ride the Palm Springs tram
24. rock climb at Joshua Tree
25. rollerblade the Silver Strand
26. run a marathon
27. experience the San Diego ghost tour
28. see all five best picture nominees
29. snow ski
30. spend an afternoon in my hammock
31. enjoy the stage trifecta: Old Globe, LJ Playhouse, Civic Theater
32. swim naked in the ocean
33. throw a clay pot
34. try a trapeze class
35. use my passport
36. volunteer 40 hours
37. wear a tuxedo
38. paint my bedroom
39. enjoy a picnic in Balboa Park
40. write another play
    

That's it. How hard can it be to accomplish all of these things? Wish me luck, and be sure that I will keep blogging about each of these things as I complete them!