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lang: en
title: Things to do before i die
pageCreated: "2021-03-27"
pageUpdated: "2023-09-28"
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| Did you know the term “bucket list” was
a(href="https://slate.com/culture/2011/11/bucket-list-what-s-the-origin-of-the-term.html") invented in 2007 for a film
| (the same film, incidentally, which gave the great Dril his avatar)? You’d be surprised how recent some “traditions” can be.
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| Learn how to garden
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li Grow my own food
li Learn how to forage (safely)
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| Learn to draw
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li Start a webcomic
li Put my computer in a faux-antique wooden case (i’m allowed to put vanity things on here)
li Go skydiving
li Find more friends
li Find love (i’m patient)
li Improve my Dutch
li Learn Greek (modern)
li Learn Greek (ancient)
li See a total solar eclipse
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| Take a dip in a
a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_tank") sensory deprivation tank
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small
| (thx for the idea,
a(href="https://whimwitch.neocities.org/about.html") whim
| )
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| Visit all seven
a(href="/continents") (eh)
| continents
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| Europe
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| Asia
li Africa
li Oceania
li North America
li South America
li Antarctica
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| Visit…
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a(href="/garden/2021/11/the-penshaw-monument") the Penshaw monument
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small Penshaw, Co. Dur. — 13 km
li.nope
del Sycamore Gap
small #[del Haltwhistle, Northd. — 49 km] #[a(href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66947040") What a cunt.]
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| The
a(href="https://www.northumberlandarchives.com/2020/07/13/the-duddo-stones/") Duddo Five Stones
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small Duddo, Northd. — 85 km
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| the Garden of Cosmic Speculation
small Dumfries, Scotland — 130 km
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| Avebury Henge (Stonehenge’s cooler cousin)
small Avebury, Wilts. — 390 km
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| the British Museum, ideally before they start returning to sender
i en masse
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small London — 400 km
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| the
a(href="https://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/museum/") Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art, and Natural History
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small London — 400 km
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| the Houses of Parliament
small London — 400 km
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| Glastonbury
small Somerset — 430 km
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| Book Mountain
small Spijkenisse, S. Holland — 520 km
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| Schokland
small Flevoland — 550 km
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| the Vaalserberg
small Vaals, Limburg — 690 km
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| Delphi
small 2,600 km
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| New York City
small 5,400 km
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| one of the Smithsonian musea
small Washington, DC — 5,700 km
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| the
a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Old_and_New_Art") Museum of Old and New Art
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small Hobart, Tas. — 17,000 km
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| See the following artists in concert before they or i die:
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| The 1975
small Newcastle Arena, 2020
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del Daft Punk
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small Bugger…
li Radiohead
li Porter Robinson
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span(lang="is") Sigur Rós
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small Manchester Apollo, 2022