101 Wishes

This year I managed to cross off 7 wishes. It has definitely been a good year.

I joined the Green Party, saw both Radiohead and Gossip live. I visited New York and  got to see some of the Terracotta Army while I was there.

As is usual practice, I have revised my list for 2013. Boxing Day is the only day I'm allowed to make changes, and I can't change anything I've already crossed off. Not many changes this year, but I still think it's good practive to revise the list each year.

Items in blue were achieved in 2012. Items in red were achieved in 2013.

Art / Art History

1. Have a painting on public display
2. See the Mona Lisa
3. Own a really nice piece of art by someone other than me
4. See a piece of art by each of the Teenage Mutant Turtles’ namesakes (Mona Lisa OK for Leonardo, Sistine Chapel OK for Michelangelo)

Charity/Politics

5. Donate to charity regularly
6. Volunteer
7. Donate blood (regularly)
8. Join the Green Party

Concerts / Music

9. See Radiohead live
10. See Kings of Leon live
11. See Green Day live
12. See Gossip Live
13. See Foo Fighters live
14. See Portishead live

Education

15. Learn Maori
16. Learn to dive
17. Learn to drive (and get my full drivers license)
18. Get a degree
19. Get my Masters
20. Get my PhD

Experiences

21. Order room service
    
22. Empty a mini bar
23. Fly first class
24. Go to Glastonbury
25. Tour the Whitehouse
26. Go to Easter Island
    
27. Build a snowman
28. Experience a white Christmas
29. Go to Disneyland
30. Wear a diamond necklace
31. Pat an elephant
32. Drink French Champagne
33. Go to the Olympic Games
    
34. Take part in a protest
35. Go to the Harry Potter theme park in Orlando, Florida
    
36. Wear a designer dress
37. Spend a year in another country
    
38. Witness a historic event
39. Move out of Rocklands
40. Go out dancing all night

Friends and Family

41. Meet and marry my soul mate
42. Visit my grandparents
43. Find Steven More
44. Make friends with someone I don't like
45. Be able to recognise a liar

Health

46. Quit Smoking
47. Join a gym
48. Get down to size 14
49. Fix my teeth

Material

50. Buy a bookcase
51. Buy a house
52. Buy a new computer
    
53. Be debt-free
54. Be 'comfortable' money-wise
55. Own a yellow drum set
56. Own my own land
57. Be mostly self-sufficient

Music – See Concerts

Random

58. Write my novel
59. Go drinking with a celebrity
    
60. See all the movies on the IMDB Top 250
61. Bake and decorate a tiered cake
62. Remember to buy fireworks before 5 November
63. Get a tattoo
64. Sew a shirt
65. Join a tramping club

Russia – See Travel – Russia

Travel - Asia

66. Explore China
67. Go to the Geisha Districts in Japan
68. See the Terracotta Army
69. See Tiananmen Square

Travel – Australia

70. Go diving at the Great Barrier Reef
71. See Adelaide
72. Go shopping in Sydney for a day
    
73. See Perth

Travel – Europe

74. Explore London
75. See Stonehenge
76. Go up the Eiffel Tower
77. Visit Amsterdam

Travel – Italy

78. Explore Italy
79. See the Sistine Chapel
80. See the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Travel – New York

81. See a Broadway musical
82. Go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
83. Have a picnic in Central Park

Travel – New Zealand

84. See the South Island
85. Go snorkelling at Leigh Marine Reserve
86. Do the Tongariro Crossing
87. Go to Milford Sound
88. Take the Auckland-Wellington train
89. Walk the entire length of the Te Araroa track (although perhaps not in one go!)
    
90. Take the Greymouth-Christchurch train

Travel – Other

91. Drink tequila in Mexico
92. Holiday on a Pacific Island
93. Gamble in Vegas
94. Walk down Hollywood Boulevard
95. See the Amazon
96. Look at Russia from Alaska
97. Go to Emily Dickinson's birthplace
    

Travel – Russia / Russia

98. Read War and Peace
99. Read Anna Karenina
100. See Lenin's Mausoleum
101. Drink vodka in Russia