That last post reminded me of these oil-can guitars I saw in Cape Town a few years ago that I still regret not buying.

I was thinking about things I’ve done that I generally forget I’ve done most of the time and though I’ve never really read any of those ’100 Things to do before you Die’ type lists I imagine these are the sort of things that appear on them:

• Flown a helicopter
• Hugged a koala
• Eaten Sashimi
• Snorkelled the Great Barrier Reef
• Been to the White House
• Seen the Shrine of the Three Kings
• Written a String Quartet
• Stood on top of the World Trade Center
• Been to a Pogues gig
• Seen a whale in the wild
• Flown over the Grand Canyon
• Been to Uluru
• Driven a tank
• Stood on Table Mountain
• Sailed a yacht
• Been to Niagara Falls
• Taught myself to play guitar
• Had a holiday on a barge
• Seen Nelson Mandela’s cell on Robben Island

Things I wish were on my list:

• Being a published author
• Being able to do a backflip
• Seeing the Northern Lights
• Being fluent in Japanese
• Seeing a wild tiger
• Doing a skydive

Thing I doubt will ever be on my list:

• Leaving my wallet in El Segundo
• Watching C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate
• Being able to moonwalk