What do you wish to accomplish before you die? Some write
about attaining their dream careers, getting married, and having beautiful,
dimpled babies. Others write about the things they're afraid to do: skydiving,
bungee-jumping, or jumping through a flaming hoop on a motorcycle. My dreams
fall somewhere in between, dancing on the line between achievable and
impossible. This is my bucket list.
First on my
list is to make a viral video. I'm well aware I'll have no control over what
videos go viral on YouTube. But wouldn't it be interesting to be bored one day
and say, “Hey, I'm going to make a movie and put it on YouTube.” And then the
next day, bam, three million hits, and I'm an Internet sensation.
Probably not possible, but definitely intriguing.
Secondly,
I'd like to go to Japan. I'm a huge anime, manga, and video game freak, so it
would be amazing to travel there and attend a Japanese anime con, or sing at a
karaoke bar. I'd walk around in cosplay—dressing up as anime characters—and be
a giddy, geeky American tourist.
Speaking of
anime, the third item on my bucket list is becoming a voice actress. Though I
personally don't like to listen to my recorded voice, I would love to dub an
anime and see the inside of a recording studio. Then I'd go to cons and chill
with Vic Mignogna.
Although I
dislike listening to my own voice, my fourth goal is auditioning for American
Idol. I doubt I'd make it to Hollywood, yet alone make it to the auditions
at all, but if I did, it would be amazing. I'd pick the most obscure songs to
sing, have a good time, and meet Simon, and—wait, Simon doesn't judge for Idol
anymore. I suppose I'll have to settle for The Voice and meet Adam
Levine instead!
The fifth,
but most important thing on my bucket list is publishing a novel. It's one of
my more realistic goals, or at least one I'm willing to drain myself of blood,
sweat, and tears for. Every time I go into a bookstore or a library, I read the
excerpts on the backs of books and daydream about what my own would say, about
how the cover would look, or what my author's description would sound like.
Those are superficial things, I know, but that is what separates published
novels from my own unwritten manuscripts. I swear, hope, and pray that I'll
publish one before the day I die.
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