My Bucket List - a.k.a. Why I am a Total Nerd

I have had a very fortunate life, so when people talk about their bucket lists I have to admit I get stumped as to what I would put on mine.  I have seen the pyramids at Giza; walked along the Great Wall of China (or more accurately walked up, up, up and down, down, down); seen the Great Barrier Reef; stood in front of the graves of the last royal family of Russia at the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia; seen bears in Alaska; been to the top of the Eiffel Tower; seen a concert at the Sydney Opera House ... I've had the good fortune to do many of the "stereotypical things" that one might expect to find on a bucket list.  


As I am too young to say that my bucket list is already complete, I tried to think of unique activities that would be memorable to me.  However nothing came to mind.  Then recently I watched the Ralph Fiennes movie "Coriolanus" and saw the play "Cymbeline" at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater.  I had never seen either Shakespeare play before this year.  In true nerd fashion, I wondered how many of Shakepeare's 38 plays I had seen either on stage or via movie form.  (And no, I did not know Shakespeare had written 38 plays before I started writing this blog post- I had to look that up.  I'm not that big of a nerd ... yet.)  Turns out with the addition of Coriolanus and Cymbeline, I have seen a grand total of 15 Shakespeare plays.  I have seen almost all of the Tragedies and almost none of the Histories.  


So when the Orlando Shakespeare Theater announced their 2012-2013 season, I saw that Titus Andronicus and Othello would be performed in early 2013.  Two more Shakespeare plays that I have not seen.  Planning upcoming trips, I discovered I also had opportunity to add an additional two new ones in 2012 as well.  By this time next year, my total could be 19 or more of the 38 Shakespeare plays.


With true nerd tenacity, I decided that this was a sign.  I was going to start my bucket list with "See all of William Shakespeare's plays" as the first item.  I originally was going to put the stipulation "See all of William Shakespeare's plays LIVE" but when was the last time the local acting troupe performed "Timon of Athens"?  So hopefully between movies and the stage, I will be able to accomplish my bucket list task.   (Looks like I'll be trying to track down the 1984 movie "Pericles, Prince of Tyre"!)


So now that I have item number one for my bucket list, I have faced with the question "What else?" 


Any suggestions?  What do you have on your bucket list?