I wrote out a list titled "Things To Do Before (Or After) I Die" during the summer that I was 20 and travelling through Australia. At the time, the purpose of my list was to remind me of all the things that were still to do and see in the world, since, like a lot of people about that age, I occasionally went through rather bleak spots where I wasn't sure that there was anything worthwhile left in the world. The list has been lost for almost 10 years, now, and every now and then I go on a rampaging hunt through boxes full of random junk trying to find the spiral notebook I wrote it in, but no luck yet. Some of the things I'd have crossed off if I still had the list: learning to drive, getting married, being in the dedication of a book (if you can count someone's Master's thesis), graduating from college, going skinny-dipping, and riding a camel. Those are the only entries I actually remember... maybe I should do a new list. If I ever find the old one, it would be interesting to see the changes.