The Jon Donnis Bucket List

004: Have a photo taken of me leaning on the Leaning Tower of Pisa = Complete

2012-02-23T12:08:00.001Z

Finally managed to jet off to Italy for a short 2 day break which was cool. I am lucky enough to have some friends out there who I hadn't visited in years, so took the opportunity to pop to Pisa and get the most famous photo possible of me leaning on the Leaning Tower of Pisa!

One of the things I noticed about Pisa is how once you have visited the Tower and seen the Cathedral next door, there isn't much else to do there. Now I am not saying the place is boring, but for someone like me that needs lots to keep me interested I was a little disappointed with the town.

I was very happy to see a classic original Fiat 500! Even if it did have a parking ticket on it, how any traffic warden could give a ticket to such a beautiful car is beyond me, but then again this is Italy where they will happily put a ticket on a Ferarri or a Masarati.

Although this wasn't on the list it was something I have always wanted to do, that be have a proper Cappuccino in a quaint Italian cafe.

So I almost feel like I achieved 3 things in 1 in my brief jaunt to Italy, lean on the Tower, see a classic Fiat 500 and have an authentic cappuccino.

So all in all a successful trip.

Still waiting on the "Drive a Supercar" achievement, I have paid for the experience through Groupon but not yet booked a date, want to leave it till the end of March in the hope the weather will be better. Really don't want to kill myself in a £200,000 car, although what a way to go! and a great story for my grieving relatives to tell.

003: Gain 1000 followers on Twitter = Complete

2012-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Well here is another of the easier achievements completed, to gain 1000 Twitter followers.
I am working on some of the more interesting achievements, I have already booked up to test drive some supercars as well as drive around a proper race track in an Ariel Atom racing car, so that is something I will hopefully complete by the end of March.

I have also decided that I am going to walk the largest walkable Suspension bridge in the world which is the Humber Bridge, it is over 7000 ft long which is about a mile and a half, just going to wait for the weather to improve before I make the long drive up there, its roughly 150 miles from where I live now.

I will also shortly be taking a short break to Pisa so that will hopefully allow me to achieve the "photo taken of me leaning on the tower" achievement, which is a classic photo so many people have taken.

I have been trying my best to "meet a giant" but so far my attempts at contacting record breaking tall people hasn't gone well, but will keep trying.

Anyway that's enough of an update for now, below is my proof of 1000 followers on Twitter, you can also check out my Twitter and hopefully follow me either by going to @jondonnis or using one of the links on the right of the page.

If any of you out there have good bucket lists please post a link in the comments so I can have a look and get some more inspiration.

002: Own a Samurai Sword = ½ Complete

2012-01-15T15:34:00.001Z

Now I was going to try and pass this off as a full bucket list achievement but alas I am honest so I am only calling this a ½ achievement and hope to do it for real in the future.

Anyway I have always wanted to own a Samurai sword, for no other reason than that they are cool and manly and will make me feel big and tough!

In the meantime I will have to make do with this small letter opener mini Samurai Sword which I got through a promotion I did for the 13 Assassins film.

Here is the proof even if it is not a proper Samurai Sword I still think it is pretty cool!

001: Gain 500 followers on Twitter = Complete

2012-01-01T19:08:00.000Z

Well I managed to get my first Bucket List achievement, ok so I know its a relatively easy one, but I needed a few easy ones to help me get the list started, and with a bit of begging and re-tweeting I managed to finally get myself 500 followers.

Now keep in mind if it drops back below 500 I wont remove the achievement. But my next Twitter aim is 1000 followers, so if you are reading this and not following me go to @jondonnis and click follow. Every one counts, plus I post daily on twitter, mainly social commentary but also stuff about Liverpool FC, and general stuff about Skepticism, Atheism and the paranormal etc, so if any of those things float your boat, you might find me interesting.

Right then here is the proof of 500 followers.

The Jon Donnis Bucket List

2011-12-31T17:19:00.019Z

The following is a list of things I would like to do or achieve before I die. As I complete them and tick them off my list I will move them to the top of the list. Hopefully I will be able to provide proof of each one in the form of a video or photo.

This is obviously a long term project, and I may change or add to the list in small ways, at the moment I only have 55 but I think its a good start. Hopefully I will have 100.

1. ✔ Have 500 followers on Twitter
2. ✔ Own a Samurai Sword = ½ Complete
3. ✔ Have 1000 followers on Twitter
4. ✔ Have a photo taken of me leaning on the Leaning Tower of Pisa
5. Throw a dart at a map and go wherever it lands
6. Meet Derek Acorah for tea and biscuits
7. Meet Colin Fry for tea and biscuits
8. Meet Uri Geller
9. Swim naked in the sea under moonlight
10. Juggle 3 balls for more than 10 seconds
11. Walk a Suspension Bridge
12. Go on a cruise
13. Have my picture published in a newspaper
14. Use a potters wheel
15. Make an origami animal
16. Stand under a waterfall
17. Test drive a supercar
18. Meet up with a friend I haven't seen in at least 20 years!
19. Have a back, sack and crack wax
20. Hold a tarantula
21. Have a 6 figure sum of money in my bank account
22. Fill my car with petrol, and drive non stop till its empty
23. Drive a tractor
24. Dye my hair blonde
25. Ride a mechanical bull (for more than 5 seconds)
26. Complete a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle
27. Explore a cave
28. Smoke a cigar while sitting in snow
29. Meet a bonafide celebrity
30. Hold my breath under water for 90 seconds
31. Appear in some fashion in a reality TV show
32. Meet John Barnes
33. Sit in the Kop stand at Liverpool FC
34. Own a Moped
35. Have my photo taken with a Glamour Model :D
36. Stand on a stage in front of a room full of people, tell a joke and completely bomb
37. Meet someone who has been on Big Brother (Ideally Kinga)
38. Drink a shot from every bottle on the top shelf of a bar
39. Go Skiing in the Alps
40. Be pulled by dogs on a sled
41. Meet and have a photo taken with my Doppelganger
42. Get a Tattoo
43. Visit the Parthenon
44. Visit the Colosseum
45. Learn how to make 5 cocktails
46. Snog a fit female psychic
47. Eat a grape out of a fit birds belly button
48. Get Married
49. Go up in a hot air balloon (I have very bad vertigo)
50. Have 10000 followers on Twitter
51. Have my name "Jon Donnis" trend on twitter
52. Be the only person stood on an Island
53. Go camping and sleep in a tent
54. Drive a mobility scooter
55. Stand on a volcano
56. Meet a giant
57. Smoke a pipe
58. Have an enema
59. Eat Sushi in a proper restaurant
60. Have kids