1. Swim with dolphins in the wild With a National Geographic Conservation Team, Hawaii, Feb. 2008
2. Write a novel Co-written novel, “Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn”, October 2014
3. Snorkel with wild turtles Hawaii, Feb. 2008
4. Receive an award United States Department of Labor Secretary’s Exceptional Achievement Award, May 2012 for the Add Us In Initiative National Diversity Forum
5. Be a mentor/inspiration to someone
6. Get dive certified All but open water dive, Mar. 2012
7. Hang glide/parasail
8. Be able to show my wife my country (Bahrain)
9. Compete against an Olympian Fenced in a North American Cup against Leslie Marx, 1997 and then in 2002 I fenced against several members of the Chinese Olympic Fencing team.
10. Climb Mayan ruins Costa Maya, Mexico Nov. 2010
11. Ride in a submarine Hawaii, Sept. 2008
12. Squee over something like when I was 6 years old
13. Zip Line over a forest canopy Roatan, Honduras Nov. 2010
14. Visit the greatest museums such as the Smithsonian(s), the Louvre, the Met (and more).
15. Visit Pompeii One of my favorite adventures ever, Aug. 2012
16. Write a comic You Are Not Alone (Anti-Bullying Anthology) from GrayHaven Comics, 2013
17. Start an organization Lead On Network, July 26, 2013
18. Compete in the United States Fencing National Championships
19. Participate in the First of something Sponsored and attended the first ever GeekGirlCon convention, Oct. 2011
20. Cry in a movie theatre
21. Train for the Olympics Was invited to and trained at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO, Summer, 2003 for cycling
22. Attend the Olympics
23. Be an extra in a movie/tv show
24. Love someone to distraction. I surely do.
25. Be interviewed as an expert (tv/radio) ABC Television on Segways, 2005 and NPR on the Obama Disability Platform, 2010
26. Testify before Congress In writing for the American Psychological Association in support of the ADA Amendments Act, 2008
27. Write a law Missouri State Legislature, 1998
28. Meet the President   At the Commemoration of the Signing of the Matthew Sheppard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Oct. 2009
29. Visit the White House  Several times but most memorably in 2011 when my guide dog, Veni drank from the West Wing toilet
30. Be a model
31. Make a difference. I try to. Every day.
32. Learn to play guitar Aug. 2011 Renee bought me an electric guitar. Dec. 2011 Patrick and Rebecca Cokley bought me an acoustic guitar
33. Jam with strangers
34. Skydive Renee says, “No.”
35. Walk in a volcano
36. Give a commencement address
37. Learn a martial art
38. See Moorish Spain
39. Times Square for New Years
40. See a Vegas show with actual Vegas showgirls Las Vegas, Nevada 2009
41. Visit Hollywood (the sign and handprints, backstage studio tour, “ the whole shebang)
42. Walk through the catacombs under Paris
43. Sing in public I try to do this at least once a week.
44. Go up inside the Washington Monument
45. Dive for pearls
46. Visit Disneyland/Disney World
47. Learn to ballroom dance Private lessons with Renee, Oct. 2010
48. Learn to do bullwhip tricks Travis gave me my first whip in 2004, a cow whip from Rhett’s Whips in Florida. I’ve bought more and kept learning ever since
49. Run a radio show Day in Washington Podcast began in 2007
50. Experience the Serengeti migration
51. Whale Watching/Touch Whales
52. Sell art that I painted Through VSA arts in 2002 (The painting sold for $80)
53. Sit on a Board of Directors The American Association of People with Disabilities (2007-2011)
54. See Carmen   Saw it at the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC, 2008
55. Write a fan letter Not yet, but I did kind of fangirl all over Gail Simone (writer of Birds of Prey) the first time I met her. And the second. And the third!
56. Make a YouTube video Yes and it was awful and awful fun too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB5NAhGyD4g  Rapunzel: The Outtakes, 2007
57. Have something I wrote filmed Science Fiction Film Short, “Touch of Love,” Jan. 31, 2015
58. Visit the pyramids in Egypt
59. Enter the Taj Mahal
60. Find a job I’m passionate about
61. Learn a new language
62. Find a meaningful way to volunteer/serve   Joined the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Jan. 2010
63. Try out a new profession
64. Achieve my “ideal†weight
65. Start my own business
66. Climb Kilimanjaro
67. Surprise someone
68. Have a surprise birthday party My wife surprised me with a secret birthday party hidden in a New Year’s Eve party, Dec. 31, 2015
69. Trek through the Amazon rainforest (but with lots of bugspray, bugs scare me)
70. Visit Australia or New Zealand
71. See Cher, Madonna, and Dolly Parton in concert  Cher, 2004; Madonna, 2012. Dolly…you’re next.
72. Enter a photography contest
73. Be mindful of my goals every day
74. Go on a romantic getaway   Berkley Springs, WV, Nov. 2012
75. Make a short film/documentary  Writer-Producer for “Touch of Love” and Writer for “Mother Nature” and “The Invalid Corps and the Battle of Fort Stevens” (in process), 2015 Â
76. Play tug-of-war with a plane
77. Walk the Great Wall of China   June, 2002
78. See the Forbidden City   June, 2002
79. Visit the Empire State Building
80. Walk up the Statue of Liberty
81. Think more about God
82. Swim with sharks
83. Burro ride down the Grand Canyon
84. Lobby for something I believe in    I always have.
85. Helicopter over a live volcano
86. Whitewater raft
87. Be happy
88. Be in a television show audience (Conan, you’re my first choice. Wendy Williams, you’re next!)
89. Â Complete a 5k Walk/Run First Annual Mind Your Health 5k, Oct. 6, 2012
90. Grow something myself, that when it blooms, then I can eat it
91. Have no regrets
92. See the Terracotta Warriors
93. Attend the Oscars
94. Ride a gondola in Venice   Visited Venice in Aug. 2012 but thought the gondolas were too cheesy. I did ride the vaporettos though!
95. Run for office
96. Appreciate the people in my life
97. Give a presentation to 100+ people Legislative Seminar of the American Council of the Blind, Feb. 25, 2007
98. Give a presentation to 500+ people The Stoop Turns 10: Stories about the Awkward Adventures of Adolescence, Feb. 10, 2016
99. Be the keynote speaker at an event
100. Wear a cowboy hat to work Declared myself a “white hat,” purchased one during a visit to Oklahoma and wore in to the office July, 2012
101. Participate in an open mic night or karaoke night
102. Be invited to speak overseas
103. Visit the NY Stock Exchange on Wall Street
104. Achieve 10,000 views on my blog
105. Own my dream home
106. Enjoy good friends   To all of you…I love you
107. Be on a best seller list
108. Win a contest
109. Sail on a 19th century sailing ship
110. Bury a time capsule with key memoirs in a secret location and open it in 1/3/5 years
111. Attend a masked ball Steampunk wedding reception in New Orleans for loved ones, friends and family, Nov. 2010.
112. Sing A cappella Sang with the Heart of Missouri Chorus, 2003. They’re awesome and now #3 in the WORLD!!
113. Write a professional journal article
114. Participate in a flashmob
115. See Petra
116. Leave a legacy
117. Support someone else’s dream
118. Design a project that will change someone’s life for the better
119. Eat food from a world famous chef Jose Andres, I am so glad you are in Washington, D.C. Keep on experimenting.
120. Explore a castle
121. Write a song
122. Have a website Way back as an undergrad in 1996, I started a little one. Day in Washington in 2007 and DayAlMohamed.com in 2009.
123. Have my own cosplay costume
124. Taste a 50 year old liquor
125. Indulge in the moment
126. Receive a fan letter
127. Go to Dinner Theater
128. Dog sled
129. Walk through a cave
130. Police ride along
131. Sleep in an ice palace
132. Watch the sunrise and sunset on the same day
133. Write a love note with lipstick on the bathroom mirror
134. Blow glass
135. Go to a drive-in movie
136. Pose with a figure at a wax museum
137. See a play ON Broadway
138. See a Cirque du Soleil show
139. Get a makeover/a professional makeup lesson
140. Make a gingerbread house Made an Oriole’s Stadium & House with Nikki for NIH’s Gingerbread House Competition. Go Orioles! Dec. 2015
141. Have a White Christmas
142. Stay at a dude ranch
143. Be grateful
144. Visit a ghost town
145. Attend the Kentucky Derby
146. See Ankor Wat
147. Snorkel the underwater museum in Cancun, Mexico
148. Go on adventures. Every chance I get
149. Study a language to gain conversational fluency.
150. Save the world Because that’s my job.