Top 5: Things I Want to Accomplish Before 30

So, y'all might have heard it's my birthday. I have very mixed feelings toward the day. I like its wonderful symmetrical nature: 12/21. It is a cosmically significant day--the winter solstice--the shortest day of the year for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, and the longest night. The bad? The weather is almost always cold and often nasty, and someone else's birthday seems to overshadow mine by many orders of magnitude. Also, the Mayans predicted the world would come to an end on my 30th birthday, so there's that. So, let's pretend for a second that all of the crazies are right and some ancient civilization knew more about our demise than we do, what do I want to accomplish in my last two years on Earth?

The Qualifications:

• Must be within reason. You won't see "Marry Heidi Klum" or "Win the Lottery" on this list.
• Non-career based. These are things that I want to accomplish as a person.

The List:

1. Travel to all 6 inhabited continents: I've been to 4, so I just have South America and Australia to go. 2 continents in 2 years? I really have no excuse with air travel and what-not.
2. Write a Book: Possible title, "Why My 30th Birthday Will Suck More than Yours." Or "I Hope the Mayans Stopped Counting out of Boredom."
3. Learn Korean: Forget the career and academic ramifications, I just want to know what the hell is going on! It also might help when I try to talk to some Korean girls. Which leads me to...
4. Meet a Girl: Just one would suffice.
5. Grab a Beer with the Crew*: That is, my high school crew, Renato and Brian. It would be nice if we could be in the same city, at the same time, between now and then.

*With apologies to Tony. If our crew were the Ghostbusters, he would have been Winston. (I would have been Venkman, Renato, Ray, and Brian would have been Egon.)