My Bucket List

Everyone has a list of all the crazy and interesting things they would like to do in the course of their life. Here is mine:

1. See the Eiffel tower.
2. Go sky diving.
3. Visit a particle accelerator. ✔ 
   I had the pleasure of touring Brookhaven National Laboratory where I saw RHIC (“Rick”) Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider as well as one of the detectors. (a bus ride away!!)  
4. Teach a physics course. ✔
   I had the pleasure of teaching a Classical Physics recitation and lab at UMassD.  
5. Wear a lab coat and goggles.✔
   During my internship, I had the pleasure of dressing in a lab coat and googles at MIT Lincoln Lab while on a tour of their machine shop and hazardous biological agents facility (which was filled with sterilizing stations and high sensitivity air filters).
6. Obtain a Ph.D
7. Drive from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast.
8. Go backpacking in Europe.
9. Try espresso and gelato in Italy.
10. Be on the cover of a magazine.
11. Write a novel.
12. Be on a television show.
13. Make a contribution to the scientific community.
14. Visit NASA’s headquarters.
15. See the pyramids of Egypt.
16. Snowboard down a mountain.
17. Celebrate New Years Eve in New York City.
18. Collaborate on an international project.