THE SECRET BUCKET LIST – Marilyn Armstrong

I don’t have a bucket list. Until I saw the movie of the same name, the concept had never occurred to me. Most of the things I wanted to do, I’ve done. Except for the things no one can do …

That’s what’s on my secret list. The things I really want to do but I know aren’t real. But, in case they turn out to be real … here’s that list.

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The Mother Ship — from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” 1977. Photo: Mary Evans – Columbia Pictures/EMI / Ronald Grant/Everett Collection (10307178)

WAITING FOR THE MOTHER SHIP

Since I first read a science fiction story, saw “Forbidden Planet” and “The Red Planet Mars,” I’ve been waiting for the big ship to come and take me away. I have slightly modified this so that they will come and take both of us away. To wherever they went in “Cocoon.” Where we become young again. And where we can leave the mortgage, bills, and problems behind. But we can bring the dogs and they can be young, too.

MEETING THE ANCIENT ONE

Somewhere out there in the dark of night, there is an ancient vampire. So old, he is nearly made of stone. He remembers Egypt, perhaps even ages before that. He will offer me eternity in exchange for living in eternal night. Will I accept? I’ve only gotten as far as the offer. I have yet to determine my answer. I’m still thinking about it.

DISCOVERING MY POWERS

Magic is real and I can do it. I just never realized it until one day, in the kitchen, while mixing up a batch of my internationally renowned chili, I accidentally conjured a spell of enormous, overwhelming power. No longer a sickly senior citizen on a fixed income, I could rule the world. I’ll settle for living in peace. At the very least, I can probably make enough money to pay the bills and have something left over.

Money or not, magic would be the greatest adventure of all, would it not?

wormhole

THE WORMHOLE

There it is, the time tunnel. It has been there the whole time and I never knew it. That’s the problem with having such a heavy bed. I can’t move it aside, so I didn’t see the wormhole. It’s a good one that will let me travel to other dimensions or any-when. Talk about adventure!

I promise not to try to change anything. I just want to go hang out in the past and watch. I’m sure Garry would be happy to join me. Does anyone have a couple of Babblefish they can spare?


While I’m waiting for these things to happen, I’m still hoping someone will invent a workable transporter. Because however unlikely it may be, nothing is entirely impossible.



Categories: Humor, Magic, Sci Fi - Fantasy - Time Travel, Supernatural

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14 replies

  1. I’m still waiting to discover my powers. Then I can meet the Ancient One on my terms.

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  2. When this body of mine finally shuts down (not just yet, still got a lot to do here) I plan to fly around the solar system a lot.
    Not too much to ask is it?

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  3. Never made or had a bucket list, but it’s definitely a thought! Like yours though!

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  4. What a cool concept!! I’m going to hi-jack this and re-blog because I BET everyone has a ‘secret bucket list’. You have such a fascinating mind! 🙂

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  5. Someday, perhaps, but we’ll probably be long gone by then.

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  6. Magic is the answer. With that powerful gift, I could make my wishes come true.

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  7. I’m with you on the ancient one, and I wish I could do magic – I’ll need some to get me through next Friday! Great list, and the most unusual bucket list I’ve seen – good for you, Marilyn! 🙂

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  8. A transporter is clearly the way to travel.
    Leslie

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  9. Interesting list, and you have a fantastic imagination to come up with all that! 👍😍

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  10. Love your list, Marilyn, and I’ve thought about many of these before, as well!

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    • I keep hoping the mother ship will show up, but it’s usually a passage of the space station — which, by the way, is really big. Until you realize what it is, it really LOOKS like the mother ship!

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