A couple of months ago I saw the movie "The Bucket List", starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. For those of you who haven't seen it, the story is about two totally different guys sharing a room at the hospital, both with limited time left to live. They decide to put up a list of things to do before they die, and since one of the guys is a multi-millionaire the rest of the movie is about watching these two guys doing the things on the their list.
So, since I now have spent almost 6 days on the hospital, I got to think about that movie again, and thought it could be fun to make such a list for pool-related things I wanted to do in my life. (Reason for being at hospital: I had some problems with my teeth, and went to the dentist. He was obviously jealous of my nearly perfect look, and I think he tried to poison me, because the next days I could barely talk, breathe or eat anything, my mouth and throat grew 10 times bigger. I went in total 5 days with no food, just small sips of water. (I look slim now). Went back to the dentist on Friday, and he sent me directly to the hospital. I got an operation just 15 minutes after walking in to the hospital, because there was a major risk that I could end up with not breathing at all, and they assured me that I wouldn't want that. Have stayed at the hospital since, for observation, not allowed to leave the bed, but I am heading home tomorrow. For further explanations I will need to use a dictionary, and that ain't gonna happen, so that's my hospital-story. I was feeling bad, feeling better now, everything ok
Anyway, I thought it would be nice to read what others here on AZbilliards would like to add to such a "Bucket list". It could be either a tournament, poolhall etc that you would like to visit, a certain player/players that you would like to play or gamble against, have dinner with, or it could simply be personal goals that you are eager to achieve before racking the balls for the last time.
During my short time involved in pool, about 8 years total, I have already had the pleasure of playing lots of the top players and legends in the world, including Efren Reyes, Roberto Gomez, Ralf Souquet, Niels Feijen and Thorsten Hohmann, too name a few, joined the qualifiers at the World 9-ball Championships, played on the Eurotour, been a spectator for the World and European Championships, organized large international tournaments, been national coach for Norway Youth etc.
But there's still so much more to do, so much more to see. Here's my list, so far. Hope to add a lot more, inspired by the list of others here. (My list is in no particular order)
1. Have lunch with, and then play some cheap 9-ball ringgame, with Earl Strickland and Keith McCready.
2. Attend Derby City Classic
3. Attend US Open 9-ball Championship
4. Represent Norway in the European Championship
5. Run a 100 in 14-1 (hopefully get it on tape)
6. Become Norwegian 9-ball Champion
7. Stay a month "on the road" in USA. (like a vacation, driving from poolhall to poolhall, gamble, play tournaments)
8. Visit Chinese Taipei to compare it to the Philippines
9. Organize and promote the largest pooltournament in the world. (It's a dream I have had for many years, but the IPT just made it a little bit harder to achieve. But one day!)
So, since I now have spent almost 6 days on the hospital, I got to think about that movie again, and thought it could be fun to make such a list for pool-related things I wanted to do in my life. (Reason for being at hospital: I had some problems with my teeth, and went to the dentist. He was obviously jealous of my nearly perfect look, and I think he tried to poison me, because the next days I could barely talk, breathe or eat anything, my mouth and throat grew 10 times bigger. I went in total 5 days with no food, just small sips of water. (I look slim now). Went back to the dentist on Friday, and he sent me directly to the hospital. I got an operation just 15 minutes after walking in to the hospital, because there was a major risk that I could end up with not breathing at all, and they assured me that I wouldn't want that. Have stayed at the hospital since, for observation, not allowed to leave the bed, but I am heading home tomorrow. For further explanations I will need to use a dictionary, and that ain't gonna happen, so that's my hospital-story. I was feeling bad, feeling better now, everything ok
Anyway, I thought it would be nice to read what others here on AZbilliards would like to add to such a "Bucket list". It could be either a tournament, poolhall etc that you would like to visit, a certain player/players that you would like to play or gamble against, have dinner with, or it could simply be personal goals that you are eager to achieve before racking the balls for the last time.
During my short time involved in pool, about 8 years total, I have already had the pleasure of playing lots of the top players and legends in the world, including Efren Reyes, Roberto Gomez, Ralf Souquet, Niels Feijen and Thorsten Hohmann, too name a few, joined the qualifiers at the World 9-ball Championships, played on the Eurotour, been a spectator for the World and European Championships, organized large international tournaments, been national coach for Norway Youth etc.
But there's still so much more to do, so much more to see. Here's my list, so far. Hope to add a lot more, inspired by the list of others here. (My list is in no particular order)
1. Have lunch with, and then play some cheap 9-ball ringgame, with Earl Strickland and Keith McCready.
2. Attend Derby City Classic
3. Attend US Open 9-ball Championship
4. Represent Norway in the European Championship
5. Run a 100 in 14-1 (hopefully get it on tape)
6. Become Norwegian 9-ball Champion
7. Stay a month "on the road" in USA. (like a vacation, driving from poolhall to poolhall, gamble, play tournaments)
8. Visit Chinese Taipei to compare it to the Philippines
9. Organize and promote the largest pooltournament in the world. (It's a dream I have had for many years, but the IPT just made it a little bit harder to achieve. But one day!)
.... even so ....
