BUCKET LIST OF AN IDIOT by Dom Harvey
RRP $28.99, Published by Allen & Unwin
Hello, my name is Dominic Harvey and I am an idiot.
Ever since the movie The Bucket List came out in 2008, people have been creating their own lists of things to do before they kick the bucket. Some of the things on these lists look so difficult that I wonder if dying would be a better option than actually ticking off the items. The purpose of these lists seems to be to make the list maker feel like they are doing something more with their life than sitting around writing lists and watching Morgan Freeman DVDs.
I am a paid-up life-member of a place called the comfort zone. People always go on about the importance of getting out of your comfort zone. Not me. Any day I can stay inside it is a good day. All of which makes it a bit odd that I decided to complete a bucket list of my own. Not just any bucket list though. This is a reverse bucket list - a bunch of stuff that I could have happily passed away without ever doing - stuff like getting a tattoo I'd instantly regret, arm wrestling an All Black and being the model for a life drawing class - and I recruited some of my closest family and friends to compile it for me. In hindsight, this was a bad idea. But here it is - my pain, discomfort and humiliation for your pleasure - The Bucket List of an Idiot.
Ever since the movie The Bucket List came out in 2008, people have been creating their own lists of things to do before they kick the bucket. Some of the things on these lists look so difficult that I wonder if dying would be a better option than actually ticking off the items. The purpose of these lists seems to be to make the list maker feel like they are doing something more with their life than sitting around writing lists and watching Morgan Freeman DVDs.
I am a paid-up life-member of a place called the comfort zone. People always go on about the importance of getting out of your comfort zone. Not me. Any day I can stay inside it is a good day. All of which makes it a bit odd that I decided to complete a bucket list of my own. Not just any bucket list though. This is a reverse bucket list - a bunch of stuff that I could have happily passed away without ever doing - stuff like getting a tattoo I'd instantly regret, arm wrestling an All Black and being the model for a life drawing class - and I recruited some of my closest family and friends to compile it for me. In hindsight, this was a bad idea. But here it is - my pain, discomfort and humiliation for your pleasure - The Bucket List of an Idiot.
Dom Harvey is
one-third of one of New Zealand's favourite radio breakfast crews, Jay-Jay, Mike and Dom on The Edge.
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Saturday 6 October – Napier
11.00-11.15am Paper Plus, Ocean
Boulevard Shopping Centre, 57 Dickens Street,
Napier
Monday 8 October – Hamilton
12.30-12.45pm The Warehouse Te
Rapa, Cnr Te Rapa Road & Avalon Drive, The Base Te Rapa
Monday 8 October – Tauranga
3.30-3.45pm The Warehouse Fraser
Cove, 229-231 Fraser Street
Tuesday 9 October - Wellington
12.00-12.15pm Whitcoulls, 226
Lambton Quay, Wellington
Tuesday 9 October – Lower Hutt
1.00-1.15pm
The Warehouse, Westfield Queensgate mall, Lower Hutt
Tuesday 9 October - Porirua
2.00-2.15pm Paper Plus North City Shopping
Centre, 2 Titahi Bay Road, Porirua
Wednesday 10 October –
Palmerston North
12.30-1.00pm Whitcoulls The
Plaza, Church Street, Palmerston North
Thursday 11 October –
Christchurch
12.00-12.15pm Whitcoulls, Westfield Riccarton mall
1.00-1.15pm The Warehouse, Cnr Sissons Drive &
Sawyers Arms Rd, Northlands
Friday 12 October – Dunedin
11.00-11.15am The Warehouse, 64
Hillside Road, South Dunedin
Friday 12 October – Invercargill
4.00-4.15pm The Warehouse, 70 Levin Street,
Invercargill
Saturday 13 October – Auckland
11.00-11.15am The Warehouse, 501
Ti Rakau Drive, Botany Downs
12.15-12.30pm The Warehouse,
Sylvia Park mall
2.00-2.15pm Whitcoulls, Westfield
St Lukes mall
3.30-3.45pm Whitcoulls, Westfield
Albany mall, by the food court
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