we like lists because we don't want to die.

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it's a powerful thought: that all along, we've been writing our lists to evade death. but i also want to think that we make lists because we are hopeful. umberto seems to agree.

so here's a starting list of the places -- because i'm a big ball of hopeful hope -- that i plan to marvel at.

1.   reykjavík, iceland

2.  cinque terre, italy

i never liked using the term "before i die" as i find it pretty much implicit in everything we breathe out. don't you ?