My New Goal in Life

I decided on the bus ride home today that I have a new goal in life. I guess it is more of a hobby than a life aspiration, but if I die without accomplishing this I will not have lived a full life. My goal is to get a postcard from every state in the United States and every country in the world (if I finish this before I die I'll extend it to every planet in the solar system).

Currently, I have 0 postcards. Here is what remains:

Countries

Afghanistan

Albania  

Algeria  

Andorra  

Angola  

Antigua and Barbuda  

Antartica*

Argentina  

Armenia  

Australia  

Austria  

Azerbaijan 

Bahamas, The  

Bahrain  

Bangladesh  

Barbados  

Belarus  

Belgium  

Belize  

Benin  

Bhutan  

Bolivia  

Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Botswana  

Brazil  

Brunei Darussalam  

Bulgaria  

Burkina Faso  

Burma  

Burundi 

Cambodia  

Cameroon  

Canada  

Cape Verde  

Central African Republic  

Chad  

Chile  

China*

Colombia  

Comoros  

Congo (Brazzaville)  

Congo (Kinshasa)  

Costa Rica  

Cote d'Ivoire  

Croatia  

Cuba  

Cyprus  

Czech Republic 

Denmark  

Djibouti*

Dominica  

Dominican Republic 

East Timor (see Timor-Leste) 

Ecuador  

Egypt  

El Salvador  

Equatorial Guinea  

Eritrea  

Estonia  

Ethiopia 

Fiji  

Finland  

France*

Gabon  

Gambia, The  

Georgia  

Germany  

Ghana  

Greece  

Grenada  

Guatemala  

Guinea  

Guinea-Bissau  

Guyana

Haiti 

Holy See  

Honduras  

Hong Kong  

Hungary 

Iceland  

India  

Indonesia  

Iran  

Iraq  

Ireland  

Israel  

Italy 

Jamaica  

Japan 

Jordan* 

Kazakhstan  

Kenya  

Kiribati  

Korea, North  

Korea, South 

Kosovo  

Kuwait  

Kyrgyzstan 

Laos  

Latvia  

Lebanon  

Lesotho  

Liberia  

Libya  

Liechtenstein  

Lithuania  

Luxembourg 

Macau  

Macedonia  

Madagascar  

Malawi  

Malaysia  

Maldives 

Mali  

Malta  

Marshall Islands  

Mauritania  

Mauritius  

Mexico  

Micronesia*  

Moldova  

Monaco  

Mongolia 

Montenegro 

Morocco  

Mozambique 

Namibia  

Nauru  

Nepal  

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles  

New Zealand  

Nicaragua  

Niger  

Nigeria    

Norway 

Oman*

Pakistan  

Palau  

Palestinian Territories  

Panama  

Papua New Guinea  

Paraguay  

Peru  

Philippines  

Poland  

Portugal

Qatar 

Romania  

Russia  

Rwanda 

Saint Kitts and Nevis  

Saint Lucia  

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  

Samoa  

San Marino  

Sao Tome and Principe  

Saudi Arabia  

Senegal  

Serbia  

Seychelles  

Sierra Leone  

Singapore  

Slovakia  

Slovenia  

Solomon Islands  

Somalia  

South Africa  

Spain  

Sri Lanka  

Sudan  

Suriname  

Swaziland  

Sweden  

Switzerland  

Syria 

Taiwan  

Tajikistan  

Tanzania  

Thailand 

Timor-Leste  

Togo  

Tonga  

Trinidad and Tobago  

Tunisia  

Turkey  

Turkmenistan  

Tuvalu 

Uganda 

Ukraine 

United Arab Emirates 

United Kingdom  

Uruguay  

Uzbekistan 

Vanuatu  

Venezuela  

Vietnam 

Yemen 

Zambia

Zimbabwe

States

Alabama 

Alaska
Arizona 

Arkansas 

California 

Colorado 

Connecticut 

Delaware 

Disney World*

District of Columbia*       

Florida

Georgia 

Hawaii 

Idaho 

Illinois 

Indiana 

Iowa 

Kansas 

Kentucky 

Louisiana 

Maine 

Maryland 

Massachusetts*

Michigan 

Minnesota 

Mississippi 

Missouri 

Montana*

Nebraska 

Nevada 

New Hampshire 

New Jersey 

New Mexico 

New York 

North Carolina 

North Dakota 

Ohio* 

Oklahoma 

Oregon 

Pennsylvania 

Rhode Island 

South Carolina 

South Dakota 

Tennessee 

Texas 

Utah 

Vermont 

Virginia 

Washington 

West Virginia 

Wisconsin 

Wyoming

If you are going to be in any of the above mentioned places some point in your life, feel free to help. If you want my address, there are many different means to contact me. 

Of course, there are some exceptions to collecting postcards from all of the countries. If you plan on helping, please make sure to take note of the following. There is an asterisk for each state/country there is a stipulation for, and a brief explanation below.

*Antartica: If you are actually going to travel here, send me a penguin instead.

*China: I want it written by a sweatshop kid under the age of 10

*Djibouti: Please spell it Dji booty.

*France: Ever since finding out I could possibly be 1/8th French, I've wanted to amputate 1/8th of my body to get rid of it. Please do not send me a postcard from France, I will not accept it.

*Jordan: You can only send me a postcard from here if your name is Jordan.

*Micronesia: I want a really small postcard from here.

*Oman: Please write, "Oh man" somewhere on the postcard.

*Disney World: I want a separate postcard from Disney World so I'm considering it a state.

*District of Colombia: Not technically a state, but they get their own electoral votes, so I threw it in there.

*Massachusetts: I hate Boston.

*Montana: Since I'm pretty sure this state does not actually exist, I am not counting it towards my goal.

*Ohio: Only those who reside outside of the state can send me a postcard from Ohio.

*Texas: I want a really big postcard from here since "Everything's bigger in Texas." If there aren't any big postcards in the state, Texas lied.