italian food goals

I'm reading Heat by Bill Buford. The result is that I have goals of some Italian foods that I would like to learn how to make in my lifetime. I've already made my own pizza and my own all-purpose pasta/pizza sauce, but both of those are very Americanized.

Here are some dishes to learn over a lifetime:

• braised short ribs
• fresh handmade pasta
• a ragu bolognese (or this one) (or the one from this book that I own) i would choose beef, pork, and pancetta (over egg pappardelle)
• carbonara recipe from the Hazan book
  
• a ravioli