16 February 2006

The list

Seems there's this list out there... (It puts those 'four question' memes to shame.) Here's mine; the things I've done are in bold.
(I stole it from her, but she apparently stole it from her. And so it goes, in the blogosphere.)

1. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
2. Swam with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said 'I love you' and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease

11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night and watched the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game

17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten my own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby's diaper

22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne

25. Given more than I can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment

28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when I wasn't ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight

33. Photocopied my bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as I possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run

43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
47. Actually felt happy about my life, even for just a moment
48. Had two hard drives for my computer

49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved my job
51. Taken care of someone who was shit-faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Gone rock climbing
60. Lied to an official of a foreign government in that country
61. Taken a midnight walk on the beach

62. Gone sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer then I was actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan
67. Benchpressed my own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized my records
70. Pretended to be a superhero

71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Gone scuba diving
75. Got it on to Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in movie
80. Done something I should regret, but don't regret it

81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who wasn't supposed to know about my blog discovered my blog
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had my heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman

89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone I shouldn't have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office

97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch (with help)
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn me on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk I don't remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand

114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check

124. Performed in the Rocky Horror Picture Show mimick show
125. Read (and understood) my credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
128. Followed my favorite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named my own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that my ancestors did
132. Called or written my Congressperson
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. ...more than once? - More than thrice?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when I knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion, or my female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that I shouldn't have survived
140. Wrote articles for a large publication

141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone's heart
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job

148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph

154. Had a body part below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse
158. Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train

160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight (takeoff, flight, and landing)
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
165. Visited all seven continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat

168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had my picture in the newspaper
172. Had two (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in my lifetime
173. Changed someone's mind about something I care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school

176. Parasailed
177. Changed my name
178. Petted a cockroach
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad
181. Selected one "important" author who I missed in school, and read them

182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, or cups because my apartment needed them
183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because I did it so many times, they figured out it was me
184. Taught myself an art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt

187. Skipped all my school reunions
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written my own computer language
191. Thought to myself that I'm living my dream
192. Had to put someone I love into hospice care
193. Built my own PC from parts
194. Sold my own artwork to someone who didn't know me
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196. Dyed my hair
197: Been a DJ
198: Found out someone was going to dump me via LiveJournal
199: Written my own role-playing game
200: Been arrested

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