I saw this meme at The Crochet Dude’s blog… and just had to snag it… he, in turn, saw it at another blog… he mentions who it was on his blog.
(For future reference, it’s the August 22, 2006 post – I don’t like linking directly to posts, I prefer linking to the home pages, because posts may magically go poof…)
Life’s to do list – Completed items are bolded – (plus my comments in parathesis)… Enjoy!
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula – (not likely to ever happen… I dislike spiders, thank you very much! Grin.)
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it – (Mmmmm… this is the best feeling, I think…)
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise – (Sunrises are beautiful to watch… plus it proves you ain’t a creature of the night… hehe)
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game – a live football game (in Denver) and a live baseball game (in Kansas City))
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars – (camped a lot!)
20. Changed a baby’s diaper – (babysat a lot!)
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon – (I’d love to do this someday!)
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne – (Since I don’t like champagne, this one isn’t happening – plus I don’t get drunk, not anymore!)
24. Given more than you can afford to charity – (many times… before I learned to budget)
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen an eclipse – (this one was at my high school, my entire high school was allowed outside to watch the whole thing – it was awesome to watch!)
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking – (I do it all the time – in fact, I did it just today at work, my coworkers laffed at me! Grin… I love making peeps laff!)
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day – How about for several months? This I did.
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 10 provinces or all 50 states – (Sooo close… missing the New England states, Oregon, ND, Alaska, Hawai’i – that’s it.
)
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends – (There’s no “had” about it, I have amazing friends, no questions about it.)
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip – (Several times – and cross-crountry, too… and even once on the back of a motorcycle from D.C. to Colorado Springs in late May (that was the longest motorcycle roadtrip I’ve been on. Motorcycle, Semis, and regular cars were my mode of transportation (and no hitchhiking done here, believe it or not).)
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving – (I wanna do this, too!)
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your cds – (all the time… and even my DVDs… and books…)
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving – (This won’t ever happen – I have breathing issues, so I’ll never be certified fit for scuba diving.)
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married – (on 05-05-05!!!!!! WooWoo!!!!)
73. Been in a movie – (Does feeling like a character in one movie count?)
74. Crashed a party – (I’m not THAT rude! Never gonna happen!)
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo – (I have four and if you wanna know more, look at my Q’s and A’s page… hehe)
81. Rafted the Dead River – (I’ve rafted the Arkansas and Colorado rivers…)
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas – (visited Las Vegas years ago and now am living in Las Vegas… Bwah!)
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Had a one-night stand – (shhh)
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house – (I don’t want a house, I want a CONDO!)
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in aisles at Rocky Horror
96. Raised children.
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Created and named your own constellation of stars
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over – (Several times…)
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery – (It was major, not a minor procedure.)
104. Survived an illness that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi – (And I won’t be again… not to my taste…
)
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad – and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read their books.
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions – (didn’t have anything in common with anyone at school and am already in touch with friends from school, so why go to reunions?)
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts – (More than once – and it’s fun!)
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146: Dyed your hair
147: Been a DJ
148: Shaved your head – (twice and won’t be occurring again…
)
149: Caused a car accident
150: Saved someone’s life
Very inneresting!
Comment by ~drew emborsky~ — August 28, 2006 @ 2:52 pm