December 13, 2006
Oh, That Meme...
Well, since it's going around... I'll make it an extended entry with things I've done in bold. Made a few notes on it. Actually, now that I think about it, I haven't done all that much in my life.
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain several, but nothing really huge (over 3500')
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive My boss's.
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I love you" and meant it
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
14. Seen the Northern Lights They're common around here.
15. Gone to a huge sports game I was a season ticket holder to the Jets for several years -- talk about masochism!
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa -- Does the Statue of Liberty count?
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars Used to go camping a lot.
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon --but it was tethered.
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
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 Used to hang out at The Meadowlands during Harness Season
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster I lived near Palisades Park as a kid!
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer Most of my computers do.
40. Visited all 50 states - 49 and counting
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
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
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than 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 - Does 900+ DVDs count?
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke - not again
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater Heck, we've got one here in town!
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 more than 6 hours straight up to 12 if you count StarCraft on Battle.net
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch all the time
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
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
104. Survived an accident 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. Touched 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 facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol but not simultaneously, heh.
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse and fell off once --well I rode horses but never fell off...
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet Well actually a lizard.
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours when I was in Hospital
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 way back when the Delaware River wasn't dammed
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper -
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about I hope I do that here ocassionaly about gun rights
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched 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 -Hemingway, actually.
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating -- if you count fishing...
137. Skipped all your school 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
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you blockprint
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident -- Just a fender-bender
150. Saved someone's life
Posted by Jeff Soyer at December 13, 2006 10:49 PM
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