I’ve seen this a couple times, and now it’s my turn… since I’m bored as hell, time for another random list of randomness….
The things I have done are in BOLD.
1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower (so amazing)
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyworld
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo (in the shower?)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightening at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (many)
24. Built a snow fort (once we built a snow fort shaped like an igloo with a secret door in the back, so that when we threw snowballs at cars, we had a secret hiding spot to slide into like some sort of super hero. Ahh, those were the days).
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run (Weeee! I miss doing that)
32. Been on a cruise (not a real cruise, I’m not really into that. But I’ve been on quite a few booze cruises).
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person (born and raised on the Canadian side).
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language (pfft… here is my explanation about that).
37. Have enough money to be truly satisfied (I’ve pretty much accepted that it will ever happen).
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (and trust me, it ain’t pretty).
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (no, but I’ve given a homeless person enough to buy a meal, assuming that’s what he actually did with the money).
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (Breathing through an air tank freaks me out. Way out).
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason (wow, now I’m depressed).
64. Donated blood
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (awww, my precious piggy – I still have him).
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (I’ve tried it… not my cup of tea).
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (I’ve only been fired once, from a 3rd party collections agency, while I was in training, for being ‘too nice’)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (one ankle, two feet)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (for work)
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (haha that will be the day)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper (When I was 10, I designed the transit mascot for Niagara Falls. He still makes parade appearances to this day).
85. Read the entire Bible (and yet I went to Catholic schools, how ironic).
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury (I’ve always wanted to do this. I’m still waiting….)
91. Met someone famous (Michael Douglas and Katherine Zeta-Jones briefly in Barbados, and author Austin Clarke… I got to chill in his amazing pad of billions of books. So. Awesome.)
92. Joined a book club (I love books, but not clubs about them).
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Rode an elephant
50% – not bad, not bad at all. Well, now that I’ve only wasted 10 minutes, on to yet another e-book…
Countdown status:
1.5 days left of my job…. 18 days left of my winter and away to Barbados I go. Weeeeee!
Wow, you have led a very interesting life. Seems like you’ve racked up some great experiences. Just out of curiousity, what was the art that you taught yourself?
As for the list, hmmm…. ‘Been to a Disney World, Visited Paris, Seen the Mona Lisa in France, Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower, Eaten caviar…’ Jeez, was this list sponsored by the French Tourism Board?
I half expected to see ‘101. Surrendered to the Germans’.
And what’s up with no. 15? Hardly the type of thing one does just so they can say they’ve done it.
p.s. you get used to breathing through an air tank in scuba-diving, and it is definitely worth it. If you’ve gone rock-climbing and broken bones, scuba diving is a piece of cake.
plus, you’re lucky enough to be heading to Barbados, go on, give it a go!
Ha. Ironically, I was referring to the art of procrastination – and then I read your blog. I love it! Especially ‘Zencrastination’.
I’ve also self taught myself the entire adobe creative suite, which eventually scored me a graphic design job.
As for scuba diving… no way in hell! I really can’t handle having artificial air… really, I can’t. I’d probably have a panic attack before I even got down there 🙂
I’m tempted to go through this list and give my own answers, but I’ll confine myself to the following comment:
I find it a little odd that I’ve been skinny dipping but never kissed in the rain while you’ve kissed in the rain but have never been skinny dipping.
What up wit dat?!
Haha. Ya, I don’t think I’ll ever be brave enough to skinny dip… unless it happens accidentally…