Friday, 29 January 2010

Another intermission

My friend Skip posted this list on his blog and I thought, 'Well, what the heck!', so here goes. The idea is to bold all those things one has done; I'll even italicize them.

1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink )I'm either too mean or not silly enough for that)

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. Bungee jumped


11. Visited Paris


12. Watched a lightning storm at sea


13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
(though I don't recall seeing the sun rise on any of those days/nights)

14. Seen the Northern Lights


15. Gone to a huge sports game


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


20. Changed a baby's diaper


21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon


22. Watched a meteor shower


23. Gotten drunk on champagne
(if champagne/brandy cocktails count)

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
(But I have bet on a winning dog)

29. Asked out a stranger


30. Had a snowball fight


31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
- probably as a baby!

32. Held a lamb


33. Seen a total eclipse


34. Ridden a roller coaster


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


40. Visited all 50 states


41. Taken care of someone who was wasted


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


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


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 more than 6 hours straight


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


78. Won first prize in a costume contest


79. Ridden a gondola in Venice


80. Gotten a tattoo


81. Rafted the Snake River - or was it the Colorado 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. Eaten fugu (pufferfish)


89. Had a one-night stand


90. Gone to Thailand


91. Bought a house


92. Been in a combat zone


93. Buried one/both of your parents


94. Been on a cruise ship


95. Spoken more than one language fluently


96. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show


97. Raised children


98. 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
- but I have piloted a glider

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


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 something they wrote


136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating


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


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


150. Saved someone's life

2 comments:

(not necessarily your) Uncle Skip said...

Nice break in your story. Did you count how many you've done?

Me neither... not enough fingers and toes

Brighton Pensioner said...

Just couldn't be bothered.