List of Things

A List of Things

I found this list while browsing another blog and though I'd add my two cents' worth.
Things I've actually done in color (87/150)

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink (the bar had just closed and we were waiting for our friend the bartender so technically.....)
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain (how about a really steep snow covered hill in Alaska?)
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone (Advice: don't try to use your only lighter when your fingers are wet)
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 (again in Alaska)
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise (that's how we knew it was time to go home. These days I work a night shift so it happens almost every day.)
14. Seen the Northern Lights (awesome)
15. Gone to a huge sports game (basketball, football and baseball)
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables (cherry tomatoes the back porch-deeeelicious. also grew up on farm with big garden.)
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars (next to my motorcycle on a warm summer night, somewhere on the coast between Oregon and San Francisco)
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 (happens quicker than you'd expect)
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope (billions and billions of stars)
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (having a cavity drilled at the dentist under nitrous gas)
27. Had a food fight (high school)
28. Bet on a winning horse (does third place count?)
29. Asked out a stranger (she said no)
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse (one lunar, one solar)
34. Ridden a roller coaster (love 'em)
35. Hit a home run (one year in Little League my first hit of the season was HR, second hit was double, never hit again all season)
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (always involving alchohol)
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 (my current laptop has a 60GB and a 20GB)
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk (and been taken care of)
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country (Japan. like a fool and didn't care who was looking)
44. Watched wild whales (Orcas are common where I grew up on the islands)
45. Stolen a sign (a stop sign. stupid kids)
46. Backpacked in Europe.
47. Taken a road-trip (I try to take one on the motorcycle every year)
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 (and danced like a fool with strangers and didn't care who was looking)
55. Milked a cow (5 Jerseys and a Guernsey had to be milked twice a day)
56. Alphabetized your CDs (didn't last long)
57. Pretended to be a superhero (not recently)
58. Sung karaoke (badly)
59. Lounged around in bed all day (depression sucks)
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
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 (ken-do, Japanese sword fighting)
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie ("Say Anything" 17 years ago. I still get residuals checks every 3 months for $5-10)
74. Crashed a party (didn't know anyone, so I left)
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days (bad times I'd rather forget)
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
82. Been on television news programs as an expert
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage (several plays in high school)
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music (who hasn't sung into a tape recorder?)
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date (okay I'm a slut)
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 (a Saturday night ritual in another life)
96. Raised/Raising 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 (LA to Seattle)
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking (does on the motorcycle count?)
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived (hard to say, but I've been hit by cars twice while riding a motorcycle)
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds (does the same 5 pounds over and over again count?)
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart (sadly)
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
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild (just the ones that make you feel funny and see things)
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 (I'd eat it every day if I could)
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. 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
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (again, lived on a farm)
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 (performed the Heimlich on someone choking in a restaurant)

Let me know what you think!