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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Things I’ve Done

A Borrowed Meme Is The Best Meme!

Saw this at Elisson's, and a quick & easy post is always welcome!

He got it here, and that version's a mostly clutter & commentary-free copy if you'd like to do your own version.


Things I’ve done are in bold.

What I’ve done:

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars
More times than I can count...

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower
Perseids, Leonids, whatever, I'm staying up for 'em!

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland
(I've been to Disneyworld, though!)

8. Climbed a mountain
Truchas Peak, NM, 13,107 ft.

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning
Mmmmm.... Clostridium!

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables
Weed is a vegetable, right?

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train
Amtrak! Indianapolis IN to Miami, FL

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping
At Hippie Holler!

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse
Does lunar count?

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
How about watching one, then staying up for the other??

31. Hit a home run
Possibly in softball, not baseball.

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelos David

41. Sung karaoke
I was really drunk at the time...

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your 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

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

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check
In the 80's my checks were made of rubber...

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
I still have my little R2-D2 figure.

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar
On toast points, no less!

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone
Only fingers & toes...

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
Several species worth, in fact...

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby
(How 'bout a turd as big as a baby?)

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit
A big ugly Federal one. No fun at all...

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Read an entire book in one day