Another meme

From red dirt road

This originally had 200 items, so I deleted some that I thought were irrelevant to me. I crossed out the ones I’ve done, italicized are things I’d like to do, bold are things I really want to do. There are a few that I think I’ve done, but am not sure about. If in doubt I’ve not crossed them off my list.

1. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
2. Climbed a mountain
3. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
4. Been inside the Great Pyramid
5. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
6. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it
7. Hugged a tree
8. Done a striptease
9. Visited Paris
10. Watched a lightning storm at sea
11. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
12. Seen the Northern Lights
13. Gone to a huge sports game
14. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
15. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
16. Slept under the stars (I love star gaving, but I’ve never spent the night under them)
17. Changed a baby’s diaper (all the time)
18. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon (I really, really want to do this)
19. Watched a meteor shower
20. Gotten drunk on champagne
21. Given more than you can afford to charity
22. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
23. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
24. Had a food fight
25. Bet on a winning horse
26. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
27. Had a snowball fight
28. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
29. Held a lamb
30. Enacted a favorite fantasy
31. Taken a midnight skinny dip (South China Sea!)
32. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
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. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
39. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
40. Visited all 50 states (no, but I’m close for how young I am)
41. Loved your job for all accounts
42. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
43. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
44. Had amazing friends
45. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
46. Watched wild whales
47. Backpacked in Europe
48. Taken a road-trip
49. Rock climbing
50. Midnight walk on the beach
51. Sky diving (my brother is an instructor, so I should get him to teach me)
52. Visited Ireland (almost went this year, but it’ll have to wait)
53. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love (I didn’t think so at first, but, yes, yes I have)
54. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
55. Visited Japan
56. Milked a cow
57. Alphabetized your records
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Scuba diving
61. Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it
67. Visited the Great Wall of China (and hiked for like 8 hours on it)
68. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
69. Started a business
70. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
71. Toured ancient sites (Great Zimbabwe ruins)
72. Taken a martial arts class
73. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
74. Gotten married
75. Been in a movie
76. Crashed a party
77. Loved someone you shouldn’t have
78. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
79. Made cookies from scratch
80. Won first prize in a costume contest
81. Ridden a gondola in Venice
82. Gotten a tattoo
83. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
84. Rafted the Snake River
85. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
86. Got flowers for no reason (ahem, Michael…)
87. Performed on stage
88. Been to Las Vegas (I’m not going to count the airport)
89. Recorded music
90. Gone to Thailand
91. Bought a house
92. Been in a combat zone
93. Buried one/both of your parents
94. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
95. Been on a cruise ship
96. Spoken more than one language fluently (I’m going to count ASL even thought I’d only say I was semi-fluent)
97. Bounced a check
98. Read – and understood – your credit report
99. Raised children (I’m going to count this one. It doesn’t say “your children”)
100. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
101. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
102. Called or written your Congress
103. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
104. …more than once?
105. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
106. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
107. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
108. Wrote articles for a large publication
109. Held someone while they were having a flashback
110. Piloted an airplane
111. Broken someone’s heart
112. Helped an animal give birth (I helped pull out a stuck calf)
113. Been fired or laid off from a job
114. Won money on a T.V. game show
115. Broken a bone
116. Gone on an African safari
117. Ridden a motorcycle
118. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
119. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
120. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
121. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
122. Ridden a horse
123. Had major surgery
124. Had sex on a moving train
125. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
126. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states (this will be hard to achieve, butit’s a worthy goal)
127. Visited all 7 continents
128. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
129. Been a sperm or egg donor
130. Eaten sushi
131. Had your picture in the newspaper
132. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
133. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
134. Gotten someone fired for their actions
135. Gone back to school (does it count that I took a year off between h.s. and college?)
136. Parasailed
137. Changed your name
138. Read The Iliad (no but I read the Aeneid which is similar)
139. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read it
140. Taught yourself an art from scratch
141. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
142. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
143. Skipped all your school reunions
144. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
145. Been elected to public office
146. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
147. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
148. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
149. Dyed your hair
150. Been arrested

There! Only 150.

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