Things to Do

Things I've done are in bold and things I want to do are italicized. I swear this kind of crap (the lists and passed along stuff) *will* end....but it's a phase. Let me work through it and don't gripe or I'll bite you. Rawr.

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink --I'd only want to do it if I was sober enough to realize how much money I was spending, lol
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
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 --well, minus the candles, but with bubblebath, so they cancel each other out, right?
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
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise --Numerous times...and I just did it a couple days ago for the first time in quite a while
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 --This is one of the few things that I know my mom wants to do...and wants to do enough to speak of it on several occasions. I figure my first hot air balloon ride will be if/when I take her on hers...
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity --Guilty...but I'd like to make enough at some point to be able to do it more than once, even if it's a mistake
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
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
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 --Heh, for longer than that...
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 I definitely want to do this one
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk. Can we double bold this one? I've done it more times than I could possibly even try to count.
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign --Well, I was driving the getaway vehicle, lol
46. Backpacked in Europe.
47. Taken a road-trip --Mini-road trips, but not ones that last more than a weekend
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 --What's the opposite of italicized for this one?
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. 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 --My first one was over the summer. There were two of us that had never been, and the two Canadians we were with about had a fit because they constantly go (they're a big thing in their area because it's easy to take alcohol with you, etc). We drove an hour and a half on a night that wasn't even our night off just to go, and had to be up early the next morning, but it was so worth it.
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured an ancient site
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played Dungeons and Dragons for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married --I'm actually not sure if I want this one or not, but it's likely to happen anyway, so I'll italicize it anyway
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced --opposite italicization
76. Gone without food for 5 days --oh geez, no way...
77. Made cookies from scratch --Again, more times than I can count. I thank my mom for this one because even though she rarely does anything 'from scratch' any more, she passed along this sort of thing to me when I was younger.
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo --I don't know about this one, but I don't think I want one...
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason --Bolded because I got them for myself...italicized because it'd be nice to get them from someone else
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
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 well enough to have a decent conversation --I knew Spanish well enough at one point to say yes to this...but now, not so much, even though I'd like to brush it up again
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children --Bolded because I've certainly had more than my fair share of raising children...but italicized because they weren't necessarily my own, so I'd like to do that eventually
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 --We've done it before...and I'm likely to do it again
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking --In fact, I just sang louder...and danced more....and smiled at them, hehe
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication --Not necessarily...I want to write the articles, but I don't want to go large...
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched 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 facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild --Oh geez, I used to love mushroom hunting. I haven't done it in years, but wild mushrooms are wonderful...
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 --That would be awesome. If I want to visit all 50 states and achieved this one, too, then that obviously means I've made enough money to sufficiently travel occasionally over the years.
124. Visited all 7 continents --Actually, I'm not sure I would want to do this. It'd be cool to be able to say I did, but Antarctica doesn't necessarily rank high on my list of places to visit, and for the money it'd cost, I could visit other places instead.
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. 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
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 --I didn't personally have to do it, but I witnessed the decision
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 --I added lowlights for the first time last year...seemed like I waited forever compared to everyone I knew.
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident --It was both of our faults, technically, and I blame the semi-truck more than I do myself, but I can still say that yeah, I partially caused it, I suppose
150. Saved someone’s life --I don't like thinking about it, but when it comes to talking someone off the ledge of suicide or the depression that would lead to suicide, yes, I've saved more than one life....I 'really' don't like the way that sounds, though.

Alrighty, you ladies and gents that have already begun grouching at me for not being personal in my blog ("It's a *blog.* It's supposed to be about *you.*" Blah, blah, blah), there ya go. You wanted personal, so you got it. Now LEAVE ME ALONE about it. I didn't create this to talk about what's going on in my life...if you want that, come talk to me. This is for my randomness that the majority of you that I know can't handle on a long term basis. So shush your whining and let me be my quirky self before I bite you all. *Growls*
And fyi...I just counted 56 that I've already done (although it could be slightly off). I think doing a third of them is actually pretty good on my end. In the next 10 years, I hope to cross several more of those off my list, too...