So, there’s this list of 200 things you’re supposed to go through and bold what you’ve done. Some of them are very specific: I’d like to see Siouxsie and the Banshees in concert, for example, but it’s unlikely I will ever have the opportunity; I imagine that “fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground” is pretty rare, too. A few of them conflict a bit; “Visited all 50 states” and “Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states” can both be accomplished, but at a real cost in time and money.<\/p>\n
In the final tally, if I counted right, I managed 84 out of 200. I’m pleased with that result.<\/p>\n
EDIT:<\/b> Rain reminded me of one I missed. 85 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
The things I’ve done are in bold:<\/p>\n
1. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
\n2. Swam with wild dolphins
\n3. Climbed a mountain<\/b>
\n4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
\n5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
\n6. Held a tarantula
\n7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone<\/b>
\n8. Said “I love you” and meant it<\/b>
\n9. Hugged a tree<\/b>
\n10. Done a striptease<\/b>
\n11. Bungee jumped
\n12. Visited Paris
\n13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
\n14. Stayed up all night long, and watched the sun rise<\/b>
\n15. Seen the Northern Lights
\n16. Gone to a huge sports game<\/b>
\n17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
\n18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
\n19. Touched an iceberg
\n20. Slept under the stars
\n21. Changed a baby’s diaper
\n22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
\n23. Watched a meteor shower<\/b>
\n24. Gotten drunk on champagne (kinda)
\n25. Given more than you can afford to charity
\n26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope<\/b>
\n27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
\n28. Had a food fight<\/b>
\n29. Bet on a winning horse
\n30. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill<\/b>
\n31. Asked out a stranger
\n32. Had a snowball fight<\/b>
\n33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
\n34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can<\/b>
\n35. Held a lamb
\n36. Enacted a favorite fantasy<\/b>
\n37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
\n38. Taken an ice cold bath
\n39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
\n40. Seen a total eclipse<\/b>
\n41. Ridden a roller coaster<\/b>
\n42. Hit a home run<\/b>
\n43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
\n44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking<\/b>
\n45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
\n46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
\n47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment<\/b>
\n48. Had two hard drives for your computer<\/b>
\n49. Visited all 50 states
\n50. Loved your job for all accounts<\/b>
\n51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
\n52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied<\/b>
\n53. Had amazing friends<\/b>
\n54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
\n55. Watched wild whales
\n56. Stolen a sign<\/b>
\n57. Backpacked in Europe
\n58. Taken a road-trip<\/b>
\n59. Rock climbing<\/b>
\n60. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
\n61. Midnight walk on the beach<\/b>
\n62. Sky diving
\n63. Visited Ireland
\n64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love<\/b>
\n65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them<\/b>
\n66. Visited Japan
\n67. Benchpressed your own weight
\n68. Milked a cow
\n69. Alphabetized your records<\/b>
\n70. Pretended to be a superhero<\/b>
\n71. Sung karaoke
\n72. Lounged around in bed all day<\/b>
\n73. Posed nude in front of strangers<\/b>
\n74. Scuba diving
\n75. Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye
\n76. Kissed in the rain<\/b>
\n77. Played in the mud
\n78. Played in the rain<\/b>
\n79. Gone to a drive-in theater<\/b>
\n80. Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it<\/b>
\n81. Visited the Great Wall of China
\n82. Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog<\/b>
\n83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better<\/b>
\n84. Started a business
\n85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken<\/b>
\n86. Toured ancient sites
\n87. Taken a martial arts class
\n88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman\/man.
\n89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight<\/b>
\n90. Gotten married<\/b>
\n91. Been in a movie (obviously not a mainstream feature film)<\/b>
\n92. Crashed a party
\n93. Loved someone you shouldn’t have<\/b>
\n94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy<\/b>
\n95. Gotten divorced
\n96. Had sex at the office
\n97. Gone without food for 5 days
\n98. Made cookies from scratch<\/b>
\n99. Won first prize in a costume contest<\/b>
\n100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
\n101. Gotten a tattoo
\n102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on<\/b>
\n103. Rafted the Snake River
\n104. Been on television news programs as an expert<\/b>
\n105. Got flowers for no reason<\/b>
\n106. Masturbated in a public place<\/b>
\n107. Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
\n108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
\n109. Performed on stage<\/b>
\n110. Been to Las Vegas
\n111. Recorded music<\/b>
\n112. Eaten shark
\n113. Had a one-night stand<\/b>
\n114. Gone to Thailand
\n115. Seen Siouxsie live
\n116. Bought a house
\n117. Been in a combat zone
\n118. Buried one\/both of your parents<\/b>
\n119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off<\/b>
\n120. Been on a cruise ship
\n121. Spoken more than one language fluently
\n122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
\n123. Bounced a check<\/b>
\n124. Performed in Rocky Horror<\/b>
\n125. Read – and understood – your credit report<\/b>
\n126. Raised children
\n127. Recently played with a favorite childhood toy<\/b>
\n128. Followed your favorite band\/singer on tour
\n129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
\n130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
\n131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
\n132. Called or written your Congress person
\n133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
\n134. …more than once?
\n135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
\n136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking<\/b>
\n137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
\n138. Had plastic surgery
\n139. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived<\/b>.
\n140. Wrote articles for a large publication<\/b>
\n141. Lost over 100 pounds
\n142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
\n143. Piloted an airplane<\/b>
\n144. Petted a stingray
\n145. Broken someone’s heart<\/b>
\n146. Helped an animal give birth
\n147. Been fired or laid off from a job<\/b>
\n148. Won money on a T.V. game show
\n149. Broken a bone<\/b>
\n150. Killed a human being
\n151. Gone on an African photo safari
\n152. Ridden a motorcycle<\/b>
\n153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
\n154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
\n155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol<\/b>
\n156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
\n157. Ridden a horse
\n158. Had major surgery<\/b>
\n159. Had sex on a moving train
\n160. Had a snake as a pet
\n161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
\n162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
\n163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours<\/b>
\n164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
\n165. Visited all 7 continents
\n166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
\n167. Eaten kangaroo meat
\n168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
\n169. Been a sperm or egg donor
\n170. Eaten sushi
\n171. Had your picture in the newspaper<\/b>
\n172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime.<\/b>
\n173. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about<\/b>
\n174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
\n175. Gone back to school<\/b>
\n176. Parasailed
\n177. Changed your name
\n178. Petted a cockroach
\n179. Eaten fried green tomatoes but not at the whistle stop cafe.
\n180. Read “the Odyssey”<\/b>
\n181. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read<\/b>
\n182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
\n183. …and gotten 86’ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
\n184. Taught yourself an art from scratch<\/b>
\n185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
\n186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt<\/b>
\n187. Skipped all your school reunions<\/b>
\n188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
\n189. Been elected to public office
\n190. Written your own computer language
\n191. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream<\/b>
\n192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
\n193. Built your own PC from parts<\/b>
\n194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
\n195. Had a booth at a street fair
\n196: Dyed your hair<\/b>
\n197: Been a DJ<\/b>
\n198: Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
\n199: Written your own role playing game<\/b>
\n200: Been arrested<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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