200 Things meme

[andygates]

Viked from esran: Bold the things you've done in this very long and very arbitrary list (are all of the items from Heinlein's "specialization is for insects" rant here?)  Might use this as a checklist!

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink.
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain - Not yet, but it's on the very-soon list.
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid - The tombs of the Valley of the Kings don't count, do they? 
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I love you" and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease - The horror, the horror...
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights - Definitely on my to-do list.
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby's diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment - My Nan's funeral.  Whoops!
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can - I scream like a girl when my life is in peril.  How disappointing!
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favourite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar - Picking up hitchhikers is lots of fun.
40. Seen a total eclipse  - Cornwall, 1999.
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day - When you work on phones, you make your own entertainment.  'appen as.
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors - we already kinda live there, us nth generation English.
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job for all accounts
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends - Still do.
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing - Another one on the to-do-very-soon list.
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love - I reckon if you were really in love, it never goes away.
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan
67. Bench pressed your own weight - Vexed by my T-rex shape!
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records - It's a rubbish system.  Bubble-sorting by most used is much more fun, and stops the accidental Aerosmith.
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theatre
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
83. Dropped Windows in favour of something better - Then went back to XP afterwards.  Dogma is for believers.
84. Started a business - I don't dare.
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites - Egypt, spectacular architecture, devillish cunning, wall-eyed conservators, and damn, the heat.
87. Taken a martial arts class - Aikido. 
88. Sword fought for the honour of a woman - LRP doesn't count, I guess ;)
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight - Hasn't everyone?
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have - for a very strict definition: it was illegal back then.  Yah boo, Law.
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place - Just for the Purity Test points, though ;)
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage - Aiee! Noes!
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
120. Been on a cruise ship - Why?
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check - It's called 'being a student'
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy
128. Followed your favourite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country - Another one to do before I die.  Highway 1, or the Iceland ring road...
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did - They didn't.  But I did find that out.  :)
132. Called or written your Member of Congress - MP, over here, and they ignored me and invaded Iraq anyway.  Idiots.
132a. Had them write back
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. ...more than once?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone's heart - Probably.
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job - More than once.  Slackness, distraction and the dotcom bubble all bit my arse.
148. Won money on a TV game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild - Amanita.  Not recommended for omelettes. ;)
157. Ridden a horse
158. Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours - It's back to being a student again :)
164. Visited more foreign countries than US states
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground - I'm sorry, WTF?
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi - I make it too.  Chill the rice.
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school
176. Parasailed - Soon, my pretty, very soon!
177. Changed your name
178. Petted a cockroach
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad - It's a ripping yarn!
181. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - Roadkill doesn't count!
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream - Cycling into work from the House on the Hill in autumn, pockets of fog in the valleys, the Rayburn warm at home, legs strong, yeah, I've thought that.  Then I get to work ;)
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196. Dyed your hair - every ten days...
197. Been a DJ
198. Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
199. Written your own role playing game
200. Been arrested

Comments

[jonnycowbells.livejournal.com]

The more I think about it, the more this looks like a 'todo' list for the holiday. I guess we could take 40 each?

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Spark up the kanga barbie, I'll get the karaoke. :)