Categories: memes
Date: 21 November 2008 15:40:14
I have a cold, and am thus incapable of original or profound thought.
Bold is for done, italics is for “Would like to do.”
1. Started my own blog - two, in fact. I need a life.
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band – nobody with any musical ability would let me near their band; I can’t carry a tune in a bucket.
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world - if Disneyland Paris counts
8. Climbed a mountain - several.
9. Held a praying mantis - it tickled
10. Sung a solo – see above regarding my lack of musical ability
11. Bungee jumped – apparently, if I did, I’d be risking going blind.
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch - Calligraphy
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty - it was shut when I was in New York
18. Grown my own vegetables - chillies on the windowsill still count, right?
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France - it’s tiny!
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb - and a baby Arabian oryx
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice – I’m not sure about this one. We did go to Venice when I was very young and I can’t remember any of it.
29. Seen a total eclipse - from atop Brown Willy, no less.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run - I was behind the door when sporting prowess was handed out.
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language - although I am going to learn Spanish. Soon. Not that I’ve been saying that for the last three years or anything.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied – money is only useful for what you can do with it, it isn’t an end in and of itself.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke – my singing voice is not something that should be inflicted on anyone, drunk or sober.
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 my 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 snorkelling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business - there’s a small, half-formed thing buzzing about persistently in my brain.
58. Taken a martial arts class - and fencing lessons.
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies – not an English thing, this.
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma - must do so again soon.
65. Gone sky diving - parachute jump, which is nearly the same thing.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check - caused by my paycheque bouncing a day earlier. I was not a happy rosamundi.
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
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 - also arrived at Buckingham Palace for a job interview round about the time that the guard were changing, and the path to the gate was knee deep in hundreds of people. Fortunately, the average British policeman is a lovely helpful chap, adept at ploughing through large crowds (see post below on the Quantum of Solace premiere).
77. Broken a bone
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 my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - I suppose I should, since I am a meat eater.
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life - giving blood counts, right?
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit – and hopefully never will be
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee