a list

Here's a list of some things one might have done in his or her lifetime: the ones I've done are highlighted and I put little parenthetical notes beside some of them. It's kind of long but it's interesting--and we all know it's fun to learn new things about each other!

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01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain (outside Gatlenburg, TN-not in the Rockies)
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. what goes here??
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.
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a major sports game (White Sox, Mariners, Sonics)
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables (with my daddy)
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars (there's always some sort of cover involved, something about bugs)
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon (no, but there used to be a troop that would take off from the field behind my house when I was little. Early Sunday mornings - it was really cool)
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne (eww, I think desperation would need to be involved. I have to drink just to deal with the taste of that crap!)
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
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 (bring it!)
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (with pre-schoolers or after drinking)
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day (it was actually a couple of weeks after a trip to Oklahoma)
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
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk. (yes, someone other than myself)
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign (from someone who stole it from the street)
46. Backpacked in Europe.
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing (thank God I lived! Stupid dude behind me pulled on my leg to save himself! Who does that?)
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love (what about your kids after they can talk?)
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 (They're in a flip book at least.)
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke (Donnie-O-Kee!!)
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain (in a pool is WAY better)
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken (what about your kids before they can talk?)
69. Toured ancient site
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch (if you want my recipe, I memorized it when I was 10)
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas (honeymoon)
86. Recorded music (off the radio, babey!!!)
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date (Is this something that doesn't happen much?)
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 (this is funny to me. I've listened in on Spanish conversations where they were talking about me and I responded back to them. does that count?)
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised (raising) children (child) (x3)
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour (WoV Baby!!)
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge (I drove over it...probably not as cool, but I was only 18. It was an accomplishment to me at the time)
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking (When people watch, I think they want to see more!)
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Written articles for a large publication (This is the world-wide-web, right?)
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 (good times...)
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show (do dreams count?)
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
118. Ridden a horse (I hope there are horses in heaven. I've heard there's no allergies there!)
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 (I wish this could happen more!)
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat (after a story my husband tells, I'm not sure we all haven't-something about McDonald's and "Australian Beef" and the FDA.)
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 (fish is an animal, right?)
137. Skipped all your school reunions (so far so good!)
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (crazy deaf kids!)
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
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
147. Been a DJ (is this what we did last night?)
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident (I've actually only been hit once-the rest, I caused. Yes, I caused the collision with a cop)
150. Saved someone’s life