List
Got this from Saxifraga at Rising to the Occasion...
The idea is to bold the ones you've done. (I'm also going to add commentary in parentheses.)
1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (I'm assuming karaoke of the Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" counts?)
4. Visited Hawaii (See here for some recent posts on that topic.)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world (Hell no, we won't go!)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo (Aha: here's where that Talking Heads solo fits in!)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightning at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch (Woodcut block printing; Boston, 1996)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (seafood poisoning - the worst!)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train (Mongolia: the legendary Choibalsan to Ereentsav run)
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked (Many times out west)
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill (in high school: biked down to National Airport to watch the planes land and read Hemingway)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run (this one involves sports, doesn't it? )
32. Been on a cruise (Alaska Marine Highway System, Haines to Bellingham, summer 2006)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person (brought my Geology Honors students there in March of this year!)
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors (but I am planning to go to Newfoundland this coming summer, to visit my maternal ancestors' descendants)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language (if the Peace Corps helped me, that's okay, right?)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke (okay, here's where that bit goes...)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (friend of a friend work okay?)
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 (sheesh -- whoever wrote this list liked Paris and Italy, it looks like)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (does freelance writing and scientific illustration count?)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (gosh, I tried, but they told me I wasn't allowed for some reason...)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter (This summer, exiting the Grand Canyon)
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
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (kinda sorta -- two copies left if anyone wants 'em)
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (Le Prius, almost a year old!)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper (accompanying an article about one of my Billy Goat Trail geology hikes)
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox (and I have the scars to prove it)
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury (civil suit: taxi cab driver sued teen driver who ran into his cab)
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one (cats and dogs only at this point, and may it long remain)
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Ridden an elephant (but I have ridden a water buffalo)
The idea is to bold the ones you've done. (I'm also going to add commentary in parentheses.)
1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (I'm assuming karaoke of the Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" counts?)
4. Visited Hawaii (See here for some recent posts on that topic.)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world (Hell no, we won't go!)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo (Aha: here's where that Talking Heads solo fits in!)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightning at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch (Woodcut block printing; Boston, 1996)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (seafood poisoning - the worst!)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train (Mongolia: the legendary Choibalsan to Ereentsav run)
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked (Many times out west)
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill (in high school: biked down to National Airport to watch the planes land and read Hemingway)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run (this one involves sports, doesn't it? )
32. Been on a cruise (Alaska Marine Highway System, Haines to Bellingham, summer 2006)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person (brought my Geology Honors students there in March of this year!)
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors (but I am planning to go to Newfoundland this coming summer, to visit my maternal ancestors' descendants)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language (if the Peace Corps helped me, that's okay, right?)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke (okay, here's where that bit goes...)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (friend of a friend work okay?)
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 (sheesh -- whoever wrote this list liked Paris and Italy, it looks like)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (does freelance writing and scientific illustration count?)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (gosh, I tried, but they told me I wasn't allowed for some reason...)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter (This summer, exiting the Grand Canyon)
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
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (kinda sorta -- two copies left if anyone wants 'em)
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (Le Prius, almost a year old!)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper (accompanying an article about one of my Billy Goat Trail geology hikes)
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox (and I have the scars to prove it)
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury (civil suit: taxi cab driver sued teen driver who ran into his cab)
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one (cats and dogs only at this point, and may it long remain)
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Ridden an elephant (but I have ridden a water buffalo)
3 Comments:
Actually, I'd like a copy of the book. Hard or softcover?
And I'll take the other one if it's still available.
That's neat about the book - maybe you'll have to go into reprints! And it sounds like the karaoke thing was pretty important. ;)
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