200 Things

Seen a ton of places, like BigPinkCookie, SoupFork, and Mikey's just to name a few...

Things I have done are in bold. I've added notes to some of them...

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink (Back in the 'Boom Years', I frequented this English Pub - and it was on the company card...)
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain (Several in AZ, a couple in Albania, one in Russia, Pikes Peak twice)
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula.
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it
09. Hugged a tree (The tree pressed charges, but I was able to settle out of court...)
10. Done a striptease (That's when you are smiling as you take off your clothes, no?)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris (Incredible city. Maybe one day I'll go back)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise (Worked the night shift at a grocery store... I've also done it with someone I loved)
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game (AZ diamondbacks and the KS Chiefs)
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables (as a kid, I had a garden, grew beans and carrots)
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars (Various places in the US and around the world)

21. Changed a baby's diaper (more times than I could count. I don't regret a single one)
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne (5th of July, 1996)
25. Given more than you can afford to charity ( not only money, but time...)
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope (Oddly enough, those planets look just like the pictures you see in the books)
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (Weddings, funerals, and other inopportune times - thanks alot, Dave Attel!!)
28. Had a food fight (Not just for school... :-))
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
31. Asked out a stranger (No, but I told the bartender that I wanted to buy a drink for a random hottie one time. OK, so she was *really* hot and it pissed off all the other guys at my table when she came over to thank me.)
32. Had a snowball fight (every chance I can get)
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier (and shuddered and shredded the evidence)
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath (3rd world countries have a way of forcing this on you)
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse

41. Ridden a roller coaster (I'm thinking of going to Cedar Point and adding to this)
42. Hit a home run (third grade... the sun was in my eyes, otherwise I would have done a foul ball like normal...)
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (This is everytime I dance...)
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
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 (and I still do!!)
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country(...this one time in Vietnam...)
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe ( Does carrying a backpack while visiting Europe count?)
58. Taken a road-trip (more times than I could count)
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice (India, Russia, Vietnam)

61. Midnight walk on the beach (Miami, Dominican Republic)
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland (I had a 2 hour layover there once)
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan (more than a couple layovers...)
67. Benchpressed your own weight (I can benchpress my own weight... well, my weight when I was 10)
68. Milked a cow (family vacations to relative's farms)
69. Alphabetized your records
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 (...and each one memorable...)
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain (love this!!)
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it. ( but I'll never admit what it was.... ;-))

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 favor of something better
84. Started a business (Back in the 90's - started and sold a couple of Internet businesses)
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites (Greece is good for this)
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman (It was a good-natured thing - the other guy and I were friends, and we only did it to impress her...)
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party (more than once... and never gotten caught...)
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy (one day)
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch (I've got good recipes)
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 (Hello 600/800TC sheets/pillows!!!)
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason (for myself - I like flowers)
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage (many times. one day I'll be back in the footlights)
110. Been to Las Vegas (layovers)
111. Recorded music (I still have the cassette somewhere)
112. Eaten shark (little known fact - sharks pee through their skin)
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone (Georgia, Russia)
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off (itched like a muther-scratcher)
120. Been on a cruise ship

121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report (I know it well...)
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country (India & Vietnam)
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Congress person
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. ...more than once? - More than thrice?
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 (co-authored 3 books)

141. Lost over 100 pounds (1/2way there)
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone's heart (completely selfishly and heartlessly and too stupid to know it at the time...)
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job (only once - it was rough)
148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle (I'll own a Harley one day...)
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
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
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
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. 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
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi (*love* sushi)
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. Para-sailed
177. Changed your name
178. Petted a cockroach
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad

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. (no, but I've been there when someone was loading her purse up with those hurricane margarita bowls)
183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt (It can't take away the sting though...)
187. Skipped all your school reunions.
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office (no, but I have a friend who was the BIGGEST goofball - he's now a county commissioner in Colorado)
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
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 (1994 - dyed it red)
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