THE 99 THINGS MEME
I found this on a library blog and I thought it looked fun
Things you’ve already done: bold
Things you want to do: italicize
Things you haven’t done and don’t want to - leave in plain font (I am not sure why anyone in their right mind would want to do some of these)
1. Started your own blog. (I am not counting live journal)
2. Slept under the stars. (In Australia in fact)
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited Hawaii.
5. Watched a meteor shower.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity. (I love giving to charity and wish I could give more, but why more then I can afford?)
7. Been to Disneyland/world.
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sang a solo. (in 5th grade for this anti-drug program my friend and I wrote a song. She played the piano and I sang. I was so embarrassed)
11. Bungee jumped.
12. Visited Paris.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.
15. Adopted a child.
16. Had food poisoning.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty. (I have been to NY several times and still have never done this. Once when I was a child we almost did but my dad took us on the wrong boat)
18. Grown your own vegetables.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.
20. Slept on an overnight train.
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Hitch hiked.
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill.
24. Built a snow fort.
25. Held a lamb.
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a marathon.
28. Ridden a gondola in Venice.
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset. (both in fact)
31. Hit a home run.
32. Been on a cruise.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors. (Russia and I would love to go there)
35. Seen an Amish community. (I live in Phila not far from Lancaster so no surprise there)
36. Taught yourself a new language. (I know a little Spanish and French but not enough to say I mastered it)
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 in person.
41. Sung Karaoke.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant.
44. Visited Africa.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
47. Had your portrait painted. (well one of those cartoon caricture's if that counts)
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 snorkeling. (Snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef)
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud. (if I am wearing the right clothes)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.
57. Started a business.
58. Taken a martial arts class (a birthday party I went to for a little girl had a martial arts class as part of the party)
59. Visited Russia.
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
61. Sold Girl Scout cookies.
62. Gone whale watching. (it was fun but I got horribly sea sick, and I never get sea sick)
63. Gotten flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood. (I used to be underweight, I am not any longer)
65. Gone sky diving.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp. (well it's not so much that I want to but I think it is important to)
67. Bounced a check.
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 Guard in London.
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 your picture in the newspaper.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox.
89. Saved someone’s life. (I would never want to be in a situation where someone is in danger to this degree, but of course I would want to save someone's life if they were in danger)
90. Sat on a jury.
91. Met someone famous.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one.
94. Had a baby. (sort of but sort of not)
95. Seen the Alamo in person.
96. Swum in the Great Salt Lake.
97. Been involved in a law suit.
98. Owned a cell phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.
I guess there is a lot I have not done (although some of which I am glad).