I'm in a good mood again today.
I've had a hella busy weekend, but I can't be arsed to post about it otherwise I'll have nothing to talk about in the pub. Hence, the 200 things meme below:
01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink. Small pub, only me and friends in there.
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain It felt like a fucking mountain, anyway.
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. Not sure I've ever said it when I didn't.
09. Hugged a tree. The tree didn't hug back.
10. Done a striptease. The less extra detail I provide for this one the better, I suspect.
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watched the sun rise. Who hasn't?
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game. Chelsea vs Slough Town counts, right?
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables. I am expanding this to include "Ingested a plant you grew yourself" ;P
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars.
21. Changed a baby's diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower.
24. Gotten drunk on champagne.
25. Given more than you can afford to charity.
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope.
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment.
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill. You're shocked, I know.
31. Asked out a stranger. Even more disturbingly, she said yes. Never saw her again after the first date though.
32. Had a snowball fight.
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can.
35. Held a lamb.
36. Enacted a favourite fantasy. Wasn't a terribly elaborate one though.
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath. As long as waking up in an ice cold bath counts.
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar.
40. Seen a total eclipse. Moon yes, sun no.
41. Ridden a roller coaster.
42. Hit a home run. In rounders.
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days.
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking. Every Friday.
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. Every Friday. Well, not so much these days, thankfully.
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends. This. Hard.
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign. Once nicked a "no cycling" sign, pole and all, uprooted it from the concrete. Those things are heavy.
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip. This is just going on a holiday with your mates by car.
59. Rock climbing.
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach. Sadly drunken rather than romantic.
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
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
67. Bench pressed your own weight. There are some advantages to being small and scrawny. I only managed it once though, then I had to cry until I regained the use of my arms.
68. Milked a cow. A little bit. And a goat.
69. Alphabetized your records/CDs. Of course.
70. Pretended to be a superhero. As long as The Crow counts. I hadn't encountered Gothic Miss Manners then.
71. Sung karaoke.
72. Lounged around in bed all day. Regularly.
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. I like rain.
77. Played in the mud. Yes, I have been to a music festival.
78. Played in the rain. See 76.
79. Gone to a drive-in theatre
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it.
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 favour of something else
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken.
86. Toured ancient sites. Not as many as I'd like. First ever holiday the parents don't invite me on, and the buggers have gone to Machu Picchu.
87. Taken a martial arts class. I did Judo as a kid.
88. Sword fought for the honour of a woman
89. Played an RPG a computer game for more than 6 hours straight. You'd never have guessed.
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have.
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy. Well, it might have been me, might have been the booze ;P
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch and eated them.
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. Kind of, but only when that texture is over skin.
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place. Well, I've masturbated someone else 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. Clyde Frog was the bestest band EVAR.
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music. If you can call it music.
112. Eaten shark. Ah'm top of the food chain, get in mah belly.
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off. Hahah, I'm sure you didn't want to know that.
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 cheque.
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy Lego
128. Followed your favourite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your MP. I like to complain.
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. ...more than once?
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
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray. Take that, Steve Irwin!
145. Broken someone's heart
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job.
148. Won money on a TV game show
149. Broken a bone.
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle.
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph. 0.9l Metro. With three passengers. Past a police car.
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. Oooh, nearly.
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 US states. Not difficult if you're not a Septic.
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.
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. Parasailed
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
183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions.
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
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.
197. Been a DJ.
198. Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
199. Written your own role playing game. Mostly. I'll finish it off and let you guys play it one of these days, I promise.
200. Been arrested
01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink. Small pub, only me and friends in there.
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain It felt like a fucking mountain, anyway.
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. Not sure I've ever said it when I didn't.
09. Hugged a tree. The tree didn't hug back.
10. Done a striptease. The less extra detail I provide for this one the better, I suspect.
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watched the sun rise. Who hasn't?
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game. Chelsea vs Slough Town counts, right?
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables. I am expanding this to include "Ingested a plant you grew yourself" ;P
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars.
21. Changed a baby's diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower.
24. Gotten drunk on champagne.
25. Given more than you can afford to charity.
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope.
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment.
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill. You're shocked, I know.
31. Asked out a stranger. Even more disturbingly, she said yes. Never saw her again after the first date though.
32. Had a snowball fight.
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can.
35. Held a lamb.
36. Enacted a favourite fantasy. Wasn't a terribly elaborate one though.
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath. As long as waking up in an ice cold bath counts.
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar.
40. Seen a total eclipse. Moon yes, sun no.
41. Ridden a roller coaster.
42. Hit a home run. In rounders.
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days.
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking. Every Friday.
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. Every Friday. Well, not so much these days, thankfully.
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends. This. Hard.
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign. Once nicked a "no cycling" sign, pole and all, uprooted it from the concrete. Those things are heavy.
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip. This is just going on a holiday with your mates by car.
59. Rock climbing.
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach. Sadly drunken rather than romantic.
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
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
67. Bench pressed your own weight. There are some advantages to being small and scrawny. I only managed it once though, then I had to cry until I regained the use of my arms.
68. Milked a cow. A little bit. And a goat.
69. Alphabetized your records/CDs. Of course.
70. Pretended to be a superhero. As long as The Crow counts. I hadn't encountered Gothic Miss Manners then.
71. Sung karaoke.
72. Lounged around in bed all day. Regularly.
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. I like rain.
77. Played in the mud. Yes, I have been to a music festival.
78. Played in the rain. See 76.
79. Gone to a drive-in theatre
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it.
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 favour of something else
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken.
86. Toured ancient sites. Not as many as I'd like. First ever holiday the parents don't invite me on, and the buggers have gone to Machu Picchu.
87. Taken a martial arts class. I did Judo as a kid.
88. Sword fought for the honour of a woman
89. Played an RPG a computer game for more than 6 hours straight. You'd never have guessed.
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have.
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy. Well, it might have been me, might have been the booze ;P
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch and eated them.
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. Kind of, but only when that texture is over skin.
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place. Well, I've masturbated someone else 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. Clyde Frog was the bestest band EVAR.
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music. If you can call it music.
112. Eaten shark. Ah'm top of the food chain, get in mah belly.
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off. Hahah, I'm sure you didn't want to know that.
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 cheque.
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy Lego
128. Followed your favourite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your MP. I like to complain.
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. ...more than once?
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
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray. Take that, Steve Irwin!
145. Broken someone's heart
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job.
148. Won money on a TV game show
149. Broken a bone.
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle.
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph. 0.9l Metro. With three passengers. Past a police car.
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. Oooh, nearly.
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 US states. Not difficult if you're not a Septic.
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.
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. Parasailed
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
183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions.
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
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.
197. Been a DJ.
198. Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
199. Written your own role playing game. Mostly. I'll finish it off and let you guys play it one of these days, I promise.
200. Been arrested