Meme (stolen from loonylupinlover)
100 Things you've done or haven't done.
Bold the things you've done.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (Potato salad at a family picnic in elementary school; street food in Beijing at age 23.)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (Spindly little carrots in the family garden patch.)
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 (It was more of a snow chair, but hey.)
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run/walked 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
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (Lybster, Scotland, and assorted Dutch towns)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (Does it count if you had teachers?)
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 (Many, many, many, many times.)
42. Seen a geyser erupt (At Yellowstone.)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (Again, this is a staple activity.)
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted (It was a thirteenth birthday gift and I still love it.)
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
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
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (Despite never being a Girl Scout; my church cut a fundraising deal.)
62. Gone whale watching (Puget Sound residents don't really go whale watching, we just spot whales in everyday passing and stop the boat to watch for a while. But I have seen live, wild whales, and porpoises, and seals.)
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (Severely trypanophobic.)
65. Gone hang gliding
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (But I've been to Anne Frank's secret house.)
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 Guards 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 (But I really should.)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox (SO BADLY.)
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (I don't think a state governor counts.)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (And it was nasty. There was a thick shoreline border of dead flies.)
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee (On the hand as a toddler, between the toes as a high schooler, and several times in between. Not for years, though.)
100. Read an entire book in one day (I think the longest ever was Speaker for the Dead.)
45 total, not counting the italics. For being twenty-four, I'm pretty satisfied with my life so far...not just for the things I've done, but for the things I believe I can someday do, and the people I've done and will do them with. Speaking of which...
Hi, you guys. ^_^; I'm still alive and still religiously reading my flist, I've just fallen badly off the boat on the updating process. I want to get back into the habit, though. Send me motivational thoughts?
Bold the things you've done.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (Potato salad at a family picnic in elementary school; street food in Beijing at age 23.)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (Spindly little carrots in the family garden patch.)
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 (It was more of a snow chair, but hey.)
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run/walked 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
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (Lybster, Scotland, and assorted Dutch towns)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (Does it count if you had teachers?)
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 (Many, many, many, many times.)
42. Seen a geyser erupt (At Yellowstone.)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (Again, this is a staple activity.)
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted (It was a thirteenth birthday gift and I still love it.)
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
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
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (Despite never being a Girl Scout; my church cut a fundraising deal.)
62. Gone whale watching (Puget Sound residents don't really go whale watching, we just spot whales in everyday passing and stop the boat to watch for a while. But I have seen live, wild whales, and porpoises, and seals.)
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (Severely trypanophobic.)
65. Gone hang gliding
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (But I've been to Anne Frank's secret house.)
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 Guards 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 (But I really should.)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox (SO BADLY.)
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (I don't think a state governor counts.)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (And it was nasty. There was a thick shoreline border of dead flies.)
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee (On the hand as a toddler, between the toes as a high schooler, and several times in between. Not for years, though.)
100. Read an entire book in one day (I think the longest ever was Speaker for the Dead.)
45 total, not counting the italics. For being twenty-four, I'm pretty satisfied with my life so far...not just for the things I've done, but for the things I believe I can someday do, and the people I've done and will do them with. Speaking of which...
Hi, you guys. ^_^; I'm still alive and still religiously reading my flist, I've just fallen badly off the boat on the updating process. I want to get back into the habit, though. Send me motivational thoughts?