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gemfyre ([personal profile] gemfyre) wrote2008-11-27 10:11 pm
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Life experiences

Good, bad, cheap, expensive. What have you done/experienced?

A lot of these are on my to do list. I'll italicise them.


1. Started your own blog - well duh, whaddya call this?
2. Slept under the stars - Okay, I was in a tent, but I could see the stars and it was wonderful. And now I have a swag hopefully I'll get to experience the real deal.
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 - Specifically Ol Doinyo Lengai in Tanzania
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo - Does karaoke count?
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea - But I HAVE seen some pretty awesome lightning storms from land.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning - I had SOMETHING that made me puke for three days.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables - Yes! Just this year. I'm about to get a bunch of tomatoes.
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 - shit, the only time I've been in snow I couldn't even manage a snowman, it's a lot harder than it looks!
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping - Does the outdoor spa at home count?
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
32. Been on a cruise - The problem is I'd be asking if I could throw chum off the back to attract pelagic seabirds.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelos David
41. Sung karaoke - A world of YES!!
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your 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
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater - I went to one just a few months back.
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class - I did a bit of Tae Kwon Do in school. And a warm up for a karate class that left me exhausted.
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
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
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy - More than one. MANY more than one.
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 - I've been on a motorbike, but not speeding.
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
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
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
97. Been involved in a law suit - does working for a lawyer count?
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day - But it wasn't a novel. :p