Thursday, March 10, 2005

What Have You Done?

Stolen from JTL:

This is ridiculously long, yet fun. Feel free to repost and respond if you like. I've done things listed in bold so far. I'm too lazy to attempt to 'hide' the text, so you get all of it. Lucky you.

1. Bought everyone in the pub a drink (Shots for the entire Cocamo on the night of a buddy's promotion)
2. Swam with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain (Arthur's Seat, Scotland)
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive (We'll count the Jaguar XKR)
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said "I love you" and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea (Heat lightening near Tamarindo, Costa Rica)
14. Stayed up all night long, and watched the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights (On patrol in Wainright)
16. Gone to a huge sports game (Calgary Flames, baby.)
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
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 (A few weeks ago, in Venezuela)
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope (There's one at the cottage)
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (No comment.)
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse (I love betting on horses.)
30. Taken a sick day when you weren't ill
31. Asked out a stranger
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 favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar (A few years ago, in Vancouver)
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days (Every time I travel)
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (Finally made it to England in October)
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 10 provinces + 3 territories
50. Gone waterskiing (Ala John Candy in The Great Outdoors)
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe (Ireland, England, Scotland)
58. Taken a road-trip (New Orleans)
59. Been rock climbing
60. Lied to a foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice
61. Taken a midnight walk on the beach (Such is the nature of the job)
62. Gone sky diving
63. Visited Ireland (That's a long story...)
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 (In Scotland, after the tour of the Lagavulin distillery. Me and Hans, from Finland.)
66. Visited Japan
67. Benchpressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow (Three cheers for Alberta.)
69. Alphabetized your records
70. Pretended to be a superhero (BATMAN!)
71. Sung karaoke (Never again.)
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
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
80. Done something you should regret, but don't
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
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class (Two years of Taekwon Do)
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
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
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office (Sorry, Golden Words. I broke the OpsMan rule of no ding-ding in the cling-cling [No sex in the office.])
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch
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 (Oh, yeah...)
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on a television news program as an "expert" (Taekwon Do)
105. Received flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything (19th birthday)
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark (Indonesia)
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
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 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
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your MP or MPP (Regularly.)
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. Seen two or more oceans
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
140. Wrote articles for a large publication (Lonely Planet travel guides. It's a very embarassing story.)
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
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 T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Been photographed naked
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 160 km/h
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol (All of the above.)
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 Canadian Provinces
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
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (A fish.)
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 (I believe in the international language of 'gesture'.)
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
200. Been arrested (In an exercise, but the boot on your neck feels the same either way.)

Conclusion: More traveling is still required.

1 Comments:

At 8:39 p.m., Blogger Wandering Coyote said...

And how big a loser am I if I haven't done half these things?? :)

I posted this on my blog, with my edits.

 

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