December 03, 2006
Latest Mutation
I happened upon the current version of the highlight what you did variant of the let's all answer the same questions meme over at Kim's. He got it from Dave, who got it from Drumwaster, who had the sense to put it in the extended entry, without which inpiration I wouldn't have done it.
Note that, being a troglodyte I've never been farther from the US than a couple hour's drive into Canada and thus miss all the international ones. Instead I've visited my own local area in gread depth. There are also several which acrophobia discourage, and I've done very few of those.
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
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 - Tried without candles - even under a two-headed shower I thought it was dumb.
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables Andrea says herbs count, so then it follows that one could substitute smoking for eating...
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity - We've given a lot, a literal ton of food to the Milwaukee Rescue Mission, but never more than we could afford other than time.
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment - Inappropriate moments, but I'm sure there could have been worse ones.
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse Went to the track on an exotic combination of drugs. She saw brightly colored number 4s running across the wall. Payed $23.80 to win. We actually broke even during the time we tried handicapping, but it was more trouble than it was worth.
29. Asked out a stranger She still teases me about my pickup line 35 years later.
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse Looked at it thru a #10 welding lens
34. Ridden a roller coaster Wild Mouse at the Hastings County Fair - traumatic enough that I don't need loop-de-loops.
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer Kim says he did it to reach 1 gigabyte; I did it to reach 150 megabytes.
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign - Own a couple my son stole.
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip First vacation the wee wifey and I went on she picked out a few places she wanted to go so we loaded a tent and stuff in the car and took off. Had so much fun we went home early.
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach Peed in Lake Michigan off the rocks at The Point as the fog rolled in.
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love - Been traumatized by the breakup longer than the relationship lasted
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day - I assume ill doesn't count
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites - Toured historic sites; been near Indian mounds
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo Our first, done by Cliff Raven, was instead of engagement rings
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas - Passed thru Reno and stopped for gas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents I assume this doesn't mean digging the hole; my brother in fact scattered their ashes from his airplane
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children - One of my own and helped raise others
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over Started over just to pick up and move to another city would be a better way to put it
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane - Sorta held the controls, but it was still pilot's aircraft
109. Touched a stingray 63-1/2 splitwindow with fuel injection
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show - Won stuff by calling radio stations
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears - I'm a real square, just one 36 year old pierce in the standard spot on the lobe.
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse - Closest I've come is riding an elephant
119. Had major surgery - outpatient only
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days - Would have; got rained out the first night
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school And dropped back out again
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes Usually do other things with them; broiled, stewed, pickled and made into soup
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream When we first got the pictures hung at the big house
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts Repeatedly. Before the PC, built and modified my own computers with a soldering iron.
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head - Haven't shaved anything but the edges of my beard in over a decade
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life