Dec 30 2008
99 Things
Here’s one that’s going around the interwebs lately.
Meme:
Things you’ve already done: bold
Things you want to do: italicize
Things you haven’t done and don’t want to - leave in plain font
- started your own blog
- slept under the stars
- played in a band
- visited Hawaii
- watched a meteor shower
- given more than you can afford to charity
- been to disneyland/world
- climbed a mountain (but only in my car on the highway)
- held a praying mantis
- sang a solo
- bungee jumped
- visited Paris
- watched a lightning storm at sea
- taught yourself an art from scratch
- adopted a child
- had food poisoning
- walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (I was there, but had a head cold so all the way to the top was out of the question)
- grown your own vegetables (does helping out when I was a kid count?)
- seen the Mona Lisa in France
- slept on an overnight train
- had a pillow fight
- hitch hiked
- taken a sick day when you’re not ill
- built a snow fort
- held a lamb
- gone skinny dipping
- run a marathon
- ridden a gondola in Venice
- seen a total eclipse
- watched a sunrise or sunset
- hit a home run (only on the Wii)
- been on a cruise
- seen Niagara Falls in person
- visited the birthplace of your ancestors (I’ve been to the country, but not the towns)
- seen an Amish community
- taught yourself a new language (in school counts, right? I mean, I studied hard)
- had enough money to be truly satisfied
- seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
- gone rock climbing
- seen Michelangelo’s David in person
- sung karaoke
- seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
- bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant
- visited Africa
- walked on a beach by moonlight
- been transported in an ambulance
- had your portrait painted
- gone deep sea fishing
- seen the Sistine Chapel in person
- been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (3rd level wasn’t open when I was there, so I went as high as I could)
- gone scuba diving or snorkelling
- kissed in the rain
- played in the mud
- gone to a drive-in theatre
- been in a movie
- visited the Great Wall of China
- started a business
- taken a martial arts class
- visited Russia
- served at a soup kitchen
- sold girl scout cookies
- gone whale watching (was supposed to in 8th grade, but it was too rough out that day so we only cruised around Cape Ann)
- gotten flowers for no reason
- donated blood (no spleen here)
- gone sky diving
- visited a Nazi concentration camp
- bounced a check (not my fault, and I proved it to the bank)
- flown in a helicopter
- saved a favorite childhood toy
- visited the Lincoln memorial
- eaten caviar
- pieced a quilt
- stood in Times Square
- toured the Everglades
- been fired from a job
- seen the changing of the guard in London (don’t know why I never watched this - I was there 3 times!)
- broken a bone
- been on a speeding motorcycle
- seen the Grand Canyon in person (and I live so close)
- published a book
- visited the Vatican
- bought a brand new car
- walked in Jerusalem
- had your picture in the newspaper
- read the entire bible (but it was a children’s storybook bible)
- visited the White House
- killed and prepared an animal for eating
- had chickenpox (at age 22!)
- saved someone’s life
- sat on a jury
- met someone famous
- joined a book club
- lost a loved one
- had a baby
- seen The Alamo in person
- swum in the Great Salt Lake
- been involved in a law suit
- owned a mobile phone
- been stung by a bee
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I´m definitely going to try to accomplish some stuff on this list while I´m traveling. Sleeping under the stars… mmm… might try that tonight!
Sorry for not visiting as often, but internet in Costa Rica is… well, slow is the best adjective I can find.
No worries - I’m enjoying reading about your travels!