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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Not feeling particularly creative

Sorry I have to expose you to this blatant display of my laziness, but I should get some credit for posting. So here you have it, the thing in bold are things I've done, and ones that are italicized are ones I'd like to do.

You're lucky I'm feeling exceptionally fun and I'm providing commentary for some of these. Also, feel free to copy the list and let me know that you did it on your blog. Feel free not to tell me either. Just please, don't do it and post it in my comments section, as that will be deleted as soon as I see it. I'm selfish like that!

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink -- you crazy? I'll buy a round for my friends, that's it!
02. Swam with wild dolphins -- I'm assuming wild dolphins don't enjoy human flesh!
03. Climbed a mountain -- dude, I grew up in the mountains!
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive -- I'm not a boy!
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula -- NO THANK YOU!
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it -- looking back, I should have not!
09. Hugged a tree -- I'm a tree hugger in all senses of the word!
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped -- I will be that one statistic where the rope snaps!
12. Visited Paris -- One day, I will live there!
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables -- lentils are vegetables, right?
19. Touched an iceberg -- as long as I'm not on the way down with a ship!
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby's diaper -- never again, until I have my own kids.
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne -- It wasn't pretty!
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment

28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill -- don't tell my work :)
31. Asked out a stranger -- I don't know why, but I want to do this.
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 -- I'd do it again :)
38. Taken an ice cold bath -- not by choice, sometimes hot water runs out!
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run -- in what sense? if we're just taken baseball, then never, otherwise...
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days -- have you met me?
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 -- I lived there.
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job for all accounts
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
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice -- Not even sure what this means!
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving -- I'm still on the fence on this one!
63. Visited Ireland
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
66. Visited Japan
67. Benchpressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke -- And I really should have not!
72. Lounged around in bed all day -- I call that most Saturdays in the winter!
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 -- I went once, but they didn't play a movie, counts?
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it -- I call that Tuesday!
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 -- Sure, I'd drop a window for a hot door! :)
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman -- ummm, I guess this was geared towards men and lesbians, neither of which I am.
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight -- Not sure what that even is!
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party -- It's called COLLEGE!
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced -- I'd love to see someone who marks this as something they'd like to do!
96. Had sex at 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

103. Rafted the Snake River -- Don't even know where that is.
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything -- Sadly, I always remember everything!
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live -- WHO?
116. Bought a house -- A condo counts, right?
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 -- Twice, and I'm DONE!
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check
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 -- Hungry Hungry Hippo :)
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 Congress person
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over -- Paris, it'll happen!
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. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray -- Did you see what happened to the croc hunter? NO thank you!
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. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
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 -- doesn't half way down count?
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing -- and drooled on my neighbor. I was lovely!
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours -- it's called major flu!
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
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 -- That's REALLY specific!
169. Been a sperm or egg donor -- Who really wants THIS?
170. Eaten sushi -- like EVERY OTHER DAY!
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime -- One would be enough!
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 -- Why in God's name would anyone want to pet that? WHY?
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
-- You know those things that they put ketchup in?
183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
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
189. Been elected to public office -- I used to want this, but I grew up and learned the truth about politics!
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 -- who uses LJ anymore? EVER?
199: Written your own role playing game
200: Been arrested

1 comment:

Ash said...

Gah after reading your list of rules to post a comment, I'm kinda nervous to post one.

I really like this post! These are some very interesting activities. You have to actually watch a movie at a drive-in to count it though. They're so much fun!