200 Things (inspired by a Backup Brain entry)

Things I’ve done are in bold. This had been on my to-post list for a while…

  1. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
  2. Swam with wild dolphins
  3. Climbed a mountain(Grande Rochette, La Plagne, French Alps, though I started pretty high up already…)
  4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
  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(it’s kind of hard not to when you grew up a mere 10 km away from it)

  1. Watched a lightning storm at sea
  2. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
  3. Seen the Northern Lights(you can sometimes see them at the extreme north of Scotland)
  4. Gone to a huge sports game(assuming NFL games count)
  5. Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
  6. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
  7. Touched an iceberg (unless if I assume like Dori did that walking on a glacier counts)
  8. Slept under the stars
  9. Changed a baby’s diaper
  10. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
  11. Watched a meteor shower
  12. Gotten drunk on champagne
  13. Given more than you can afford to charity
  14. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
  15. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
  16. Had a food fight
  17. Bet on a winning horse
  18. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
  19. Asked out a stranger(not successfully though :) )
  20. Had a snowball fight
  21. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
  22. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can(in many occasions, too!)
  23. Held a lamb
  24. Enacted a favorite fantasy
  25. Taken a midnight skinny dip
  26. Taken an ice cold bath (do showers count? if yes, then yes)
  27. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
  28. Seen a total eclipse
  29. Ridden a roller coaster(last time I did, I ended up in the ER so I might not do it again anytime soon!)
  30. Hit a home run (growing up in a country that doesn’t care a bit about baseball doesn’t help, not that I care either anyway)
  31. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
  32. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking(though I probably didn’t realize at the time that I was dancing like a fool! :) )
  33. Adopted an accent for an entire day
  34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (not too difficult to do in Europe)
  35. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
  36. Had two hard drives for your computer(my work computer has four of them right now and that’s not even counting my connected iPod)
  37. Visited all 50 states (not yet, tracking here)
  38. Loved your job for all accounts
  39. Taken care of someone who was shit-faced
  40. Had enough money to be truly satisfied(still do)
  41. Had amazing friends(still do)
  42. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
  43. Watched wild whales
  44. Stolen a sign
  45. Backpacked in Europe
  46. Taken a road-trip
  47. Rock climbing
  48. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
  49. Midnight walk on the beach
  50. Sky diving
  51. Visited Ireland
  52. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
  53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them(if you eat at teppanyaki restaurants then you do)
  54. Visited Japan (not yet but definitely on my to-do list)
  55. Benchpressed your own weight
  56. Milked a cow(and a goat too)
  57. Alphabetized your records(by artist then within an artist, chronologically)
  58. Pretended to be a superhero
  59. Sung karaoke
  60. Lounged around in bed all day(happened several times while reading books)
  61. Posed nude in front of strangers
  62. Scuba diving
  63. Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye
  64. Kissed in the rain
  65. Played in the mud
  66. Played in the rain
  67. Gone to a drive-in theater
  68. Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it(anyone who says no here is probably lying)
  69. Visited the Great Wall of China
  70. Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
  71. Dropped Windows in favor of something better (never had to since I’ve always been a Mac-head)
  72. Started a business
  73. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
  74. Toured ancient sites
  75. Taken a martial arts class(practiced judo, aikido and currently practicing kendo)
  76. Swordfought for the honor of a woman
  77. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
  78. Gotten married
  79. Been in a movie(homemade ones count, right?)
  80. Crashed a party
  81. Loved someone you shouldn’t have
  82. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy(at least, I think it did :) )
  83. Gotten divorced
  84. Had sex at the office
  85. Gone without food for 5 days
  86. Made cookies from scratch
  87. Won first prize in a costume contest
  88. Ridden a gondola in Venice
  89. Gotten a tattoo
  90. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
  91. Rafted the Snake River
  92. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
  93. Got flowers for no reason
  94. Masturbated in a public place
  95. Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
  96. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
  97. Performed on stage
  98. Been to Las Vegas
  99. Recorded music
  100. Eaten shark
  101. Had a one-night stand
  102. Gone to Thailand
  103. Seen Siouxsie live
  104. Bought a house
  105. Been in a combat zone
  106. Buried one/both of your parents (luckily not)
  107. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
  108. Been on a cruise ship
  109. Spoken more than one language fluently(still do)
  110. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
  111. Bounced a check(but not due to lack of funds)
  112. Performed in Rocky Horror
  113. Read – and understood – your credit report
  114. Raised children
  115. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
  116. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
  117. Created and named your own constellation of stars
  118. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
  119. Found out something significant that your ancestors did(one of my ancestors fought along La Fayette)
  120. Called or written your Congress person
  121. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
  122. …more than once? – More than thrice?
  123. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
  124. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
  125. Had an abortion or your female partner did
  126. Had plastic surgery
  127. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived(motorcycle accident on the Paris beltway: to this day, I don’t know how I escaped with only bruises)
  128. Wrote articles for a large publication
  129. Lost over 100 pounds
  130. Held someone while they were having a flashback
  131. Piloted an airplane
  132. Petted a stingray
  133. Broken someone’s heart
  134. Helped an animal give birth
  135. Been fired or laid off from a job
  136. Won money on a T.V. game show
  137. Broken a bone(toe, another motorcycle accident…)
  138. Killed a human being
  139. Gone on an African photo safari
  140. Ridden a motorcycle
  141. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph
  142. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
  143. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
  144. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
  145. Ridden a horse
  146. Had major surgery
  147. Had sex on a moving train
  148. Had a snake as a pet
  149. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
  150. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
  151. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
  152. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
  153. Visited all 7 continents
  154. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
  155. Eaten kangaroo meat
  156. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground (WTF?)
  157. Been a sperm or egg donor
  158. Eaten sushi
  159. Had your picture in the newspaper
  160. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
  161. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about (not sure)
  162. Gotten someone fired for their actions
  163. Gone back to school
  164. Parasailed
  165. Changed your name
  166. Petted a cockroach
  167. Eaten fried green tomatoes
  168. Read The Iliad(even translated part of it)
  169. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
  170. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
  171. …and gotten 86′ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
  172. Taught yourself an art from scratch
  173. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
  174. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
  175. Skipped all your school reunions
  176. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
  177. Been elected to public office
  178. Written your own computer language
  179. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
  180. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
  181. Built your own PC from parts (no but had to do it several times at work)
  182. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
  183. Had a booth at a street fair
  184. Dyed your hair(bright orange!)
  185. Been a DJ
  186. Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
  187. Written your own role playing game
  188. Been arrested

Last updated November 2, 2004

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