Things I’ve Done
December 9, 2008
- Started your own blog
- Slept under the stars
- Played in a band (I played trombone in middle/early high school.)
- Visited Hawaii
- Watched a meteor shower (They are lots of fun.)
- Given more than you can afford to charity
- Been to Disneyland
- Climbed a mountain
- Held a praying mantis
- Sang a solo
- Bungee jumped
- Visited Paris
- Watched a lightning storm
- Taught yourself an art from scratch (This is somewhat true, as many of my web design skills are self-taught, although I also have education in the field.)
- Adopted a child
- Had food poisoning
- Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (Although, as Magneto says, “There is no land of tolerance. There is no peace. Not here, or anywhere else.”)
- Grown your own vegetables (My parents grew tomatoes; does that count?)
- Seen the Mona Lisa in France
- Slept on an overnight train
- Had a pillow fight (Some really brutal ones…)
- 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 in a gondola in Venice
- Seen a total eclipse
- Watched a sunrise or sunset (Both, for what it’s worth.)
- Hit a home run
- Been on a cruise
- Seen Niagara Falls in person
- Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
- Seen an Amish community
- Taught yourself a new language (Only if programming languages count. I am terrible at human languages.)
- Had enough money to be truly satisfied
- Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
- Gone rock climbing
- Seen Michelangelo's David
- Sung karaoke.
- Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
- Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (Usually they are not strangers anymore, after you do that.)
- 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
- Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
- Kissed in the rain
- Played in the mud
- Gone to a drive-in theater
- 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 (Although I really love eating the peanut butter chocolate ones. I’d sell myself some of those…)
- Gone whale watching
- Got flowers for no reason
- Donated blood, platelets or plasma (Donating blood is a weird feeling. I like it, except for the one time I almost fainted.)
- Gone sky diving
- Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
- Bounced a check
- 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 (I got laid off once in college.)
- Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
- Broken a bone. (Only fingers and toes.)
- Been on a speeding motorcycle
- Seen the Grand Canyon in person
- Published a book
- Visited the Vatican
- Bought a brand new car
- Walked in Jerusalem
- Had your picture in the newspaper
- Read the entire Bible
- Visited the White House
- Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
- Had chickenpox
- Saved someone's life (Suicide is a horrid thing to watch someone attempt.)
- Sat on a jury (I got out of it once, since I was moving. Ha ha. Really though, I couldn’t have afforded the unpaid time off. It would have broken me.)
- Met someone famous
- Joined a book club
- Lost a loved one
- Had a baby
- Seen the Alamo in person
- Swam in the Great Salt Lake
- Been involved in a law suit
- Owned a mobile phone
- Been stung by a bee (One of my earlier memories is getting stung by a hornet in preschool. I didn’t even do anything to it. I was just standing there…)
- Read an entire book in one day