One Hundred Things

How about a meme? Okay, sure!

In this one, the stuff that I've done is in bold. I've also added some commentary to several of the items.

1. Started your own blog. This version of Red Nose is actually the rebirth. It originally began on January 1, 2002, on Diary-X.
2. Slept under the stars.
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited Hawaii. How many times? - Once, in 2000. My favorite place was Sunset Beach.
5. Watched a meteor shower. I've seen several. We once got up at 2:00 am to see one; it was glorious!
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland (and Disney World). Actually, I have not been to Disneyland, but I have been to Disney World.
8. Climbed a mountain. I've climbed Old Rag mountain in Virginia (hell yes, it counts!), and hiked along Logan Pass in Glacier National Park.
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sang a solo. Karaoke counts. Yes it does too!
11. Bungee jumped. Not on your life.
12. Visited Paris. Twice; 1967 and 1998. I'd love to go back and spend days in the Louvre.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea. The storm was at sea; I was on land.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.
15. Adopted a child.
16. Had food poisoning.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty. I have, however, walked to the top of the Washington Monument. It's a lotta steps!
18. Grown your own vegetables.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.
20. Slept on an overnight train. We took a cross-country train trip from Seattle to Washington in 1994, with stops in Glacier National Park and Chicago. It was great!
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Hitch hiked. No, but I used to pick up hitch hikers. I wouldn't do it anymore, though.
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill.
24. Built a snow fort.
25. Held a lamb.
26. Gone skinny dipping. I was a hippie, remember?
27. Run a Marathon. Oh please!
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice.
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Hit a home run.
32. Been on a cruise.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person. I'm counting seeing it from an airplane!
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.
35. Seen an Amish community.
36. Taught yourself a new language.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (in general).
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.
39. Gone rock climbing.
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David.
41. Sung karaoke.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt. I don't think seeing it on TV counts.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.
44. Visited Africa.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
47. Had your portrait painted. It's hanging in my living room; it's me, in a nun's habit, juggling.
48. Gone deep sea fishing.
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person.
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling. At Hanauma Bay in Hawaii. Gorgeous!
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theater.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.
57. Started a business.
58. Taken a martial arts class.
59. Visited Russia.
60. Served at a soup kitchen. I have, however, done volunteer work at a food bank and my group at work makes 100 PB&J sandwiches every month that we give to a local homeless shelter.
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies.
62. Gone whale watching. We saw some, too!
63. Got flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.
65. Gone sky diving. See "bungee jumping."
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp.
67. Bounced a check.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy. It's my teddy bear, Marvin.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar.
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Times Square.
74. Toured the Everglades.
75. Been fired from a job.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London.
77. Broken a bone. I was 18 months old, and I have no memory of it at all.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person. Again, from an airplane!
80. Published a book. Have you bought it yet?
81. Visited the Vatican.
82. Bought a brand new car.
83. Walked in Jerusalem.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox. I had chickenpox at the same time that my leg was broken. My mother was not a happy person.
89. Saved someone’s life.
90. Sat on a jury.
91. Met someone famous. I've had several celebrity sightings, but the person I met is famous only to geeks. I met and had a nice conversation with Charles Goldfarb, who invented SGML, the precursor to HTML.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one. I've lost too many.
94. Had a baby.
95. Seen the Alamo in person. Only the outside, though.
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake .
97. Been involved in a law suit. Joe and I were sued over a car accident, but it was resolved through mediation. The woman who sued us had actually gotten paid; she was trying to double dip and it didn't work.
98. Owned a cell phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.
100. Read an entire book in one day. I've done this more than once, but the one I really remember is that day that I read Stephen King's The Shining, because I was also in labor. Yeah, maybe that wasn't such a good idea.