a meme, an update, and a question

Bolded things I've tried.
Underlined the things I really want to do before I die.
Comments are in italics.

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain Do big cliffs count?
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula.
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it.
09. Hugged a tree and I meant that, too.
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
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
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby's diaper More times than I can remember
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
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
31. Asked out a stranger
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. Organized and planned a surprise party for a loved one
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking all the time
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day yes and it was great fun
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
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 really sick
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends still have
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
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
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 soon i hope
67. Bench pressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records
70. Pretended to be a superhero I'd like to know who makes up these things
71. Sung karaoke it was terrifying
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Protested something you feel strongly against
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye uh, no. ever. it makes me laugh.
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it
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
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class like, one.
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight ugh, no.
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Started an office war does a territorial war over office supplies count?
97. Gone without food for 5 days no but i have for 3
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest i taped socks, underwear, and bounce sheets to myself and went as static cling
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on hells yes
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert" an expert what, I don't know.
105. Got flowers for no reason shouts to kg4yef for most recent of that (I realize that was long ago, shuddup. That's the most recent.)
106. Made out in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything I'm still hearing stories about it.
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. Drank an entire 6 pack by yourself and then some
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved all of your hair off
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in theatre
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children still am
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy that's the beauty of having kids, and of things from my childhood coming back into popularity
128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour a little? no but i've drank with them plenty, does that count?
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken a 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
134. ...more than once?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking again, all the time
137. Had an abortion
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 do they perhaps mean manta ray?
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 my baby toe, it hurt like a mofo. if dislocations count, include my ankle.
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 100mph
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. Ridden on a passenger train
160. Had a snake as a pet it was short-lived, as my father has a serious snake phobie.
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
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 uh...ok
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime define "healthy"...
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
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad own it.
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
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 the "art" of masturbation... hahhaa! seriously: piano & saxophone.
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions i have yet to have one.
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language every freaking day
189. Been elected to public office
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 Blue what color *haven't* i dyed it
197: Been a DJ
198: Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal goodness me, that would suck. i wonder if whomever penned this list had this happen?
199: Written your own role playing game
200: Been arrested

Whew. That was a lot.



Synopsis of week's events:

* worked 22 hrs overtime
* bossaman came down from Novi MI
* preparing for customs audit
* still feeling sick, no results from ultrasound yet
* got gift for a friend's upcoming wedding (it's tomorrow)
* weighed the pros and cons of quitting, for the six millionth time
* comforted a co-worker whose brother-in-law committed suicide
* left a message for the principal of my kids' school to ask why i hadn't been informed that a boy kicked my daughter in the face today. not one word of the particulars or anything. and she has a little bruise.
* slept in once
* had coffee bought for me
* was told i looked beautiful by a stranger (which was the nicest thing i've heard in a month)
* stopped taking the damn pills the doctor gave me because they are only making me feel worse, not better
* i forget the rest

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