Friday, December 05, 2008

A Fun Meme (99 Things)

I should go to bed, but Ian had this cool meme and I just had to do it. The rule was just to bold the ones you've done but I'm going to take it a step further and red (as in STOP) the ones I will never ever do and green (as in GO) the ones I really want to do. Here goes:
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1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (I sang a few times but don't know if that counts)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain (hiked up some but don't think I started at the bottom)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
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
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (does asking some guys in a pick-up to give you a lift in the back of their truck back to your hotel in Vegas after you walked to a store and bought a case of beer and realized it was too heavy to carry back count?)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
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
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
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
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
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
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
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason (not sure if "gotten" means received or bought, but I've done both)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter (I've always said the only way I would fly in a helicopter was if I were being Care-Flighted to a hospital)
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
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 Guard in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
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 (but I didn't go inside because it was too soon after 9/11)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

I thought this was fun. Feel free to do it. It was funny because I had actually forgotten for a few minutes that I had been in an ambulance because I was unconscious at the time.

8 comments:

VioletSky said...

gee, thanks --- I also should go to bed, but want to play....

better to have forgotten #46 than #1

Scarlet said...

Was the famous person you met...Bette Midler??

I love Niagara Falls. It's beautiful from the Maid of the Mist boat that almost takes you right beneath the gushing waters. Scary and fun.

I would also love to see Michelangelo's David and horseback ride through the Grand Canyon.

Fun meme! I might try this one!

geewits said...

VioletSky,
~~That would just be weird.

Scarlet,
~~Ha ha! I'd hardly call that "meeting." I've met 2 basketball players that later became sports announcers: Jim Spanarkel and Mike Gminski. I even hung out with Jim's mom at Duke events and once sat with her in Madison Square Garden. I also met Michael Trucco (Battlestar Gallactica), Rodney Dangerfield and two soap stars: James Mitchell and Peter Bergman. Peter's wife was expecting their first child and he wanted to hold my baby. James was teasing him about it and we stood there and chatted. Oh wait THREE soap stars: I met Walt Willey after his stand-up comedy show here in town. And I met Dave Attell after his comedy show in Raleigh, NC. He's VERY short. I think that's all.

Anonymous said...

I have a similar thing on my blog, except it's just a list of 100 things I want to do before I die and I get to cross them off as I do them. Actually I don't think there are even 100 there yet. But I agree with all your things in red, although I have held a praying mantis. I don't know why that's special as in something someone should do though. It's just a bug

geewits said...

Xup,
~~True that and the only bug I touch is the cricket. When they come in the house, I catch them and put them outside.

Jammie J. said...

That was fun! :)

Your little note at the end cracked me up. heh.

geewits said...

Jammie,
~~Yeah, I was wondering if riding in front when my second husband got conked out when his head hit the ice rink counted when I remembered my car accident.

Ian Lidster said...

Nice. It is a fun meme, isn't it.