150 100 Things

OK… I’ve seen this meme all over the place in my Daily Reads. I wasn’t going to participate, coz it’s VERY similar to that 150 Things post in my sidebar. Yet there are some different questions on this list and the thing is only two-thirds of 150. Besides that I’ve been running kinda short on motivation and/or blog fodder of late. So, here without further ado is my “100 Things” I’ve done/not done.

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band (Well, sorta. I was a one-time vocalist with a group of friends at a squadron picnic)

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris (lived there for three years, been back a few times)

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (Depends on how ya define “art.” But I’ll go with it…)

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

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 (Once again: a qualified yes, but not in the “Carnival Cruise Lines” sense. Do troop ships count? Tramp steamers?)

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (Where the Hell would that be?)

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 at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa (A very brief port call in Algeria)

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 (Two-thirds of the way up, thus two-thirds bold. Apropos of nothing… is there another Eiffel Tower I’m unaware of?)

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (Snorkeling)

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie (a corporate training video)

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. Got flowers for no reason

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

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 Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (is there ANY other kind, other than “speeding?”)

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

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (assuming fish count)

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 (fathered three, if that counts)

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 (who the Hell hasn’t?)

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Read an entire book in one day

So. Add these to that list of 150.

Today’s Pics: Apropos of #42, above.

May, 2000.