100 things

Generally, I don't care for these, but... oh, what the hay!

1. Started your own blog. Uhh, duh?
2. Slept under the stars. Thank you RA camp.
3. Played in a band. Bass, backup guitar, the 88's, and some vocals.
4. Visited Hawaii.
5. Watched a meteor shower. Still do this anytime I can.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland.
8. Climbed a mountain. Does climbing out of Talulah Gorge count?
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sang a solo. More times than I probably should.
11. Bungee jumped. No, but this is so on my bucket list.
12. Visited Paris. No - and my gosh why???
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch. I'm an origami swami.
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. Thanks to a guy that got us stuck in the mud while finding a fishing hole.
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill.
24. Built a snow fort. Thank you blizzard of 93.
25. Held a lamb.
26. Gone skinny dipping. With my natural furry g-string? Heck no!
27. Run a Marathon.
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice.
29. Seen a total eclipse. Elementary school.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Hit a home run. If inside the park counts, then yes. No over the fence homers - yet.
32. Been on a cruise. If you answer yes to this and no to 30, something's wrong with you.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors. Most of them, actually.
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 (wall) climbing.
40. Seen Michelangelo's David.
41. Sung karaoke. And given all my musical training and abilities, how did I do? Lousy.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.
44. Visited Africa.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight. Oh yeah...
46. Been transported in an ambulance. Rode with my grandmother.
47. Had your portrait painted / drawn. Do the caricatures at Six Flags count?
48. Gone deep sea fishing. I don't think 10 ft off the coast of Steinhatchee counts.
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person.
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling. Bahamas and Grand Cayman island.
52. Kissed in the rain. Drug the wife outside during a real frog-strangler. Darned near turned in to skinny-dipping...
53. Played in the mud. Uhh, duh? I'm a boy!
54. Gone to a drive-in theater. Actually watched the movie... and fogged up the windows!
55. Been in a movie. Had a real chance at this one. Our high school band was invited to be in a movie set the 60s... which meant we would have had to separate in to white and colored bands. Decided it just wasn't worth it.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China. I'm guessing Google Earth doesn't count.
57. Started a business. Working on this one...
58. Taken a martial arts class. Aikido.
59. Visited Russia. Really - no Google Earth love?
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies. I can't believe I've done this. Sister was a Girl Scout.
62. Gone whale watching. There's a cruel joke in here somewhere about an ex-girlfriend...
63. Got flowers for no reason. Received? No. Given, yep.
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.
65. Gone sky diving. On the bucket list.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp.
67. Bounced a check.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy. Star Wars and Transformers.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar. Bleh!
72. Pieced a quilt. Granny recruited me.
73. Stood in Times Square. Much cooler in real life than on TV.
74. Toured the Everglades.
75. Been fired from a job.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London.
77. Broken a bone. Pinky finger and maybe a rib.
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. 2000 Honda Civic.
83. Walked in Jerusalem.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.
85. Read the entire Bible. I don't know that I've ever done the "read the Bible straight through" thing, but I know I've read every book in the Bible at sometime or another.
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox. Totally and completely sucked.
89. Saved someone’s life. Physically? No. Spiritually? I think (hope) so.
90. Sat on a jury.
91. Met someone famous. Chipper Jones, Mark Wohlers, Steve Bartkowski, Billy "White-Shoe" Johnson.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one. Dad.
94. Had a baby. Well, I yelled "Push!" Had a little something to do with the conception, too.
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.
100. Read an entire book in one day.