01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
\n02. Swam with wild dolphins
\n03. Climbed a mountain <\/b> Mount Sunapee … it’s not really a mountain mountain … but whatever. I am counting it.<\/i>
\n04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
\n05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
\n06. Held a tarantula. ABSOLUTELY NOT. I will have nightmares tonight just for the suggestion.<\/i>
\n07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
\n08. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it<\/b>
\n09. Hugged a tree<\/b>
\n10. Done a striptease<\/b>
\n11. Bungee jumped
\n12. Visited Paris
\n13. Watched a lightning storm at sea <\/b>
\n14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise<\/b>
\n15. Seen the Northern Lights.<\/b> Camping with the boyfriend in Minnesota, by this little secret lake. Deer everywhere, no other people … we sipped whiskey and watched the northern lights. One of the most spectacular and spiritual moments of my whole life.<\/i>
\n16. Gone to a huge sports game<\/b>
\n17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
\n18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables My parents had a garden when we were kids – and we used to go out and pick the tomatoes, the cukes, etc., for the salad – but I didn’t grow the stuff myself.<\/i>
\n19. Touched an iceberg
\n20. Slept under the stars
\n21. Changed a baby’s diaper<\/b>
\n22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
\n23. Watched a meteor shower
\n24. Gotten drunk on champagne
\n25. Given more than you can afford to charity
\n26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope<\/b>
\n27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment<\/b> More times than I can count, starting with church when I was a kid.<\/i>
\n28. Had a food fight<\/b>
\n29. Bet on a winning horse
\n30. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill <\/b>
\n31. Asked out a stranger<\/b> Good story. But I’ll never tell it.<\/i>
\n32. Had a snowball fight <\/b>
\n33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier<\/b> I had this horrible job in Chicago, at a real estate office – these guys were SCUMBAGS – but all the women in the office were absolutely hilarious irreverent goddesses. We became very good friends. One infamous day when the bosses were out of town, all the office-girls ordered in lunch, and we also ordered in frozen margaritas … Before you know it, there goes the photocopier.<\/i>
\n34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can<\/b>
\n35. Held a lamb <\/b>
\n36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
\n37. Taken a midnight skinny dip<\/b> Many many many many times. I’m from the Ocean State, after all.<\/i>
\n38. Taken an ice cold bath<\/b> During the 1995 heat wave in Chicago. I took a couple ice cold baths a day.<\/i>
\n39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
\n40. Seen a total eclipse<\/b>
\n41. Ridden a roller coaster<\/b>
\n42. Hit a home run<\/b> Dad – did I? I’m assuming I did. I was in Little League. I was a great hitter. Not so good outfielder.<\/i>
\n43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
\n44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking<\/b>
\n45. Adopted an accent for an entire day<\/b> Er – how ’bout for 2 weeks? Last year I was in an Irish play, too – with real Irish actors, I was the only American, so I needed to work my ass off to sound as Irish as them. I spoke in a brogue for 2 weeks. It paid off. Met an Irish guy after one of the shows, and the second I opened my mouth and spoke with my own voice, his jaw dropped to the floor. He said it never even occurred to him that I wasn’t Irish. A compliment indeed.<\/i>
\n46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
\n47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment<\/b>
\n48. Had two hard drives for your computer
\n49. Visited all 50 states
\n50. Loved your job for all accounts
\n51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced<\/b>
\n52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
\n53. Had amazing friends <\/b> Always. I’ve always had a great crowd.<\/i>
\n54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country<\/b> I did a jig with an 80 year old man in a pub off O’Connell Street in Dublin on the eve of the millennium. This most definitely counts.<\/i>
\n55. Watched wild whales <\/b>
\n56. Stolen a sign
\n57. Backpacked in Europe
\n58. Taken a road-trip<\/b>
\n59. Rock climbing
\n60. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
\n61. Midnight walk on the beach<\/b>
\n62. Sky diving
\n63. Visited Ireland <\/b>
\n64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love<\/b>
\n65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
\n66. Visited Japan
\n67. Benchpressed your own weight
\n68. Milked a cow
\n69. Alphabetized your records
\n70. Pretended to be a superhero
\n71. Sung karaoke<\/b> I love karaoke. Recently I actually sang “Lose Yourself”, karaoke-style. I got to be Eminem for 2 minutes. The glory!! I also realized that DAMN does that boy have breath control. I could barely keep up.<\/i>
\n72. Lounged around in bed all day <\/b>
\n73. Posed nude in front of strangers
\n74. Scuba diving
\n75. Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye
\n76. Kissed in the rain<\/b>
\n77. Played in the mud
\n78. Played in the rain<\/b>
\n79. Gone to a drive-in theater<\/b> I saw Empire Strikes Back for the first time at a drive-in, with all my cousins. That movie changed my life.<\/i>
\n80. Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it<\/b>
\n81. Visited the Great Wall of China
\n82. Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
\n83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
\n84. Started a business
\n85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
\n86. Toured ancient sites
\n87. Taken a martial arts class
\n88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman
\n89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
\n90. Gotten married
\n91. Been in a movie <\/b>
\n92. Crashed a party
\n93. Loved someone you shouldn’t have<\/b>
\n94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy<\/b> No one has ever said to me, “Wow, I feel so dizzy” … but the effect is the same, so I’m bolding this one.<\/i>
\n95. Gotten divorced
\n96. Had sex at the office
\n97. Gone without food for 5 days<\/b>
\n98. Made cookies from scratch <\/b>
\n99. Won first prize in a costume contest
\n100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
\n101. Gotten a tattoo<\/b> Er – I think we covered this one last week!<\/i>
\n102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
\n103. Rafted the Snake River
\n104. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
\n105. Got flowers for no reason <\/b> I have no memory of the moment, but I’m sure it happened. Boyfriend was a flower-giver-type.<\/i>
\n106. Masturbated in a public place long long ago
\n107. Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
\n108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
\n109. Performed on stage <\/b>
\n110. Been to Las Vegas<\/b>
\n111. Recorded music<\/b>
\n112. Eaten shark <\/b>
\n113. Had a one-night stand<\/b>
\n114. Gone to Thailand
\n115. Seen Siouxsie live
\n116. Bought a house
\n117. Been in a combat zone
\n118. Buried one\/both of your parents
\n119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off <\/b>
\n120. Been on a cruise ship
\n121. Spoken more than one language fluently
\n122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
\n123. Bounced a check
\n124. Performed in Rocky Horror
\n125. Read – and understood – your credit report
\n126. Raised children
\n127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
\n128. Followed your favorite band\/singer on tour
\n129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
\n130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
\n131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did<\/b>
\n132. Called or written your Congress person <\/b>
\n133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
\n134. …more than once? – More than thrice? <\/b>
\n135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge<\/b>
\n136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking <\/b>
\n137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
\n138. Had plastic surgery
\n139. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived.
\n140. Wrote articles for a large publication
\n141. Lost over 100 pounds
\n142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
\n143. Piloted an airplane
\n144. Petted a stingray
\n145. Broken someone’s heart<\/b>
\n146. Helped an animal give birth
\n147. Been fired or laid off from a job <\/b>
\n148. Won money on a T.V. game show
\n149. Broken a bone
\n150. Killed a human being
\n151. Gone on an African photo safari
\n152. Ridden a motorcycle <\/b>
\n153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
\n154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
\n155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
\n156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
\n157. Ridden a horse <\/b>
\n158. Had major surgery
\n159. Had sex on a moving train
\n160. Had a snake as a pet
\n161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon<\/b> This is also a funny story. My boyfriend and I were hiking down, and it was on the day the “trial of Clarence Thomas” began, and we had been listening on the radio, kind of obsessed – and we almost RESENTED the fact that we were going to take this gorgeous hike, because it would keep us away from the radio. Ridiculous.<\/i>
\n162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
\n163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours <\/b>
\n164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
\n165. Visited all 7 continents
\n166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
\n167. Eaten kangaroo meat
\n168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
\n169. Been a sperm or egg donor
\n170. Eaten sushi <\/b>
\n171. Had your picture in the newspaper <\/b>
\n172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
\n173. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
\n174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
\n175. Gone back to school <\/b>
\n176. Parasailed
\n177. Changed your name
\n178. Petted a cockroach
\n179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
\n180. Read The Iliad <\/b>
\n181. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read <\/b> I’m still doing this – it’s a favorite pastime. There are still authors I’ve “missed” … <\/i>
\n182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
\n183. …and gotten 86’ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
\n184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
\n185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
\n186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt<\/b>
\n187. Skipped all your school reunions
\n188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language<\/b> I had an actual conversation with someone who spoke not a word of English and she only spoke Farsi – and it was on the PHONE – and … I cannot describe how it happened – but we communicated just fine.<\/i>
\n189. Been elected to public office
\n190. Written your own computer language
\n191. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
\n192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
\n193. Built your own PC from parts
\n194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you<\/b> I’m counting writing and acting as artwork.<\/i>
\n195. Had a booth at a street fair <\/b> When I was 10 years old, my friend Betsy and I pretended we were palm readers, and we had a dark spooky booth at the school fair. It was probably 110 degrees inside that booth. We also had no idea how to read palms. But we wore cool gypsy costumes.<\/i>
\n196: Dyed your hair <\/b>
\n197: Been a DJ
\n198: Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
\n199: Written your own role playing game
\n200: Been arrested<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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