100 things you have done meme
Marking avoidance displacement activity time.
This meme from Clastic Detritus …
Have done the following in bold.
1. Started my own blog [er, yes]
2. Slept under the stars [Atacama desert]
3. Played in a band [no, and with my musical ability, never will]
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world [and never will]
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo [see #3]
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris [several times, including honeymoon]
13. Watched lightning at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch [photography]
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning [field course, dodgy cool box]
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables [broad beans, onions, garlic, rocket]
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train [including one in Crewe sidings]
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 [field trips ain't what they used to be - I blame facebook]
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 [nor a six]
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors [went to Leicester last week where my Dad was born if that counts.]
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language [ish - enough Italian & Portuguese to get beers & food]
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing [just once, hated it]
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David [just once, loved it]
41. Sung karaoke [see #3]
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt [but have seen the eponymous ones in Iceland]
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa [South Africa, Egypt]
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight [Tenby]
46. Been transported in an ambulance [ran into a lamppost]
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person [but hope to by the end of the month]
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling [Red Sea]
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud [volcanic mud, Santorini]
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
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 [no, but dolphins]
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 [no, but as a kid wanted to be a helicopter pilot]
69. Saved a favourite childhood toy [steam engine]
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviare [over-rated, like lobster]
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
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 my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life [unless #64 counts]
90. Sat on a jury [may be urban myth but UK if you are listed as a Doctor on the electoral register, you don't get called]
91. Met someone famous [depends on what you mean by 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 [but in the Dead Sea]
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Ridden an elephant
