...and now for a meme

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Seen various places.

Bold the things you have done. Italicize all the things you WISH you had done or would like to do. Strikethrough all the things you DO NOT want to do, ever.

1. Started your own blog (if LJ/DW count)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (once, would like to go again)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (I'm afraid I'm a sourpuss. I think it's boring and annoying.)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped (I can't decide....)
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm (there aren't many lightning storms here and they are the one weather feature I really miss from where I grew up)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (crocheting, knitting, drawing)
15. Adopted a child (I'm all in favor of other people doing child-rearing but I don't want to myself)
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (I'm glad I did it, but I'm not doing it again.)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa (Not the original anyway)
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked.
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill. (But they were mostly "mental health" days as opposed to "playing hooky" days)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a Marathon (mini triathlon maybe)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Hit a home run (I don't remember ever hitting a home run per se but I was a good batter in softball.)
32. Been on a cruise (I'd like to go on a small one in Alaska)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (umm, which ancestors?)
35. Seen an Amish community (I haven't been in a community but I've seen them driving carts. I'd be curious to see a community but not if it would be invasive so that's why I didn't italicize it.)
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 (Not the original anyway)
41. Sung karaoke
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
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted by your mother.
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 snorkelling (snorkeling)
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in movie
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class (if Tai Chi counts)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching (although I've seen whales while sitting in the hot tubs at Esalen)
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (I tried to donate blood but they said I was anemic)
65. Gone sky diving (I can't decide...)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (more "think I should do" than "would like to do")
67. Bounced a cheque
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favourite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar and discovered it's a yucky waste of money (actually it is delicious, and not all kinds are expensive)
72. Pieced a quilt (I pieced a quilt square kit once.)
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades (During Christmas, and there was a parade with a Santa wearing swim trunks and sunglasses. And if I go back I want to go on an alligator wrangling tour.)
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (For values of "seen" that involved mostly seeing the people in front of me, with little glimpses of red and tall fuzzy hats in between them.)
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. (I can't remember.)
85. Read the entire Bible (Most of it)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (Yes, that makes me a hypocritical wimp because I like to eat meat.)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life.
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (For minor values of 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 mobile phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day