Thursday, December 6, 2007

What I Have Done or What Have I Done

A lengthy list, no doubt about it. Mine are in bold/italics.
And I have decided that I definitely have not done enough. Yet.

Just what I need, another To Do List!

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree (I was definitely drunk...)
10. Bungee jumped (nope and no desire to, thank you very much)
11. Visited Paris (ah, Paris in the springtime .... Okay, fine. In the summertime then.)
12. Watched a lightning storm.
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper (Too. Many. Diapers.)
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon (now that's one I do want to do)
22. Watched a meteor shower (how come I never get to see them??)
23. Gotten drunk on champagne (does the cheap kind count?)
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger (definitely drunk. Again)
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can (many, many times)
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster (Hate. All. Roller coasters.)
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and didn’t care who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends (Still do!)
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country (and danced and danced)
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign (stop sign. In college.)
46. Backpacked in Europe (tres cool!)
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving (please, please, please. Soon, soon, soon. My time will come.)
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football (with the dog!)
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites (Rome, Athens, Florence...)
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days (yeah, right)
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest (when I was 12 years old)
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date (What? You mean we're not supposed to??!!)
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents (one is enough, thanks)
93. Been on a cruise ship (world's smallest)
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children (as in raising children)
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold ... too many times to count
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over(if moving to start university counts)
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states (Heh, I kind of have an advantage there)
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper (I'm famous, I tell ya!)
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (again, numerous times)
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident (haven't we all at one time or another?)
150. Saved someone’s life
151. Visited more foreign countries than Canadian provinces (Yeah, so, I get around. What's your point?)
152. Been to a kitchen party
153. Watched the RCMP Musical Ride
154. Buried yourself completely in a snowbank
155. Been to the top of the CN Tower

H/T to Reflections by Kris and yes, I cop to adding a few

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

OK, now you're just showing off with those added ones! And you'll go skydiving, but you won't go up in a hot air balloon??? And it appears that drinking seems to be a common theme for both of us - hmmm...let's just blame that on the cold winters we suffered thru as children. MmmK?

Reflections by Kris

Michelle Morgan-Coole said...

No, I said I want to go up in a hot air balloon. Its bungee jumping I want no part of ... you think I'm nuts or something? LOL

Show off? Who, me?? Couldn't be...
Ccccold winters... yeah, that's it.
That's the ticket!

Thanks for the list. :)