This is a really fun one that I originally saw on Mary P.’s site. Since then it’s been popping up everywhere. Very cool to see what other folks have done and not!
Bold the ones you’ve done. Comments are in italics.
(A few are marked in Red, these are ones that I’ve almost done… or just wanted to comment on because they reminded me of something funny! – wg)
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain (I’ve hiked Half Dome in Yosemite, but I started having heat stroke at the end and didn’t make it up the final cables. Does that count? Keen says no.)
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 (In the middle of a busy street even, with the psychic publisher I worked for. She had a sudden need to “pray”. It was a Great Spirit kind of moment.)
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game (Manchester United!)
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
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne (It’s the best part of weddings!)
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope (I was part of the Astronomy club in highschool. Please control your “nerd” comments.)
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
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can (It’s just fun.)
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse (Almost. As I said before, I was part of the Astronomy Club. Every time we were going to see an eclipse it was cloudy.)
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day (I have two high school friends who would actually do this. On one school trip they pretended to be German exchange students for the entire day, walking up to strangers and asking them about where to find “the American-style motorcycles”. It still makes me laugh.)
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 shit faced
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign (I haven’t done this, but once a sign was stolen for me.)
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
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 (OK, I did this even before I had a kid.)
58. Sung karaoke (forced, at parties)
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
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
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight (I’ve actually played D&D (nerd!) but I could never last more than a couple of hours without getting really bored and bailing on the guys.)
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days (I’ve only fasted for 3 days max. We used to hold sponsored “planned famines” through my church to raise money for famine victims. But because most of us doing it were teens we never held them longer than a 3-day weekend.)
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest.
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. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark (SO good! Mmmm)
88. Had a one-night stand
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror.
96. Raised children (in process)
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Created and named your own constellation of stars
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge (Sadly, even though I live right here, I’ve never done this… but I really should.)
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking (All the time)
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. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth (We had a cat who was in distress, birthing her kittens breach.)
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone (Just cracked my tailbone once; I didn’t even get an xray. But it hurt like hell during rainy seasons for years so I’m pretty sure it was cracked.)
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
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 (For five weeks straight; I had Mono when I was 19.)
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days (It was a backpacking/canoe trip; we actually hiked in carrying the canoe. Does that count?)
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi (and sashimi)
128. Had your picture in t
he newspaper (as a kid)
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted 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 (many times)
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I’ve done fish, and I’ve assisted with rabbits and chickens. No, I didn’t have to kill those, just the prep work.)
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (This is fairly common in California.)
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream (And it kind of surprised me, too.)
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 (jewelry-work)
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
150: Saved someone’s life
The tarantula and cockroach items concern me. Because yuck. I’d love to know what your D&D character’s name was, though.
I’ve been working on this after I saw it in a couple places too. I think it’s great. So far it seems I haven’t done much… oh well
OK, I knew the tarantula and cockroach thing would freak people out. The thing is there are lots and LOTS of nature exhibits out here and almost all of them cart out a tarantula. One of my friends is an entomologist and at one point he had a couple of those giant, purring cockroaches as pets. So yes, I pet them. (I’d never pet one of the small cockroaches that you see running around. That’s just gross.)
I totally cannot remember my D&D character’s name, though I was usually a female thief. Usual ly I was coming in at the middle of a “campaign” so my character was usually just thrown together at the last minute. Plus, one of the guys also played a female character… who was promiscuous – not a great way to encourage a girl to keep playing.
I didn’t think I’d have as many things on this list as I ended up having, but I still thought it’d be fun to do. Other people have been adding stuff to the list, which is also cool!
(Oh, and Keen says I’ve also bet on a winning horse. I totally didn’t remember that. I probably won $2.)
The hugging a tree just reminded me of something. In high school, I was a 5th grade camp counselor. One of the kids stole my underwear, wet it, and put it in the freezer.
I made him hug a tree as punishment. I had no idea it was covered in fresh sap.
The boy was sticky for a week.
You should italicize the things you would NEVER do. Sadly, that’s all I could think of when I read this list. I cant decide what would freak me out more – holding a tarantula or a hot air balloon ride.
I’ve done a few things on your list, but the one that cracked me up was number 26: uncontrollable giggling at the worst possible moment. I almost hate to admit this, but I laughed all the way through my wedding ceremony. I couldn’t stop. We had to even stop for a while so I could try to get myself under control. It didn’t work.
My to do list is a little bit longer.Luckily I was able to do some of those things but nmy favorite was my nude scuba diving.I’ve never imagined that I would get naked in front of so many people.
Great list. I feel like I really know Weirdgirl now.
Of all the mythical creatures, I’ve always wished I could be a werewolf. (Incidentally, I took some test online, to find out what mythical creature I’d be, based on my answers to questions. According to the test results, I scored highest as a demon, and lowest as a werewolf–pissed me off!) But here’s something I’ll bet you’ve never done. I once rolled around naked in the sand, under a full moon. I’d read that I could become a werewolf by doing this. Sadly, it didn’t work. So I’m still hoping to become a werewolf. Perhaps you know a werewolf, preferably female, who’d be willing to bite me!