Less than 200 things

200 Things
The ones I've done are in bold, my comments follow as some I feel I must explain.... Courtesy of Diary of a Suburban Housewife:

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain (Old Rag in Va)
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive (no, but I've ridden in one)
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula. (and my breath at the same time)
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone (no candles, fire hazard you know)
08. Said "I love you" and meant it (yep!)
09. Hugged a tree (We were playing a game Hide and Seek? and my brother was trying to drag me back to home base,my hands and arms were a mess of scratches)
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watched the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game (96 Olympics, several major league baseball games)
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten my own vegetables (tomatoes and cucumbers and mint and dill and rosemary)
19. Touched an iceberg (only lettuce and cubes)
20. Slept under the stars (hated camping)
21. Changed a baby's diaper (yes and icky)
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower (every August)
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (at my fathers wake)
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill (shhhh!)
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb (2, named Lucy and Ethel)
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse (I remember I was young and my father setup a contraption so we could see the effects through a box onto a sheet)
41. Rode on a roller coaster (and then threw up)
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days (I can tell you about some work projects...and then the trip to France and all we did in a short time)
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking(Whitehouse Cafe..lol)
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (sure)
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job for all accounts
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced (See above and Whitehouse Cafe)
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (sure sometimes)
53. Had amazing friends (Yep! I see you Coco)
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country (Italian - Communications Officer on a Carnival Cruise Line when we went ashore)
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them (Lori's Diner San Francisco)
66. Visited Japan
67. Benchpressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records (no comments!)
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater (We went lots as kids..I remember Paint Your Wagon and the Elvis movie with Mary Tyler Moore as a nun)
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it.
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party (Okay, so it was for jewelry, it still counts)
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest (7th grade, a Dutch girl)
100. Rode a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage (High school play)
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
120. Been on a cruise ship (three)
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Congress person
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. ...more than once? - More than thrice?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge (Across and back)
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone's heart
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Rode on a motorcycle (Does a moped count?)
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol (My father had a rifle and made sure we each knew how to load and fire it, I hated it)
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Rode a horse
158. Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school
176. Parasailed
177. Changed your name
178. Petted a cockroach
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad (actually just part for school)
181. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read (Jane Austin)
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch (knitting, crochet, embroidery)
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (France)
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream (and sometimes I'm not sure I like it)
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you (see below)
195. Had a booth at a street fair (well it was inside, but I did have a booth)
196: Dyed your hair (streaked it myself...turned red)
197: Been a DJ
198: Found out someone was going to dump you via Blogger
199: Written your own role playing game
200: Been arrested