99 Things
I don’t think I’ve ever done one of these, but saw it here and here and felt like doing it so here it goes…who’s next?
THE 99 THINGS MEME
Things you’ve already done: bold
Things you want to do: italicize
Things you haven’t done and don’t want to – leave in plain font
1. Started your own blog (first on Xanga, then many more using WordPress.com and WordPress.org)
2. Slept under the stars (been camping many times)
3. Played in a band (H.S. marching band, baby!)
4. Visited Hawaii (honeymoon)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (honestly can’t remember, but I’m sure I did when I was younger)
24. Built a snow fort (actually, just last week)
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run (gym class in H.S., church softball batting lefty, Wii)
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person (somewhere I have the picture of me holding it up to prove it!)
39. Gone rock climbing (not a big rock, but yes)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David in person
41. Sung Karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
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 snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain (Yeah, just like in Spiderman, okay!)
53. Played in the mud (nothing better than mud football)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie (do my own short films count?)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class (don’t mess with me, I’m Asian and I could very well be a martial arts expert)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
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 Guard in London
77. Broken a bone (my nose, twice)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (as a kid with my uncle, with no helmet)
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
85. Read the entire Bible (I think, but I’m sure I skimmed over parts!)
86. Visited the White House (I’d like to see the inside of the White House someday)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (twice, once in a lake when my friend was drowning and once in a movie theater when my friend, not the same guy, was choking on some candy)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (wish I could name someone better than Horace Grant, but that’s all that comes to mind right now)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swum in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee