Tuesday, September 05, 2006

150 Things You May Have Done (74 Of Which I Did)



The following is stolen from Stu, who in turn stole it from Shafa. You can feel free to steal it from me. It is a list of things that you might have done during your life. The idea is to post it and bold those items that you actually did.

I've bolded 74 of them. I'm saying I did them, but a panel of judges deciding on the matter might say that I'm stretching the truth on a couple of them. However, I'm going to take it one unnecessary step further and give you a little Suldoggian history to go with some of the items, so you can make up your own mind on the nebulous ones.

Today, the list; tomorrow, the stories. Be sure to come back then.

1 - Bought everyone in the bar a drink.
2 - Swam with wild dolphins.
3 - Climbed a mountain.
4 - Taken a Ferrari for a test drive.
5 - Been inside The Great Pyramid.
6 - Held a tarantula.
7 - Taken a candlelit bath with someone.
8 - Said "I love you" and meant it.
9 - Hugged a tree.
10 - Bungee jumped.
11 - Visited Paris.
12 - Watched a lightning storm at sea.
13 - Stayed up all night long and saw the sunrise.
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.
21 - Taken a trip in a hot air balloon.
22 - Watched a meteor shower.
23 - Gotten drunk on champagne.
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.
30 - Had a snowball fight.
31 - Screamed as loudly as you possibly could.
32 - Held a lamb.
33 - Seen a total eclipse.
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.
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 wasted.
42 - Had amazing friends.
43 - Danced with a stranger in a foreign country.
44 - Watched wild whales.
45 - Stolen a sign.
46 - Backpacked in Europe.
47 - Taken a road trip.
48 - Gone rock climbing.
49 - Midnight walk on the beach.
50 - Gone skydiving.
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 - 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.
72 - Gotten married.
73 - Been in a movie.
74 - Crashed a party.
75 - Gotten divorced.
76 - Gone without food for 5 days.
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 a television news program as an expert.
83 - Got flowers for no reason.
84 - Performed on stage.
85 - Been to Las Vegas.
86 - Recorded music.
87 - Eaten shark.
88 - Eaten fugu (pufferfish).
89 - Had a one-night stand.
90 - Gone to Thailand.
91 - Bought a house.
92 - Been in a combat zone.
93 - Buried one/both of your parents.
94 - Been on a cruise ship.
95 - Spoken more than one language fluently.
96 - Performed in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
97 - Raised children.
98 - Followed your favorite band/singer on tour.
99 - Taken a bicycle tour in a foreign country.
100 - Picked up and moved to another city just to start over.
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 - Petted a stingray.
110 - Broken someone's heart.
111 - Helped an animal give birth.
112 - Won money on a TV game show.
113 - Broken a bone.
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.
123 - Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States.
124 - Visited all 7 continents.
125 - Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than two days.
126 - Eaten kangaroo meat.
127 - Eaten sushi.
128 - Had your picture in the newspaper.
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 an important author who you missed in school and read something they wrote.
136 - Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
137 - Skipped all your school reunions.
138 - Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language.
139 - Been elected to public office.
140 - Written your own computer language.
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.
150 - Saved someone's life.

If you're really observant, you'll have noticed that there is no #141. When I got the list - that is, when I stole it - it came up that way when I pasted it here. I re-checked Stu's blog and there is actually a #141, but I've decided to make up my own, instead.

141 - Coed Naked Snow Jogging.

If you previously weren't intrigued enough to come back tomorrow, I bet you are now.

The 74 Things I Did

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Whats up with 75 - Gotten divorced.
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Anonymous said...

96 - Performed in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
like this one and I have done it

Suldog said...

Um, perhaps it wasn't clear? I have done the things that appear in BOLD print; have NOT done the things in regular print.

I have not been divorced. I have not performed in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Anonymous said...

Coed Naked Snow Jogging - where the women are women and the men are almost women?

Anonymous said...

Some folks doesnt read such good...

Suldog said...

Tut, tut. I love all of my readers, even those who don't get it the first time through. Actually, having a reading deficiency probably doesn't hurt with my stuff.

Anonymous said...

Bah. I am at a mere 54.

However, my #141 -- "Has fired a cannon" -- is happily bolded.

Anonymous said...

I'm always laughing when I shouldn't be. I have no idea why.

Your instructions were perfectly clear to me! lol!

Stu said...

To be clear, you were clear. You specifically wrote: "The idea is to post it and bold those items that you actually did. ... I've bolded 74 of them."

Check the stats on literacy in this country. Most folks don't read a single book after high school. Whee!!!

Anonymous said...

Come on. I saw you dance once.

Fess Up - there's hardly a person in the world who hasn't sung out loud in the car and just kept right on when someone looked.

So, I think you should "bold" 36 and 102.

Suldog said...

36 and 102 remain unbolded.

I may have danced like a fool, but I sure as hell didn't want anybody to see it. Same for the singing. I've done it, but as soon as I knew someone was looking, I stopped singing and started blushing.

Hey, Sween - Fired a cannon? Do tell.