Memity meme

All the other kids are doin' it...

THINGS I'VE DONE (in bold):

1. Started your own blog. (Duh.)
2. Slept under the stars. (Lost track. And not just in the Army.)
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited Hawaii.
5. Watched a meteor shower.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland. (Neither 'land nor 'world. Not much interest. Mrs. Drang might convince me, though. The way she tells it, she had to drag me kicking and screaming to Hawaii...)
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a praying mantis. (High school biology class.)
10. Sang a solo. (Does karaoke count? Or Jodies, aka Cadences?)
11. Bungee jumped. (Rappelled off of towers, buildings, cliffs--including a 612' rappel in Korea--and out of helicopters. Somehow, bungee jumping seems like it would be an anti-climax.)
12. Visited Paris. (We refueled at Orly on our way back from Egypt...)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.
15. Adopted a child. (Kittens...)
16. Had food poisoning.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty. (That's in New York city. Not until I can carry there.)
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. (Ran out of gas.)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill. (But my ankle and knee hurt so much I could hardly walk.)
24. Built a snow fort.
25. Held a lamb.
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a Marathon. (Walked a Walk-a-thon, though.)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice.
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Hit a home run. (Might have scored on multiple errors, though.)
32. Been on a cruise. (Well, it doesn't say "not a dinner cruise"...)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors. (I'm guessing they don't mean my parents. Someday.)
35. Seen an Amish community.
36. Taught yourself a new language. (Tried. Welsh, Arabic, Lakota. Failed.)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.
39. Gone rock climbing.
40. Seen Michelangelo's David.
41. Sung karaoke. (Number 10, redundant much?)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.
44. Visited Africa. (Egypt.)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
47. Had your portrait painted. (Not exactly, but a friend in college sort of painted me into the background of a painting once; also, a friend locally did a pen-and-ink sketch of me as an alien for a science fictiony thing...)
48. Gone deep sea fishing. (And, typically, caught nothing.)
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person.
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (Paris. New York. Whatever.)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling. (I believe I mentioned after we returned from Hawaii that snorkeling is cool.)
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theater.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.
57. Started a business.
58. Taken a martial arts class. (Do Army combatives count?)
59. Visited Russia. (Paris. New York. Russia. Whatever.)
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies.
62. Gone whale watching. (Does it count if we don't see any?)
63. Got flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma. (Over a gallon donated)
65. Gone sky diving.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp.
67. Bounced a check.
68. Flown in a helicopter. (Over 250 hours as flight crew, almost half under Night Vision Goggles. We did a lot of NVG time in Korea. By the way, 250 hours is a lot, for a non-aviation soldier.)
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy. (Does it count if it was my wife's?)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar. (bleh.)
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Times Square. (See #17.)
74. Toured the Everglades.
75. Been fired from a job.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London. (This, I'd like. Also visit the V&A, and the Imperial War Museum. And Stonehenge. And Hadrian's Wall. See #34. Then we'll go to Ireland to visit Mrs. Drang's ancestral home. And the Guinness brewery. Not necessarily in that order.)
77. Broken a bone. (Unless stress fractures count, from running/hiking/marching.)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person.
80. Published a book. (But you should see my rejection slip collection!)
81. Visited the Vatican.
82. Bought a brand new car.
83. Walked in Jerusalem.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper. (Background, browsing books in hucksters room at a science fiction convention while a guy in a really awesome, homemade, exceedingly realistic-looking NASA spacesuit was getting interviewed.)
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating. (Do fish count? EDIT: Come to think of it, there was that survival training where we took a chicken... And, yes, I am saying that I am as successful as a hunter as I am as a fisherman.)
88. Had chickenpox.
89. Saved someone’s life.
90. Sat on a jury. (Rejected every time.)
91. Met someone famous. (Spoke to Robert Heinlein at a con once...)
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one.
94. Had a baby.
95. Seen the Alamo in person. (But I did visit the fake one at "Old Tucson".)
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake.
97. Been involved in a law suit.
98. Owned a cell phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.
100. Read an entire book in one day.