11.17.2008

I scored 41

I love these lists that say "If you haven't traveled, you haven't lived or accomplished anything!" Really. Paris is in here three times, like it's the center of the universe or something.

Copy and paste the list, then highlight the things you have done in your life.

1. Started your own blog


2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more money to charity than you can afford (what if you can't afford to give less? What does "afford" mean anyway? Priorities.)

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis


10. Sang a solo


11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightening 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 (If you can call that sleeping.)


21. Had a pillow fight


22. Hitch hiked


23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill (not sure about this one)


24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb


26. Gone skinny dipping


27. Run a marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse


30. Watched a sunset or sunrise
- many times

31. Hit a home run


32. Been on a cruise


33. Seen
Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (someday)


35. Seen an Amish community


36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - Doesn't take much for me.


38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person


39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo's David


41. Sung karaoke


42. Seen Old Faithful
erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at 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


53. Played in the mud


54. Gone to a drive-in theater


55. Been in a movie (no specifications for how big the movie was...)


56. Visited the Great Wall of China


57. Started a business


58. Taken a martial arts class


59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen


61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies


62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma


65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp


67. Bounced a check (Um, a few actually)

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 Guards in London


77. Broken a bone


78. Been on a speeding motorcycle


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

86. Visited the White House


87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating


88. Had chickenpox


89. Saved someone's life


90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous (Does the prophet count?)


92. Joined a book club


93. Lost a loved one


94. Had a baby


95. Seem the Alamo in person


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. Visited Italy


What have you done?

Off to write my own list...

3 comments:

  1. I got 48, but I agree with you that this list is by no means a great scale for how accomplished/well-traveled/cool you are.

    For one thing, "dragged Main" should be on there. I mean, come on.

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  2. Atmospheric Northern Auroras

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