Have You Ever?

Here's another installment of "Borrowed from Elisabeth's Blog". It's a list of 200 things that people may have done. The ones I've done are in bold. There's one thing on the list that I've done that I won't admit to.

Have you ever...
1. Touched an iceberg (I was in Canada. It was July. Seriously.)
2. Slept under the stars (On multiple occasions. My favorite was on a trampoline.)
3. Been a part of a hockey fight
4. Changed a baby's diaper
5. Watched a meteor shower (I always seem to look away right before the meteor goes by, though. I watch meteor showers every year and I’ve only seen a few meteors.)
6. Given to a charity
7. Swam with wild dolphins
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a tarantula
10. Said "I love you" and meant it
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 (A few years ago they were visible in Sacramento, a 2 hour drive from my place. I didn’t go and I wish I had.)
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables (Well, tomatoes and bell peppers are technically fruits, but I’m counting it anyway. I got one tomato and two peppers. I made an omelet, and then the plants died.)
19. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope (I was an astronomy lab technician in college. I got to look through lots of telescopes. The coolest was looking at Jupiter through a 14” observatory telescope. It’s amazing.)
20. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Bet on a winning horse
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill (I call them “mental health days”.)
24. Held a lamb
25. Gone skinny dipping
26. Taken an ice cold bath
27. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
28. Seen a total eclipse (I’ve seen both lunar and solar.)
29. Ridden a roller coaster
30. Hit a home run (It was inside the park, and only because the fielders dropped the ball, but it still counts.)
31. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
32. Adopted an accent for fun
33. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (My dad was born at Stanford. I took a class at Stanford when I was a sophomore in college.)
34. Felt very happy about your life, even for just a moment
35. Loved your job 90% of the time
36. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
37. Watched wild whales
38. Gone rock climbing
39. Gone on a walk on the beach
40. Gone sky diving (It was indoor skydiving in a wind tunnel. I have no desire to do it for real unless the airplane is about to crash or something.)
41. Ever bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
42. Bench-pressed your own weight (Actually, it was a little more than my own weight.)
43. Milked a cow (No, but I’ve milked a goat.)
44. Alphabetized your personal files
45. Worn a superhero costume
46. Sung karaoke (I’m probably the only person to have ever done so while sober.)
47. Lounged around in bed all day
48. Gone scuba diving
49. Kissed in the rain
50. Played in the mud
51. Gone to a drive-in theater
52. Done something you should regret, but don't
53. Visited the Great Wall of China
54. Started a business (I sold candles on the internet for a while.)
55. Been in a movie (Low-budget college film projects.)
56. Gone without food for 3 days
57. Made cookies from scratch
58. Won first prize in a costume contest
59. Got flowers for no reason (My ex loved to give flowers. I’m just not into flowers. Unless they’re still alive and growing in the ground.)
60. Spoken more than one language fluently
61. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone (Do verbal fights count?)
62. Bounced a check
63. Read and understood your credit report
64. Found out something significant that your ancestors did (My mom is really into that stuff. She could spend hours regaling me with tales.)
65. Called or written your Congress person
66. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
67. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
68. Helped an animal give birth
69. Been fired or laid off from a job
70. Won money
71. Broken a bone
72. Ridden a motorcycle
73. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph
74. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
75. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
77. Had your picture in the newspaper
78. Read the Bible cover to cover
79. Changed some one's mind about something you care deeply about
80. Gone back to school
81. Changed your name
82. Eaten fried green tomatoes
83. Read The Iliad
84. Taught yourself an art from scratch (Candlemaking.)
85. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I’m a vegetarian. I have, however, killed and prepared a vegetable for eating.)
86. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
87. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
88. Been elected to public office
89. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
90. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
91. Dyed your hair
92. Rocked a baby to sleep
93. Ever dropped a cat from a high place to see if it really lands on all fours
94. Raked your carpet
95. Worn a mood ring
96. Ridden a horse
97. Carved an animal from a piece of wood or bar of soap
98. Cooked a dish where four people asked for the recipe (My applesauce is famous.)
99. Buried a child
100. Gone to a Broadway play
101. Been inside the pyramids
102. Shot a basketball into a basket (I played basketball in college. It was on my ROTC unit’s team. We were all so short that at 5’3” I was the center.)
103. Danced at a disco
104. Played in a band
105. Shot a bird
106. Gone to an arboretum
107. Tutored someone
108. Ridden a train (I commuted by train daily for two years.)
109. Brought an old fad back into style
110. Eaten caviar
111. Let a salesman talk you into something you didn't need
112. Ridden a giraffe or elephant
113. Published a book
114. Pieced a quilt
115. Lived in a historic place
116. Acted in a play or performed on a stage
117. Asked for a raise (I got it, too.)
118. Made a hole-in-one mini golfing
119. Gone deep sea fishing
120. Gone roller skating
121. Run a marathon (Well, I didn’t run it all. It was a marathon relay. My leg was only 2.5 miles.)
122. Learned to surf
123. Invented something
124. Flown first class
125. Spent the night in a 5-star luxury hotel
126. Sang a solo
127. Gone spelunking
128. Learned how to take a compliment
129. Written a love-story
130. Seen Michelangelo's David (It was a replica, though.)
131. Had your portrait painted
132. Written a fan letter
133. Spent the night in something haunted
134. Ran away
135. Learned to juggle
136. Been a boss
137. Sat on a jury (Almost. I got dismissed as a peremptory challenge during voir dire.)
138. Lied about your weight
139. Gone on a diet
140. Found an arrowhead or a gold nugget
141. Written a poem (They usually start “There once was a man from Nantucket…”)
142. Carried your lunch in a lunchbox
143. Gotten food poisoning
144. Gone on a service, humanitarian or religious mission
145. Sat on a park bench and fed the ducks
146. Gone to the opera
147. Gotten a letter from someone famous (When I got my Girl Scout Gold Award, the equivalent of Eagle Scout, I got a whole packet of form letters from famous people. Steven Spielberg was among them. I can’t remember any others.)
148. Worn knickers
149. Ridden in a limousine
150. Attended the Olympics
151. Can hula or waltz
152. Read a half dozen Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys books
153. Been stuck in an elevator
154. Had a revelatory dream
155. Thought you might crash in an airplane
156. Had a song dedicated to you on the radio or at a concert
157. Saved someone's life
158. Eaten raw whale
159. Know how to tat, smock or do needlepoint
160. Laughed till your side hurt
161. Straddled the equator
162. Taken a photograph of something other than people that is worth framing
163. Gone to a Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, Oregon. It was a ton of fun.)
164. Sent a message in a bottle
165. Spent the night in a hostel
166. Been a cashier
167. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
168. Joined a union
169. Donated blood
170. Built a campfire
171. Kept a blog
172. Had hives
173. Worn custom made shoes or boots
174. Made a PowerPoint Presentation
175. Taken a Hunter's Safety Course
176. Served at a soup kitchen (We didn’t serve soup, though.)
177. Conquered the Rubik's cube (Only by cheating. If you throw it to the ground really hard, the pieces will come apart. You can then re-assemble it in a solved position. Much faster than peeling the stickers off.)
178. Known CPR
179. Gone fishing (All I caught was a tumbleweed and a lily pad. The frog who owned the lily pad was a bit upset at me and ribbited threateningly.)
180. Found a long lost friend
181. Voted for a contestant on American Idol or So You Think You Can Dance
182. Successfully convinced someone you were of a different nationality (Well, I convinced them that I was a different nationality than they originally thought I was. They thought I was Israeli, and after some convincing they finally believed that I’m an American, which I am.)
183. Received a promotion
184. Movie-hopped (Gone to two movies in a theater and only paying for the first movie)
185. Planned a surprise party for someone
186. Beaten all levels of a video game
187. Driven more than 2,500 miles on a cross-country trip
188. Cried yourself to sleep
189. Stayed awake for more than 24 hours
190. Crossed a national border by car (Montana to Alberta)
191. Been to an island (Alcatraz. As a tourist, not a resident.)
192. Been completely out of debt -student loans, house, and all (Sadly, this is no longer the case. Only student loans, though. I just paid off my credit card today. Happy dance!)
193. Read a book from the Twilight series
194. Traveled to Italy
195. Given birth
196. Helped solve a crime
197. Learned to meditate
198. Owned your dream car
199. Learned to love eating raw vegetables
200. Seen all 50 states