Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Nine-tee-nine thangs

The Claw: nine-tee-nine thangs

Couldn't resist another list.
(no food this time, except caviar)

.1. [_x_] Started your own blog - Doh!
.2. [_x_] Slept under the stars - camping
.3. [_x_] Played in a band
.4. [___] Visited Hawaii - I will, tho!
.5. [_x_] Watched a meteor shower
.6. [___] Given more than you can afford to charity
.7. [_x_] Been to Disneyland (& DWorld)
.8. [_x_] Climbed a mountain (small one)
.9. [___] Held a praying mantis
10. [___] Sang a solo (does karaoke count?)
11. [___] Bungee jumped
12. [_x_] Visited Paris (on my birthday!)
13. [_x_] Watched lightning at sea (on a big lake)
14. [_x_] Taught yourself an art from scratch (gb house)
15. [___] Adopted a child
16. [_x_] Had food poisoning
17. [_x_] Walked to top of Statue of Liberty
18. [_x_] Grown your own vegetables
19. [_x_] Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. [_x_] Slept on an overnight train (as a kid)
21. [_x_] Had a pillow fight
22. [_x_] Hitch hiked (once, w/ a friend)
23. [_x_] Taken a sick day when not ill
24. [_x_] Built a snow fort (built & destroyed...)
25. [___] Held a lamb (petted one)
26. [_x_] Gone skinny dipping - at night ;-)
27. [___] Run a Marathon (have -biked- 26 mi...)
28. [___] Ridden a gondola in Venice
29. [_x_] Seen a total eclipse
30. [_x_] Watched a sunrise/sunset
31. [___] Hit a home run (desperately wanted to!)
32. [_x_] Been on a cruise (just a weekender)
33. [_x_] Seen Niagara Falls in person (wet!)
34. [___] Visited birthplace of your ancestors
35. [_x_] Seen an Amish community
36. [_x_] Taught yourself a language (Jap./poorly)
37. [_x_] Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. [___] Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa
39. [_x_] Gone rock climbing
40. [1/2] Seen Michelangelo’s David (at London's V&A)
41. [_x_] Sung karaoke (and have the video ;-)
42. [___] Seen Old Faithful geyser
43. [_x_] Bought stranger a meal at a restaurant - yes
` ` *Saw a lady being very kind to an old dude, we paid.
44. [1/2] Visit Africa (Gibralter, & Canary Il)
45. [_x_] Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. [___] Transported via ambulance (knock wood)
47. [___] Had your portrait painted
48. [___] Gone deep sea fishing (deep lake ;-)
49. [_x_] Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. [_x_] Been to top of Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. [_x_] Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. [_x_] Kissed in the rain
53. [_x_] Played in the mud
54. [_x_] Gone to a drive-in theater
55. [_x_] Been in movie (unpaid extra once)
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. [_x_] Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. [___] Gone whale watching
63. [_x_] Got flowers for no reason :-)
64. [_x_] Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. [1/2] Gone sky diving (indoor 'wind tunnel')
66. [___] Visited Nazi Concentration Camp
67. [___] Bounced a check
68. [___] Flown in a helicopter
69. [_x_] Saved a fav childhood toy ('Tiger' & RA)
70. [_x_] Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. [_x_] Eaten Caviar - (salty fishy bits 'meh')
72. [___] Pieced a quilt
73. [_x_] Stood in Times Square
74. [___] Toured the Everglades
75. [___] Been fired from a job
76. [_x_] Seen London's Changing of Guards (boring)
77. [1/2] Broken a bone (cracked tailbone)
78. [_x_] Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. [1/2] Seen the Grand Canyon in person (flew over)
80. [___] Published a book
81. [_x_] Visited the Vatican (& saw The Pope)
82. [_x_] Bought a brand new car
83. [___] Walked in Jerusalem
84. [_x_] Had picture in the paper (nhs grad)
85. [___] Kissed stranger at midnight New Year’s
86. [_x_] Visited the White House (tour group)
87. [_x_] Killed & prepared an animal for eating (fish)
88. [_x_] Had chickenpox
89. [1/2] Saved someone’s life (pulled kid outta pool)
90. [1/2] Sat on a jury (3 jury pools, not picked)
91. [_x_] Met someone famous (VP Mondale)
92. [_x_] Joined a book club (Quality Pb book-club)
93. [_x_] Lost a loved one - Ma & step-dad
94. [___] Had a baby
95. [___] Seen the Alamo in person
96. [___] Swam in Great Salt Lake
97. [___] Been involved in a lawsuit
98. [_x_] Owned a cell phone
99. [_x_] Been stung by a bee (and wasp -ouch-!)

* Managed about 60, if you count the 1/2s... ;-)
(lets see, 'pillow fight', 'sell GS cookies', 'baby' - very girly list)

Claw's orig link: _ Paper Dolls for Boys_.

1 comment:

  1. you have done a lot. what did you play when you played in a band? bass, and bad singer here.

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