What have I done...? Approximately 40%

There’s a meme going around… wish I could remember where I saw this. But when I saw it, I thought it was interesting and copied it down.

Here’s what I’ve done (in bold). What have you done?

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain (I think a 7000' mountain in CA's Trinity Alps counts)
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula (my friend's. named "muffin")
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I love you" and meant it (Every day)
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris (including Jim Morrison's grave & Euro Disney)
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea - from the shore
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise (in beautiful Truro, MA. I was suicidal at the time... thinking about walking in to the ocean)
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game (I think baseball counts)
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa (been there, but the stairs were closed by then)
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables (my childhood of forced labor)
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars (many a night)
20. Changed a baby's diaper (thanks Jonas)
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower (a couple weeks ago on our cruise)
23. Gotten drunk on champagne (a lot)
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope (husband owns one)
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (I used to be notorious for it)
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight (ah, college in upstate NY)
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can (in high school. In front of a building that looked like the word fuck)
32. Held a lamb (thanks 4-H)
33. Seen a total eclipse (standing next to poet A.R. Ammons)
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 (does sign language count?)
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (amazing but true. Happened just this evening in fact)
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk (all I'm gonna say is that I came out of the bathroom and my husband was standing on his dresser...)
42. Had amazing friends (see links to Anonymous Mom, Betty and GirlMD)
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe (here's a tip... when sleeping on trains, cough like you have TB to get a compartment all to yourself)
47. Taken a road-trip (3 weeks to cross the US in 1999)
48. Gone rock climbing (used to teach it)
49. Midnight walk on the beach (ah, summer camp)
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland (twice!)
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love (thanks Lawrence)
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow (again, 4-H)
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving (50' down in the Bahamas)
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud (after skinny dipping. Should've done that first)
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business (twice this year!)
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken (thanks husband)
69. Toured ancient sites (uh, I have a BS in architectural history)
70. Taken a martial arts class (at Tiger Shulman's Karate in NYC, no less)
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 television news programs as an "expert"
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage (with various choirs)
85. Been to Las Vegas (and got kicked out of my hotel... not as interesting as it sounds)
86. Recorded music (not professionally or anything...)
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date (gotta love summer camp)
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship (twice)
94. Spoken more than one language fluently well enough to have a decent conversation (French)
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country (just went mountain biking in Mexico. Trust me, it felt exotic)
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over (moved to CA in 2000)
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 (long. story.)
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback (I go to a LOT of support groups)
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart (or at least that's what Dan said)
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone (skiier's thumb in 2004)
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol (used to teach riflery)
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse (much to my itchy dismay, our neighbors used to have one)
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 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi (I ask for it every year on my birthday)
128. Had your picture in the newspaper (uh, graduation & wedding announcements)
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about (spreading the word about rights for the mentally ill)
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach (thanks NYC)
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read everything he'd written (Vonnegut)
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (lobsters)
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (thanks NYC)
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream (back in the days of architecture)
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

Yeah, I would've thought I'd have alphabetized my CD's too... But I tend to organize by genre.

Postscript: I had to think about #123... For the record, I haven't visited more foreign countries than U.S. states. Here's where I've gone:

Countries:
1. Austria
2. The Bahamas
3. Belgium
4. Bermuda
5. Canada
6. Czech Republic
7. France
8. Germany
9. Greece
10. Republic of Ireland
11. Italy
12. Liechtenstein
13. Luxembourg
14. Mexico
15. Monaco
16. Netherlands
17. Spain
18. Switzerland
19. United Kingdom
20. United States United States
21. Vatican City

States:
1. Alaska
2. Arizona
3. California
4. Colorado
5. Connecticut
6. Delaware
7. Florida
8. Georgia
9. Idaho
10. Illinois
11. Indiana
12. Maine
13. Maryland
14. Massachusetts
15. Minnesota
16. Missouri
17. Montana
18. Nevada
19. New Hampshire
20. New Jersey
21. New Mexico
22. New York
23. North Carolina
24. Ohio
25. Oregon
26. Pennsylvania
27. Rhode Island
28. South Carolina
29. South Dakota
30. Utah
31. Vermont
32. Virginia
33. Washington
34. Wisconsin
35. Wyoming