Most me-me's suck but this one from the new Blork! is actually slightly interesting. My answers are all below the fold so click on if you have absolutlely nothing else to do. I apparently have not travelled widely enough and have not put myself in a position of recreational life threatening danger. My man the Blorkster, by comparison, has not changed a diaper.
The 150 Experiences Meme
Posted by on Monday, July 31, 2006 in - 3 comments
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink - I have been alone in a bar having a drink.
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain - what is a mountain when you grew up in the Annapolis Valley of NS?
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity.
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse - A mechanical horse at a penny betting place in Scotland with my Grandfather in 1970.
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
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
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country.
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your cds
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke - what is that...must there have been a machine or is it singing in public. Never with the machine but regularly in public...I am a Maritimer for heaven's sake.
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers - are you kidding? I am a Maritimer for heaven's sake.
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business - sorta. I managed a start-up that did not work out.
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites - what is ancient? I've been to Stonehenge.
70. Taken a martial arts class
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
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Had a one-night stand
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
94. Spoken more than one language fluently - what is fluent? I have gotten by in Dutch and French.
95. Performed in Rocky Horror.
96. Raised children.
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Created and named your own constellation of stars
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country - sorta. I worked in Holland.
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
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 - teenaged driving, terrorism in Paris? Maybe on this one.
105. Wrote articles for a large publication - this blog is a large publication.
106. Lost over 100 pounds - at one time? I easily lost over 100 British pounds through youthful waste.
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth - are humans included? Did I really help all that much?
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone. Yes but not mine. Hey, I play defence in soccer.
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced. Only with a wood splinter unexpectly.
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery - what is major? Appendix shouldn't be but I claim this as the dolt surgeon misdiagnosed.
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 - maybe.
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language - I spoke with a Japanese man in a Paris hotel about Warren Cromarte of the Expos in February 1986.
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
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 - inadvertently. I called and he removed the gun from his mouth and then he realized he didn't need to do it.
Comments
sean1967 - August 1, 2006 12:48 pm
Thanks for filling up 10 minutes of my life Alan, sheesh!
How do I score thi smeme ha ha! I got 69! Wait, thats not how they work is is.
sheesh.
gr - August 1, 2006 3:04 pm
Is this a way to make the spouse sit up, take notice, and ask about a topic that might make you squirm?
I see, Alan, that you have not been entirely honest with your answers. Your picture clearly shows a frizzy, multicolored afro and a big red nose. You obviously had the big red nose removed (plastic surgery, #103)and died your hair (146) before shaving most of it off, which you admit. Are you hiding anything else important, like heavy petting with a stingray??????
Gotta go look at Gordo's now, and maybe one of you other bloggers???
cm - August 2, 2006 9:47 am
Let's see, now...3, 4 (sort of, not a test drive, but I did ride in one, after having delivered someone else's Cadillac), 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 20, 30, 34, 36, 38, 39 (only one was actually working), 41, 42, 47, 52, 55, 59, 63, 64, 65, 69, 74, 77, 84, 88, 97, 100 (well, from the 'burbs to the city), 102, 116, 127, 128, 133, 136 (is a trout an animal?), 146.