The "200 things" list... (bold are things I've done) 1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink 2. Swam with wild dolphins 3. Climbed a mountain 4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive (A Corvette is the best I can do) 5. Been inside the Great Pyramid 6. Held a tarantula (had a swarm of them invade my encampment) 7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone 8. Said "I love you" and meant it 9. Hugged a tree (I don't remember why!) 10. Done a striptease 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm 14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise 15. Seen the Northern Lights 16. Gone to a huge sports game (Well, A Dallas Cowboys game is HUGE to me) 17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa 18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables 19. Touched an iceberg 20. Slept under the stars 21. Changed a baby's diaper (My daughter, I raised her) 22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon 23. Watched a meteor shower 24. Gotten drunk on champagne 25. Given more than you can afford to charity 26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope 27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment 28. Had a food fight 29. Bet on a winning horse 30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill (After 5 weeks straight, 7 days a week, I needed a day off.) 31. Asked out a stranger 32. Had a snowball fight 33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier 34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can 35. Held a lamb 36. Enacted a favorite fantasy 37. Taken a midnight skinny dip 38. Taken an ice cold bath 39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar 40. Seen a total eclipse 41. Ridden a roller coaster 42. Hit a home run (Does sandlot ball over the roof count?) 43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days (How I fell in love with South Dakota) 44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking 45. Adopted an accent for an entire day 46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (Just today) 48. Had two hard drives for your computer. (this one right now) 49. Visited all 50 states 50. Loved your job for all accounts 51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced 52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 53. Had amazing friends 54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country 55. Watched wild whales 56. Stolen a sign 57. Backpacked in Europe 58. Taken a road-trip (Love them!) 59. Rock climbing (How I discovered I don't like rock climbing) 60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice 61. Midnight walk on the beach 62. Sky diving (I have hung from a helicopter while it was flying) 63. Visited Ireland 64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love (Just read my blog and you will know I will be for a long, long time) 65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them 66. Visited Japan 67. Benchpressed your own weight 68. Milked a cow (and a goat) 69. Alphabetized your records 70. Pretended to be a superhero (I am to my daughter) 71. Sung karaoke 72. Lounged around in bed all day (It was a beautiful day with her!) 73. Posed nude in front of strangers 74. Scuba diving 75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye 76. Kissed in the rain 77. Played in the mud (Don't all little boys?) 78. Played in the rain (Part of falling in love!) 79. Gone to a drive-in theater (The new generation doesn't know what they are missing!) 80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it 81. Visited the Great Wall of China 82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog 83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better (I will in another year) 84. Started a business 85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken (Not yet, but maybe someday) 86. Toured ancient sites 87. Taken a martial arts class 88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman 89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight 90. Gotten married 91. Been in a movie 92. Crashed a party 93. Loved someone you shouldn't have (That is why I am hurting now) 94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy 95. Gotten divorced 96. Had sex at the office 97. Gone without food for 5 days 98. Made cookies from scratch 99. Won first prize in a costume contest 100. Ridden a gondola in Venice 101. Gotten a tattoo 102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on 103. Rafted the Snake River 104. Been on television news programs as an "expert" 105. Got flowers for no reason 106. Masturbated in a public place 107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything 108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug 109. Performed on stage 110. Been to Las Vegas 111. Recorded music 112. Eaten shark (Once, thought it was good, but for some reason have not eaten it since, don't know why) 113. Had a one-night stand 114. Gone to Thailand 115. Seen Guns N Roses live 116. Bought a house 117. Been in a combat zone (Fortunately, we were not in a war when I was in, so it was all just practice for me) 118. Buried one/both of your parents 119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off (Makes sex better!) 120. Been on a cruise ship (Been on a Navy ship) 121. Spoken more than one language fluently 122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone 123. Bounced a check 124. Performed in Rocky Horror (I always watched the others go down to the screen) 125. Read - and understood - your credit report 126. Raised children (Still am, she is 15) 127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy 128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour 129. Created and named your own constellation of stars 130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country 131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did 132. Called or written your Congress person 133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over (Read my blog and you will know this how I ended up back in Texas) 134. ...more than once? - More than thrice? 135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge 136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking 137. Had an abortion or your female partner did 138. Had plastic surgery 139. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived. (Possibly. When I was about 6, we were hit by a car on my door. No seatbelts used back then. Head slammed in the dash. To this day I can remember exact moment before impact but no memory of the ambulance ride or hospital stay afterwards.) 140. Wrote articles for a large publication 141. Lost over 100 pounds 142. Held someone while they were having a flashback 143. Piloted an airplane 144. Petted a stingray 145. Broken someone's heart 146. Helped an animal give birth 147. Been fired or laid off from a job 148. Won money on a T.V. game show 149. Broken a bone (Another childhood accident, hit in the face with a bat. Shattered cheekbones and nose structure.) 150. Killed a human being 151. Gone on an African photo safari (Hope to someday as photography is my great love, besides my wife and children) 152. Ridden a motorcycle (Can't wait to get another one!) 153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph (Yeah, and it was stuipd of me too!) 154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced 155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol (Grew up hunting) 156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild 157. Ridden a horse (They don't like me much!) 158. Had major surgery (Face reconstructed, see #149) 159. Had sex on a moving train 160. Had a snake as a pet 161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon (Been to the edge) 162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing 163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours 164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states 165. Visited all 7 continents 166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days 167. Eaten kangaroo meat 168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground 169. Been a sperm or egg donor 170. Eaten sushi 171. Had your picture in the newspaper 172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime 173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about 174. Gotten someone fired for their actions 175. Gone back to school 176. Parasailed 177. Changed your name 178. Petted a cockroach 179. Eaten fried green tomatoes 180. Read The Iliad 181. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read 182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them 183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you 184. Taught yourself an art from scratch (I am an artist at my job!) 185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt (Have not had the chance yet) 187. Skipped all your school reunions. (Probably will skip the rest of them) 188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language 189. Been elected to public office 190. Written your own computer language 191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream (When I was in Rapid City) 192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care 193. Built your own PC from parts 194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn' know you (Do movies count?) 195. Had a booth at a street fair 196: Dyed your hair 197: Been a DJ 198. Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal 199: Written your own role playing game 200: Been arrested (Only once and never again will I) I've done a lot of stuff...