Friday, October 15, 2004

Live like you were dying

I have to give many, many thanks to the blogs I found this on and for "borrowing" it off of them. I just love these insights into people's lives that answer the question, but leave you slightly in the dark. Trust me, there will be many questions when you read all my answers.

*Everything that I have done will be in bold and might have an answer, and I have gone back and re-answered several questions incase you are returning again this weekend.

1. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
2. Swam with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped - almost did in Las Vegas!
12. Visited Paris - does Las Vegas' Paris Hotel count?
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea - Corpus Christi, November 2003
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables - we have a fig tree, its fruit, but its something!
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby’s diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon - Evelyn and I can tell stories of chasing a hot air balloon in my old Pontiac Sunbird convertible...
23. Watched a meteor shower - from the comforts of my old Pontiac Sunbird convertible
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 - in front of my boss...
28. Had a food fight - 2nd to last day of school, 1997
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
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 - very therapeutic
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 - 'The Rattler' 6 Flags, San Antonio
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking - Yolie's wedding
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
48. Had two hard drives for your computer - each partitioned!
49. Visited all 50 states - Visited 4/50: Illinois, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada
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 - still have them
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign - wanted to steal the 'On Air' sign from the old KTSM TV building...
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip - Corpus Christi Tx, Carlsbad Nm, San Antonio Tx.
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Went sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan - want to do that so bad
67. Benchpressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records - I have them by year, does that count?
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke - At Circuit City or Best Buy... with people looking...
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Went scuba diving
75. Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye - it was actually to the Divinyls "I Touch Myself"
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
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
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
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
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office - it wasnt my 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 - I want to!
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on - my nipples get hard at the touch of silk...
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 - high school does count, right?
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand - not too proud of that...
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live - who the fuck?
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off - no one told me it would ITCH afterwards
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone - I almost did... Christmas Party, 1999
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children - do four-legged children count?
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy - 1:18th scale model motorcycles!
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 - rumor has it, distant relatives were supposed to be onboard RMS Titanic, but declined the voyage due to a sick nanny...
132. Called or written your Congress person - I was good friends with the Governor's secretary for a while...
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
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 - every chance I get in the Mustang
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
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 - and I dont want to know how many it was
146. Helped an animal give birth - Evelyn's chihuahua had puppies
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle - I rode on the back of my uncle's Harley when I was a kid
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph - the Mustang tops out at 105mph...
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced - Its still pierced and if you have to ask, you'll never know...
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol - yes, M1, .22
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse
158. Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
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 - I am addicted to the stuff!
171. Had your picture in the newspaper - yes, for the Spelling Bee in Jr. High
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 - and I am not appollogetic for it.
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 - theft for the sake of thievery
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
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions - I would rather be impaled with a rusty iron bar than go back to that fucking school and the tormentors of my youth...
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language - Drive with Evelyn, Yolie, Lupe and myself and see this in action
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts - mine is frankensteined with parts...
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
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 or Blogger
199: Written your own role playing game
200: Been arrested
201. Have ever made your last will and testament or a living will
202. Had sex in a car
203. Driven a monster truck

1 comment:

Texas Gurl said...

crazy to think if the nanny had been well, you might not have ever been born... everything happens for a reason.