Rules:
- Everyone uses this same list of 99 Things.
- Feel free to add editorial comments (mine are in square brackets).
- Change the font of each item according to the legend below.
- That's it! Simple, really.
Things I’ve already done: boldface
Things I want to do: italics
Things I haven’t done and don’t want to: plain text
99 Things
- started your own blog [obviously]
- slept under the stars [lots of tenting, but not open-air, yet]
- played in a band [see here]
- visited Hawaii
- watched a meteor shower [the Perseids, among others]
- given more than you can afford to charity
- been to Disneyland/world [will probably happen, but I'm not enthusiastic]
- climbed a mountain [Snowdon, in Wales; and also one in the Gaspé Peninsula]
- held a praying mantis [seen one up close, though]
- sang a solo [ugh; with the aforementioned band - audio evidence right here (mp3 format)]
- bungee jumped [no thanks]
- visited Paris [twice (once shown here), would happily go again]
- watched a lightning storm at sea
- taught yourself an art from scratch [digital fractals, among others]
- adopted a child
- had food poisoning
- walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
- grown your own vegetables
- seen the Mona Lisa in France [I've been in the lobby of the Louvre - that's as close as I got]
- slept on an overnight train
- had a pillow fight
- hitch hiked [no thanks]
- taken a sick day when you’re not ill [kind of depends on your definition of "ill"]
- built a snow fort
- held a lamb
- gone skinny dipping [in the middle of the night, in a freezing cold lake in the Laurentian mountains]
- run a marathon [again, no thanks]
- ridden a gondola in Venice
- seen a total eclipse
- watched a sunrise or sunset [both; here's one]
- hit a home run [will never happen, not enough upper body strength]
- been on a cruise
- seen Niagara Falls in person [a few times]
- visited the birthplace of your ancestors [some of them, anyway]
- seen an Amish community
- taught yourself a new language [I'm assuming rudimentary html doesn't count]
- had enough money to be truly satisfied [sad to say, will never happen]
- seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person [yes please]
- gone rock climbing [at Rattlesnake Point]
- seen Michelangelo’s David in person
- sung karaoke [not in a million, billion years, unless I'm rewarded by #37 above]
- seen Old Faithful geyser erupt in person
- bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant
- visited Africa
- walked on a beach by moonlight
- been transported in an ambulance [no thanks, unless it's a better option than the available alternatives at the time]
- had your portrait painted
- gone deep sea fishing [for mackerel, in England]
- seen the Sistine Chapel in person
- been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris [didn't go all the way to the top either time I was there]
- gone scuba diving or snorkeling
- kissed in the rain [almost certainly, although I can't pinpoint a specific occasion]
- played in the mud
- gone to a drive-in theatre [the one near my childhood home has been replaced with a grocery store]
- been in a movie [been on local TV though]
- visited the Great Wall of China
- started a business
- taken a martial arts class
- visited Russia
- served at a soup kitchen
- sold girl scout cookies [I'm hoping my daughter will take care of this one for me]
- gone whale watching [yes, if dolphins, or watching from the shore, count]
- gotten flowers for no reason
- donated blood [many times]
- gone sky diving [no thanks]
- visited a Nazi concentration camp
- bounced a cheque
- flown in a helicopter
- saved a favourite childhood toy
- visited the Lincoln memorial
- eaten caviar
- pieced a quilt
- stood in Times Square
- toured the Everglades
- been fired from a job [a summer job in high school; it sucked anyway]
- seen the changing of the guard in London
- broken a bone [not to my knowledge]
- been on a speeding motorcycle [does a scooter count?]
- seen the Grand Canyon in person
- published a book [I co-published a poetry chapbook once, but it was self-funded, so hardly counts]
- visited the Vatican
- bought a brand new car [this one, and also this one; but not this one, unfortunately]
- walked in Jerusalem
- had your picture in the newspaper
- read the entire Bible [I'm not religious, but it seems like something I should do out of interest]
- visited the White House
- killed and prepared an animal for eating
- had chickenpox
- saved someone’s life
- sat on a jury [not yet, but I'm on the list]
- met someone famous [two Nobel laureates, and a couple of minor actors and TV personalities]
- joined a book club
- lost a loved one
- had a baby [twice, if being a father counts]
- seen the Alamo in person
- swum in the Great Salt Lake
- been involved in a law suit
- owned a cell phone [I was a late starter though; my first was one of these]
- been stung by a bee [probably; wasps, certainly]
So that gives us totals of:
35 Things I have done
29 Things I would like to do
37 Things I have not done, and could do without.
Your turn, if you will.
