Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Things You May Not Know About Me

I saw this over at Marni's and thought it woud be fun. She go this from Mishmash. The ones I have done are in bold. Check it out:

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain (Stone Mountain)
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid (It smells like pee at the top)
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 (I was very young and remember most from pictures)
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 (among other things)
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
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 (not over the fence)
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (everytime I dance)
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 (if external counts)
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends (Still do)
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign (do barricades count?)
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 than 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 (with thousands, you have to)
57. Pretended to be a superhero (does dressing like stinky diver at Halloween count?)
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
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
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites (tombs and pyramids in Egypt-I highly recommend it)
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 (yeah... right)
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. Kissed on the first date (kissed and not on a date too)
89. Gone to Thailand (won a ticket to go but didn't go)
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
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children/currently raising child
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
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 (daily)
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild (I think the ones that make you hallucinate are gathered in the wild)
118. Ridden a horse
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
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. Touched a cockroach (I think you have to when you kill them)
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes (of course - been to the original Fried Green Tomatoes restaurant too)
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
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 (every 6-8 weeks)
147. Been a DJ (I am a DJ)
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life


Not sure what happened to 98 but it was not on Marni's list either.

Here are some things that were not on the list above, but I have done:

01. Hat a picnic lunch on the rocks at Stonehenge.
02. Visited the castles in England
03. Gone transatlantic on a boat
04. Snow skiid in Banf, Big Sky, Jackson Hole, Colorado Springs, Winter Park and Utah
05. Ridden a motor cycle on the highway - scary huh?
06. Seen Loch lake (not the sea monster)
07. Jet Skiid in the ocean
08. Sent a tape into Survivor to be a contestant (never heard back from them)
09. Been to a rain forest
10. Snorkled with a barracuda (not on purpose mind you)
11. Driven a RV
12. Done the canopy tour in Costa Rica
13. Seen a volcano errupt
14. Cruised the Nile

3 Comments:

Blogger Coffeypot said...

Great comments, Andi. You are more interesting than I will ever be.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 9:11:00 PM EDT  
Blogger katy said...

you done a lot then, but hey you never had a snow ball fight, next time there is snow go for it!

Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 2:22:00 PM EDT  
Blogger Biddie said...

That's a pretty great list. Your life looks pretty interesting when you write it down.
I have never travelled, and since my kids were born, I really haven't done much at all. Well, I have changed my share of dirty diapers.
Yay.

Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 11:52:00 PM EDT  

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