99 things on the wall meme 19 Nov 2008 From here via here via here, 99 things I have or haven’t done. 1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland/world 8. Climbed a mountain 9. Held a praying mantis 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea 14. Taught yourself an art from scratch 15. Adopted a child 16. Had food poisoning 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty 18. Grown your own vegetables 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France 20. Slept on an overnight train 21. Had a pillow fight 22. Hitch hiked 23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill 24. Built a snow fort 25. Held a lamb 26. Gone skinny dipping 27. Run a Marathon 28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice 29. Seen a total eclipse 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset 31. Hit a home run 32. Been on a cruise 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 35. Seen an Amish community 36. Taught yourself a new language 37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person 39. Gone rock climbing 40. Seen Michelangelo’s David 41. Sung karaoke 42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt 43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant 44. Visited Africa 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight 46. Been transported in an ambulance 47. Had your portrait painted 48. Gone deep sea fishing 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling 52. Kissed in the rain 53. Played in the mud 54. Gone to a drive-in theater 55. Been in a movie 56. Visited the Great Wall of China 57. Started a business 58. Taken a martial arts class 59. Visited Russia 60. Served at a soup kitchen 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies 62. Gone whale watching 63. Got flowers for no reason 64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma 65. Gone sky diving 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 67. Bounced a check 68. Flown in a helicopter 69. Saved a favorite childhood toy 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 71. Eaten Caviar 72. Pieced a quilt 73. Stood in Times Square 74. Toured the Everglades 75. Been fired from a job 76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London 77. Broken a bone 78. Been on a speeding motorcycle 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person 80. Published a book 81. Visited the Vatican 82. Bought a brand new car 83. Walked in Jerusalem 84. Had your picture in the newspaper 85. Read the entire Bible 86. Visited the White House 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 88. Had chickenpox 89. Saved someone’s life (I prevented several suicides when I was a counsellor, I think) 90. Sat on a jury 91. Met someone famous 92. Joined a book club 93. Lost a loved one 94. Had a baby 95. Seen the Alamo in person 96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake 97. Been involved in a law suit 98. Owned a cell phone 99. Been stung by a bee Some notes: No 29: Total solar eclipse, with my naked eyes. Nos 46, 77 and 78 are all the same event (although I broke a bone as a kid, too) No 80: two books, actually… No 85: Even the begats and most of the Apocrypha No 91: Does Cliff Richard count? Billy Connolly? Many of these things are very hard for an Australian to do, on account of their not being next doorish. Administrative Humor
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No 29: Total solar eclipse, with my naked eyes Generally considered a Bad Idea, you know. I viewed mine (1972 @ Gaspe, Quebec) through heavy welder’s glass, or by projection. OK, I suppose I occasionally glanced at it. It was pretty cloudy. (I note it doesn’t specify solar or lunar. I have, of course, seen lots of the latter, so it hardly counts).
No 29: Total solar eclipse, with my naked eyes Generally considered a Bad Idea, you know. I viewed mine (1972 @ Gaspe, Quebec) through heavy welder’s glass, or by projection. OK, I suppose I occasionally glanced at it. It was pretty cloudy. (I note it doesn’t specify solar or lunar. I have, of course, seen lots of the latter, so it hardly counts).
91. Met someone famous No 91: Does Cliff Richard count? Billy Connolly? If “famous” means anything at all, then Cliff is famous. There are some people in GB who think that he is second only to the Queen. In fact there are some people who think that he is more important than the Queen. Then again there are some people who think he is a Queen!
91. Met someone famous No 91: Does Cliff Richard count? Billy Connolly? If “famous” means anything at all, then Cliff is famous. There are some people in GB who think that he is second only to the Queen. In fact there are some people who think that he is more important than the Queen. Then again there are some people who think he is a Queen!
Rats, I’ve only done 38 of these things. Maybe 39 – does going part way up one of these count? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fell And how speedy did the motorcycle have to be? I was never in a movie, but my picture is in the “Hotel California” songbook, on the “Victim of Love” page. I know that doesn’t count, but it’s something.
Rats, I’ve only done 38 of these things. Maybe 39 – does going part way up one of these count? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fell And how speedy did the motorcycle have to be? I was never in a movie, but my picture is in the “Hotel California” songbook, on the “Victim of Love” page. I know that doesn’t count, but it’s something.
Rats, I’ve only done 38 of these things. Maybe 39 – does going part way up one of these count? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fell And how speedy did the motorcycle have to be? I was never in a movie, but my picture is in the “Hotel California” songbook, on the “Victim of Love” page. I know that doesn’t count, but it’s something.
I’ve done 55. More than half way. 100 should be “seen a comet”. Just a suggestion. 🙂 And just to nit pick, Perhaps you fathered a baby, not HAD one.
I’ve done 55. More than half way. 100 should be “seen a comet”. Just a suggestion. 🙂 And just to nit pick, Perhaps you fathered a baby, not HAD one.
38 items for me. Same comment on “had a baby”. On 28, I have the distinction of visiting Venice and NOT riding in gondola. 98 – I didn’t think Australians had cellphones; we have mobile phones (both names are silly – the Indonesian version is “handphone” – much better). 64 – can you donate platelets without blood? 86 – does going past the White House in a tourist bus count? 91 – does meeting an Australian Prime Minister count? I didn’t think bouncing a check was something to be proud of, though maybe these days it’s more normal – anyway, done that too. 49 and 79 – didn’t know they made personal appearances.
Over all, you’ve done more things than I have, which is not surprising. But I have watched whales and got chickenpox (not simultaneously). “Got flowers for no reason” is too ill-defined, because surely if someone wanted to give me flowers, then that is automatically a reason. I have never had a flower appear in my hand through fluke quantum-mechanical thingies.
Well, looking at the list and the post #44 “Visit Africa” (a rather large continent), I must say that if you had been equally vague on Europe (or at least condensed the Italian posts to “Travel Italy”) you would have had less things to do. At least on the list. But semantics aside, it is really interesting to see the thing you’ve done and want to do, and compare that to the things I’ve done and want to do. If we combined our forces there would only be a handful of posts left on the list 🙂 Bummer that you couldn’t visit the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre when you were in Paris, though.
Well, looking at the list and the post #44 “Visit Africa” (a rather large continent), I must say that if you had been equally vague on Europe (or at least condensed the Italian posts to “Travel Italy”) you would have had less things to do. At least on the list. But semantics aside, it is really interesting to see the thing you’ve done and want to do, and compare that to the things I’ve done and want to do. If we combined our forces there would only be a handful of posts left on the list 🙂 Bummer that you couldn’t visit the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre when you were in Paris, though.
Well, looking at the list and the post #44 “Visit Africa” (a rather large continent), I must say that if you had been equally vague on Europe (or at least condensed the Italian posts to “Travel Italy”) you would have had less things to do. At least on the list. But semantics aside, it is really interesting to see the thing you’ve done and want to do, and compare that to the things I’ve done and want to do. If we combined our forces there would only be a handful of posts left on the list 🙂 Bummer that you couldn’t visit the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre when you were in Paris, though.
Well, looking at the list and the post #44 “Visit Africa” (a rather large continent), I must say that if you had been equally vague on Europe (or at least condensed the Italian posts to “Travel Italy”) you would have had less things to do. At least on the list. But semantics aside, it is really interesting to see the thing you’ve done and want to do, and compare that to the things I’ve done and want to do. If we combined our forces there would only be a handful of posts left on the list 🙂 Bummer that you couldn’t visit the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre when you were in Paris, though.
It’s a fun game to picture which of these besides 46, 77 and 78 were all the same incident. I particularly like 58 and 97.
I get 46 or 47 depending on how you define the answer to #29. I stood in my yard in the pouring rain and observed the cloud behind which the sun was being eclipsed with one eye whilst watching the sun being eclipsed live on television in a more friendly climate, through the living room window, with my other eye! If that doesn’t count, I have observed a very spectacular comet with a long tail and a transit of Venus both under perfect conditions.