Browsing the archives of the personal blog of MT-Blacklist creator, Jay Allen (who BTW is moving back to San Francisco from Budapest after becoming Six Apart’s official Project Manager for Movable Type), I came across his iteration of the 200 things list.
I am not sure where the list started, but I have seen it on quite a few blogs over the past month, so I couldn’t resist giving it a go. Items that I have experienced (as of this posting) are marked with bold text. Although, seeing what isn’t bolded on lists like these can be just as interesting.
- Bought everyone in the pub a drink
- Swam with wild dolphins
- Climbed a mountain
- Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
- Been inside the Great Pyramid
- Held a tarantula.
- Taken a candlelit bath with someone
- Said “I love you” and meant it
- Hugged a tree
- Done a striptease
- Bungee jumped
- Visited Paris
- Watched a lightning storm at sea
- Stayed up all night long, and watched the sun rise
- Seen the Northern Lights
- Gone to a huge sports game
- Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
- Grown and eaten your own vegetables
- Touched an iceberg
- Slept under the stars
- Changed a baby’s diaper
- Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
- Watched a meteor shower
- Gotten drunk on champagne
- Given more than you can afford to charity
- Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
- Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
- Had a food fight
- Bet on a winning horse
- Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
- Asked out a stranger
- Had a snowball fight
- Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
- Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
- Held a lamb
- Enacted a favorite fantasy
- Taken a midnight skinny dip
- Taken an ice cold bath
- Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
- Seen a total eclipse
- Ridden a roller coaster
- Hit a home run
- Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
- Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
- Adopted an accent for an entire day
- Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
- Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
- Had two hard drives for your computer.
- Visited all 50 states
- Loved your job for all accounts
Last 150 after the break…
- Taken care of someone who was shit-faced
- Had enough money to be truly satisfied
- Had amazing friends
- Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
- Watched wild whales
- Stolen a sign
- Backpacked in Europe
- Taken a road-trip
- Rock climbing
- Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
- Midnight walk on the beach
- Sky diving
- Visited Ireland
- Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love [story of my life]
- In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
- Visited Japan
- Benchpressed your own weight
- Milked a cow
- Alphabetized your records [CDs]
- Pretended to be a superhero
- Sung karaoke
- Lounged around in bed all day
- Posed nude in front of strangers
- Scuba diving
- Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye
- Kissed in the rain
- Played in the mud
- Played in the rain
- Gone to a drive-in theater
- Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it.
- Visited the Great Wall of China
- Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog [Hi, Betty. Hi, Serge.]
- Dropped Windows in favor of something better
- Started a business
- Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
- Toured ancient sites
- Taken a martial arts class
- Swordfought for the honor of a woman
- Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
- Gotten married
- Been in a movie
- Crashed a party
- Loved someone you shouldn’t have
- Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
- Gotten divorced
- Had sex at the office
- Gone without food for 5 days
- Made cookies from scratch
- Won first prize in a costume contest
- Ridden a gondola in Venice
- Gotten a tattoo
- Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
- Rafted the Snake River
- Been on television news programs as an “expert”
- Got flowers for no reason
- Masturbated in a public place
- Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
- Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
- Performed on stage
- Been to Las Vegas
- Recorded music
- Eaten shark
- Had a one-night stand
- Gone to Thailand
- Seen Siouxsie live
- Bought a house
- Been in a combat zone
- Buried one/both of your parents
- Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
- Been on a cruise ship
- Spoken more than one language fluently
- Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
- Bounced a check
- Performed in Rocky Horror
- Read - and understood - your credit report
- Raised children
- Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
- Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
- Created and named your own constellation of stars
- Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
- Found out something significant that your ancestors did
- Called or written your Congress person
- Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
- …more than once? - More than thrice?
- Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
- Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
- Had an abortion or your female partner did
- Had plastic surgery
- Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
- Wrote articles for a large publication
- Lost over 100 pounds [274 down to 215, back up to 246.5, down to 195…]
- Held someone while they were having a flashback
- Piloted an airplane
- Petted a stingray
- Broken someone’s heart
- Helped an animal give birth
- Been fired or laid off from a job
- Won money on a TV game show
- Broken a bone
- Killed a human being
- Gone on an African photo safari
- Ridden a motorcycle
- Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph
- Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
- Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
- Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
- Ridden a horse
- Had major surgery
- Had sex on a moving train
- Had a snake as a pet
- Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
- Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
- Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
- Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
- Visited all 7 continents
- Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
- Eaten kangaroo meat
- Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
- Been a sperm or egg donor
- Eaten sushi
- Had your picture in the newspaper
- Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
- Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
- Gotten someone fired for their actions
- Gone back to school
- Parasailed
- Changed your name
- Petted a cockroach
- Eaten fried green tomatoes
- Read The Iliad
- Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
- Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them [pilsner glasses]
- …and gotten 86′ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
- Taught yourself an art from scratch
- Killed and prepared an animal for eating
- Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
- Skipped all your school reunions [high school, not college]
- Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
- Been elected to public office
- Written your own computer language
- Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
- Had to put someone you love into hospice care
- Built your own PC from parts
- Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
- Had a booth at a street fair
- Dyed your hair
- Been a DJ
- Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
- Written your own role playing game
- Been arrested
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