Because I'm lazy

[altivo]

Nipped from swampy:

As he did, I've bolded the things I've actually done:

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I love you" and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long
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
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby's nappy
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
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
28. Had a food fight
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
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favourite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath (Well, a shower)
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a [six] in cricket
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
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
49. Visited all 50 states in the US
50. Loved your job
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan
67. Bench pressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your CDs
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theatre
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret
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 favour 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. Sword fought for the honour of a woman
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Got married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Got divorced
96. Had sex at the 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. Got a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated or had sex 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
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
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
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Got into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a cheque
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy
128. Followed your favourite 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
132. Called or written to your Member of Parliament (Well, the US equivalent)
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. ...more than once?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
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
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a TV game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
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 US 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
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime [I don't understand what this really means]
173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
174. Got someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school as an adult
176. Parasailed
177. Legally changed your name (like by deed poll)
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
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
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
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
194. Sold your own artwork/crafts 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 the internet
199. Written your own role-playing game
200. Been arrested

Comments

[calydor.livejournal.com]

I could've sworn you did this one already a few years ago ...

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Some of them are familiar sounding, but some are different. These things morph over time, of course.

[marzolan.livejournal.com]

*raises eyebrows at #96 and #159*

I'm guessing those were in your earlier days. Either that or the plushie is naughtier than I thought ^^

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Well, #96 was naughty all right but I had a naughty boyfriend back then and an unusual working situation with a gay boss who wasn't exactly the usual straight-laced type. It actually happened under the boss's desk, believe it or not, but the circumstances were very unusual. Middle of the afternoon on a working day but no one else was in the office at the time. That was a distant galaxy long, long ago, certainly. I've never talked much about it but I imagine the boyfriend has at one time or another.

As for #159, well, that wasn't quite so weird. It was with my present mate, after we'd already been together several years, and took place in a double sleeper with the door closed and locked somewhere around Pittsburgh and in the wee hours of the morning. ;p

[marzolan.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Yeah, #96 I could see a young Tivo doing I suppose, but I'd be beyond shocked if you said "Oh, no, that was actually just a week ago."

Ok, and #159 isn't that surprising then. That's actually sweet.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Yes, the first one was an unusual incident for me, even back then. The work situation was peculiar enough that even if we had been caught I probably would not have lost my job, just my reputation.

The Amtrak thing was kinda romantic except that the bunks in a double slumbercoach are extremely narrow. I know it was Pittsburgh because we looked out the window afterwards at the steel mills belching fire and smoke. It was like Mordor as I've imagined it. We were on the return leg of a trip to Florida to visit my parents. At that time you did Chicago to Ocala by taking the Broadway Ltd. to Philadelphia where you had a layover of several hours, enough time to actually walk around in the city (we got to Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell on the way down) then transferred to another train that followed the old Coast Line to Florida. The Broadway Ltd. had a certain number of double slumbercoaches and we managed to snag one for the return. The other three legs of the round trip we were stuck with singles across the aisle from each other. He went to a business convention in the Miami area but I got off the train early and went to my Dad's house. After the convention he got the train back up to Ocala and we had a few days together there. It was a pretty good trip, all things considered.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

*looks back over the list*

Gosh, you didn't notice #106 or #113? *snicker*

#106 really was a long time ago, in Michigan, on a public beach. It was at night, and very dark, but only a couple hundred feet from the entrance to a busy restaurant that was still open. Not with a stranger, but the boyfriend of the time. Sand, mosquitoes and ice cold water. Not recommended.

#113 *shrugs* I admit it. More than one time, nowhere near as many times as would have been the gay norm back then. We were all young and foolish, or at least, most of us were I guess. Pre-AIDS in the sense that no one knew about it yet. You could say I "got lucky" in more ways than one. A lot of other people weren't so lucky.

[marzolan.livejournal.com]

Those two didn't surprise me as much. #113, yeah, I'd say you got lucky given the general mindset back then, but someone having a one-night stand is far too common for that to really surprise me. #106 wasn't that surprising either... though the story behind it makes it a bit more interesting.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Even plushies are naughty sometimes. We just do it when no one is looking. ;p

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

Probably nothing of these... *looks* Well. Changed my name, built a PC, ridden coasters, recorded music, been happy, had amazing friends (y'all count!), a brief flirtation with martial arts until I quit because the teaching style was all wrong for me, sung karaoke (it was to oblige a lady! Long story)... and #97 (times about 35!) and #141.

And who hasn't made cookies? I mean, I didn't grow the wheat for the flour, but... Oh, and I might've held a lamb. I'm sure I've patted a few. Ditto a ray, but I've no idea what kind.

I once made a brief stab at writing my own RPG until I realised I don't know enough people with enough patience to test out the mechanics, and then panicked and quit. If I'd known about GURPS then...

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Relatively few people have held a lamb, it seems. And amazingly few have made cookies from scratch (or even a mix.) I'm not surprised though that you've done a few of these, probably more than you thought at first.

My count is high, but I'm older than you are. ;D

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

I've at least seen and touched lambs and know what they are, even if I've never bottle-fed or delivered one. :) ...Although something's stirring at the back of my brain, and perhaps I've had one on my lap and bottle-fed it, likely at a farm open day or similar. I'm pretty sure a calf has slurped my hand in the past, and a giraffe definitely has.

The last batch of cookies I made was atrocious. I might give it another shot over the weekend...

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I prefer bread baking myself, but my mate is a dedicated cookie maker (and eater.) One kind he makes that I do like is, surprisingly, chocolate. It's partly the gag presentation. We call them "road apples" and they are made with cocoa, butter, ground pecans or walnuts, and very little sugar. They are rich and tender and I don't mind the chocolate when it isn't full of sugar. He rolls them into balls and piles them up on a tray sprinkled with cornflakes to look like the wood shavings used as bedding in a horse's stall. It started as a joke for a party at our boarding stable, where we kept our horses before we had finished rehabbing our own barn years ago.

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

I like quite dark chocolate too. That presentation sounds like lots of fun, although if I'd been shovelling it daily I'm not sure I'd find it quite as hilarious. ;)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

When you shovel (actually fork) it daily, you have to find things to laugh about.

Actually, it's not nearly as bad as other kinds of manure. Cows and pigs are truly disgusting. Poultry can literally strangle you and send you rushing for fresher air. Horse droppings are more like moist earth from the garden or a flower pot, and really don't have a whole lot more smell once they've sat for a few minutes.

Unfortunately, the same can't be said for their urine, which can be pretty stinky.

Geez, what a list.

[gabrielhorse.livejournal.com]

08. Said "I love you" and meant it:
Yep. Only once though :P

09. Hugged a tree:
Oh yeah- when I was a kid, I spent a lot of time in trees ;)

10. Done a striptease
Actually, a couple of times.

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea:
I'll go you one better- watched it cross over onto land and walked in it as lightning and thunder crashed all around. Makes fireworks seem pretty tame.

14. Stayed up all night long:
Ugh. Many times- always very draining.

18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables:
Tried many times :P

20. Slept under the stars:
Yes, not a particularly pleasent experience.

21. Changed a baby's nappy:
I'm assuming you mean diaper. Yes.

27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment:
Oh yeah, I laugh at others all the time :P

30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill:
Too many times to count.

32. Had a snowball fight: Yep.

34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can:
Yep.

38. Taken an ice cold bath:
Shower, yes. Bath, no.

39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar:
Oh, yeah. Several times. They're a lot smarter and more experienced than most people.

41. Ridden a roller coaster:
A few times.

44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking:
Having danced at all, I can say yes :P

51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced:
Yep. Drove him home.

78. Played in the rain:
Last week as a matter of fact.

87. Taken a martial arts class:
Aikido, karate

96. Had sex at the office:
Second base, does that count?

106. Masturbated or had sex in a public place:
*nods then blushes*

112. Eaten shark:
Once. Not very memorable to me. But I distinctly remember the event because I watched someone else prepare it.

119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off:
Ugh. Self-inflicted torture.

122. Got into a fight while attempting to defend someone:
*ahem* A few times.

126. Raised children:
Someone else's no less...

133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
Sometimes I think I do that constantly... except, not so much to "start over".

134. ...more than once?
Uh, yeah.

136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking:
A few times.

142. Held someone while they were having a flashback:
Just once. Freaky.

144. Petted a stingray:
Yep. They have bumpy backs.

145. Broken someone's heart:
I guess so. THat's really more a question to ask them, I s'pose.

147. Been fired or laid off from a job:
Got laid off my very first job. Still grateful :P

155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol:
Rifles & pistols...

157. Ridden a horse: Once.

170. Eaten sushi:
Once. Not bad, but not my style.

173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about: Yep, twice. Both times, it was about a movie they hated.

178. Petted a cockroach:
Actually, yes. I consider this impressive since I grew up with a phobia of roaches. Got over it.

180. Read The Iliad:
Meh, I've read parts. Same with The Odyssey.

192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care: More or less. Never igned any documents, but have been a part of the process twice.

200. Been arrested:
Twice to date.

Re: Geez, what a list.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

It's a British list, so "nappy" does mean "diaper".

And you're right, a cold "bath" could be a cold "shower". I didn't think of that. I'll have to go back and bold it.

I've always found sleeping under the stars quite pleasant. But I was on vacation and if it was cold I had a warm sleeping bag.

Re: Geez, what a list.

[gabrielhorse.livejournal.com]

The most pleasent experience I've had sleeping under the stars was one night in Pensacola where I fell asleep on the shoreline by the river... only to wake up with little crabs testing my meat for edibility :P

(the reference to Parliment cued me in on its country of origin ^^)

Re: Geez, what a list.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

You woke up with crabs?

Re: Geez, what a list.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

He wouldn't be the first one to have that happen. ;p

Re: Geez, what a list.

[gabrielhorse.livejournal.com]

*rereads* Oh, a joke... sorry, conventional thinking is something I'm gradually losing. Crabs, heh. *weak smirk* Whatever... *walks off eating bread, then pauses* Are you fond of beaches, Alt?

Re: Geez, what a list.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Not the way some people are. I enjoy visiting them once in a while, especially if they have interesting wildlife rather than hordes of people trying to fry themselves in the sun.

Re: Geez, what a list.

[gabrielhorse.livejournal.com]

I can understand that. Any beach at dusk can prove to have some colorful wildlife, which is a bit more prominent when all the sun worshippers are going home and the bums & alcoholics- especially drawn to the bars on the pier areas- haven't mass migrated yet ;)

Re: Geez, what a list.

[gabrielhorse.livejournal.com]

Yep, little red crabs. A decent alarm clock, personally. Too bad the sand wasn't dry, it would've been a nice spot.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

96,106 and 159 O.O you naughty naughty pony

76 awww :)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

See earlier comments for explanations. ;p 159 wasn't naughty at all.