Shamelessly borrowed from Chris Clarke.

This is a fun bit of meme-ing.  The point is to bold the items that apply to you (from the original: “Just bold the things you have accomplished (sic – Ed.) in your life.”).  Like Chris, I’m assuming it’s okay to add a note here and there as appropriate.  If not, piss off — I’m doing it anyway.

1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink (there were only about a dozen people there, 10 of which were with me — in addition to me)
2. Swum with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain (although I’ve hiked up several peaks in the Rockies, I doubt ‘hiking’ and ‘climbing’ are synonymous)
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula (and not just the one I had as a pet)
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone (several someones)
8. Said “I love you” and meant it (again, several)
9. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped (unfortunately, my back surgery in 1996 prohibits me from doing this)
11. Visited Paris
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 (yawn)
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 (many many times and will do so many many times in the future)
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity (still do to this day)
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope (own one; love to use it; Mom’s been there with me, and she’ll enjoy the Derek memories as well)
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 (both lunar and solar; more than once on both counts)
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run (yawn)
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (in public and private, in case you were wondering)
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 (there are currently two in my desktop/server, but I’ve had upwards of eight [SCSI] in a single machine)
40. Visited all 50 states (I wish)
41. Taken care of someone who was wasted
42. Had amazing friends (had and have)
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip (can you say ‘often’?)
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach (and midnight sex and midnight joint and midnight meal and midnight swim and…)
50. Gone sky diving (had to give it up due to back surgery)
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 (and later, sex)
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs (and cassettes and LPs and DVDs and books…; OCD and anal retentive — the curse I live with)
57. Pretended to be a superhero (didn’t we all as children?)
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day (with and without company)
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain (among other things)
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain (is this an extension of #62?)
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 (Incan in Peru)
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight (I’ve never played it)
72. Gotten married (I’m gay; you do the math)
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced (see #72)
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo (does six and counting mean anything?)
81. Rafted the Snake River – or was it the Colorado River? (Colorado River, yes; Snake River, no)
82. Been on television news programs as an expert (long ago regarding the v-chip implementation; local news only)
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage (yes; yes again; you figure it out)
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music (I’ll say no, although I have recorded music from the radio… but I doubt that’s what was meant)
87. Eaten shark (in Greenland of all places)
88. Eaten fugu
89. Had a one-night stand (significantly more than “a”)
90. Gone to Thailand
91. Bought a house
92. Been in a combat zone
93. Buried one/both of your parents
94. Been on a cruise ship (more than once)
95. Spoken more than one language fluently
96. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show (I’ll assume this means the community play acted out during midnight showings of the movie)
97. Raised children (not for 18 years, but several for their first many years)
98. 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 (more and more, this is overwhelmingly tempting)
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge (more than once)
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds (I’d be nothing more than skin and bones if I did)
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane (helicopter, yes; airplane, no)
109. Petted a stingray (um, not a good idea right now, don’t you think?)
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth (more than once, more than one species)
112. Won money on a T.V. game show (I’m so camera shy I couldn’t get beyond the first filming for High School Jeopardy; before the camera showed up, I stomped everyone who opposed me)
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced (three at present)
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol (all three; in addition, include military weaponry)
117. Eaten mushrooms that were 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 (not even after major back surgery)
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 (as often as possible)
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school (this is daft; I went back to school at the end of each summer while growing up; that’s not what’s meant, I assume)
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach (a hissing one, too)
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read something they wrote
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (various kinds; haven’t done it for a very long time and have no intention of revisiting the practice)
137. Skipped all your school reunions (I have a perfect record at present)
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (remember #89?)
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language (several)
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream (wake me up when this post is over)
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts (many)
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head (on more than one occasion)
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life