Current mood:	restless
Current music:	WJUL, Lowell, 91.5

The Checklist
[Ganked from Ron and then Chris]

=v= Boldly go where you've gone before.

1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink (See #51)
2. Swum with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive (No, but Mercedes and Jaguar don't count? Branding sucks. Cars suck, too)
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone (Waxed nostalgic about it, too)
8. Said "I love you" and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea (See #51)
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 (No, unless iceberg lettuce counts)
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
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
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day (No, but some friends and I spoke German amongst alarmed Marin County denizens for much of a day)
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was wasted
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe (Rucksacked and pannier-packed, more like)
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 (No, but I've milked a goat, some nuts, and a story)
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers (It's easier than posing nude in front of friends!)
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain (Wot? No "Kissed in the mud?")
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
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 (Housing, yes. Food, no.)
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo (No, unless you count the chainring kind)
81. Rafted the Snake River - or was it the Colorado River? (South Fork of the American River. Yes, I'm plagiarizing Chris but it's true!)
82. Been on television news programs as an expert (As a nukular expert, even!)
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music (On cassette. Broadcast, but not saleable)
87. Eaten shark
88. Eaten fugu (pufferfish)
89. Had a one-night stand (With the noblest of intentions: I thought it'd be at least a two-night stand)
90. Gone to Thailand
91. Bought a house
92. Been in a combat zone (No, but I bought rap records in the Bronx back in the '80s)
93. Buried one/both of your parents
94. Been on a cruise ship
95. Spoken more than one language fluently
96. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show
97. Raised children (No, part-time and part-way doesn't count)
98. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour (I hoped to be a groupie, but I was just a roadie)
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 (I've also done this in a train car, but usually when I do this I'm not in any type of car at all)
103. Had plastic surgery (No, though I suspect my cheap failed dental work might've been made of plastic)
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived (The term "accident" isn't appropriate for deciding to behave negligently)
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray (Steve Irwin, R.I.P.)
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth (Not for lack of trying)
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced (Not intentionally, at least)
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery (Not unless an inguinal hernia is "major")
120. Had a snake as a pet (No, because I don't own a plane to keep one in)
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. Petted a cockroach (No, I don't think it's "petting" if you're using blunt objects)
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 (One of the many things that turned me vegetarian)
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 (It was called FOUR and all the keywords were the same length, so it looked really cool)
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream (If this means actual sleeptime dreaming, heavy bouts of déjà vu seem to have "happened before" in dreams)
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 (Though it was just an illustrated autograph)
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair (To match my eyes)
147. Been a DJ (WJUL, Lowell, 91.5)
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident (Not an "accident" per se)
150. Saved someone’s life