The Bucket List

Leave it to my pal Jenn to come up with yet another great blog entry on The Virginia Monologues. It was so good that I decided to blatantly copy it.

Looks like she came across a "Bucket List" and the premise is to see how you compare....to see what you've crossed off your list. So here's the list and I've highlighted the ones I've done in red...with commentary (what did you expect).

Have you...

Bought everyone in the bar a drink (wish I could...seriously I do)
Swam with wild dolphin
Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
Been inside a Pyramid
Held a tarantula
Taken a candle lit bath
Said I love you and meant it
Hugged a Tree
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris
Watched a lightening storm at sea
Stayed up all night long and saw 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 (no, but it was closed when I was there, so not my fault)
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 (maybe I should bold this one)
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

Asked out a stranger

Had a snowball fight

Screamed as loudly as you possibly can

Held a lamb

Seen a total eclipse

Ridden a rollercoaster

Hit a home run (don't laugh...I have)

Danced like a fool, not caring who watched (if I had a nickle...)

Adopted an accent for an entire day (not the entire day, but for an evening, so that counts in my world)

Actually felt happy about your life, even for a moment

Visited all 50 states

Taken care of someone who was too drunk

Had amazing Friends

Danced with a Stranger in a foreign country

Watched wild whales

Stolen a sign

Hitchhiked in Europe

Taken a road-trip (my fave)

Gone rock climbing

Midnight walk on the beach

Gone sky diving

Visited Ireland

Been heartbroken longer than you were in love

Sat at a stranger’s table in a restaurant and ate with them

Visited Japan

Milked a cow

Alphabetized your CDs (wow....was this put in especially for you)

Pretended to be a superhero

Sung karaoke (if you only knew)

Lounged around in bed all day (I'm the best at it)

Gone scuba diving (does the swimming pool at Camp Longhorn count)
Kissed in the rain

Played in the mud

Gone to a drive-in theater
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business
Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
Toured ancient sites

Taken a martial arts class

Played a computer game for more than 6 hours straight

Gotten married

Been in a movie

Crashed a party (yep....and, as Jenn also has, crashed a wedding - thanks, Kirk and Charlotte!)Gotten divorced

Gone without food for 5 days

Posed nude in front of strangers

Made cookies from scratch

Won first prize in a costume contest

Ridden a gondola in Venice

Gotten a tattoo

Rafted the Snake River

Been on television news program as an “expert”
Gotten flowers for no reason
Performed on a stage (duh....life is a cabaret)

Been to Las Vegas

Recorded Music

Eaten shark

Had a one-night stand

Gone to Thailand

Bought a house

Been in a combat zone

Buried one/both of your parents

Been on a cruise ship

Spoken more than one language fluently (I wish)

Raised children

Followed your favorite band/singer on tour

Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country

Picked up and moved to another city

Walked on the Golden Gate Bridge

Sang loudly in the car and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking

Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have

Wrote articles for a large publication

Lost over 100 lbs

Held someone while they were having a flashback

Piloted an airplane

Petted a stingray

Broken someone’s heart (not that I know of)

Helped an animal give birth

Won money on a TV game show

Broken a bone

Gone on an African safari

Had a body part below the neck pierced

Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol

Ridden a horse

Had major surgery

Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon

Slept for more than 30 hours over 48 consecutive hours (this is a definite maybe)
Visited more foreign countries than US States

Visited all 7 continents

Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days (why would you?)

Eaten Kangaroo meat

Eaten sushi

Had your picture in the paper

Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about

Gone back to school (again...why would you?)

Parasailed

Petted a cockroach

Eaten fried green tomatoes

Read the Illiad (do the Cliff's Notes count?)

Selected one important author who you missed in school to read (not yet...but it's on the list)

Killed and prepared an animal for eating (well...I've supervised)

Skipped all of your school reunions

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 in hospice care

Build your own PC from parts

Sold your own artwork to someone that didn’t know it was yours

Dyed your hair

Been a DJ

Shaved your head

Caused a car accident

Saved someone’s life

I'll make for a long comment, but I'd love to know what all you have done! For a change....let's talk about YOU!