The 100 meme sickness

1. Started your own blog.
2. Slept under the stars.
3. Played in a band. (Practically accidentally - I'm not musical and a trombone isn't much of an instrument except of torture.)
4. Visited Hawaii. (Which one? There's more than one "Hawaii" - but yes, all of them including snorkeling the shores of Ni'Ihau.)
5. Watched a meteor shower.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland.
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a Praying Mantis. (Wicked kewl creatures, so are Walking Sticks.)
10. Sang a solo. (I do NOT sing.)
11. Bungee jumped. (Oh HELL no.)
12. Visited Paris. (Although I'm not sure "visited" is the correct word, once it was a week or so of bumming around drinking cheap wine in the lowest places, and another time it was about the same but with some pan-handling on the street too...I'm a lousy tourist.)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea. (One of these days though...)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch. (But really, what is "Art"?)
15. Adopted a child.
16. Had food poisoning. (One word: Guatemala - except that wouldn't be the only word, there's Calcutta too...)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty. (Never had much use for New York.)
18. Grown your own vegetables. (and and killed the green bastages)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.
20. Slept on an overnight train. (Too damn many to recall - but third-class from Calcutta to Hyderabad with all the people stuffed in like vegetables, leaning on each other and draped everywhere, was lightened by arriving on Christmas Morning. German trains are dull by comparison but the food is better, while Danish ones have incredibly pretty Danish girls...)
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Hitch hiked. (Across the U.S. and back.)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill. (Duh! It's my sick-time I can do what the hell I want with it.)
24. Built a snow fort.
25. Held a lamb.
26. Gone skinny dipping.(In a town reservoir at night in Germany, and in the ocean by Denmark, and..."free beaches," you name it.)
27. Run a Marathon.
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice. (Nor Venice-Vegas either.)
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset. (Moonrise and set too.)
31. Hit a home run.
32. Been on a cruise. (Not in the least interested in the Big Floating Porta-Toilet and Seasick Gluttony Industry-Experience - on a sailboat yes, but The Travel Industry no.)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person. (Lots of other falls.)
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.
35. Seen an Amish community. (I think I hitchiked past it)
36. Taught yourself a new language. (Failed Calculus twice)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied. (It was a brief experience that didn't last, but it was real, if real brief.)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.
39. Gone rock (wall) climbing. (I had to, in order to climb the mountain.)
40. Seen Michelangelo's David.
41. Sung karaoke. (No way in HELL)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant. (I was tempted, she was awful cute.)
44. Visited Africa. (Stop-over in Egypt doesn't count, even though you could see the Pyramids...)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.
46. Been transported in an ambulance. (Not a lot of fun and rather too-expensive for the brief thrill, and then they come after you with collections threatening if your insurance doesn't cough it up immediately.)
47. Had your portrait painted/drawn. (Not photographed either.)
48. Gone deep sea fishing.
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person. (my neck still hurts)
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling.
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud. (whaddya think Dirtbiking is?)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater. (I miss 'em.)
55. Been in a movie.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.
57. Started a business. (I suck at bid'ness)
58. Taken a martial arts class. (With my buddy the future Ironman winner, 8th Grade was a bitch mainly because of the 9th Graders.)
59. Visited Russia.
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies.
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Got flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.
65. Gone sky diving.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp. (I could have but didn't.)
67. Bounced a check.
68. Flown in a helicopter.(Pan-Am used to be the awesomest airline...)
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy. (No, I burned my Gi-Joes at the stake and immolated them in a pyre of gasoline that nearly caught the backyard on fire.)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar.
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Times Square.
74. Toured the Everglades.
75. Been fired from a job. (I never get *fired* - I always get laid-off.)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London.
77. Broken a bone. (Ice-skating in 8th Grade, some ribs much later.)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle. (Sorry to report it only went to 135 with a tailwind and hugging the tank, all the other guys were faster and I was Tail-end Charlie, exposed to the CHP...)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person.
80. Published a book.
81. Visited the Vatican.
82. Bought a brand new car. (It aint happened yet, so it aint never gonna happen.)
83. Walked in Jerusalem.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper. (Magazine?)
85. Read the entire Bible. ([sigh] The challenges one takes-on at Church-Camp...)
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox. (How about that eighteen-inch tape-worm, eh? Dontcha love the tropics? :-))
89. Saved someone’s life. (What does it take to do that? Not telling *someone* something about someone - or does it mean real sweaty intervention and chest pumping/squeezing stuff?)
90. Sat on a jury. (They always kick me off before it starts)
91. Met someone famous. ("Fame" is an overrated, grossly applied, and misused currency.)
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one.
94. Had a baby.
95. Seen the Alamo in person.
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake.
97. Been involved in a law suit.
98. Owned a cell phone. (that is so trivial, why is it even on this list?)
99. Been stung by a bee.
100. Read an entire book in one day.