Monday, November 17, 2008

don't you love when you're more exciting than you thought

I found this list of *150* "What Have You Done?" things on Carrie's blog. You're suppose to copy it and then BOLD the ones you've done. I thought I would end up just scanning Carrie's really quickly, but I ended up reading every one! (....and thinking--"hey! I've done a lot of these! I need to steal this and do it to prove to myself that I'm more exciting than I thought!...")



*If any of you decide to do it---let me know :) !--I want to see what you've done!



Again--the bold faced ones are what I've done:


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01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink

02. Swam with 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. Bungee jumped

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

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

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 (with dimes....against my mom....when I was 11!)

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 didn't care who was looking

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

40. Visited all 50 states

41. Taken care of someone who was drunk

42. Had amazing friends (still have them)

43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country

44 . Watched whales

45. Stolen a sign

46. Backpacked in Europe

47. Taken a road-trip

48. Gone rock climbing

49. Taken a 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

56. Alphabetized your CDS (who doesn't?!)

57. Pretended to be a superhero

58. Sung karaoke

59. Lounged around in bed all day (forced to on bedrest!)

60. Played touch football

61. Gone scuba diving (in a swimming pool)

62. Kissed in the rain

63. Played in the mud

64. Played in the rain

65. Gone to a drive-in theatre

66. Visited the Great Wall of China

67. Started a business (two of them)

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

72. Gotten married

73. Been in a movie

74. Crashed a party

75. Gotten divorced

76. Gone without food for 5 days

77. Made cookies from scratch (is there any other way)

78. Won first prize in a costume contest

79. Ridden a gondola in Venice

80. Gotten a tattoo

81. Rafted the Snake River

82. Been on a television news program as an "expert"

83. Gotten flowers for no reason

84. Performed on stage

85. Been to Las Vegas

86. Recorded music

87. Eaten shark

88. Kissed on the first date

89. Gone to Thailand

90. Bought a house

91. Been in a combat zone

92. Buried one/both of your parents

93. Been on a cruise ship

94. Spoken more than one language fluently

95. Performed in Rocky Horror

96. Raised children

97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour

98. Passed out cold

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'm in my car, its actually kind of rude to stare by the way)

103. Had plastic surgery

104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived

105. Wrote articles for a large publication (large--kind of. A textbook.)

106. Lost over 100 pounds

107. Held someone while they were having a flashback

108. Piloted an airplane

109. Touched a stingray

110. Broken someone's heart

111. Helped an animal give birth

112. Won money on a TV game show (a contest based on a TV show--so I'm counting this!)

113. Broken a bone

114. Gone on an African photo safari

115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears

116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol (does a bb gun count?)

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 30 hours in a 48 hour period

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.Touched a cockroach

133. Eaten fried green tomatoes

134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey

135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read

136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

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

141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream

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

145. Had a booth at a street fair

146. Dyed your hair

147. Been a DJ

148. Shaved your head

149. Caused a car accident

150. Saved someone's life (it was a combined effort)


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If you're still reading......Happy Monday :) !.....and I'm sorry--I'm desperately trying to create some excitement in my life to blog about. But no more drama. Please...no more drama ...

34 comments:

Magson said...

you could always tell us about the trip you took over the weekend -- I'm sure that was plenty exciting. . . .

Queenie Jeannie said...

I love those! I did one too on my blog earlier this month. Like you, I got it from someone else, lol!

Here's the link: http://happy-jeannie.blogspot.com/2008/11/soooo-you-think-youve-lived.html

Carrie said...

I love it! And I have to say, I would not have guessed you had a piercing other than your ear. Also, I would love to hear about the time you sat a strangers table in a restaurant.
This is great Jennifer!

Lauren and Justin said...

wow - i think alot of these things probably have great stories that go along with them! and ditto on the drama...

Keys to the Magic Travel said...

You know. Everyday as I struggle to come up with something to write about. I say a small prayer of thanks. Because there is little happening here. And with little happening, that means that drama isn't part of it.

And you can see how I grasp at straws today when I managed to make an entire post out of watching a dvd with the red cord pulled out of the tv...so the colors were off :-)

I've seen this list, too. I don't think I've done enough to make it even remotely interesting :-)

BBB said...

Man - my list was only 99 long...

You got me!!

Anonymous said...

Wow, you've had some interesting experiences. I'm feeling pretty dull now. :)

Summer Miller said...

You have had lots of fun!

Lee Ann said...

that was fun! We always knew you were exciting!

Now go eat sushi for goodness sake!

Kathi Roach said...

Love this!!! You and another bloggy friend BOTH put up these lists today!! What fun! I WILL be doing this for sure.

PS. How about #140???? How many people have seriously written their own computer language???? That one cracked me up!

Kathi Roach said...

Ok...should've read your comments...the other bloggy friend is Lizzy!!! Go check hers out when you get a minute...funny!

Jennifer P. said...

Magson--
It wasn't all that exciting--but I'll put photos up on Friday.

Carrie--

The other piercing was in my cheek! Also--it was totally customary in Germany that if the restaurant was full and you had room at your table--they would sit other people (strangers) with you, or you with them. Sat at many a strangers table to dine. It was always fun....or not.....depending on the people!

Lee Ann--
Crazy that I haven't done sushi, huh? If I were starving--really, really starving I'd give it a whirl :)!

Lisa said...

Cool list. Interesting... You have lived a neat life.


Lisa Q

Carla said...

Wooah, you've done a lot of cool things! For example, "Danced with a stranger in a foreign country"!

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Susie said...

Wow! That's one heck of a list. You should try sushi!! It's really, really good and good for you:-)

tina said...

I've done 85.
Lets plan a trip to Ireland, the Great Wall or to climb the Tower of Pisa. We could also take turns flying the plane to our destination a cross off another item from the list.

Simply Stork said...

oh how I love a good list :o)

~simply~

Caroline said...

What a great idea. In looking over that though I decided I probably shouldn't do this for a post because I'm really boring. I may give it a go, so I can encourage myself to do more. But if I'm going to be adventurous, I guess we better think about updating our will.

Tamie said...

i'm gonna have to get crackin' i haven't done too much on that list (though i have eaten sushi and i LOVE sushi...you need to have some!)

Heather said...

I have soooo much catching up to do.

Aubrey said...

Know where I've had inappropriate fits of the uncontrollable giggles? In the temple. Yes I am so reverent.

ManicMandee said...

I want to do this but then everyone would know about my tatoos. Hmmm, should I?

annaliese said...

how interesting. not necessarily a list of things you want to do. just simply a list of things done. I like the concept very much--and it was super interesting to read. Like you, I was surprised to find how many I have done.

Hope you don't mind--I am going to steal this list and post it on my blog :) too much fun to pass up! thanks for sharing! (or not minding my stealing, at least...!)

Debbie said...

Sigh. I have never eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild or eaten kangaroo meat. I guess I just haven't lived. But "Fried Green Tomatoes" is one of my favorite movies. Does that count?

Tiffany T said...

I agree with Annaliese that this is a great concept to focus on what was done rather than lament over what wasn't done.

I also want to hear some of the great stories... like tell us about the time you sat down to eat with a stranger and asked them out!

I have played D&D for 6+ hours, but I'm not certain that should be on a list I'm PROUD of :).

Jennifer P. said...

Tiffany T,
You'll have to go visit my bloggy friend Summer to get the story on asking out strangers. It was all her doing :)! (What were their names again....Jason....and Franklin?). The eating with strangers story is in my other comment ;)

Anonymous said...

I'm gonna do it :)

Kim Heinecke said...

Oh man. I am bor-hor-ing.
Fun list!

Melissa Lester said...

You may just be realizing that you're not boring, but a lot of us have known that you are exciting for a long time. You'll have to tell us about saving someone's life. And not about holding a tarantula, please!

"The Queen in Residence" said...

Sorry the trip was less then stellar. I only had about 5-6 things that were off from what you had, could we be twins? Or maybe I am living vicariously through you, I hope not. I think that it took me much longer than you to figure things out. It was a happy monday. I hope it was for you too!!!

jori-o said...

What a fun list! You are FAR more exciting than me!!!

Cheryl said...

This is a fun tag. I did it on my blog as well. You have done a lot of amazing things!

Miki said...

I FINALLY made it!!!!!!!! It took me SO LONG!!! I've had this particular post up at least three times, and each and every time, when I sat down to read it, I would only get as far as the title, and then be interrupted. Elena called me today, and asked, "did you read Jennifer's blog yet?" I said, Uh oh...no...

I see the title from the other one, and decided to go here first....and prepare myself. I think I like this one better.....before I even read your other one.

Well...deep breath....here I go. This was a fun post btw....