Because I like lists

Stolen shamelessly from QoC. Bolded items are the ones I've done.

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain - Mt. Washington, NH, in the snow. Brr!
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath
08. Said “I love you’ and meant it - every morning and every evening, at the minimum
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 - Dad was big on gardening when I was young. I still hate weeding.
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper - Geni Hall taught me how when A was born; that was the first time I'd ever done it.
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon - no way; I'm terrified of heights.
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten tipsy on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope - Joe Acker showed me Halley's Comet when it came around in the 1980s.
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight - not that I can remember; I was always the prissy one trying to stop the food fight.
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight - rarely, because my throwing aim is so bad it's not worth it.
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can - many times, when watching high school volleyball matches. When I was single, I used to come home to the Hall house many nights with my voice completely shot.
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse - both lunar and solar
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
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment - apparently a pessimist wrote this list. This is the way I feel most of the time.
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
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 - Evan and I moved his stuff across the country before he got married. That was a great time! Utah is truly beautiful.
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland - not yet
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 - when Lindsay and I were at a pub in Wales, it was full, so we sat at the table with a family. The dad was named Evan Jones.
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow - both manually and by machine.
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero - when I was in 2nd and 3rd grade, I pretended to be Catman. I followed our cat all around trying to figure out how she moved. Which is why I smile at A as she shakes herself off after a bath, one limb at a time, while commenting that she is a "little kitty."
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day - long live long Sabbaths at Fairwood!
60. *edited*
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain and on a train, and in a tree. It is so fun, so fun, you see.
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business - Taliesin Campaign Consulting, when I was just out of high school.
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken - my wife is wonderful!
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class - Tae Kwan Do rocks; I can't wait until S gets old enough to take it with me!
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 - no, 3 days has been my limit so far.
77. Made cookies from scratch - making the dough is far more fun than baking them off.
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 television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage - only comedy roles for me; I'm not a good enough actor to do drama.
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark - it's really good, too!
88. *edited*
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 - still working on this one.
97. 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
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
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 - if the HSLDA Court Report counts. Although actually, my legal assistant writes most of ours, for which I am highly grateful.
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
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
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol - the rifle was the most fun.
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
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 - ewww, yes. I can't understand why anyone likes it, but my boss eats it like candy.
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about - although to tell the truth, I think most of the credit for this one goes to the Holy Spirit, not me.
130. Gone back to school - in seminary now, after a couple years off.
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad
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 - many times since I've been married.
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 (Besides my own?)

--DJ