The "what have you done with your life?" meme

You know the drill, copy this to your blog, change the stuff you've done to bold, make witty little comments, etc. I thought I'd done this one, but maybe I did it a while ago 'cause I couldn't find it in my recent posts, anyway, I found it on Respiratory Therapy 101.

1. Started your own blog.

2. Slept under the stars. I still regret not doing this when I was in undergrad. There was a crazy Russian dude in the dorm next to mine that had a thing about sleeping outside; he thought it was all healthy and stuff and invited me along. I was in my up-tight scarf-wearing SINGER phase and thought the night air would be bad for my precious vocal folds. Now, being older and wiser, I'd say screw the vocal folds for a bit of star gazing in a dewy field. Ahhh, regrets!

3. Played in a band. Many

4. Visited Hawaii. Four weeks on Maui, baby. Coral Reef Biology, and Tropical Botany.

5. Watched a meteor shower. Two in the morning on a country road in rural Alberta in the middle of winter. Lonely, cold, and glorious!

6. Given more than you can afford to charity.

7. Been to Disneyland.

8. Climbed a mountain. Nothing spectacular, just local Vancouver mountains.

9. Held a praying mantis.

10. Sang a solo. Oh wait, I'm an opera singer.

11. Bungee jumped.

12. Visited Paris. For twelve hours.

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch. If being taught how to crochet by one's sister counts.

15. Adopted a child.

16. Had food poisoning.

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.

18. Grown your own vegetables. Purple potatoes, yellow beets, pink chard, red and white carrots. I like cartoon vegetables!

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.

20. Slept on an overnight train. From Swizterland to Calais, when I was a kid.

21. Had a pillow fight.

22. Hitch hiked.

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill. I swear, it was a mental health day.

24. Built a snow fort.

25. Held a lamb.

26. Gone skinny dipping.

27. Run a Marathon.

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice.

29. Seen a total eclipse.

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset. My favourite has to be sitting on my kayak in the Caribbean Sea, watching the sun go down and trying to see the green flash, and then paddling back to shore.

31. Hit a home run.

32. Been on a cruise.

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.

35. Seen an Amish community.

36. Taught yourself a new language.

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.

39. Gone rock climbing.

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David.

41. Sung karaoke. I don't know any pop music, and karaoke lists never have anything I know on them, so I usually end up singing Celine Dion songs (which is scary) in the key she sang them in (which is even scarier).

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.

44. Visited Africa. I was born and raised in Africa.

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight. And skinny dipped too...

46. Been transported in an ambulance.

47. Had your portrait painted drawn.

48. Gone deep sea fishing.

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person.

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.

54. Gone to a drive-in theater.

55. Been in a movie.

56. Visited the Great Wall of China.

57. Started a business. Does running a music studio out of my living room count?

58. Taken a martial arts class.

59. Visited Russia.

60. Served at a soup kitchen.

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies.

62. Gone whale watching. Does seeing grey whales and porpoises off the side of a ferry count?

63. Got flowers for no reason.

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma. Until the folks at CBS decided that my malaria blood was too dangerous to even use for plasma.

65. Gone sky diving.

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp.

67. Bounced a check. Starving artist...

68. Flown in a helicopter.

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.

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London.

77. Broken a bone. If my nose counts.

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person.

80. Published a book.

81. Visited the Vatican.

82. Bought a brand new car.

83. Walked in Jerusalem.

84. Had your picture in the newspaper.

85. Read the entire Bible.

86. Visited the White House.

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.

88. Had chickenpox.

89. Saved someone’s life.

90. Sat on a jury.

91. Met someone famous.

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.

99. Been stung by a bee.

100. Read an entire book in one day. Many times!

Well, there you have it. Entirely self reflective, but kind of fun.