Bucket List Meme - Ganked from everyone

[willow_25]

The Bucket List. Place an X by all the things you've done and remove the X from the ones you have not, then tag your friends if you choose.


Things you have done during your lifetime:

(x) Gone on a blind date
( ) Donated Blood (they won’t have me)
(X) Skipped school
(X) Watched someone die
( ) Been to Canada
(X) Been to Mexico
(x) Been to Florida
( ) Been to Hawaii
(x) Been on a plane
( ) Been on a helicopter
(x) Been lost
(x) Gone to Washington, DC (Lived there for a long while)
( ) Hugged a homeless person
(x) Swam in the ocean
( ) Swam with Stingrays
(X) Been sailing in the ocean
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
(X) Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons
( ) Ran a marathon
(X) Sang Karaoke
( ) Volunteered at a soup kitchen
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(x) Seen the Northern Lights
(X) Been Para-sailing
(X) Been on TV
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(X) Made prank phone calls
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
( ) Fed an elephant
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
( ) Fired a gun
(X) Danced in the rain
(X) Been to the Opera
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Serenaded someone
(X) Seen a U.S.President in person
(X) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone
( ) Driven a race car
(X) Been to a National Museum
( ) Been to a Wax Museum
(x) Eaten caviar (not a fan)
(X) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice-skating
(X) Gone to the movies
( ) Been deep sea fishing
( ) Driven across the United States
( ) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
( ) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Lived in more than one country
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish (see, yes; wish, no)
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
( ) Seen the Grand Canyon
(X) Seen the Statue of Liberty
( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
(X) Been on a cruise
(X) Traveled by train
( ) Traveled by motorcycle
( ) Been horse back riding
(X) Ridden on a San Francisco cable car
(X) Been to Disneyland OR Disney World
(X) Truly believe in the power of prayer
(X) Been in a rain forest
( ) Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
( ) Ridden on an elephant
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying (What the heck is a spinnaker?  How do I know if I've done it, if I don't know what the thing is?)
( ) Been water-skiing
( ) Been snow-skiing (And probably never will
( ) Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre (November)
( ) Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower (November)
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean
( ) Been to a Major League Baseball game
( ) Been to a National Football League game
( ) Been White Water Rafting
(X) Written a book or screen play

And, because a bucket list is really supposed to be about the things you want to do before you die, I’ve added:
( ) Complete and publish the novel I've been working on.
( ) Go to Machu Pichu
( ) Buy a house
( ) Travel the Amazon River
( ) See my niece graduate from College
( ) Visit the homes or graves of all of my favorite writers (Which may be impossible, since there are new favorites every year, and some people don't want the world knowing where their writer ancestors are buried, but I aim to try.  Even though it is kind of creepy.)
( ) Tour the Winchester Mystery House

(X) Meet Gillian Anderson
( ) Meet David Duchovny
(X) Meet James Marsters
(X) Meet Anne Rice
( ) Meet Stephen King
(X) Meet T. C. Boyle (And unfortunately, he was a total dick!)
( ) Meet Michael Chabon

Comments

[sharoncs.livejournal.com]

This is great! Wow...you've never been to Canada? Maybe one of these days when I get a job again, we can plan a trip to Montreal or Toronto or something.

[willow-25.livejournal.com]

Canada just sounds so...Cold. You know how I am about cold.

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I had no idea how much this would spread around after I first posted it! This must be what going viral feels like; I always wanted to do that with one of my columns. :-)

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