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1. Mary P says:

   July 17, 2006 at 10:45 am

   You sky-dive for real! Wow! I think it would have to be life and death to force me out that door, and I would probably pass out from terror on the way down.

   But a hot air balloon? I’d love to do that! Go figure.
2. Allison says:

   July 17, 2006 at 11:55 am

   I’m way out of date on my skydiving credentials — I’d probably have to retake almost the entire certification course if I started again now. But yeah, I went through a phase in my mid-twenties of desperately seeking something to which I could latch my identity. For a short time, skydiving was useful that way.
3. Hugo says:

   July 17, 2006 at 1:55 pm

   I would do this one, but my students read it, and honest answers to a few of these questions would just lead to… more questions.
4. smoong says:

   July 18, 2006 at 11:40 am

   count me in.
5. … mornie allantie :: Life Experiences Meme :: July :: 2006 says:

   July 18, 2006 at 12:07 pm

   [...] From Allison, Bold the ones you’ve done.. 01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink 02. Swam with wild 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(last year at work’s gala dinner, thought I had too much drink) 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 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 not cared who was looking 37. Adopted an accent for an entire day (british made my tounge numb) 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 (Alaska and Hawaii, soon baby, soon !) 41. Taken care of someone who was shit faced 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 48. Gone rock climbing 49. Midnight walk on the beach 50. Gone sky diving (88 jumps, USPA A-license #29766 – 1997) 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(and the next month we ate it) 56. Alphabetized your cds (used to, not anymore thanks to mp3) 57. Pretended to be a superhero 58. Sung karaoke 59. Lounged around in bed all day 60. Posed nude in front of strangers 61. Gone scuba diving 62. Kissed in the rain 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 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 straight 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 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 85. Been to Las Vegas 86. Recorded music (hey, it didn’t have to be GOOD, right?) 87. Eaten shark 88. Had a one-night stand 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. (work in progress) 97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour 98. Created and named your own constellation of stars 99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country 100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over (I almost did) 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. (Ford Escorts can be remarkably resillient.) 105. Wrote articles for a large publication 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 (thought I did, and nope, it was in Disneyland) 115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced 116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol 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 (I wish I did, been there though) 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 (2 more to go !) 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 (fine, I’m working on it) 131. Parasailed 132. Petted 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(a pig named susy at my grandma’s house) 137. Skipped all your school reunions 138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (thanks to sign 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 (a drawing for $12, volunteered for a social event) 145. Had a booth at a street fair 146: Dyed your hair (red, brown, blonde, blue, black) 147: Been a DJ 148: Shaved your head (high school, I miss it ) 149: Caused a car accident 150: Saved someone’s life (ran to a hospital with a stranger with a stroke. I failed.) Comments » [...]
6. twoboysmom says:

   July 20, 2006 at 2:46 pm

   Sorry I’m late! Very fun! http://giosmomma.blogspot.com/2006/07/life-experiences-meme.html (How do you make it a link?)