27 October 2006

Getting Inspiration Part 1

Anyresemblance has lived in Tripoli! I think that's so intriguing. Anyway, she very kindly tagged me but as I'd done that particular one before I thought I'd head on over to Rodney's blog and steal a list from him. The stuff in a different colour is what I've done:

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink (it's a beautiful dream)
02. Swam with wild dolphins (twice knowingly; once blissfully unaware)
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula (no, but had my hand right next to one without realising, and then the screams; my god, the screams)
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone (yuk, who comes up with this stuff?)
08. Said “I love you’ and meant it!
09. Hugged a tree (how embarrassing)

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/Southern Lights (Southern)
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 (does a glacier count?)
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s nappy
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon (thank you, Grumpy)
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity (well, clearly I could afford it, really)
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 (through a pinhole camera, of course. Don't look directly at it; don't look, doooooon't look!!!!)
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run (primary school softball; my glory days are well and truly behind me)
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (only due to influence of #23)
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (virtually all the time)
39. Visited all 7 states and territories in Australia
40. Taken care of someone who was drunk
41. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country (shudder)
42. Watched wild whales
43. Stolen a sign
44. Backpacked in Europe
45. Taken a road-trip
46. Gone rock climbing
48. Midnight walk on the beach
49. Gone sky diving (one day...)
50. Taken a train through Europe
51. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
52. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table, and had a meal with them
53. Milked a cow
54. Alphabetized your CDs (Grumpy's thang!)
55. Sung karaoke
56. Lounged around in bed all day
57. Gone scuba diving
58. Kissed in the rain (give me a break!)
59. Gone to a drive-in theatre
60. Started a business
61. Taken a martial arts class
62. Been in a movie
63. Crashed a party
64. Gone without food for 5 days
65. Gotten a tattoo
66. Got flowers for no reason (again: thank you, Grumpy)
67. Performed on stage
68. Been to Las Vegas
69. Recorded music
70. Eaten shark
71. Buried one/both of your parents
72. Been on a cruise ship
73. Spoken more than one language fluently
74. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over (because I got a job there, but what the hell)
75. Walked the Sydney Harbour Bridge
76. Had plastic surgery
77. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
78. Wrote articles for a large publication
77. Lost over 50 kilos (how careless)
79. Piloted an airplane
80. Petted a stingray (well, handled quite a few, but never "petted")
81. Broken someone’s heart (hahahahahahahahahaha)
82. Broken a bone
83. Eaten sushi (never again)
84. Had your picture in the newspaper (Tasmania, c. 1980)
85. Parasailed
86. Skipped all your school reunions
87. Shaved your head
88. Caused a car accident (twice, to my chagrin)
89. Pretended to be "sick" (well, duh. See: hazelblackberry's entire working life.)
90. Surfed in the ocean
91. Saved someone's life (in the Elton John "someone saved my life tonight" sense or in the more socially recognised sense? Either way, no. But I know someone who has.)
92. Fainted
93. Been in the room while someone is giving birth (no, thank God (particularly in reference to self giving birth))
94. Hitchhiked (no, Stranger Danger, not to mention Bloody Ern Danger, worked particularly well with me)
95. Adopted a child (does my lovely little cat count?)
96. Been caught daydreaming (slightly humorous story re this that may be blogged one day)
97. Been to Ayers Rock
98. Called off a wedding engagement
99. Donated your blood
100. Become a follower of Jesus Christ

Now it's over to you...

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