meme it baby

I'm feeling uninspired today, so instead of crafting my usual witty, measured, and carefully thought out post (hah!) I'm going to do a random meme from some craft website I was perusing while having my first cup of tea for the day.

Here is 99 Things. In bold is what I've done, in italics is what I would like to do, and plain ole type is everything else.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (I’ve decided to include playing in a string quartet on the basis that it is the nerd version of a band)
4. Visited Hawaii (I'm hanging out to go!)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain (No, but I have climbed some very large hills thanks to Outward Bound)
9. Held a praying mantis (professional hazard for me, it turns out)
10. Sang a solo (high school musical, it was terrifying and ultimately quite tuneless, although my grandmother says otherwise)
11. Bungee jumped (ah, no. And never will)
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea (over the sea? or while at sea?)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (cross stitch?)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (Year 7 camp, ick)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (tomatoes)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (as opposed to anywhere else?)
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (no thank you! Hitch hiking seems to end badly in Oz)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (I'm such a nerd so I never have, but I would certainly like to one day!)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb (I guess a baby llama doesn’t count…)
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
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (1/2 – England, but not Germany)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (I learnt French at school but was entirely crap at it, and I’ve been wanting to learn Spanish)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (Now, I guess. Ideally, I’d like more - I’d like my own house (renting sucks) and to be able to buy a hybrid car - but fundamentally I’m pretty comfortable).
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. See Michelangelo’s David. (I have seen the plaster recreation of it in London, but I’m sure it isn’t quite the same!)
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
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 snorkelling (snorkelling)
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class (I’m counting self-defence here, which was compulsory at my school)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching (I’ve been, but didn’t see any whales – porpoises and sea lions but no whales. SOB. I’ve seen beluga whales in captivity, but I don’t think that really counts)
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (my Dad, who is qualified to know these things, says I can’t because my iron levels are too low, but I’d still like to)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favourite childhood toy (oh so many, it drives my mother crazy)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt (I will make a quilt one day, I will.)
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. (fractured, but not broken)
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 (a few times now – a hazard of sharing with a journo)
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
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 (I can’t – you’re not allowed if you’re a lawyer.)
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 (does being a lawyer count?)
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee