New location: This page now maintained here: http://www.donnunn.com/spiel/200_questions.html.
I was going to try to track the path of sites through which I saw this series of questions, but it got to be too big after only a couple clicks. Suffice it to say I saw it first at Chasing Daisy. Go visit her site, because she’s funny and I like her, and then you can backtrack it from there.
In the list below, I’ve done the things in boldface. I’m not including details—if you want ’em, leave a comment.
- Bought everyone in the pub a drink
- Swam with wild dolphins
- Climbed a mountain
- Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
- Been inside the Great Pyramid
- Held a tarantula
- Taken a candlelight bath with someone
- Said “I love you” and meant it
- Hugged a tree
- Done a striptease
- Bungee jumped
- Visited Paris
- Watched a lightning storm at sea
- Stayed up all night long and watched the sun rise
- Seen the Northern Lights
- Gone to a huge sports game
- Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
- Grown and eaten my own vegetables
- Touched an iceberg
- Slept under the stars
- Changed a baby’s diaper
- Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
- Watched a meteor shower
- Gotten drunk on champagne
- Given more than I can afford to charity
- Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
- Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
- Had a food fight
- Bet on a winning horse
- Taken a sick day when I’m not ill
- Asked out a stranger
- Had a snowball fight
- Photocopied my bottom on the office photocopier
- Screamed as loudly as I possibly can
- Held a lamb
- Enacted a favourite fantasy
- Taken a midnight skinny dip
- Taken an ice-cold bath
- Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
- Seen a total eclipse
- Ridden a roller coaster
- Hit a home run
- Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
- Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
- Adopted an accent for an entire day
- Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
- Actually felt happy about my life, even for just a moment
- Had two hard drives for my computer
- Visited all 50 states
- Loved my job for all accounts
- Taken care of someone who was shit-faced
- Had enough money to be truly satisfied
- Had amazing friends
- Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
- Watched wild whales
- Stolen a sign
- Backpacked in Europe
- Taken a road trip
- Gone rock climbing
- Lied to a foreign government official in that country to avoid notice
- Taken a midnight walk on the beach
- Skydived
- Visited Ireland
- Been heartbroken longer than I was actually in love
- In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
- Visited Japan
- Bench-pressed my own weight
- Milked a cow
- Alphabetized my records
- Pretended to be a superhero
- Sung karaoke
- Lounged around in bed all day
- Posed nude in front of strangers
- Gone scuba diving
- Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye
- Kissed in the rain
- Played in the mud
- Played in the rain
- Gone to a drive-in theater
- Done something I should regret, but don’t regret it
- Visited the Great Wall of China
- Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about my blog has discovered it
- Dropped Windows in favor of something better
- Started a business
- Fallen in love and not had my heart broken
- Toured ancient sites
- Taken a martial arts class
- Swordfought for the honor of a woman
- Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
- Gotten married
- Been in a movie
- Crashed a party
- Loved someone I shouldn’t have
- Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
- Gotten divorced
- Had sex at the office
- Gone without food for 5 days
- Made cookies from scratch
- Won first prize in a costume contest
- Ridden a gondola in Venice
- Gotten a tattoo
- Found that the texture of some materials can turn me on
- Rafted the Snake River
- Been on television news programs as an “expert”
- Got flowers for no reason
- Masturbated in a public place
- Got so drunk I don’t remember anything
- Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
- Performed on stage
- Been to Las Vegas
- Recorded music
- Eaten shark
- Had a one-night stand
- Gone to Thailand
- Seen Siouxsie live
- Bought a house
- Been in a combat zone
- Buried one/both of my parents
- Shaved or waxed my pubic hair off
- Been on a cruise ship
- Spoken more than one language fluently
- Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
- Bounced a cheque
- Performed in Rocky Horror
- Read—and understood—my credit report
- Raised children
- Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy
- Followed my favorite band/singer on tour
- Created and named my own constellation of stars
- Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
- Found out something significant that my ancestors did
- Called or written my Congressman/Member of Parliament
- Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
- —More than once? —More than thrice?
- Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
- Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when I knew someone was looking
- Had an abortion or my female partner did
- Had plastic surgery
- Survived an accident I shouldn’t have survived
- Written articles for a large publication
- Lost over 100 pounds
- Held someone while they were having a flashback
- Piloted an airplane
- Petted a stingray
- Broken someone’s heart
- Helped an animal give birth
- Been fired or laid off from a job
- Won money on a TV game show
- Broken a bone
- Killed a human being
- Gone on an African photo safari
- Ridden a motorcycle
- Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
- Had a body part below the neck pierced
- Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
- Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
- Ridden a horse
- Had major surgery
- Had sex on a moving train
- Had a snake as a pet
- Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
- Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
- Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
- Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
- Visited all 7 continents
- Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
- Eaten kangaroo meat
- Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
- Been a sperm or egg donor
- Eaten sushi
- Had my picture in the newspaper
- Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in my lifetime
- Changed someone’s mind about something I care deeply about
- Gotten someone fired for their actions
- Gone back to school (Haven’t done this quite yet; on hold after recent move to Seattle area)
- Parasailed
- Changed my name
- Petted a cockroach
- Eaten fried green tomatoes
- Read The Iliad
- Selected one “important” author I missed in school and read his/her work
- Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because my apartment needed them
- —and gotten 86ed from the restaurant because I did it so many times, they figured out it was me
- Taught myself an art from scratch
- Killed and prepared an animal for eating
- Apologised to someone years after inflicting the hurt
- Skipped all my school reunions
- Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
- Been elected to public office
- Written my own computer language
- Thought to myself that I was living my dream
- Had to put someone I love into hospice care
- Built my own PC from parts
- Sold my own artwork to someone who didn’t know me
- Had a booth at a street fair
- Dyed my hair
- Been a DJ
- Found out someone was going to dump me via LiveJournal
- Written my own role-playing game
- Been arrested
