It’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these blog memes.<\/p>\n
This one is via the random Candice.<\/a><\/p>\n Bold means “Mission Accomplished”.<\/p>\n 01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink – <\/strong>I did it once.\u00a0 My two friends and I were the only two people there.\u00a0 I made a big show of yelling “A round for the whole house!”\u00a0 Bartender was not amused. It’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these blog memes. This one is via the random Candice. Bold means “Mission Accomplished”. 01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink – I did it once.\u00a0 My two friends and I were the only two people there.\u00a0 I made a big show of yelling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[176],"class_list":["post-5260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mitch","tag-memes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5260"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24609,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5260\/revisions\/24609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n02. Swam with wild dolphins
\n03. Climbed a mountain
\n04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
\n05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
\n06. Held a tarantula<\/strong> – it was a MN Zoo thing.
\n07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone<\/strong>
\n08. Said \u2018I love you\u2019 and meant it<\/strong>
\n09. Hugged a tree –<\/strong> mainly to show that I was a uniter, not a divider.
\n10. Bungee jumped – Um, no.\u00a0 I’ll parachute before I bungee jump.
\n11. Visited Paris
\n<\/strong>12. Watched a lightning storm at sea – My time on the English Channel was cloudless and smooth as glass.\u00a0 Indeed, every time I’ve been to a traditionally rainy, dank place – Seattle, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, London – it’s been unseasonably sunny.\u00a0 It must be me.
\n13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
\n14. Seen the Northern Lights
\n15. Gone to a huge sports game<\/strong>
\n16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
\n17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables<\/strong>
\n18. Touched an iceberg – Well, not at sea, anyway.
\n19. Slept under the stars
\n20. Changed a baby\u2019s diaper <\/strong>– I calculated that I changed about 9,000 of them.
\n21. Taken a trip on a hot air balloon
\n22. Watched a meteor shower
\n23. Got drunk on champagne<\/strong>
\n24. Given more than you can afford to charity
\n25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
\n26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment<\/strong>
\n27. Had a food fight
\n28. Bet on a winning horse<\/strong> – Sorta.\u00a0 I had a system where if I figured a horse would win, I bet “place” just to be safe.\u00a0\u00a0 I made a bit of money at it.
\n29. Asked out a stranger
\n30. Had a snowball fight
\n31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
\n32. Held a lamb<\/strong>
\n33. Seen a total eclipse – a partial one, anyway, back in tenth grade.
\n34. Ridden a roller coaster
\n35. Hit a home run – <\/strong>In softball?\u00a0 A few.\u00a0 Including one against WCCO in media league softball back in 1986.\u00a0 Glory days…
\n36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking – <\/strong>It’s been a while.
\n37. Adopted an accent for an entire day<\/strong>
\n38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
\n39. Had two hard drives for your computer<\/strong>
\n40. Visited all 50 states
\n41. Taken care of someone who was s**tfaced <\/strong>– it may have been my college minor.
\n42. Had amazing friends<\/strong>
\n43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country <\/strong>– In a club in K\u00f6ln, Germany.\u00a0 And on a ferry between Harwich and Hoek Van Holland.\u00a0 And in a bar in Edinburgh.\u00a0 And at a party in a little village north of Amsterdam.\u00a0 I should point out that I really discovered beer when I was in Europe…
\n44. Watched wild whales
\n45. Stolen a sign
\n46. Backpacked in Europe
\n47. Taken a road-trip<\/strong>
\n48. Gone rock climbing
\n49. Midnight walk on the beach<\/strong>
\n50. Gone sky diving – Someday!
\n51. Visited Ireland – my budget ran out before I could try.
\n52. Been heartbroken for longer than when you were in love<\/strong>
\n53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger\u2019s table and had a meal with them
\n54. Visited Japan
\n55. Milked a cow
\n56. Alphabetized your cds
\n57. Pretended to be a superhero
\n58. Sung karaoke<\/strong> – “You’re the only guy I’ve met who has the b*lls to do “Born to Run”.”
\n59. Lounged around in bed all day – Never.
\n60. Posed nude in front of strangers – not that I remember.
\n61. Gone scuba diving
\n62. Kissed in the rain
\n63. Played in the mud
\n64. Played in the rain
\n65. Gone to a drive-in theater<\/strong>
\n66. Visited the Great Wall of China
\n67. Started a business
\n68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken<\/strong>
\n69. Toured ancient sites<\/strong> – The Hjemkomst <\/em>counts, right?\u00a0 No, seriously – all sorts of ’em, including Augusta Raurica, near Basel (amazing Roman ruins) and a ton of ’em in the UK and Scotland.
\n70. Taken a martial arts class<\/strong>
\n71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight <\/strong>– Have I mentioned the lengths we had to go to to kill time in college in North Dakota if you didn’t have a girlfriend or much of a social life?\u00a0 Although in my defense, I haven’t played D&D since the summer after high school.\u00a0 I’ve done Traveller <\/em>and Twilight 2000<\/em>, though…
\n72. Gotten married
\n73. Been in a movie<\/strong>\u00a0 – I did audio for a really crummy indie production back in 1988.
\n74. Crashed a party
\n75. Gotten divorced<\/strong>
\n76. Gone without food for 5 days<\/strong> – Once, I had some strange, nonspecific fever.\u00a0 Between Sunday and Thursday, I had two enchiladas and four soda crackers.\u00a0 I think that counts.
\n77. Made cookies from scratch<\/strong>
\n78. Won first prize in a costume contest
\n79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
\n80. Gotten a tattoo – never will.
\n81. Rafted the Snake River
\n82. Been on television news programs as an \u201cexpert\u201d<\/strong> – Does radio count?
\n83. Got flowers for no reason – I’ve gotten ’em for a reason – twice, I think.
\n84. Performed on stage<\/strong> – dozens of times, maybe hundreds.\u00a0 Many plays, many many bands, not a few solo gigs on guitar, and a ton of gigs with orchestras (cello)\u00a0 and concert (percussion) and stage and pit (guitar) bands.
\n85. Been to Las Vegas – I have almost no interest in this.
\n86. Recorded music<\/strong> – Why, yes.\u00a0 At home<\/a>, and in the studio<\/a>.
\n87. Eaten shark
\n88. Had a one-night stand<\/strong> – people do lots of dumb things after they get divorced.
\n89. Gone to Thailand
\n90. Bought a house<\/strong>
\n91. Been in a combat zone
\n92. Buried one\/both of your parents
\n93. Been on a cruise ship – I’m sure a North Sea ferry doesn’t count…
\n94. Spoken more than one language fluently\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 – “Fluently” is a big word – but I spoke German well enough that nobody made me as a Yank. I think they thought I was Dutch.\u00a0 And I spoke bad Dutch and French with a German accent, so they thought I was German…
\n95. Performed in Rocky Horror – as in “yelled on cue for the various parts of the movie”, or “dressed up”?\u00a0 I did the former.\u00a0 But I bet that’s not what they’re talking about…
\n96. Live in a foreign country, even for a brief time
\n97. Followed your favorite band\/singer on tour
\n98. Created and named your own constellation of stars
\n99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country\u00a0 <\/strong>– Dunno how “exotic” it was; I rode from Uitgeest to Haarlem and, later, from Grave to Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
\n100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over<\/strong> –\u00a0 Well, to “start” more than “start over”.
\n101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
\n102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn\u2019t stop when you knew someone was looking<\/strong>
\n103. Had plastic surgery
\n104. Survived an accident that you shouldn\u2019t have survived.
\n105. Wrote articles for a large publication<\/strong> – Define “large”?
\n106. Lost over 100 pounds
\n107. Held someone while they were having a flashback<\/strong> – Not a “flashback”, but while they were having a very dissociative episode, yes.
\n108. Piloted an airplane
\n109. Petted a stingray
\n110. Broken someone\u2019s heart<\/strong>
\n111. Helped an animal give birth
\n112. Won money on a T.V. game show
\n113. Broken a bone<\/strong>
\n114. Gone on an African photo safari
\n115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced – never voluntarily.\u00a0 Never will.
\n116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol<\/strong> – many of them, including – twice – full-automatic.
\n117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild<\/strong>
\n118. Ridden a horse
\n119. Had major surgery
\n120. Had a snake as a pet
\n121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
\n122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours<\/strong> \u2013 when I had the aforementioned fever.
\n123. Visited non-US foreign countries<\/span> – Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland, the UK and Canada.
\n124. Visited all 7 continents
\n125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
\n126. Eaten kangaroo meat<\/span>
127. Eaten sushi<\/span>
128. Had your picture in the newspaper<\/span>
129. Changed someone\u2019s mind about something you care deeply about<\/span>
130. Gone back to school<\/span> – for a class or two.
\n131. Parasailed
\n132. Petted a cockroach – if by “pet” you mean “stomp”?
\n133. Eaten fried green tomatoes<\/span>
134. Read The Iliad<\/span>
135. Selected one \u201cimportant\u201d author who you missed in school<\/span>
\n136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
\n137. Skipped all your school reunions – Tough one.\u00a0 I will crawl across broken glass to make my high school reunions.\u00a0 But I haven’t been to any college ones.
\n138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language<\/span>
\n139. Been elected to public office
\n140. Written your own computer language
\n141. Thought to yourself that you\u2019re living your dream<\/span> – Briefly.
\n142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
\n143. Built your own PC from parts<\/span>
\n144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn\u2019t know you
\n145. Had a booth at a street fair
\n146: Dyed your hair
\n147: Been a DJ<\/span> – KEYJ, KDAK, KQDJ, KDWB AM\/FM, and a zillion crappy bars.
\n148: Shaved your head
\n149: Caused a car accident
\n150: Saved someone\u2019s life – Not sure that I’d be quite that dramatic.\u00a0 I’ve called the ambulance for several people who were sick, had had accidents, or were passed out on the street over the years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"