Have You Lived Life? Not 'Til You've Cured Those Hiccups!

So here's the deal, I stole this off of Liz's blog, and she stole it from someone else. Apparently, being able to check off a number of these (which is done by bolding) tells you that you have really lived life.

HAVE YOU EVER...

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 (my little brother had one as a pet and I had nightmares about that thing getting out. I just wanted to SQUISH IT!!!!)
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 (Oregon State football 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
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 (don't they always come at the worst possible moment?)
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger (it's how Jen and I met)
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 (I still do this in the grocery store to the ridiculous music they play...Jen doesn't like it)
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer (just bought a sweet USB powered 60 Gig external)
40. Visited all 50 states (I bolded exactly half of the alpha-numeric characters because I've hit 25 or 26)
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched 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 (why jump out of a perfectly good working airplane?)
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
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
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 (I've done a few others and visited the Snake River for catfishing; I think that qualifies)
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason (Jen bought some for me once when we were dating)
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents (Jen buried her mom at 17 and we buried her sister two and a half years ago)
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over (and it will happen again in the next couple of years)
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
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds (I've gained over 210 pounds in the last 25 years, does that count?)
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray (maybe in a few years...)
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth (I've seen cows give birth to calfs at the dairy farm just up the road from my childhood home)
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears (still planning this one)
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 (we caught and kept a few as kids)
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
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
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi (that is different than sashimi)
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched 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
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (I do this every day at work with the Japanese people here)
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
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life

WOW! I ticked off 69 out of all 150. Even compensating for the ego answers (I'd set that handicap at 4), I still ticked off 65 out of 150. Life has had its dull and exciting moments. It all seems like an adventure, looking back on it now.

Potty humor content here, for those of you concerned.

I picked this up from Reuters. It is a snippet from a story on the "Ignobel Prize" a spin of the "Nobel Prize." These awards honor real research that just happens to be on off-beat material. here's the snippet:

Research into stinky feet, a study on the sound of fingernails on a blackboard
and a device that repels teen-agers with an annoying high-pitched hum on
Thursday won IgNobel prizes -- the humorous counterpart to this week's Nobel
prizes.
Other winning research included a U.S. and Israeli team's discovery
that hiccups could be cured with a finger up the rectum and a study into why
woodpeckers do not get headaches.

That is one home remedy that I will not be trying any time soon. That just sounds sick. I can't do that. I avoid certain sensations at all costs.

I'll tickle your funny bones with a few more hilarious videos. Watch, enjoy, and have a good laugh.

Tom couldn't see very well. He used to need glasses, but it is kind of a moot point now.


Pong anyone?


In the words of the Guiness guys, "Brilliant!"




Apparently, this XBox commercial was banned from usage. It makes me sad to think so. What little boy didn't do these sorts of crazy things when he was a kid (and I'm sure there were plenty of girls who did too, my wife included). It just goes to show you what an overly-politically correct society we live in.


Well, I think that's all I've got for today. I'm off to Central Oregon this weekend to do some hiking with my wife and parents.

Have a blessed weekend,

Big J

"Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it." Fyodor Dostoevsky