{"id":289,"date":"2008-12-01T21:41:26","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T20:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=289"},"modified":"2008-12-01T21:41:26","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T20:41:26","slug":"100-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"100 things"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got it from\u00a0\u00a0glittyknittykitty<\/a>\u00a0(Steve Richardson sent me).<\/p>\n

Things *I’ve* done in bold… (I’ve added non-american\/non-overseas travel for my own benefit…)<\/p>\n

1. Started my own blog
\n2. Slept under the stars<\/strong>
\n3. Played in a band<\/strong>
\n4. Visited Hawaii (or maybe Shetland?)
\n5. Watched a meteor shower
\n6. Given more than I can afford to charity<\/strong>
\n7. Been to Disneyland\/world (Paris?)
\n8. Climbed a mountain<\/strong>
\n9. Held a praying mantis
\n10. Sung a solo<\/strong>
\n11. Bungee jumped
\n12. Visited Paris<\/strong>
\n13. Watched lightening at sea
\n14. Taught myself an art from scratch<\/strong>
\n15. Adopted a child
\n16. Had food poisoning<\/strong>
\n17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty<\/strong>
\n18. Grown my own vegetables<\/strong>
\n19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
\n20. Slept on an overnight train<\/strong>
\n21. Had a pillow fight<\/strong>
\n22. Hitchhiked
\n23. Taken a sick day when you\u2019re not ill<\/strong>
\n24. Built a snow fort<\/strong>
\n25. Held a lamb<\/strong>
\n26. Gone skinny dipping<\/strong>
\n27. Run a Marathon
\n28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
\n29. Seen a total eclipse
\n30. Watched a sunrise or sunset<\/strong>
\n31. Hit a home run<\/strong>
\n32. Been on a cruise<\/strong>
\n33. Seen Niagara Falls in person<\/strong>
\n34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
\n<\/strong>35. Seen an Amish community
\n36. Taught myself a new language<\/strong>
\n37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied<\/strong>
\n38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
\n39. Gone rock climbing<\/strong>
\n40. Seen Michelangelo\u2019s David
\n41. Sung karaoke
\n42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt (Been to Iceland & swum in a hot pool in winter)
\n43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
\n44. Visited Africa
\n45. Walked on a beach by moonlight<\/strong>
\n46. Been transported in an ambulance
\n47. Had my portrait painted
\n48. Gone deep sea fishing
\n49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
\n50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris<\/strong>
\n51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling<\/strong>
\n52. Kissed in the rain<\/strong>
\n53. Played in the mud<\/strong>
\n54. Gone to a drive-in theater
\n<\/strong>55. Been in a movie
\n56. Visited the Great Wall of China (visited Hadrian’s Wall<\/strong>? Or at least, where it *was* at the Western end of it…)
\n57. Started a business<\/strong>
\n58. Taken a martial arts class
\n59. Visited Russia (Visited West-coast Scotland<\/strong> (what? they eat weird food and speak funny. How much more like Russia does it get??!))
\n60. Served at a soup kitchen
\n61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
\n62. Gone whale watching
\n63. Got flowers for no reason<\/strong>
\n64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma<\/strong>
\n65. Gone sky diving
\n66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
\n67. Bounced a check
\n68. Flown in a helicopter
\n69. Saved a favorite childhood toy<\/strong>
\n70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial (Stonehenge – I’m thinking timelines from country-founding to present day & similar place on the line. No, it’s not scientific, and I’m prepared to be told off for wild inaccuracies)
\n71. Eaten Caviar<\/strong>
\n72. Pieced a quilt<\/strong>
\n73. Stood in Times Square<\/strong>
\n74. Toured the Everglades (visited St Michael’s Mount – similar risk of disappearing below sea)
\n75. Been fired from a job
\n76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London<\/strong>
\n77. Broken a bone<\/strong>
\n78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
\n79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (Cheshire Gorge)
\n80. Published a book
\n81. Visited the Vatican (surely this is a duplicate of Sistine Chapel? If you’ve see the SC in person, you’re *in* the Vatican. SOOOOOO Fabulous works of artthat are alsoan integral part of a building. I’m going to go with Mackintosh’s house at the Hunterian in Glasgow<\/strong> or Liverpool Cathedral<\/strong> (either one). I know, the latter is practially in my back yard. It’s late & I’m getting lazy.)
\n82. Bought a brand new car<\/strong>
\n83. Walked in Jerusalem
\n84. Had my picture in the newspaper<\/strong>
\n85. Read the entire Bible
\n86. Visited the White House (The Houses of Parliament<\/strong>)
\n87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
\n88. Had chickenpox<\/strong>
\n89. Saved someone\u2019s life (does giving blood count? I’m going to go with “yes”)
\n90. Sat on a jury
\n91. Met someone famous<\/strong> (how famous? I stood near Gordon Brown once when he was the Chancellor. I sat on the same table as Peter the drummer from The Verve at his sister’s wedding. I’ve been on the telly once (that would have been my 15 minutes – or rather, 5 seconds.))(on reflection, I’m having this one)
\n92. Joined a book club<\/strong>
\n93. Lost a loved one
\n94. Had a baby (twice – do I get extra points, and does my friend Helen get 3?)<\/strong>
\n95. Seen the Alamo in person (Cullodden<\/strong>)
\n96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (isn’t that devoid of water, so it can never be done? I’m going with something I’ll never do, but is actually possible: surfed the Severn Bore)
\n97. Been involved in a law suit<\/strong>
\n98. Owned a cell phone<\/strong>
\n99. Been stung by a bee
\n100. Rode an elephant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Got it from\u00a0\u00a0glittyknittykitty\u00a0(Steve Richardson sent me). Things *I’ve* done in bold… (I’ve added non-american\/non-overseas travel for my own benefit…) 1. Started my own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii (or maybe Shetland?) … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jude-the-obscure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}