{"id":7976,"date":"2004-09-29T07:01:31","date_gmt":"2004-09-29T05:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/09\/29\/200-things-to-do\/"},"modified":"2010-04-03T02:37:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T00:37:00","slug":"200-things-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/09\/29\/200-things-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"200 things to do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"<\/a>Once in a while there is some extremely stupid thing that goes around many blogs on the web. This time it is a list of 200 things to do. You put this list in your blog and you mark the things you did with bold. Then you get surprised how many things you’ve actually did already. Anyway, the examples are here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read further for my results, if you are interested.<\/p>\n

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Stats<\/strong>: out of items, are marked completed.<\/p>\n

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  1. Bought everyone in the pub a drink<\/li>\n
  2. Swam with wild dolphins<\/li>\n
  3. Climbed a mountain<\/li>\n
  4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive (I wish I had though)<\/li>\n
  5. Been inside the Great Pyramid (and it sucked down there)<\/del><\/li>\n
  6. Held a tarantula<\/li>\n
  7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone (I can barely fit in the bath myself)<\/li>\n
  8. Said -I love you- and meant it (and keep doing it)<\/del><\/li>\n
  9. Hugged a tree<\/del><\/li>\n
  10. Done a striptease<\/del><\/li>\n
  11. Bungee jumped<\/li>\n
  12. Visited Paris<\/li>\n
  13. Watched a lightning storm at sea<\/del><\/li>\n
  14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise (multiple times)<\/del><\/li>\n
  15. Seen the Northern Lights<\/li>\n
  16. Gone to a huge sports game<\/del><\/li>\n
  17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa<\/li>\n
  18. Grown and eaten my own vegetables (happy childhood that was)<\/del><\/li>\n
  19. Touched an iceberg<\/li>\n
  20. Slept under the stars (many times)<\/del><\/li>\n
  21. Changed a babys diaper (over a thousand times)<\/del><\/li>\n
  22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon<\/li>\n
  23. Watched a meteor shower<\/del><\/a><\/li>\n
  24. Gotten drunk on champagne<\/del><\/li>\n
  25. Given more than you can afford to charity<\/del><\/li>\n
  26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope<\/del><\/a><\/li>\n
  27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment<\/del><\/li>\n
  28. Had a food fight (I dont get it)<\/li>\n
  29. Bet on a winning horse<\/li>\n
  30. Taken a sick day when you were not ill (more than once)<\/del><\/li>\n
  31. Asked out a stranger<\/del><\/li>\n
  32. Had a snowball fight (more than once)<\/del><\/li>\n
  33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier<\/li>\n
  34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can (on multiple occasions)<\/del><\/li>\n
  35. Held a lamb<\/li>\n
  36. Enacted a favorite fantasy<\/li>\n
  37. Taken a midnight skinny dip<\/li>\n
  38. Taken an ice cold bath<\/li>\n
  39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar<\/li>\n
  40. Seen a total eclipse<\/del><\/li>\n
  41. Rode on a roller coaster<\/li>\n
  42. Hit a home run<\/li>\n
  43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days<\/del><\/li>\n
  44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (several times)<\/del><\/li>\n
  45. Adopted an accent for an entire day (Indian)<\/del><\/li>\n
  46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors<\/li>\n
  47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (very frequently)<\/del><\/li>\n
  48. Had two hard drives for your computer (I had as much as six)<\/del><\/li>\n
  49. Visited all 50 states<\/li>\n
  50. Loved your job for all accounts<\/del><\/li>\n
  51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced<\/li>\n
  52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (I do not need much)<\/del><\/li>\n
  53. Had amazing friends (hi guys!)<\/del><\/li>\n
  54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country<\/del><\/li>\n
  55. Watched wild whales<\/li>\n
  56. Stolen a sign<\/del><\/li>\n
  57. Backpacked in Europe<\/li>\n
  58. Taken a road-trip<\/del><\/li>\n
  59. Rock climbing<\/li>\n
  60. Lied to foreign governments official in that country to avoid notice (Cyprus traffic police are the best. Ever.)<\/del><\/li>\n
  61. Midnight walk on the beach<\/del><\/li>\n
  62. Sky diving<\/li>\n
  63. Visited Ireland<\/li>\n
  64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love<\/del><\/li>\n
  65. In a restaurant, sat at a strangers table and had a meal with them<\/del><\/li>\n
  66. Visited Japan<\/li>\n
  67. Benchpressed your own weight<\/li>\n
  68. Milked a cow<\/del><\/li>\n
  69. Alphabetized your records<\/del><\/li>\n
  70. Pretended to be a superhero<\/del><\/li>\n
  71. Sung karaoke (but no one was happy that I did. Even I.)<\/del><\/li>\n
  72. Lounged around in bed all day (several times)<\/del><\/li>\n
  73. Posed nude in front of strangers<\/li>\n
  74. Scuba diving<\/li>\n
  75. Got it on to Lets Get It On by Marvin Gaye<\/li>\n
  76. Kissed in the rain<\/del><\/li>\n
  77. Played in the mud<\/del><\/li>\n
  78. Played in the rain<\/del><\/li>\n
  79. Gone to a drive-in theater<\/li>\n
  80. Done something you should regret, but dont regret it<\/del><\/li>\n
  81. Visited the Great Wall of China<\/li>\n
  82. Discovered that someone whos not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog<\/li>\n
  83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better (and a long time ago. Never looked back.)<\/del><\/li>\n
  84. Started a business<\/li>\n
  85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken<\/del><\/li>\n
  86. Toured ancient sites<\/del><\/li>\n
  87. Taken a martial arts class<\/del><\/li>\n
  88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman<\/li>\n
  89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight<\/li>\n
  90. Gotten married<\/del><\/li>\n
  91. Been in a movie (two amateur short movies so far)<\/del><\/li>\n
  92. Crashed a party<\/del><\/li>\n
  93. Loved someone you shouldnt have<\/li>\n
  94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy<\/li>\n
  95. Gotten divorced<\/li>\n
  96. Had sex at the office<\/li>\n
  97. Gone without food for 5 days<\/li>\n
  98. Made cookies from scratch<\/li>\n
  99. Won first prize in a costume contest<\/li>\n
  100. Rode a gondola in Venice<\/li>\n
  101. Gotten a tattoo<\/li>\n
  102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on (I am easily turned on.)<\/del><\/li>\n
  103. Rafted the Snake River<\/li>\n
  104. Been on television news programs as an expert<\/li>\n
  105. Got flowers for no reason<\/del><\/li>\n
  106. Masturbated in a public place (hehe\u2026 but no one saw me. I think\u2026)<\/del><\/li>\n
  107. Got so drunk you dont remember anything (way too many times)<\/del><\/a><\/li>\n
  108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug<\/li>\n
  109. Performed on stage<\/del><\/li>\n
  110. Been to Las Vegas<\/li>\n
  111. Recorded music<\/del><\/li>\n
  112. Eaten shark<\/li>\n
  113. Had a one-night stand<\/li>\n
  114. Gone to Thailand<\/li>\n
  115. Seen Siouxsie live<\/li>\n
  116. Bought a house<\/li>\n
  117. Been in a combat zone<\/li>\n
  118. Buried one\/both of your parents<\/li>\n
  119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off (pervert, arent I?)<\/del><\/li>\n
  120. Been on a cruise ship (once from Togliatti to St.Petersburg and once from Cyprus to Egypt)<\/del><\/li>\n
  121. Spoken more than one language fluently (Russian and English. More to come.)<\/del><\/li>\n
  122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone<\/del><\/li>\n
  123. Bounced a check<\/li>\n
  124. Performed in Rocky Horror<\/li>\n
  125. Read \u2013 and understood \u2013 your credit report<\/li>\n
  126. Raised children (but doing so now)<\/li>\n
  127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy (I dont even remember what it was)<\/li>\n
  128. Followed your favorite band\/singer on tour<\/li>\n
  129. Created and named your own constellation of stars<\/li>\n
  130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country<\/li>\n
  131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did<\/li>\n
  132. Called or written your Congress person<\/li>\n
  133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over (better even \u2013 a new country)<\/del><\/li>\n
  134. \u2026 more than once?<\/li>\n
  135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge<\/li>\n
  136. Sang loudly in the car, and did not stop when you knew someone was looking (guilty as charged. Several times)<\/del><\/li>\n
  137. Had an abortion or your female partner did<\/li>\n
  138. Had plastic surgery<\/li>\n
  139. Survived an accident that you should not have survived (that car crash was really a miracle)<\/del><\/li>\n
  140. Wrote articles for a large publication<\/li>\n
  141. Lost over 100 pounds<\/li>\n
  142. Held someone while they were having a flashback<\/li>\n
  143. Piloted an airplane<\/li>\n
  144. Petted a stingray<\/li>\n
  145. Broken someones heart (not intentionally though)<\/del><\/li>\n
  146. Helped an animal give birth<\/li>\n
  147. Been fired or laid off from a job<\/li>\n
  148. Won money on a T.V. game show<\/li>\n
  149. Broken a bone<\/li>\n
  150. Killed a human being<\/li>\n
  151. Gone on an African photo safari<\/li>\n
  152. Rode on a motorcycle (lots of times)<\/del><\/li>\n
  153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph (many times)<\/del><\/li>\n
  154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced<\/li>\n
  155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol<\/del><\/li>\n
  156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild (I hardly know any Russians who did not)<\/del><\/li>\n
  157. Rode a horse (tried a few times. Did not enjoy it much though)<\/del><\/li>\n
  158. Had major surgery<\/li>\n
  159. Had sex on a moving train<\/li>\n
  160. Had a snake as a pet<\/li>\n
  161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon<\/li>\n
  162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing<\/li>\n
  163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours<\/del><\/li>\n
  164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states<\/li>\n
  165. Visited all 7 continents<\/li>\n
  166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days<\/li>\n
  167. Eaten kangaroo meat<\/li>\n
  168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground<\/li>\n
  169. Been a sperm or egg donor<\/li>\n
  170. Eaten sushi (many times. and loved it)<\/del><\/li>\n
  171. Had your picture in the newspaper (back when I was a child)<\/del><\/li>\n
  172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime<\/del><\/li>\n
  173. Changed someones mind about something you care deeply about (several times: linux, software, blogging, driving)<\/del><\/li>\n
  174. Gotten someone fired for their actions<\/li>\n
  175. Gone back to school<\/li>\n
  176. Parasailed<\/li>\n
  177. Changed your name<\/li>\n
  178. Petted a cockroach<\/li>\n
  179. Eaten fried green tomatoes<\/li>\n
  180. Read The Iliad<\/li>\n
  181. Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read<\/li>\n
  182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them<\/li>\n
  183. \u2026 and gotten 86ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you<\/li>\n
  184. Taught yourself an art from scratch (photography)<\/del><\/li>\n
  185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating<\/li>\n
  186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt<\/li>\n
  187. Skipped all your school reunions<\/del><\/li>\n
  188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (many times. I guess I have to learn Greek.)<\/del><\/li>\n
  189. Been elected to public office<\/li>\n
  190. Written your own computer language<\/li>\n
  191. Thought to yourself that you are living your dream<\/li>\n
  192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care<\/li>\n
  193. Built your own PC from parts (it is what everyone used to do back in the days)<\/del><\/li>\n
  194. Sold your own artwork to someone who did not know you<\/li>\n
  195. Had a booth at a street fair<\/li>\n
  196. Dyed your hair<\/li>\n
  197. Been a DJ (and a terrible one at that)<\/del><\/li>\n
  198. Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal<\/li>\n
  199. Written your own role playing game<\/li>\n
  200. Been arrested<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

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