Another borrowed survey...

I borrowed another survey from a friend. The listings in "ALL-CAPS" are the ones that I've done.

01. BOUGHT EVERYONE IN THE PUB A DRINK. (It was a slow night at the pub)
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
07. Taken a bath with someone (Does a shower count?)
08. SAID I LOVE YOU AND MEANT IT (not romantically)
10. Done a strip tease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. WATCHED A LIGHTNING STORM AT SEA (from the beach, not a boat/ship)
14. STAYED UP ALL NIGHT LONG AND WATCHED THE SUNRISE
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. GONE TO A HUGE SPORTS GAME
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. GROWN AND EATEN YOUR OWN VEGETABLES
19. Touched an iceberg
20. SLEPT UNDER THE STARS
21. CHANGED A BABY'S DIAPER
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. WATCHED A METEOR SHOWER
24. Gotten drunk off Champagne (As much Champagne as I drink, I’ve never actually gotten drunk from it)
25. GIVEN MORE THAN YOU CAN AFFORD TO CHARITY
26. LOOKED UP AT THE NIGHT SKY THROUGH A TELESCOPE
27. HAD AN UNCONTROLLABLE GIGGLING FIT AT THE WORST POSSIBLE MOMENT
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. CALLED IN SICK WHEN YOU WERE NOT ILL (not at my current job)
31. ASKED OUT A STRANGER
32. HAD A SNOWBALL FIGHT
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. SCREAMED AS LOUD AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN
35. Held a lamb
36. ENACTED A FAVORITE FANTASY (I went to Australia for free if that counts)
37. TAKEN A MIDNIGHT SKINNY DIP
38. TAKEN AN ICE COLD BATH
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. SEEN A TOTAL ECLIPSE
41. RIDDEN A ROLLERCOASTER
42. Hit a home run (I did in a co-ed middle school gym class)
43. Fit three days into three weeks
44. DANCED LIKE A FOOL AND NOT CARED WHO WAS LOOKING
45. ADOPTED A FOREIGN ACCENT FOR A DAY
46. VISITED THE BIRTHPLACE OF YOUR ANCESTORS
47. ACTUALLY FELT HAPPY ABOUT YOUR LIFE; EVEN JUST FOR A MOMENT (In Switzerland and Australia)
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states/every county
50. Loved your job (Although my library job when I was in high school was pretty cool. I love what I do now, but I can’t say that I love my job)
51. TAKEN CARE OF SOMEONE WHO WAS SHITFACED
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. HAD AMAZING FRIENDS (HAVE AMAZING FRIENDS)
54. Danced in with a stranger in a foreign country
55. WATCHED WILD WHALES
56. Stolen a sign
57. BACKPACKED IN EUROPE (Sort of, but not in the cool way. I was with my family)
58. TAKEN A ROAD TRIP
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice
61. MIDNIGHT WALK ON THE BEACH
62. Visited Ireland
63. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
64. IN A RESTAURANT; SAT WITH A STRANGER AND HAD A MEAL WITH THEM
65. Visited Japan
66. Benchpressed your own weight
67. Milked a cow
68. ALPHABETISED YOUR RECORDS/CDs
69. PRETENDED TO BE A SUPERHERO (just yesterday, in fact)
70. SUNG KARAOKE
71. Lounged all day in bed (I’ve lazed about on the couch all day, but not in bed)
72. Posed nude in front of strangers (only whilst skinny dipping, but it was dark)
73. Scuba diving
74. Got it on to "let's get it on" by Marvin Gaye
75. Kissed in the rain
76. PLAYED IN THE MUD
77. PLAYED IN THE RAIN
78. GONE TO A DRIVE-THRU MOVIE
79. DONE SOMETHING YOU SHOULD REGRET...BUT DON'T
80. Visited the Great Wall of China
81. Discovered that someone who wasn't supposed to discover your blog had discovered it. (Not yet, thankfully)
82. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
83. Started a business (Does a lemonade stand count?)
84. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
85. TOURED ANCIENT SITES
86. Taken a martial arts class.
87. Swordfought for the honor of a woman
88. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
89. Gotten married
90. Been in a movie
91. Crashed a party
92. Loved someone you shouldn’t have
93. Had sex at the office restaurant
94. Gone without food for five days
95. MADE COOKIES FROM SCRATCH
96. Won first prize in a costume contest
97. Ridden a gondola in Venice
98. GOTTEN A TATTOO
99. FOUND THAT THE TEXTURE OF SOME MATERIALS TURN YOU ON
100. Rafted the Snake River (I rafted the Rogue River twice, though)
101. Been on television news programs as an "expert" (I was almost on the radio)
102. Got flowers no reason. (That would be nice. I love flowers.)
103. Masturbated in a public place.
104. Got so drunk you don't remember anything.
105. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
106. PERFORMED ON STAGE
107. Been to Las Vegas
108. Recorded music
109. EATEN SHARK
110. Gone to Thailand
111. SEEN SIOUXSIE LIVE
112. Bought a house
113. Been in a combat zone
114. Buried one/both of your parents
115. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
116. Been on a cruise ship
117. Spoken more than one language fluently. (I spoke German well for a while, now it’s all forgotten)
118. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone (I’ve never been in a fight nor do I want to be, but I would to defend a friend if it came down to it)
119. Bounced a check
120. Performed in Rocky Horror
121. Read – and understood – your credit report
122. Raised children
123. Recently bought and played with favorite childhood toy
124. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour (I didn’t really follow them, but I did see Stereolab 3 times in one week – once in Detroit and twice in Manhattan)
125. Created and named your own constellation of stars
126. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
127. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
128. CALLED OR WRITTEN YOUR CONGRESS PERSON/MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
129. Picked up and moved to another city just to start over
130. More than once?
131. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge/Q E II
132. SANG LOUDLY IN YOUR CAR AND DIDN'T STOP WHEN SOMEONE WAS LOOKING
133. Had an abortion or your female partner did
134. Had plastic surgery
135. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
136. Wrote articles for a large publication (I write articles for a website)
137. Lost over 100 pounds
138. Held someone while they were having a flashback
139. Piloted an airplane
140. PET A STINGRAY
141. BROKEN SOMEONE’S HEART (And I feel absolutely horrible for doing it. I didn’t handle things well. I still feel guilty to this day for doing it. Luckily, she’s long since moved on and found someone who is a much better person than me. I’m everthing I didn’t want to be, a typical male asshole.)
142. Helped an animal give birth
143. Been fired or laid off from a job
144. Won money on a T.V. game show
145. Broken a bone
146. Killed a human being
147. Gone on an African photo safari
148. Ridden a motorcycle
149. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph an hour (But I have been a passenger on the Swiss Autobahn well exceeding 100mph)
150. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
151. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
152. EATEN MUSHROOMS THAT WERE GATHERED IN THE WILD
153. Ridden a horse (Does a pony ride count?)
154. Had a major surgery
155. Had sex on a moving train
156. Had a snake as a pet
157. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
158. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
159. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours ( I wish)
160. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states (7 countries, 23 states)
161. Visited all 7 continents (3 for 7)
162. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
163. EATEN KANGAROO MEAT
164. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
165. Been a sperm or egg donor
166. EATEN SUSHI
167. HAD YOUR PICTURE IN THE NEWSPAPER (Middle school, high school, and college papers only)
168. Had 2 (or more) healthy relationships for over a year in your life.
169. CHANGED SOMEONE'S MIND ABOUT SOMETHING YOU FELT DEEPLY ABOUT
170. GOTTEN SOMEONE FIRED FOR THEIR ACTIONS
171. Gone back to school.
172. Parasailed
173. Changed your name
174. Pet a cockroach
175. EATEN FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
176. Read the Iliad
177. SELECTED AN IMPORTANT AUTHOR YOU MISSED IN SCHOOL AND READ
178. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
179. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
180. Taught yourself an art from scratch (I figured out how to belch the alphabet in middle school. The whole thing in one belch.)
181. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I never even caught a fish to do it)
182. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
183. Skipped all your school reunions
184. COMMUNICATED WITH SOMEONE WITHOUT SHARING A COMMON LANGUAGE
185. Been elected to public office (I was written-in to a student government position in college, but I resigned a week later. They wanted me to be union steward at a previous job, but I declined.)
186. Written your own computer language
187. Thought to yourself that your living out your dreams. (Nightmares, maybe)
188. Had to put someone you love into Hospice care
189. Built your own PC from parts
190. Sold your artwork to someone who didn't know you.
191. Had a booth at a street fair
192. Dyed your hair
193. BEEN A DJ (Radio DJ, WUMD)
194. Found out someone was going to dump you via Live Journal
195. Written your own role playing game
196. Been arrested
197. SHOT SOMEONE – WITH A WATER PISTOL?
198. SANG A SOLO IN PUBLIC, WHILE SOBER?
199. Kissed a hummingbird......?
200. Given birth
201. EATEN SOME TREE BARK (Cinnamon and cassia – trick question)
202. BAKED YOUR OWN BREAD FROM SCRATCH:
203. Braided the bread
204. Foraged and eaten wild food, and/or used wild herbs as medicine
20. 205. CLIMBED A WATERFALL
206. WALKED IN TOTAL DARKNESS (Various camping trips in Oregon)
207. Went snorkling in the Great Barrier Reef – No, but I have flew over it.
208. Been mistaken as someone of the opposite sex, and they never realized it (Maybe when I was a baby)
209. Had a supernatural experience.
210. Performed at a poetry reading
211. BEEN TO A FETISH PARTY
212. Been strip searched
213. Gotten a lapdance at a strip club
214. Gotten hate mail from something of yours that had been published
215. Met someone in person that you met online
216. Cross-dressed
217. Told your boss off and quit your job
218. Held a Hummingbird.


Future postings will feature dumb-ass retail customers, more music lists, and maybe some recipes. Who knows?

Today's recommended wine- 2001 Camaraderie Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon $24.99
This fantastic cab is listed under the Washington State AVA, but the grapes are actually sourced from Mercer Ranch (Champoux Vineyard) and Red Mountain in the Columbia Valley. The winery itself is in Port Angeles, Washington, across from Vancouver Island. They pick some of the best grapes from the Columbia valley and truck them to Port Angeles and make some of the best small production wines to be had (at reasonable prices!). Big, rich, chewy, yet elegant at the same time, this cab has blackberry fruit and subtle dark chocolate notes. Yum. Try with pecan- encrusted rack of lamb or a nice Delmonico steak.
Until the next bottle...
Cheers,
Jason