100 things

On another blog I found this list of 100 things to do before you die.

In bold are the things I’ve done — all without a list reminding me to do them. I see I’ve done 63 of the 100. That’s pretty impressive, especially when I think about the other things I’ve done that are not on this list – Like Walk on the top of the Amazon Rain Forest; Ate a guinea pig; Been to Machu Picchu; Been to Angkor Wat; Seen the Killing Fields; boated on the Mekong River.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (does orchestra count?)
4. Visited Hawaii (lived there too)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain (I climbed on a mountain)
9. Held a praying mantis (and an Australian walking stick and a poison dart frog)
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped (and don’t plan to either)
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea (Let’s see, I’m on Oahu (in the middle of the ocean) and the storm is pretty awesome. Does that count?)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (How about the top of Macchu Picchu? It’s higher than Liberty)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (don’t intend to either)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise (just on Lake Coeur d’Alene)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (I’ve been to Israel – some ancestor thing going on there).
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (a safari is on my wish list)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving (not a big one for me)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (how about the prison in Phenom Penh?)
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (Fried Perch eggs in an egg batter count?)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards at the Memorial for the Unknown Soldier (Original list had in London. The Unknow Soldier one was more meaningful to me).
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (alas, only from the air)
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House (I haven’t been inside, but I’ve seen it from the gate outside)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury!
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Dead Sea (the original list had The Great Salt Lake but the Dead Sea is saltier)
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

I’d like to add joining the Peace Corps is something I vaguely consider whenever I think that I’m not doing anything honorable with my life. Also the list did not contain Voluteering in a classroom (which I’ve done). That could probably go on a list like this. I would also like to take a balloon ride.
Of all these things I don't think breaking a bone, having chickenpox or being involved in a lawsuit is something I would want to "try" to do before I die.
How would you do?