I don’t know where you get your delusions, laser brain.

“I don’t know where you get your delusions, laser brain.” – Princess Leia, Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back

Sometimes there’s just nothing like a good meme. Jason, over at The Jason Show, just finished a fun one, and I have decided to see where I fall in this “before it’s too late” list. I’m also feeling silly and lazy, and therefore looking for someone else to do the majority of my thinking for me at present.

100 Things to Do Before You Turn 40

Do you think you’ve really lived far? This is a list of 100 activities–some I have experienced, some I really, really hope to do, and some just won’t be happening if I have anything to do about it.

1. Started your own blog (Um, you’re here.)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (Haven’t yet, even though my in-laws go for 3 months every.single.winter)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Bathed in a river
7. Been to the Taj Mahal
8. Walked on a glacier in Alaska
9. Caught and held a snake
10. Spoke in front of a big crowd
11. Bungee jumped
12. Had a whirlwind love affair that broke your heart
13. Found an arrowhead or fossil
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Rescued an animal
16. Ate sweet breads, glands or tripe
17. Seen Mount Rushmore in person
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hiked to base camp on Mt. Everest
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Watched an animal being born (Not even my own kid, sadly - c-section)
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Learned a foreign language
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (No, but I’ve been to Venice, and now wish that I hadn’t been so afraid of acting “touristy” to do so. Sorry, E.)
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Stayed up for more than 24 hours
31. Trained a dog to do cool tricks
32. Been on a cruise (Caribbean, like Jason I want to go on a World Cruise some day.)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Learned to drive a stick shift car
37. Won over $1000 in a raffle or lottery
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. Been serenaded
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Broke a bone (My right wrist alone has been broken three times)
47. Started your own business
48. Quit a job because you were totally unhappy
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the Eiffel Tower (No, but I’ve seen it. See #28, it was a similar situation.)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain passionately
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Joined a prayer group
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. Received flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (The mean blood drive people won’t let me)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
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 in London
77. Broken something extremely expensive (Busted up Dad Windu’s brand new car three months after he bought it – but it wasn’t my fault, someone else hit me…)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Got a tattoo
83. Been to a coffee shop in Amsterdam - (But walked past them several times. They stink!)
84. Seen the Aurora Borealis in person
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
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. Toured the UN
95. Hiked to Machu Picchu
96. Swam in the Indian Ocean (Do you know how many biting/stinging things are swimming in there???)
97. Conversed with someone when neither of you spoke each others language
98. Dirty danced
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Acted in a play