Long question meme

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Ganked from rhiannontherose:

1. [ ] Bought everyone in the bar a drink
2. [ ] Swam with wild dolphins
3. [x] Climbed a mountain     (though it was a very short mountain)
4. [ ] Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. [ ] Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. [ ] Held a tarantula (no, but I think I'd like to try)
7. [x] Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. [x] Said “I love you” and meant it
9. [x] Hugged a tree        (thankfully, it didn't hug back)
   
10. [ ] Bungee jumped     (don't look for this one to happen)
11. [ ] Visited Paris
12. [ ] Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. [ ] Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. [ ] Seen the Northern Lights     (no, but I'd love to)
15. [x] Gone to a huge sports game     (Royals Baseball, back when they were worth a shit...when I was in high school)
16. [ ] Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. [x] Grown and eaten your own vegetables     (yep...I love 'immature' potatoes)
18. [ ] Touched an iceberg     (*chuckle* not in this life)
19. [x] Slept under the stars     (at Graceland College)
20. [x] Changed a baby’s diaper    (many times)
21. [ ] Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. [x] Watched a meteor shower     (in Western Nebraska)
23. [x] Gotten drunk on champagne     (that was one of the drinks present at the time, yes)
24. [ ] Given more than you can afford to charity     (I am my favorite charity)
25. [x] Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. [x] Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment     (does a church service count?)
27. [x] Had a food fight     (a short one)
28. [ ] Bet on a winning horse     (metaphorically, yes...)
29. [x] Asked out a stranger     (didn't stay a stranger, though)
30. [x] Had a snowball fight
31. [x] Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. [x] Held a lamb
33. [x] Seen a total eclipse     (both sun and moon)
34. [x] Ridden a roller coaster     (many times)
35. [ ] Hit a home run
36. [ ] Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. [x] Adopted an accent for an entire day     (*snerk*)
38. [x] Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment     (once or twice)
39. [x] Had two hard drives for your computer.     (at a minimum)
40. [ ] Visited all 50 states
41. [x] Taken care of someone who was drunk.     (me)
42. [ ] Danced with a stranger in a foreign country.
43. [x] Had/Have amazing friends     (both)
44. [ ] Watched whales
45. [ ] Stolen a sign
46. [ ] Backpacked in Europe
47. [x] Taken a road-trip     (many, many times)
48. [ ] Gone rock climbing
49. [x] Midnight walk on the beach.     (sorta...)
50. [ ] Gone sky diving     (don't hold your breath waiting for this one)
51. [x] Visited Ireland     (lovely country)
52. [x] Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love.
53. [ ] In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. [ ] Visited Japan
55. [ ] Milked a cow
56. [ ] Alphabetized your cds
57. [x] Pretended to be a superhero     (I was five, but, yeah)
58. [ ] Sung karaoke     (no need)
59. [ ] Lounged around in bed all day
60. [x] Played touch football
61. [ ] Gone scuba diving
62. [x] Kissed in the rain
63. [x] Played in the mud     (still do)
64. [x] Played in the rain
65. [x] Gone to a drive-in theater     (Bedknobs and Broomsticks, baby!!)
66. [ ] Visited the Great Wall of China
67. [x] Started a business     (and made a success of it)
68. [x] Fallen in love and not had your heart broken.
69. [x] Toured ancient sites     (does a 10th cent. Leinster church count?)
70. [x] Taken a martial arts class     (tae kwon do, orange belt for what it's worth)
71. [ ] Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight     (too boring)
72. [x] Gotten married     (at least once)
73. [x] Been in a movie
74. [ ] Crashed a party
75. [ ] Gotten divorced     (came close...)
76. [ ] Gone without food for 5 days
77. [x] Made cookies from scratch     (often)
78. [x] Won first prize in a costume contest     (bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)
79. [ ] Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. [ ] Gotten a tattoo    (not against it, per sé, just can't imagine what artwork I'd want)
81. [ ] Rafted the snake river
82. [ ] Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. [ ] Gotten flowers for no reason
84. [x] Performed on stage    (once or twice)
85. [ ] Been to Las Vegas
86. [x] Recorded music     (nearly every damn day for the last month or so)
87. [x] Eaten shark     (and like it - I still have it from time to time)
88. [x] Kissed on the first date
89. [ ] Gone to Thailand
90. [x] Bought a house     (hoping to...)
91. [ ] Been in a combat zone
92. [x] Buried one/both of your parents     (not with my own two hands, but...)
93. [ ] Been on a cruise ship
94. [ ] Spoken more than one language fluently
95. [ ] Performed in a Rocky Horror Picture Show     (puh-lease...)
96. [x] Raised children     (still)
97. [ ] Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. [x] Passed out cold     (see the "champagne" question, above)
99. [ ] Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. [x] Picked up and moved to another city to just start over     (I was three)
101. [ ] Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. [ ] Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. [x] Had plastic surgery     (after a fashion...does a deviated septum count?)
104. [x] Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived     (1986, '79 Honda Accord)
105. [ ] Wrote articles for a large publication
106. [ ] Lost over 100 pounds
107. [ ] Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. [x] Piloted an airplane    (once in the air, yes)
109. [x] Touched a stingray     (not in the wild)
110. [x] Broken someone’s heart     (once or twice)
111. [x] Helped an animal give birth    (If we include homo sapiens...)
112. [ ] Broken a bone     (not as such, no)
113. [ ] Gone on an African photo safari
114. [ ] Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
115. [x] Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol    (sure)
116. [ ] Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild.
117. [x] Ridden a horse
118. [x] Had major surgery     (reconstructive)
119. [ ] Had a snake as a pet
120. [ ] Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
121. [x] Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours     (roll a car and see what happens)
122. [ ] Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
123. [ ] Visited all 7 continents
124. [ ] Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
125. [ ] Eaten kangaroo meat
126. [x] Eaten sushi     (still don't really care for the flavors, but I keep trying)
127. [x] Had your picture in the newspaper     (once or twice)
128. [ ] Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about.
129. [x] Gone back to school     (twice)
130. [ ] Parasailed
131. [x] Touched a cockroach     (with the bottom of a swiftly descending shoe)
132. [ ] Eaten fried green tomatoes     (no, but I'd like to)
133. [ ] Read “The Iliad”
134. [x] Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read them     (Upton Sinclair)
135. [x] Killed and prepared an animal for eating     (pig, participated in the process)
136. [ ] Skipped all your school reunions
137. [ ] Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
138. [ ] Been elected to public office
139. [ ] Written your own computer language
140. [x] Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream    (short lived as it was)
141. [x] Had to put someone you love into hospice care     (part of the process)
142. [x] Built your own PC from parts
143. [ ] Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
144. [x] Had a booth at a street fair     (dismal failure that was...can't make a business from wishful thinking)
145. [ ] Dyed your hair
146. [ ] Been a DJ
147. [ ] Shaved your head      (and why would I bother?)
     
148. [ ] Caused a car accident.     (yeah, my own)
149. [ ] Saved someone’s life.
150. [ ] Gotten a seven letter word in Scrabble.
151. [x] Written a fan letter.     (I was ten, it was Allison from The Mickey Mouse Club)
152. [ ] Put a fist through a window.     (wall)
153. [ ] Dislocated a joint    (my hips are constantly on the edge of that, but have so far stayed in place)
154. [ ] Won a medal in a sport     (as if)
155. [x] Been on strong painkillers for a prolonged period.     (see aforementioned car rolling incident)
156. [ ] Gone snorkeling in tropical waters.
157. [x] Voted     (for all the good it does)
158. [ ] Gone ocean kayaking.
159. [x] Been on a TV show     (once or twice)
160. [ ] Eaten Swedish meatballs in Sweden
161. [ ] Gone canyoning
162. [ ] Been to a rock festival  (I don't care much for geology...)
     
163. [x] Spent more than 10 hours in front of your PC     (that's my living, dude)
164. [x] Saw someone dying

The last question is poorly worded. Everyone who answers these questions should mark this as a yes, as worded. We are all dying, the only differences are the speed of the process and the immediacy of the event. Let us rephrase, shall we?

[x] Sat with someone whose death was imminent (a week or less away)     (at least three - no, four - times)
[x] Been with someone at the moment of their death   (once)

There. Better.