99 Random Things to Ponder in 09

I think this might be the first year I attempt (with some amount of great seriousness) a New Years resolution. It might include some kind of L.A. Fitness, but since it's such a cliche resolution I won't elaborate. Instead, my friend over at the Green Room also borrowed this list of 99 things to ponder. Play along: bold what you've done in your comment, or on your blog (but don't forget to link back to Thoughts Transposed so I can check out your list!).

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars (leave it to childhood camps across the midwest).
3. Played in a band (no, but does 8 years of choir count. I think it should.)
4. Visited Hawaii and danced on a lava cliff with the roar of the Pacific below.
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity (what is more than you can afford, really?)
7. Been to Disneyland/Disneyworld
8. Climbed a mountain (I may get to check this off with technicalities)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (the story of my life)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (preferred to ferry by it.)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train (maybe. I can't remember. Feel like that would be a Dillon thing to do though.)
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you weren't ill (once!)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping (ssshhhh!)
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
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
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
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 (mudslide in a bathing suit)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie (does a commercial count?)
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 - May 2010!!!
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 a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (never will)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year's Eve
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 - Jason Mraz
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Play along!