{"id":2834,"date":"2004-09-28T10:30:26","date_gmt":"2004-09-29T00:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/09\/28\/200-things\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T09:19:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:19:20","slug":"200-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/09\/28\/200-things\/","title":{"rendered":"200 Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10154,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.threethings.org\\\/archives\\\/2004\\\/09\\\/200_things.php&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080522125902\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.threethings.org\\\/archives\\\/2004\\\/09\\\/200_things.php&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 01:56:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 04:22:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-09 11:43:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-09 11:43:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10155,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.geekmuffin.com\\\/archives\\\/001461.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20050414192759\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.geekmuffin.com:80\\\/archives\\\/001461.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 01:57:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:436},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 04:22:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-09 11:43:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:406}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-09 11:43:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:406},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10156,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.backupbrain.com\\\/200things.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20090130004244\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.backupbrain.com:80\\\/200things.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 01:57:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 04:22:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-09 11:43:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-09 11:43:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Meme time: 200 things. Those I&#8217;ve done are in <strong>bold<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.threethings.org\/archives\/2004\/09\/200_things.php\" title=\"200 Things\">Trinity<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekmuffin.com\/archives\/001461.html\" title=\"geek*muffin: 200 Things\">Kirsten<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backupbrain.com\/200things.html\" title=\"200 Things\">Dori<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bought everyone in the pub a drink<\/li>\n<li>Swam with wild dolphins<\/li>\n<li><strong>Climbed a mountain<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Taken a Ferrari for a test drive<\/li>\n<li>Been inside the Great Pyramid<\/li>\n<li><strong>Held a tarantula.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Taken a candlelit bath with someone<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Said &#8216;I love you&#8217; and meant it<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hugged a tree<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Done a striptease<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Bungee jumped<\/li>\n<li>Visited Paris<\/li>\n<li>Watched a lightning storm at sea<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Seen the Northern Lights<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gone to a huge sports game<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Grown and eaten your own vegetables<\/li>\n<li>Touched an iceberg<\/li>\n<li><strong>Slept under the stars<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Changed a baby&#8217;s diaper<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Taken a trip in a hot air balloon<\/li>\n<li><strong>Watched a meteor shower<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Gotten drunk on champagne<\/li>\n<li>Given more than you can afford to charity<\/li>\n<li>Looked up at the night sky through a telescope<\/li>\n<li><strong>Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Had a food fight<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Bet on a winning horse<\/li>\n<li><strong>Taken a sick day when you&#8217;re not ill<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Asked out a stranger<\/li>\n<li><strong>Had a snowball fight<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier<\/li>\n<li><strong>Screamed as loudly as you possibly can<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Held a lamb<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enacted a favorite fantasy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Taken a midnight skinny dip<\/li>\n<li>Taken an ice cold bath<\/li>\n<li>Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar<\/li>\n<li>Seen a total eclipse<\/li>\n<li>Ridden a roller coaster<\/li>\n<li>Hit a home run<\/li>\n<li>Fit three weeks miraculously into three days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Adopted an accent for an entire day<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Visited the birthplace of your ancestors<\/li>\n<li><strong>Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Had two hard drives for your computer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Visited all 50 states<\/li>\n<li><strong>Loved your job for all accounts<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Taken care of someone who was shit faced<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Had enough money to be truly satisfied<\/li>\n<li><strong>Had amazing friends<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Danced with a stranger in a foreign country<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Watched wild whales<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stolen a sign<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Backpacked in Europe<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Taken a road-trip<\/li>\n<li>Rock climbing<\/li>\n<li>Lied to foreign government&#8217;s official in that country to avoid notice<\/li>\n<li><strong>Midnight walk on the beach<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Sky diving<\/li>\n<li>Visited Ireland<\/li>\n<li>Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love<\/li>\n<li>In a restaurant, sat at a stranger&#8217;s table and had a meal with them<\/li>\n<li>Visited Japan<\/li>\n<li>Benchpressed your own weight<\/li>\n<li>Milked a cow<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alphabetized your records<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pretended to be a superhero<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Sung karaoke<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lounged around in bed all day<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Posed nude in front of strangers<\/li>\n<li>Scuba diving<\/li>\n<li>Got it on to &#8220;Let&#8217;s Get It On&#8221; 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