After seeing this on multiple blogs, I decided it was my turn to have a go.
1. gone on a blind date?
Yup! In my first year of grad school, I went to one meeting of a book club. The ladies there were all in their mid-30s and not really in the same phase of life, so I never returned. But I did get a date out of it. One of the ladies worked at the power company, and there was a young guy in the business department there that was single. She gave him my email address and he emailed me to ask me out. We went to dinner and out on a few more dates before parting ways. It was interesting and perfectly fine.
2. skipped school?
Not intentionally. I once accidentally skipped a day of college because I scheduled a return plane ticket for the wrong day (no joke!). I skipped a class or two in high school but it was typically for legitimate reasons like working on theatre stuff or printing photos for a photo contest.
3. watched someone die?
No. I have seen some dead relatives, but I've never actually been there.
4. been on the opposite side of your country?
I have swum in both the Atlantic (trip to New England) and the Pacific (because I lived there).
5. swam in the ocean?
Yup! The first time ever was when I was 6 and in Guatemala.
6. had your booze taken away by the cops?
Um, no. The only one time I came close to getting in trouble for drinking, I didn't actually have any alcohol on me. This was during college, and the security officer happened to be someone that I regularly talked to. Most everyone at school treated him horribly (he was a real stickler for the rules), but I was always nice to him. Campus legend was that I was the only one who ever ran into him while drunk and didn't get written up.
I'd like to further add (mostly for the benefit of my parents and any future employers) that I drank less than 5 times during the entire time I was in college, including legal drinking.
7. lettered in high school sport?
Nope. I didn't start doing sports until grad school, really.
8. played cops and robbers?
All the time. My best friend in kindergarten was a guy, and we had lots of fun. I often got tied to trees in his yard as the "jail."
9. sung karaoke?
Oh yes. My friends in Ann Arbor are real karaoke fiends. I also did karaoke during my trip to Korea (2002).
10. paid for a meal with coins only?
I'm absolutely sure I have. When I was 16-18, my then-best friend and I would go to the supermarket and get two corndogs ($1), a loaf of french bread ($1), and some nectarines for our lunch. If we could scrounge a little more, we'd buy aloutte or cheese.
11. made prank phone calls?
I don't remember doing so. I'm pretty serious about that kind of stuff and don't really find it funny.
12. laughed until some sort of beverage came out of your nose?
I do this _all_the_time. The key question is this: have you ever laughed until something other than a beverage came out your nose? and the answer would be yes. the next answer would be chunks of apple. My brothers are cruel.
13. written a letter to Santa Claus?
I think I did when I was a kid. But I'm pretty sure I always knew santa was just make believe.
14. watched the sunrise with someone you care about?
Sadly, no. Someday. Watching a sunrise is on my 101 things list.
15. been kissed under the mistletoe?
Not yet.
16. ever been arrested?
Never even came close. But I did once ride in the back of a police car! One of my friends knew the guy, and he gave us a ride to our car on a cold night.
17. gone ice skating?
Yup. Great fun!
18. been skinny dipping outdoors?
The sad part is that I can't remember. I think so? Probably at church camp or something (not actually during camp). I've definitely been swimming in my underwear. If I haven't been skinny dipping, it's just from lack of opportunity.
19. been on TV?
Yes! I'm actually in the current rotation on the local cable access channel. They came out to our nature center to film some stuff, and I got briefly interviewed.
and, from April, a number of 20s
20. stayed up all night; been sprayed by a skunk; eaten an entire gallon of ice cream at once; made something art-like out of the inner parts of a computer's hard drive; gone hang-gliding; intentionally eaten a bug; or done something else strange or unusual?
Yes; no; no; no; close enough; yes; of course.