8:03 a.m. - 2008-07-03
an unexpected day off
And as you can all imagine, I am giddy. Giddy to the point of... having nothing clever to write. So I'm swiping a meme from "Sara Speaking" (who is at another bloghost, actually).
Rules per usual: star the things you’ve done, and then tack one on at the end that you’ve also done. (which makes this a really long list, actually.)
01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. **Climbed a mountain (a short mountain, but it counts)
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. **Held a tarantula (this was before his owner tried to make him angry)
07. **Taken a candlelit bath with someone (needed a bigger tub)
08. **Said “I love you” and meant it (duh!)
09. **Hugged a tree (yes, but in that 7 year old girl way, not in that eco-freak kind of way)
10. **Done a striptease (sigh... should have gone pro when I had the chance)
11. Bungee jumped (no, d@mnit, and I'm very bitter about that)
12. Visited Paris
13. **Watched a lightning storm at sea (well, the storm was at sea & I could see it--that counts)
14. **Stayed up all night long and watched the sun rise (regularly during the week before finals)
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. **Gone to a huge sports game (2000 BCS Sugar Bowl between VT & FSU)
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. **Grown and eaten your own vegetables (and even the radishes I grew myself were yicky)
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. **Changed a baby’s diaper (more than one child, more than once) (thank god for days off)
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. **Watched a meteor shower
24. **Gotten drunk on champagne (thank you, CrushBoy)
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. **Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. **Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (thank you, gentlemen, for being amused when I'm trying to discipline....)
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. **Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (yes, but the time I called in sick when I was sick so I could go dancing... that's unusual)
31. Asked out a stranger
32. **Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. **Screamed as loudly as you possibly can (hel-lo! I have children. Before that, I did some time in the stands. It's a wonder my vocal cords aren't more fried than they are....)
35. Held a lamb
36. **Enacted a favorite fantasy (ah, the lights, the shows, the dancing, the kissing where my friends wouldn't see....)
37. **Taken a midnight skinny dip (more than once, with more than one group of friends)
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. **Seen a total eclipse (in the 80's)
41. **Ridden a roller coaster (bring on the coasters! bring on the fun!)
42. Hit a home run
43. **Fit three weeks miraculously into three days (heck, I've fit three days into 3 hours)
44. **Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (yes, I have been the only one dancing in the club, whether the club had a dance floor or not)
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. **Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
47. **Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (that happens more often, lately--must be the countdown)
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job for all accounts
51. **Taken care of someone who was shit faced (heck, that was my job in college. S'OK, karma was satisfied--trust me....)
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. **Had amazing friends (WAIT! what's with that past tense? My friends are currently amazing!)
54. *Danced with a stranger in a foreign country (I think so... maybe?)
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. **Taken a road-trip (taking one today, in fact)
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
61. **Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving (again, bitter)
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
65. **In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them (at my favorite restaurant w/ Nana when the place was SLAMMED--we were asked if we would be seated with someone who was there alone. Of course we said "yes"--meeting new people was one of our favorite things)
66. Visited Japan
67. Bench pressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. **Alphabetized your records (yes, and CD's and cassettes and books, too.)
70. **Pretended to be a superhero
71. **Sung karaoke (and won! it was the dancing that did it for me)
72. **Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye
76. **Kissed in the rain
77. **Played in the mud
78. **Played in the rain
79. **Gone to a drive-in theatre
80. **Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
83. Dropped Windows in favour of something better
84. **Started a business (but soon, sooon, my leetle chickadees, I shall give it up!!)
85. **Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. **Toured ancient sites
87. **Taken a martial arts class
88. Sword fought for the honour of a woman
89. **Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight (so long as you think of it as improv theatre with dice, it's not freaky)
90. **Gotten married
91. **Been in a movie
92. **Crashed a party
93. **Loved someone you shouldn’t have (tho' I'm not sure, now that I ponder it)
94. **Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy (I'd like to think so, anyway... but we were drunk at the time, I must admit)
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. **Made cookies from scratch (well, I did not grind the wheat myself, but...)
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. **Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on (which is how I got the nickname "suede whore" in high school....)
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. **Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. **Performed on stage
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. **Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. **Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. **Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off (and I totally blame Sandy for this)
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. **Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy
128. **Followed your favourite band/singer on tour (well, sort of. went to shows to the point that the drummer told me to "get a life." He was just jealous of the bass player)
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Member of Congress
132. Had them write back
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. … more than once?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. **Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
140. Written articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. **Petted a stingray
145. **Broken someone’s heart
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. **Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a TV game show
149. Broken a bone (i tried, darn it.)
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. **Ridden a horse
158. **Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than US states
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. **Eaten sushi
171. **Had your picture in the newspaper
172. **Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
173. **Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. **Gone back to school
176. **Parasailed
177. **Changed your name (stupid frikin DMV)
178. **been in a bizarre love triangle...more than once
