Official Meme Week continues. . .

[elderberrywine]

Can you tell how much I am stalling on finishing this Geometry final?

Ah, well, may as well reveal my bad self.



01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive - riding in one doesn't count?
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I love you" and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise Many a time!
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg (glacier)
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby's diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
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
28. Had a food fight (but cleaned up after many a one in college :P)
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
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
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (I always look like a fool when I dance anyway.)
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
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states. (but close)
50. Loved your job for all accounts
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends (this means you, of course)
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe (OK, it was a beat-up suitcase I dragged around, but for all practical purposes...)
58. Taken a road-trip
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
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
66. Visited Japan
67. Bench pressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records - I'll alphabetize anything, at the drop of a hat :D
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sang karaoke
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 (only way I ever saw a movie, until I was a teen))
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
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
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie (but have been on a national TV program - does that count?
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office - but had sex with someone from the office!
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch
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
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason - every week
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 (no, it doesn't taste like chicken)
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
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently - well, would you believe semi-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, at least in to LA!
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
132a. 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 - half way?
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. Wrote articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane (had lessons in my teens)
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone's heart (that's what he said, anyway :))
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
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle - pillion, anyway
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph - mmmm, close!
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 (I wasn't feeling very well)
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours mono'll do that to you
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 (dried - and crocodile too)
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 (just the local daily)
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
178. Petted a cockroach
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad
181. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
183. ... and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself art from scratch - well, the bits of it I can do
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions - went to one out of forty - close enough
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196. Dyed your hair
197. Been a DJ
198. Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
199. Written your own role playing game
200. Been arrested heh.



OK, 95. Yeah, it's been fun.

Comments

[semyaza.livejournal.com]

Finally. Someone else who has meaningful conversations with beggars.

So. #200. Do tell.

[elderberrywine.livejournal.com]

Well, at least it was meaningful on my end of it. At least to me. My mother used to roll her eyes when the Jehovah's Witnesses would come to the door, back when I was a teen, because I would always try to have "meaningful conversations" with them. I had just dipped my toe in Aquinas, and I was fearless. Alas, they are especially good in circular reasoning. Not a one would have ever passed a basic Logic class. I still occasionally give it a go for old time's sake.

And on #200? Let's just say the LAPD takes their traffic tickets very seriously. I hadn't been in the big city that long, had managed to get a ticket, and being very poor at the time, had not paid it. They pulled me over on my way home one night, fairly late too, for something silly like a dead signal light, and found that yes, I had a warrant out for my arrest. Who knew?

So next thing I know, I'm a perp, tossed in the back of a squad car, and heading for the lock-up. They nicely explained to me that they were supposed to handcuff me, but they were being nice so they didn't. And I guess I looked pathetic enough, since Miracle #1 - ATMs had just been invented, so I could lay my hands on cash in the middle of the night while one of them stood next to me, and Miracle #2 - it was payday and the cash actually was in my account.

So back I go into the black and white, and off to the station where I pay up. And then had to sit there (for unknown paperwork reasons) for nearly three hours. And got to watch all sorts of exciting things going down - guys being brought in and immediately hogtied, screaming drunks/psycho cases being booked, generally a good time being had by all. Then when they finally let me go, I had to walk a couple of miles down Van Nuys Blvd late at night back to my car. But no complaints here. No siree. Just let me get out of here, I'll deal.

Good times, good times. My wayward (and impoverished) youth.

[semyaza.livejournal.com]

Um, I hate to say this, but Jehovah's Witnesses don't count as beggars. Insane, yes. Beggars, no.

Isn't that interesting. My Firefox dictionary doesn't recognise Jehovah.

Everyone should take traffic tickets seriously. *nods*

[addie71.livejournal.com]

#191 - That's wonderful!

[elderberrywine.livejournal.com]

I swear, that's what really counts, isn't it? No complaints here.

[annwyn55.livejournal.com]

Wow! Were #s 90, 93 & 94 with the same man? :D

Which author was that? And I'm with Sem about #200. Do tell. :)

[elderberrywine.livejournal.com]

Yep, that'd be the guy. And you can add 73, 74, and 75 to that list and so very much, much more - hehhehheh ;)

And the authors? Several, actually, I'm glad I gave them a second chance. Jane Austin, to start with (10 years old is really a little young for her, I think!). Henry James, who drove me nuts in high school (I understand every word here. Whhhhyyyy do I have no clue what he just said?) and then started really enjoying in college. Dostoevsky. I started reading Crime and Punishment in high school (book from high school library) and got so annoyed at the whiny drama queen protagonist, that when I accidentally (heh) lost the book, half way through reading it, it was like WHATEVER. I'll PAY for it, just make it go away. (I have a hard time not finishing reading something I start, library fines notwithstanding.) But my mom, who was a fan of Russian novels, was clever enough to give me The Brothers Karamazov and that wasn't too bad. Then I got The Idiot on my own and loved it. From there on, it was all good, although Crime and Punishment is still annoying, IMHO.

And on #200? *winks and points up*

[annwyn55.livejournal.com]

*tsk* So you weren't actually in gaol. Pity. I had a hard time imagining you as a jailbird, although if you asked me to guess, I would have assumed the arrest was for protesting something. *g*

I had the same experience with Austen. I was all *meh* about her in school, and I decided to give her a chance again when I was in my twenties and fell in love with Pride & Prejudice. Funny how that happens, hm? I guess we need more life experience in order to fully appreciate certain books - even modern ones. I bought "Household Gods" by Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove years ago, and it languished in my bookcase because it bored me. I just read it again, and I LOVED it. *shakes head*

[shelley6441.livejournal.com]

#119 - Elderberry Wine! I am SHOCKED! Um, did you do it yourself, or go to a salon? LOL

Um, and what is the significance of bold vs. not bold items? You know I'm slow....

Thanks!

[elderberrywine.livejournal.com]

Hee! Well, you know, in the hospital when you have a kid..... Wasn't my call.

Bold you did, not you didn't. But I see you have a list too! *scuttles off to check*

[lbilover.livejournal.com]

We've done a lot of the same things :) Okay, so who is the author you went back and read??