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Friday, November 03, 2006

Friday Meme Day

Thanks to Luckybuzz for finding this week's meme. The bold are what I have done, the italica are what I really want to do at some point.


01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink (well, the people that I've been there with. Not quite the same)
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain (does a large hill count?)
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive (no, but I've been for a ride in a Lotus Esprit)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 (to keep from falling over in a mildly intoxicated state)
10. Bungee jumped (well, the Sky flyer at Canada's Wonderland. But I kind of want to do the real thing)
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea (from the shore, both Atlantic and Great Lakes)
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights (sometimes you can see them here if the conditions are right, but not nearly as intense. I really want to see them from up north)
15. Gone to a huge sports game (Go Blue Jays!!!!!!!)
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg (but I have touched a glacier)
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper (more than I care to remember)
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run (a very long time ago)
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states (I've been to all Canadian provinces, just need to add the Territories)
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk.
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country (Ah, Vagelis in Greece. Made out with him, too!)
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign (the construction signs with the blinking lights)
46. Backpacked in Europe. (want to do Europe. Sans backpack)
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51.Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan (but my parents have)
55. Milked a cow (you have NO idea how much I want to do this!!! Weird, I know!)
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero (who's pretending? LOL)
58. Sung karaoke (okay, at a house party where they rented one. And I waited until everyone else was either drunk or stoned. Need to try it for real)
59. Lounged around in bed all day (it's been sooooo long!)
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving (first dive on the Great Barrier Reef)
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater (and made-out at two different ones, with two different guys)
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business (does being a self-employed music therapist count?)
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie (wedding video!)
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest (grade 8, flamenco dancer)
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music (audition tapes)
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently well enough to have a decent conversation
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children (well, working on it - they're only 6, so I'm not done!)
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart (apparently, but unintentionally.)
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show (I wish!!!)
113. Broken a bone (toes, and a fracture on the outside bone in my left foot)
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears (no, but my navel is pierced)
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery (c-section, tonsillectomy, orthroscopy on left knee)
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours (maybe when I had pneumonia. Or when I had Percocet after my wisdom teeth extraction)
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi (I *love* sushi)
128. Had your picture in the newspaper (last month!)
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school (I left after my Master's, but hadn't stopped before)
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach (with the heel of my shoe!!! Blech - that was a drawback of living in Miami!)
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes (yum)
134. Read The Iliad (but The Odyssey is better)
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair (now a necessity)
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident (well, I backed into a parked car)
150. Saved someone’s life

2 Comments:

Blogger muse said...

A _Blue Jays_ fan??? *chokes*

Ah, well, we can't all be Red Sox faithfuls, I guess, at least you like baseball too! lol

Fri Nov 03, 05:04:00 p.m.  
Blogger Canada said...

AH, but it was all about number 33, Ed Sprague, "the best buns in baseball". Yes, that was the sign I held up at the second World Series Parade in Toronro (where I scored many primo free tickets from my dad).

(*far worse to be heard admitting that I hate hockey. Shhhhh . . . they may revoke my passport!)

Fri Nov 03, 08:01:00 p.m.  

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