I’ve still got the croup. Woke up late, drank coffee, spun a bobbin of single in my studio, and went back to sleep. This isn’t good, but it isn’t bronchitis or pneumonia. Still, it is sapping my power to think and write, so in an effort to keep this blog alive, I’ve stolen the following meme from RJ, who claims to have stolen it from someone else, anyway. It’s a life experience thingy and while doing it mentally, it seemed to make me a lot more interesting than I’m feeling, so here it is.
Link to the person you got this from (see above)
Bold the things you’ve done
Italicize the things you’d like to do
Underline the things you wouldn’t do on a dare
1. started your own blog
2. slept under the stars
3. played in a band
4. visited Hawaii
5. watched a meteor shower
6. given more than you can afford to charity
7. been to Disneyworld (and the mothership, Disneyland)
8. climbed a mountain
9. held a praying mantis
10.
11.
bungee jumped 12. visited Paris
13. watched a lightning storm at sea
14. taught yourself an art from scratch
15. adopted a child
16. had food poisoning
17. walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. grown your own vegetables
19. experienced a natural disaster (hurricane, tornado, etc.)
20. slept on an overnight train
21. had a pillow fight
22. hitch hiked
23. taken a sick day when you’re not ill - be honest!
24. built a snow fort
25. held a lamb
26. gone skinny dipping
27.
28. ridden a gondola in Venice
29. seen a total eclipse
30. watched a sunrise or sunset
31. hit a home run
32. been on a cruise (and not just a cruise, I made the Atlantic crossing)
33. seen Niagara Falls in person (on my honeymoon, of course. The RLA and I are big on irony.)
34. visited the birthplace of your ancestors (This is a debatable point. I used to summer in Newport, where my parents were born, but I’ve never been to Romania or Russia)
35. seen an Amish community
36. taught yourself a new language (but only if HTML or pig-latin counts)
37. had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. seen the leaning tower of Pisa in person
39. gone rock climbing
40. flown in a hot-air balloon
41.
42. seen Old Faithful Geyser erupt
43. bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant
44. visited Africa (It’s a big continent. There’s things I’d like to see)
45. walked on a beach by moonlight
46. been transported in an ambulance
47. had your portrait painted
48. gone deep sea fishing
49. seen Mount Rushmore
50. been to the top of the Washington Monument
51. gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. kissed in the rain
53. played in the mud
54. gone to a drive-in theater
55. been in a movie (or long-form music video… Springsteen’s Live at Madison Square Garden)
56. visited the Great Wall of China
57. started a business
58. taken a martial arts class
59. visited Russia
60. served at a soup kitchen
61. sold Girl Scout cookies
62. gone whale watching
63. received flowers for no reason
64. donated blood
65. gone sky diving (this is on a technicality. I went, wore a chute, but didn’t jump—I was taking pictures of the jumper)
66. baked your own bread
67. bounced a check
68. flown in a helicopter
69. saved a favorite childhood toy
70. visited the Lincoln memorial
71. eaten caviar (NOMNOMNOM. Not recently enough.)
72. pieced a quilt
73. stood in Times Square
74. visited the Everglades
75. been fired from a job
76. seen the changing of the guard in London
77. broken a bone
78. been on a speeding motorcycle
79. seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. published a book
81. seen Michelangelo’s David in person
82. bought a brand new car
83. walked in Jerusalem
84. had your picture in the newspaper
85. read the entire Bible (Old and New Testaments)
86. visited the White House
87. killed and prepared an animal for eating (Fishing is fun. I had a boyfriend shoot squirrels, and prep them, and I cooked them. Does that count?)
88. had chickenpox
89. saved someone’s life
90. sat on a jury
91. met someone famous
92. joined a book club
93. lost a loved one
94.
95. seen the Alamo in person
96. taken a road trip
97. been involved in a law suit
98. ridden a horse bareback
99. been stung by a bee
100. met the love of your life
Okay, so I won’t tag anyone, but you are most cordially invited to play—let me know if you do, so I can visit yours!