Archive for December 10th, 2008

A lame meme because I am trying to avoid reality

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Wow my lj is turning into a total cliche, well cliche + advertising, which is perhaps even scarier - but then I am not sure anyone reads much anymore, and I can’t seem to find the energy to write about the stuff I’ve been doing other than work - it’s all a bit of a hazy blur these days. le sigh.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars - many times
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 Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain - Mt Taranaki in New Zealand - but not to the top, it was snowy and I didn’t have alpine equipment
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo – yeah, I used to play the mandolin a million moons ago, plus I’ve done some hideous karaoke too :)
11. Bungee jumping
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch – the hair stuff I do, I guess is an art?
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning quite recently actually :/
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables - not too good at it but I current have yellow chard and two types of lettuce!
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train - in Thailand, was awesome :)))
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked - lots when I was young and impetuous. I don’t think I’d have the nerve now.
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill - who hasn’t? :P
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse - Lunar and Solar
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors – some of them
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language - Thai :)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - most of my life really, I don’t want for material things too much, I pay myself less than the managers of my shops, I live in a tiny apartment with my wonderful partner, I don’t own a car, don’t smoke, and only drink in moderation now, plus I get all my clothes wholesale. So err, yeah, I don’t have big needs.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted - a few times + drawn, sculpted, photographed. I used to work as an art model for a year or so
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre - not for many years
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business - seem to be reasonbly ok at this, but have my doubts regularly about whether it’s worth the increasing amount of stress
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies - surely Fundraising Chocolates count? :)))
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter - in NZ when I volunteered to paint back-country huts for the dept of conservation many moons ago. It was terrifying and AWESOME
69. Saved a favourite childhood toy - it’s a tiny weird plastic dice thingy. I got it from the tuck shop in about grade 3.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar - it’s salty :P
72. Pieced a quilt - probably as a kid
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job - when I was 16 and wasn’t good with being a cashier in a fast food joint :P
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle - being the driver even, though I never really went more than 5k over the speed limit, I’m such a wuss.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car - does band new scooter count? I’ll almost certainly never buy a car again :P
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper - many times, and my art too, and writing, when I was younger and wanted to be a journalist
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous depends how famous you mean, I’ve met people like Molly Meldrum [when I won a Boy George look alike contest at the tender age of 13 or so], Manus Lunny [from Capercaillie, an Irish neofolk band I used to be a crazy fan of], Gala Darling [well, she's sort of famous! hehe ;P] we have a few clients who are alt scene famous, but not Famous famous, yanno?
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee - too many times, I got sensitized and now I have anaphylactic reaction ;P
100. Read an entire book in one day - Not for a while though

eh, that didn’t take so long.