05 October 2004
ten thousand questions
[previous entry]
how about i waste more time? bold are things i have done.
Bought everyone in the pub a drink (sorry, i'm too cheap for that)
Swam with wild dolphins
Climbed a mountain
Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
Been inside the Great Pyramid
Held a tarantula
Taken a candlelit bath with someone
Said I love you and meant it
Hugged a tree
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Stayed up all night long, and watched the sun rise (well, the stayed up all night long. college dorms don't have views of sunrises... not usually...)
Seen the Northern Lights
Gone to a huge sports game
Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa (does walking the stairs of my apartment count???)
Grown and eaten your own vegetables
Touched an iceberg
Slept under the stars
Changed a baby's diaper
Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
Watched a meteor shower
Got drunk on champagne
Given more than you can afford to charity
Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (note: yes: in an elevator. with other people in the elevator. who thought we (me and saucy99 were laughing at them. and in a class in highschool when a teacher was talking about the broken bones of her daughter's foot. again, with saucy99. that was embarassing.)
Had a food fight
Bet on a winning horse
Taken a sick day when you're not ill (that would be a definite yes. who hasn't??!?!)
Asked out a stranger
Had a snowball fight
Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
Held a lamb
Enacted a favourite fantasy
Taken a midnight skinny dip
Taken an ice cold bath (as a child, if i had a really high fever, i would be forced to. *shudders*)
Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar (in berkeley? i think so.)
Seen a total eclipse
Hit a home run
Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
Adopted an accent for an entire day (no, but this gives me some ideas.)
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
Visited all 50 states
Taken care of someone who was drunk
Had enough money to be truly satisfied (after the first few years of grad-school dearth, a combined salary feels like heaven!)
Had amazing friends (how sad if some people haven't)
Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
Watched wild whales
Stolen a sign
Backpacked in Europe (well, on a train, sure, but i didn't have a backpack. i had a suitcase. i think living in germany counts double.)
Taken a road-trip
Rock climbing
Midnight walk on the beach
Sky diving
Visited Ireland
Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
Visited Japan
Benchpressed your own weight (not, that would be impossible.)
Milked a cow (a goat. does that count?)
Alphabetized your records
Pretended to be a superhero
Sung karaoke (yes: in japan. while intoxicated beyond belief. i vaguely remember it. but only just vaguely. thank goodness.)
Lounged around in bed all day
Posed nude in front of strangers
Scuba diving (no, snorkeling)
Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Played in the rain
Gone to a drive-in theatre
Done something you should regret, but dont regret it.
Visited the Great Wall of China
Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog (somehow i think the person who wrote this survey has had that happen to them.)
Dropped Windows in favour of something better (i'm a mac girl all the way)
Started a business
Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
Toured ancient sites (Machu Picchu and a ton of other ones in Peru; Tikal and several in Belize;, Sannai Maruyama in Japan. note: I used to be an archaeologist.)
Taken a martial arts class
Swordfought for the honor of a woman (or a man, right? but no. i did used to take fencing in high-school PE. i liked that. that, and tap-dancing.)
Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
Gotten married
Been in a movie
Crashed a party
Loved someone you shouldn't have
Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy (is that necessarily a good thing? how about: kissed someone so that they got weak knees. i've done that.)
Gotten divorced
Had sex at the office
Gone without food for 5 days
Made cookies from scratch
Won first prize in a costume contest
Ridden a gondola in Venice
Gotten a tattoo
Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
Rafted the Snake River
Been on television news programs as an expert
Got flowers for no reason
Masturbated in a public place
Got so drunk you don't remember anything
Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
Performed on stage (3rd grade. it was awesome.)
Been to Las Vegas
Recorded music
Eaten shark
Had a one-night stand
Gone to Thailand
Bought a house
Been in a combat zone
Buried one/both of your parents
Been on a cruise ship
Spoken more than one language fluently
Got into a fight while attempting to defend someone
Bounced a cheque
Performed in Rocky Horror
Read - and understood - your credit report
Raised children
Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
Created and named your own constellation of stars
Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country (does biking for 6 hours after not having been on a bike for 10 years count? i think it should!)
Found out something significant that your ancestors did (were bell makers in birmingham. there is a bell in a church in birmingham with their name on it.)
Called or written your Congress person (very important. you should do it.)
Picked up and moved to another city to just start over more than once? - More than thrice? (not to just start over, but moved so many times it makes me dizzy).
Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking (why would i stop?)
Had an abortion or your female partner did
Had plastic surgery
Survived an accident that you shouldnt have survived
Wrote articles for a large publication
Lost over 100 pounds
Held someone while they were having a flashback (held someone while they were having a flashback. hmmm. n o.)
Piloted an airplane
Petted a stingray
Broken someone's heart (i hope not)
Helped an animal give birth
Been fired or laid off from a job
Won money on a TV game show
Broken a bone
Killed a human being (ok, the list is getting a little bit creepy. i hope the author isn't talking about him/herself.)
Gone on an African photo safari
Ridden a motorcycle
Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph (germany, germany, oh autobahn!)
Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild (but not picked by me.)
Ridden a horse (at a fair. it wasn't fair to the horse- drumroll *ching*)
Had major surgery
Had sex on a moving train
Had a snake as a pet
Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon (not all the way down - but for a few hours...)
Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
Visited all 7 continents
Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
Eaten kangaroo meat
Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground (again. someone is a bit nutty)
Been a sperm or egg donor
Eaten sushi (yes. more please.)
Had your picture in the newspaper
Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
Got someone fired for their actions
Gone back to school
Parasailed
Changed your name (still in the process)
Petted a cockroach
Eaten fried green tomatoes
Read The Iliad (no, but the Odyssee)
Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read
Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
Taught yourself an art from scratch
Killed and prepared an animal for eating
Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
Skipped all your school reunions (so far, yes!)
Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
Been elected to public office
Written your own computer language
Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
Had to put someone you love into hospice care
Built your own PC from parts
Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
Had a booth at a street fair
Dyed your hair
Been a DJ
(what an anticlimactic way to end. and god, that took way to long.) later gaters!
dandlioneyes at 2:58 pm