It's a Meme Thing...

Originally Posted on 12/10/08

Here’s a meme from Respiratory Therapy 101: Just Keep Breathing.

It’s 100 questions about (very random) things you have or have not done. You’re supposed to bold the ones you have done. I’ll tag EVERYBODY! Just leave a link to your post of the meme in my comments.

READY? SET?
GO!!!

1. Started your own blog. (Obviously!)
2. Slept under the stars. (Several Rainbow Family Gatherings - not the gay family. Look it up: http://www.welcomehome.org)
3. Played in a band. I played sax in school, and was the section leader all through high school, woodwinds captain my junior and senior year, participated in marching band and concert band, jazz ensemble, was given a superior rating at soloist competitions. Yeah, I’m a proud band geek. And... I managed to find the time to play keyboard and sing with my best friend Jeff’s garage band too.
4. Visited Hawaii.
5. Watched a meteor shower. (Every year!)
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland.
8. Climbed a mountain. (I hiked to the top of Brasstown Bald, GA's highest peak.)
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sang a solo. (Hundreds of times at Karaoke, several times in High School musical productions)
11. Bungee jumped.
12. Visited Paris.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea. (Only from the beach house.)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch. (I’m learning to write Japanese Kanji.)
15. Adopted a child.
16. Had food poisoning. (Several times).
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.
18. Grown your own vegetables. (Had a veggie garden every summer growing up!)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.
20. Slept on an overnight train.
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Hitch hiked. (Technically, yes. Although it was a generous police officer who gave me a ride to my friend’s house when my car broke down on the highway.)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill. (Haven’t we all?)
24. Built a snow fort.
25. Held a lamb.
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a Marathon.
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice. (I saw the Venetian in Las Vegas, does that count?)
29. Seen a total eclipse.
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. (Recent generations anyway)
35. Seen an Amish community.
36. Taught yourself a new language.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied. (Until my partner got bought out, I resigned from a good paying job to live in poverty this last year, and wound up fighting for worker’s comp for the last 6 months from an injury in 2005. You fill in the ending.)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.
39. Gone rock (wall) climbing.
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David.
41. Sung karaoke. (Many many times)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt. (As a toddler, though too young to remember it)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.
44. Visited Africa.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight. (In Myrtle Beach, SC.)
46. Been transported in an ambulance. (Daily, for 8 years - though never as a patient)
47. Had your portrait painted/drawn. (My grandmother had my portrait painted when I was 5)
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 snorkeling.
52. Kissed in the rain. (Yup! It’s wonderful)
53. Played in the mud. (All the time as a child).
54. Gone to a drive-in theater. (Several times)
55. Been in a movie. (I was an extra for Disney’s Perfect Harmony!)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.
57. Started a business. --YES!! http://www.PauldingHolistic.blogspot.com
58. Taken a martial arts class.
59. Visited Russia.
60. Served at a soup kitchen. (I worked for Grady - Close enough!)
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies. ---Bought plenty though!
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Got flowers for no reason. (Yes, occasionally...)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.
65. Gone sky diving. No reason for me to jump out of a perfectly good plane!
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp. No.
67. Bounced a check.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar. No
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Times Square. No.
74. Toured the Everglades. (Yes, in October 2000)
75. Been fired from a job. Yeah, I can thank a psycho-stalking-bitch for that one!
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London. No.
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle. (Alas, I was forced by financial circumstances to sell her last month. -Sigh- It took the idiots in Washington over a year to figure out what the common man has felt for over a year!)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person. Yes, but it was the same summer I saw Yellowstone. Toddler. No memory of it.
80. Published a book. Not yet. Working on that one though.
81. Visited the Vatican.
82. Bought a brand new car. See #78 - Repo’d earlier this year.
83. Walked in Jerusalem.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper. Several times.
85. Read the entire Bible. Why bother? I already know how it ends.
86. Visited the White House. – If a drive by viewing counts.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had Chicken Pox
89. Saved someone’s life. Ahem... Paramedic, y’all...
90. Sat on a jury. Got called for Jury Duty, but Paramedic School was a great excuse.
91. Met someone famous. Oprah & Steadman, President and Rosalin Carter, TONS OF BANDS AND MUSICIANS... mostly from my private contract EMS gigs.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one. See previous post “Beautiful Diversity”
94. Had a baby. Three Miscarriages.
95. Seen the Alamo in person. Never been to Texas.
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake. No.
97. Been involved in a law suit. If there was a non-disclosure agreement, how do I answer?
98. Owned a cell phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.
100. Read an entire book in one day. Several times.