I usually hate these stupid crap things, but this one is actually pretty interesting and, most importantly, doesn't require a lot of time or thinking on my part. Bold are things I've done / accomplished / am not proud of / etc.[via seanbonner]
01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
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
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby’s diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Had two hard drives for your computer.
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job for all accounts
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with
them
66. Visited Japan
67. Benchpressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
80. Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it.
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about
your blog has discovered your blog
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn’t have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Congress person
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. …more than once? — More than thrice?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone
was looking
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived.
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 75 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone’s heart
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse
158. Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in
your lifetime
173. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school
176. Parasailed
177. Changed your name
178. Petted a cockroach
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad
181. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school,
and read
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because
your apartment needed them.
183. ..and .gotten 86’ed from the restaurant because you did it
so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions.
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196: Dyed your hair
197: Been a DJ
198: Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
199: Written your own role playing game
200: Been arrested
You know how you always say, "Gee, I wish I could have dinner with a complete and utter stranger?" Well, now you can.
Marc Horowitz craftily placed his home number on a piece of furniture in the Fall Crate & Barrel catalog. From his site:
"In an effort to get another full-fledged national dinner tour off the ground, I have carefully placed my name and cell phone number on a piece of furniture in the Fall 2004 Crate & Barrel catalog (pictured above). This tour is based completely on chance, who will be daring enough to call the number on the piece of furniture?
As of September 18th, I have received about a hundred calls, of which, 33 have committed to dinners with me. The calls range from Portland, MN to my very own San Francisco. My goal is to have a dinner scheduled in every state!"
That is absolutely and totally awesome.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind came out on DVD today, and I highly highly recommend that you get off your keister and go buy it RIGHT NOW [ previous glowing review ]
I bought it on my way home from work today, and would have bought it sooner had I not left mt credit card in my pants pocket last night. The last time I paid full price for a DVD the day it came out was for The Royal Tenenbaums. And that was like 2 years ago.
We got Mean Girls on Netflix this week and it was totally and absolutely hilarious. Brianne and I were all embarassed when we first got it, but watched it with the boys anyway. They thought it was great too. It was really smart and snarky, and sets a new bar for teen movies. The sad thing is that it is a highly accurate description of what it is like to be a teenage girl.
If anyone ever called you a slut or a bitch in high school, you should see it. It rocks.
from sarah, SPAMUSEMENT!
My little brother sent this to me today. Even though Nalgene bottles claim to be indestructable, they are apparently fallible when they get in the hands of 15 year-old-boys. Amazing. It is important to note that they did not try to destroy the bottle, as you might expect from teenage boys. The story goes that the bottom of the bottle was starting to get small cracks in it and he dropped it on the ground in the hallway. A huge chunk bit the dust. So indestructable is an exaggeration.
Patrick and I have spent the last week planning an elaborate birthday surprise for my sister. We wanted to get her tickets to the Cubs game on the first (her birthday) against the Braves, and that is so totally simple. No one ever wants Cubs tickets. Especially against the Braves. In the last series of the regular season.
So we went through craigslist, eBay, family, friends, friend of friends, friends of friends whom we consider enemies, etc. We finally bought some from my uncle's brother in law.
And then I am talking to Brianne tonight and we are cracking up because she sent both Patrick and I an email saying that she wouldn't be able to get Oct. 1st off for "the big surprise". If you scrolled down the email, it said "Psyche'. And she totally tricked Patrick. He bought it and was freaking out. He didn't scroll. And so I go to tell her how Gregg teased me and told me I couldn't have Friday off because he knew I was planning for it all week. Ha Ha. So funny. And I say to her:
"So I told Gregg I would need Friday off for THE CUBS GAME....."
< insert Brianne's eyes getting huge here >
< insert my eyes getting super huger here >
"FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK. Patrick I fucked up!!!!!!"
And I totally ruined the super surprise. But it wasn't so bad because Patrick did the exact same thing with Brianne's surprise Christmas present, telling her how he told his dad he got her diamond earrings.
Still, I feel like an ass.
Truffle doesn't like when Brianne gives her hugs, as evidenced above. Bean does this thing where she hugs Truffle very very closely, and makes this really low rumbling noise. Truffle, out of instinct, curls her lip and growls. It is like she doesn;t have any control over it, because as soon as she does it, she turns around and showers Brianne with kisses. We had drank about a half jug of margaritas at this point, and just thought this was hilarious.
We went to Plato's Closet on Clybourn tonight, a buy-sell-trade clothing store. After living in San Diego, I have been pampered by Buffalo Exchange, possibly the best resale clothing store in the world. Plato's Closet paled in comparison. It was more expensive than I expected (jeans ranged from $15 - $35), and you don't get that great of a deal for selling your clothes. They give you 30 - 40% of what they are going to retail your items for. buffalo Exchange offered 40% in cash, 55% in trade (so WAY better). I did find a totally awesome, hand knit shawl for $6, which was an absolute steal.
You can tell it was handmade by someone and that it must have taken hours. It is all super nice ribbon and eyelash yarn, all of which runs anywhere from $4 - $15 per skein. So paying $6 for the whole shawl was a steal. I just couldn't let it sit there. I might just pull it apart and use the yarn. But then I realized that this was probably knit as a gift for someone. A very mean someone who turned around and sold it for $2. So now I don't think I can take it apart. It's just so sad.
tonya sent this to me today [ via netscape news ]
"The folks on NBC's Law & Order will go towork on a familiar street. New York City on Tuesday renamed a short road that heads to Pier 62 on Manhattan's West Side Law & Order Way in honor of the show's 15th anniversary. That's where the show's offices are located and many of its episodes shot."
We have been without cable since August 1st. When we moved into the new place, I decided I was going to consolidate all of our utiities, find out what we REALLY needed, and if there was any less expensive alternatives. So, of course, Comcast was the first to go. $58 a month for standard digital cable was not flying with me. So we decided to go with Dish network for the low low price of $29.99 a month. But they too were a bunch of fuckers and wanted to install TWO honker dishes on our house. No thanks.
So I finally caved and went back to Comcast, much to my dismay. I haven't watched Law & Order in about 3 weeks, and it was beginning to kill me. You could say I am something of a Law & Order junkie. So I finally get a chance to relax and watch some tv yesterday. Law & Order (original flavor) is on TNT. Turn it on. Black screen. "One Moment. This channel will be available shortly" Damn. And hour or so goes by while I am watching Family Fued (again, original flavor with Richard Dawson). SVU is on USA. Turn it on. It is all gobbledy-gook.
Law & Order is not available on my cable plan apparently.
Fortunately, they have a line tech coming out this morning to fix it. And it's a good thing. I might not last a week.
After two months, endless phone calls, and three cancelled delivery appointments, my dining room table finally arrived.
1 in 3 Americans under the age of 65 have been uninsured for some part of this year, roughly 75 million people. When did health insurance, which guarantees the basic rights of life and the pursuit of happiness, become something reserved for the elite. It is so ridiculously expensive that the majority of small businesses would struggle and snap under the weight of the premiums.
Matt has AWESOME insurance through the Ritz. They practically pay you to go to the doctor. He jokingly said that we should just get married so I can be covered. And I truly thought, "that is not a bad idea". Somewhere in the suburbs, my mother just had an anuerism. but it's OK, because she is insured.
EyeTrack III Heatmap from visual impressions
Some fancypants research firm that no doubt uses sophisticated bunsen burners and teletypes has released a study about how users look at(read: scan) webpages. It is VERY VERY cool, and provides research statistics that you will be able to reference all the time.
CP sent this over to me today: Pup shoots man, saves litter mates
Hell ya he does! Way to go and right on, puppy!
Seriously, who could shoot a puppy? This man has no soul. BOO THIS MAN!
...in time for fall. I am still deciding how I feel about it, so expect some changes to come along. Also, I am pooped and haven't updated all my templates yet. So if shit look broke, it's because shit broke.
Also, I upgraded to MT 3.1, even though I have heard a bit of criticism about it. No problems to date.
Go vote for the Chicago Metroblog as "Best Local Blog" in New City's 2004 Best of poll thingee. And then, go tell all your friends to do the same. And then make sure they tell all of their friends. On and on into infinity!
the new york times has a really great visual representation of statistics from the RNC vs. the DNC. On a side note, using pink for Democrats (ed. note - I meant to type Republican, an error which was pointed out by a poopy anonymous commenter with a potty mouth...thanks jerky) is really code for "girlie-men".