A Meme

Found at Southern Goddess’:

HAVE YOU EVER:

Smoked a cigarette or tried it: Yes. I smoked for several years after college and quit on my wedding day in 1997. I feel comfortable saying this now that my mother found out a few months ago that I smoked back then.

Crashed a friend’s car: Not that I recall.

Stolen a car: Nope

Been dumped: Yes, my first post-college boyfriend dumped me by telephone.

Shoplifted: Yes, a tube of lipstick in college.

Been fired /laid off: Yes, from my second job after college. It wasn’t a good fit at the time (I was a party girl, they were an uptight British-owned telecommunications company).

Been in a fist fight: It wasn’t a fistfight necessarily, but I was in a fight in the 5th grade.

Snuck out of your parent’s house: Nope.

Been arrested: No

Gone on a blind date: Yes. In college a friend of mine and I went out as a favor to a friend with two gentlemen who took us to see “Missing in Action, Part III” and then dinner at Shoney’s. Short night.

Lied to a friend: I admit that I have, if only to keep from hurting their feelings.

Skipped school: I skipped classes in college, but never in high school.

Seen someone die: I didn’t see my grandfather die, but I was there when it happened. He was outside the house and had a heartattack sitting on the back of his truck. My grandmother and I went out to see if he wanted a grilled cheese sandwich and found him.

Been to Canada: Yes! Victoria, British Columbia.

Been to Mexico: Yes! On our honeymoon.

Eaten Sushi: Ugh. Yes, and I wasn’t happy about it.

Met someone in person from the internet: Hello – have you not read this site? I’ve met quite a few internet folks, including my own husband!

Taken pain-killers: Yes, last year I took butalbital for something. Supposedly that’s a mildly heavy narcotic.

Had a tea party: *lol* No, but my mother has.

Cheated while playing a game: Oh please, of course I have.

Fallen asleep at work: Ha ha ha ha. Yes, I used to take mini-naps in my boss’ office at my old job. Just quick 10-15 minute naps when I just couldn’t go on anymore.

Used a fake ID: Never needed to. I didn’t start partying until I was 21.

Felt an earthquake: I think the earth shook in our town when Mount St. Helen’s erupted back in the 80s – my sister or parents can verify that.

Touched a snake: I love snakes and have handled a few in my life, much to my mother’s chagrin.

Been robbed: thankfully, no.

Petted a reindeer/goat: I hate goats. Their eyes are EVIL. I have touched one though, at the zoo last year.

Won a contest: Yes, I remember winning tickets from a local radio station to see The Monkees back in high school.

Been suspended from school: No.

Been in a car accident: Yes. A couple of them actually. Never my fault, of course.

Had braces: Yes.

Eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night: Yes. Sometimes you just can’t stop.

Witnessed a crime: I don’t think so.

Swam in the ocean: Yes, when we lived in California. Oh, and in Washington St as well.

Sung karaoke: Yep. A few times.

Paid for a meal with only coins: Ah, those glorious college days. When it wasn’t paid for in coins it was paid for with a $1.98 personal check.

Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose: When I was a kid I used to laugh until the grape juice I was drinking would come out of my nose. To this day I can’t drink grape juice because the smell drives me nuts.

Been kissed under mistletoe: Hmmmm…I don’t think so.

Crashed a party: On a couple of occasions in my single days, yes.

Worn pearls: Yes, when in college.

Jumped off a bridge: The intent was there, but we didn’t do it. In college a group of us wanted to rapel down a local bridge but on the way one of our friends tripped on the railroad tracks and dislocated his finger. I drove him to the local hospital and proceeded to steal hospital supplies (tongue depressors, cotton balls, swabs, a couple bedsheets) while waiting for his finger to be reset.

Ate dog/cat food: No.

Kissed a mirror: *lol* I don’t believe so.

Glued your hand to something: Nope.

Done a one-handed cartwheel: Nope. I’m not one for cartwheels.

Talked on the phone for more than 6 hours: I know Denis and I came close a couple times when we were still living in two different states.

Didn’t take a shower for a week: I’ve never gone a week. I’ve gone from Friday to Sunday before, but never a week. Oh wait – after CootieGirl was born I definitely came close but that was because I couldn’t move due to the pain.

Pick and ate an apple right off the tree: Yep, when we went applepicking in high school I spent the day picking apples and eating along the way. I was sick as a DOG that night from all those apples (I probably ate a dozen in a few hours).

Been told by a complete stranger that you’re hot: That happened a couple times during my club days, although usually *I* was the one approaching hot men and telling them they were amazing dancers. It was my pickup line and it worked every time.