{"id":667,"date":"2006-11-13T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-13T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=667"},"modified":"2006-11-13T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-13T12:45:00","slug":"when-in-doubt-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2006\/11\/13\/when-in-doubt-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"When in doubt, meme!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stolen from Barb at <a href=\"http:\/\/norontmom.blogspot.com\/\">NorthernMom<\/a>, a lazy Monday meme:<\/p>\n<p>The ones in bold are the ones I&#8217;ve done.<\/p>\n<p>01. bought everyone in the bar a drink<br \/>02. swam with wild dolphins<br \/><strong>03. climbed a mountain <\/strong>(it wasn&#8217;t a very big mountain)<br \/>04. taken a ferrari for a test drive<br \/>05. been inside the great pyramid<br \/><strong>06. held a tarantula<\/strong> (did you know if you drop them from a certain height, they splatter?)<br \/>07. taken a candlelit bath with someone<br \/><strong>08. said &#8220;i love you&#8221; and meant it<\/strong><br \/><strong>09. hugged a tree<\/strong><br \/>10. bungee jumped<br \/><strong>11. visited paris (twice!)<\/strong><br \/>12. watched a lightning storm at sea (no, but I&#8217;ve seen one from above the clouds &#8211; way cool!)<br \/><strong>13. stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise<\/strong><br \/><strong>14. seen the northern lights<\/strong><br \/><strong>15. gone to a huge sports game<\/strong><br \/>16. walked the stairs to the top of the leaning tower of pisa<br \/><strong>17. grown and eaten your own vegetables<\/strong><br \/>18. touched an iceberg<br \/><strong>19. slept under the stars<\/strong><br \/><strong>20. changed a baby&#8217;s diaper<\/strong> (oh please)<br \/><strong>21. taken a trip in a hot air balloon<\/strong> (it was tethered)<br \/><strong>22. watched a meteor shower<\/strong><br \/><strong>23. gotten drunk on champagne<\/strong> (cheap champagne)<br \/>24. given more than you can afford to charity<br \/><strong>25. looked up at the night sky through a telescope<\/strong><br \/><strong>26. had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment<\/strong><br \/><strong>27. had a food fight<\/strong><br \/><strong>28. bet on a winning horse<\/strong><br \/>29. asked out a stranger<br \/><strong>30. had a snowball fight<\/strong><br \/><strong>31. screamed as loudly as you possibly can<\/strong> (very therapeutic. I recommend in the car, alone)<br \/>32. held a lamb<br \/><strong>33. seen a total eclipse<\/strong><br \/><strong>34. ridden a roller coaster<\/strong><br \/>35. hit a home run (I&#8217;m happy when I can get it past the infield)<br \/><strong>36. danced like a fool and not cared who was looking<\/strong> (see #23 above)<br \/>37. adopted an accent for an entire day<br \/><strong>38. actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment<\/strong> (for a moment? Often!)<br \/><strong>39. had two hard drives for your computer<\/strong><br \/>40. visited all 50 states (7 down, 43 to go&#8230;)<br \/><strong>41. taken care of someone who was drunk<\/strong><br \/><strong>42. had amazing friends<\/strong><br \/>43. danced with a stranger in a foreign country<br \/>44. watched whales<br \/><strong>45. stolen a sign<\/strong> (Mom, it was Todd&#8217;s idea)<br \/><strong>46. backpacked in europe<\/strong><br \/><strong>47. taken a road-trip<\/strong><br \/>48. gone rock climbing<br \/><strong>49. midnight walk on the beach<\/strong><br \/>50. gone sky diving<br \/>51. visited ireland<br \/><strong>52. been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love<\/strong> (can you spell &#8220;high school&#8221;?)<br \/>53. in a restaurant, sat at a stranger&#8217;s table and had a meal with them<br \/>54. visited japan<br \/>55. milked a cow<br \/><strong>56. alphabetized your cds<\/strong><br \/>57. pretended to be a superhero<br \/><strong>58. sung karaoke<\/strong><br \/>59. lounged around in bed all day<br \/><strong>60. played touch football<\/strong><br \/>61. gone scuba diving<br \/><strong>62. kissed in the rain<\/strong><br \/><strong>63. played in the mud<\/strong><br \/><strong>64. played in the rain<\/strong><br \/><strong>6<\/strong><strong>5. gone to a drive-in theater<\/strong><br \/>66. visited the great wall of china<br \/>67. started a business<br \/><strong>68. fallen in love and not had your heart broken<\/strong><br \/><strong>69. toured ancient sites<\/strong><br \/>70. taken a martial arts class<br \/><strong>71. played d&amp;d for more than 6 hours straight<\/strong><br \/><strong>72. gotten married<\/strong> (twice!)<br \/>73. been in a movie<br \/>74. crashed a party<br \/><strong>75. gotten divorced<\/strong><br \/>76. gone without food for 5 days<br \/><strong>77. made cookies from scratch<\/strong><br \/>78. won first prize in a costume contest<br \/>79. ridden a gondola in venice (but I did take the water bus &#8211; it&#8217;s far cheaper!)<br \/>80. gotten a tattoo<br \/>81. rafted the snake river<br \/><strong>82. been on television news programs as an &#8220;expert&#8221;<\/strong> (on CBC Healthmatters, discussing IVF)<br \/>83. gotten flowers for no reason<br \/><strong>84. performed on stage<\/strong><br \/><strong>85. been to las vegas<\/strong><br \/><strong>86. recorded music<\/strong> (at the CFRC radio station at Queens. We were awful.)<br \/>87. eaten shark<br \/><strong>88. kissed on the first date<\/strong><br \/>89. gone to thailand<br \/><strong>90. bought a house<\/strong><br \/>91. been in a combat zone<br \/>92. buried one\/both of your parents<br \/>93. been on a cruise ship<br \/><strong>94. spoken more than one language fluently<\/strong> (the jury is still out on &#8220;fluently&#8221;)<br \/><strong>95. performed in rocky horror<\/strong><br \/><strong>96. raised children<\/strong><br \/>97. followed your favorite band\/singer on tour<br \/><strong>98. passed out cold<\/strong><br \/>99. taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country<br \/>100. picked up and moved to another city to just start over<br \/>101. walked the golden gate bridge<br \/><strong>102. sang loudly in the car, and didn&#8217;t stop when you knew someone was looking<\/strong><br \/>103. had plastic surgery<br \/>104. survived an accident that you shouldn&#8217;t have survived<br \/>105. wrote articles for a large publication<br \/>106. lost over 100 pounds<br \/>107. held someone while they were having a flashback<br \/><strong>108. piloted an airplane<\/strong> (does a glider count?)<br \/>109. touched a stingray<br \/>110. broken someone&#8217;s heart (I have no idea&#8230;)<br \/>111. helped an animal give birth<br \/>112. won money on a t.v. game show<br \/><strong>113. broken a bone <\/strong>(just one, left pinky finger)<br \/>114. gone on an african photo safari<br \/>115. had a facial part pierced other than your ears<br \/>116. fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol<br \/>117. eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild<br \/>sidenote where is 118?<br \/>119. had major surgery<br \/>120. had a snake as a pet<br \/>121. hiked to the bottom of the grand canyon<br \/>122. slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours (I wish&#8230;)<br \/>123. visited more foreign countries than u.s. states (well, more countries than Canadian provinces)<br \/>124. visited all 7 continents<br \/><strong>125. taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days<\/strong><br \/>126. eaten kangaroo meat<br \/><strong>127. eaten sushi<\/strong><br \/><strong>128. had your picture in the newspaper<\/strong><br \/><strong>129. changed someone&#8217;s mind about something you care deeply about<\/strong> (I hope so!)<br \/><strong>130. gone back to school<\/strong><br \/><strong>131. parasailed<\/strong> (in Cannes!)<br \/>132. touched a cockroach<br \/>133. eaten fried green tomatoes<br \/><strong>134. read <em>The Iliad<\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong>135. selected one &#8220;important&#8221; author who you missed in school, and read <\/strong>(just one?)<br \/>136. killed and prepared an animal for eating<br \/><strong>137. skipped all your school reunions<\/strong><br \/><strong>138. communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language<\/strong><br \/>139. been elected to public office<br \/>140. written your own computer language<br \/><strong>141. thought to yourself that you&#8217;re living your dream<\/strong><br \/>142. had to put someone you love into hospice care<br \/>143. built your own PC from parts<br \/>144. sold your own artwork to someone who didn&#8217;t know you<br \/>145. had a booth at a street fair<br \/>146. dyed your hair<br \/>147. been a dj<br \/>148. shaved your head<br \/>149. caused a car accident<br \/>150. saved someone&#8217;s life<\/p>\n<p>Oh my goodness, are you still reading?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stolen from Barb at NorthernMom, a lazy Monday meme: The ones in bold are the ones I&#8217;ve done. 01. bought everyone in the bar a drink02. swam with wild dolphins03. climbed a mountain (it wasn&#8217;t a very big mountain)04. taken a ferrari for a test drive05. been inside the great pyramid06. held a tarantula (did &hellip; 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