TheDivaKnits

I have a love/hate relationship with my birthday that started when I turned 17. I realized then that every birthday was just a year older… a year away from the idyllic bliss of being a minor. No, I am serious. At 18 I was freaking over the fact I had a car payment and a phone bill and a job, wondering to myself, “when the hell did this happen?” As my 19th birthday drew near a bemoaned the fact that soon I would be 20. Now, standing tall at 27, smaller than I was at 14, I think, “WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?”

This isn’t a lamenty thing. I just wonder, what happened? How’d we (my husband and I) get old? We married young, I was 19 and he was 20, we’ve literally grown up together. It’s wierd, I don’t feel old (except for in the morning) but somehow, growing, ageing, maturing(somewhat) has snuck up on me. I’m not 100% sure I like it.

So, in my perusal of knitted things– I was looking to see if anyone has completed a Norberta yet (I sooo want to do her out of the banana silk but with the gauge of that yarn she’d be montrous) (now the regal silk on the other hand…) and I found that Caliometry seems to be the *hot* item from Winter Knitty (although there seems to be a problem with the number of stitches needed. I’ll keep you posted… Anyways, I found http://www.drivebythinking.typepad.com through the Caliometry thread… she’s made one too! It looks nice, doesn’t it?

But the cool thing was that she had a meme (I am a meme thief) and it’s perfect for how I am feeling today. (no, not the let’s kill several people on the customer service staff of Southern California Edison, the other, more retrospective feeling.)

HAVE YOU EVER…
01. Seen the Grand Canyon Twice, once as a child and again with my husband. The second time  was more fun.
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain Define ‘mountain’…
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath even better, when I have bad migraines I will take candlelit showers if it’s nighttime because my bathroom light has a freaking fan thing that makes my brain pound.
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea (alas no, but I have been in a greyhound bus in the middle of Kansas during a lightning storm with lightning striking all around me..)

13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise too many times to count.
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game  Mwhahaha. Anaheim Angels v Seattle Mariners @Angel Stadium, 1995 or 96. My girlfriend ran onto the field to get Ken Griffey Jr’s autograph, and was escorted by a crapload of Anaheim’s finest off the field. I stayed in the stands and took pics. Of course.
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables there’s nothing quite like walking outside to pick your dinner just before eating it.
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars literally. In Santa Fe, by the time we got to the campsite no one wanted to build tents (it was after 2 am) so we just threw sleeping bags down and slept wherever. Note: Make sure you don’t do this on a slope, or you’ll end up 10ft down hill from your shoes…
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Eaten alligator

24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment During the worst possible part of the Vagina Monologues in a very tiny theatre.
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Been to Austria
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country

44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe England and Scotland count now that they’re part of the EU, right? 6 weeks, incredible.
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them during the aforementioned backpacking trip I was at a pub in Salisbury and in the course of walking through the labyrinthine halls, stairs, etc to get to the restaurant the couple who walked in behind me decided to ask me to their table. They were from Amersterdam and very nice.
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sang karaoke top four favorite karaoke songs? Sir Mixalot ‘baby got back’ Digital Underground ‘humpty dance’ the doors ‘alabama song’ and the Divinyls ‘I touch myself’
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class

71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married 7.5 years so far…

73. Been in a movie my part was cut… I did the voice over for Barry’s movie
74. Crashed a party my best friend’s brother’s bday party when I was 7.
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days not quite, but this summer I forgot to eat for almost 4
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date no comment
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Been in a marching band
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children (raising)
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold

99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over.
101. Driven on the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking favorite song to do this? Drive through my walmart parking lot with the windows down singing Ice, Ice Baby
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds YES!!!
107. Ridden on a boat down the Danube River
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray they feel funny, like cat’s tongues
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone

114. Dyed your hair
115. Shaved your head
116. Caused a car accident
117. Been elected to public office
118. Skipped all your school reunions
119. Built your own PC from parts
120. Gone back to school and now I’m about to graduate!
121. Read the Iliad and the Odyssey
122. Ridden a horse
123. Eaten Kangaroo meat
124. Had stitches and staples
125. Toured castles in Europe England and Scotland. I got to tour the castle from the Highlander movie and a bunch more. Plus, I even spent 3 nights in one. Carbisdale Castle in Scotland
126. Had your picture in the newspaper
127. Eaten sushi
128. Sold your own artwork to someone you didn’t know
129. Published a book
130. Written poetry
131. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
132. Fired a rifle, shot gun or pistol

133. Had major surgery
134. Had a snake as a pet
135. Gone on an African safari
136. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
137. Visited more foreign countries than US states
138. Visited all 7 continents
139. Lived in a foreign country for more than a year
140. Been swimming in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the British Channel and the North Sea
141. Been to Niagara Falls
142. Lived on both sides of the Mississippi river
143. Sang in a foreign language in front of an audience .
144. Been to the Berlin Wall
145. Taught a child to read I’m trying my hardest, and trying to teach her to write.
146. Been a DJ

I’ve done 63 of these things. And wanted to do many more.

Anyhow, I should be in bed… I have an early morning tomorrow and I just realized that I’ve been chowing down on sugar right before a big bloodtest. eeep.

Recent Entries

• 10 Things I am Great At!
• ahhhhhhsumness, i haz it
• Top Ten Horror Movies
• 10 Great/Awful Things About TV Today
• *cough* earning some street cred.
• way late: 10 on Tuesday
• “There are no cats in America”
• 10 Great Things That Happened This Summer
• Politics and Crap
• Last of the Summer Sniffles

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 at 11:10 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.