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'My Corduroyed Life' - Mark A's Journal
I like memes: they make it look like I blog regularly…
One of those get a list and bold out the ones that apply to you memes...
Have fun,
M x
01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink *including the barman.
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain - Only Snowdonia
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 - Rob
09. Hugged a tree - I was drunk
10. Done a striptease - In front of a mirror only
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris - this year, actually
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea - Effing frightening, and I was only little
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise - by accident: we were rather drunk
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game - Speedway Grand Prix of Britain on five occassions
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 - Venture Scouts wasn’t just about going up the pub, it was about going to pubs in the middle of nowhere then not bothering to get into your tent
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 - Family wedding, I made a prick of myself… again
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope - School
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment - too many times to count
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse - Aldani
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill - by accident: I thought a hangover was a serious illness it was that bad
31. Asked out a stranger - every time I got drunk on Poptastic when I was single
32. Had a snowball fight - more of a snowball defend myself
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favourite fantasy - You don’t want to know
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar - At least it seemed like it when I was drunk
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster - love ‘em
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking - The venue is called Rockworld
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 - I’ll refrain from being slushy here
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced - and vice versa, many times
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends - Fuck, yeah
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country - it was a strange stranger too
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign - treasure hunt
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing - and I’ve abseiled down Lake Vernwy Dam
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. Bench pressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow - eeeeeeeeeeek
69. Alphabetized your records - That was when I wasn’t permanently distracted by too many things and actually had the time to be bored
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke - Only one song though… ever
72. Lounged around in bed all day - regularly
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving - SO cool
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain - at the right place and the right time, SO horny
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theatre
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it - Heh
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 favour of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken - at least not yet
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class - well, the warm up and a couple of techniques anyway, but Rich did some of the teaching
88. Sword fought for the honour of a woman.
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight - I am such a geek
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have - at least I don’t any more
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 - I put too much ginger in them and they tasted well weird
99. Won first prize in a costume contest - twice: once as the saucepan man from Enid Blyton and one dressed as my Gran
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice - with my parents, not a partner, sadly
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 - More than once… in a single weekend
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage - School plays
110. Been to Las Vegas - when I was under 21, GAH!
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night-stand - More than once… in a single weekend
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 - of sorts, and only to Germany
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a cheque
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy
128. Followed your favourite 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 (MP)
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. ...more than once?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge - Same holiday as I was underage in Vegas
136. Sang loudly in the car and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking - All the time: it usually makes people either smile or take the piss
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 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
142a. Had a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray - Seaworld
145. Broken someone's heart - and I’m not proud of it
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job - When I was sixteen, I got laid off from a job that paid £2.43 an hour
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 100mph or faster - every car I’ve ever driven, I’ve cranked it to 100 just once
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced - me nip
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol - rifle shooting range: I was rubbish
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse - called Ginger
158. Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train - had a threesome 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 - Pretty much after every Glastonbury
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 -The Ardeche
167. Eaten kangaroo meat - yum!
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi - Crap Tesco stuff. Apparently real Japanese sushi is actually nice
171. Had your picture in the newspaper - Local rag
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 - at Uni
181. Selected one "important" author whom you missed in school, and read him/ her - many
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 - very difficult to do
187. Skipped all your school reunions
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language - most days in our office!
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 - The Midnight Cowboy
Current mood:
bored.Current music: Going Nowhere by Therapy?.
I have been challenged 11 times, hence the title…
I recently expressed to a friend that I am horribly uninspired for blogs these days, and have been resorting to memes and cop outs for months. I asked for inspiration. In response, I was given the following 11 blog titles as a challenge:
1) The Quality Of A Society Is Found In How It Treats Its Criminals
2) If Doctor Who Were A Woman, He Would Be Played By...
3) The Best Meal I Ever Had Was...
4) Call Of Cthulu Needs A ReBirth On The RPG Circuit
5) It's Time The Age Of Majority Was Lowered To 16
6) They Fuck You Up Your Mom And Dad
7) Geekism Should Be Recognised As a Culture
8) Wouldn't It Be Great To Live With 7 Other Gays In A Big House?
9) The Video Nasties Scare Was A Political Cover For The Poll Tax
10) The Greatest Living Director Is...
11) Are Men Born Gay?
Never one to shirk away from a challenge, I fully intend to write blogs with those titles. I do. I promise. I won’t procrastinate, and forget about it, honest. The promise of a blog about Glastonbury was a figment of your imagination.
My promise: I promise to write at least one sentence on all of the above titles in the next 6 months. I also promise to do a grand total of no research for any of them and be thoroughly self-righteous and opinionated.
You wouldn’t expect anything else, would you? [grin]
Have fun,
M x
Current mood:
determined.Current music: Trigger Inside by Therapy?.