Tagged..

Here's the Rules...type the things you've done in bold and post on your blog!!!

1. Started your own blog - obviously.. ditto

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band - I totally rocked the clarinet!

4. Visited Hawaii- Didn't get in the water very much though.. two shark attacks the day I arrive= hell to the no I'm not going snorkeling. We did frequent the nudie beaches though, learned some new hairstyles.

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you could afford to charity- story of my life!

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying manits- not a manits but a praying mantis, yes :)

10. Sang a solo-yes, made the Rockin' Rammets in 5th grade, you've never seen a face so red!

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris- does the one in Vegas count? or Texas??

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea- I was in the Perfect Storm: Part Deux.. The familia and myself were aboard a 28' Chris Craft boat heading home from the Bahamas. This is not an average boat you see cruising across the Atlantic, especially during a little storm known as Katrina.. that is, unless said boat is carrying drugs... which, rest assured, we were not. To make a long story short, the Coast Guard wouldn't even respond to our "Mayday" call, it was that bad. They did however wait for us to arrive on the first port we found so they could have all of the drug dogs in the state of FL search us. GOOD TIMES!

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch- are friendship bracelets an art? I say yes

15. Adopted a child- all of my four legged children are adopted

16. Had food poisoning- damn you Pizza Hut!

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill

24. Built a snow fort- granted it was probably with all of 2 inches of snow but we tried

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a marathon- x2

28. Ridden in a gondala in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse- of the heart

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a homerun

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagra Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community- on our drives to visit family in Paducah, KY there is an Amish community and they use their horse and buggy as transportation...on the highway. They have little caution reflectors on the back of the buggy. It's very interesting. Ha, remember when I wanted to be Amish and had Mom make me all those dresses and geeky outfits.. wow, I am cool.

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo's David

41. Sung karaoke - so I've been told..

42. Seen Old Faithful erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted- Hello S! Don't you remember that one time Nanny took us to have our portraits painted at the Community Center?!?

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater - they still have them in OKC! 3 movies for 5 bones

55. Been in a movie - I'm still bitter about me and my sister not being cast to be an extra in the movie The Possums. I'm not sure if it even came out ever. Who doesn't get cast to be one of the thousands in a crowd at the football stadium?? I guess the self-portrait headshots we took on our staircase weren't Hollywood worthy. Their loss!! Elle Oh Elle!!

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business- need any prosthetic eye lube?

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason- Thanks time!

64. Donated blood, platelets, or plasma- every 56 days

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten caviar

72. Pieced a quilt - ended up being the smallest quilt in the world

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person- from a plane

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car- they are all new to me

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year's Eve

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating- negative, PETA would probably 86 me

88. Had the chickenpox- yeah and now I have scarface

89. Saved someone's life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

Is 100 to tag your friends?
If so, I fail.. I don't have anyone to tag.
Cue the violins...

Music Monday

Happy Monday!

I had a great weekend with my family but I'll post more on that later once I get some pics from the sister.

I decided to start Music Monday (MM).. well, I guess so that I'd have something to say. :) I'm a huge music fan and love going to shows, festivals and finding new bands.

To kick off MM, it is my pleasure to introduce.. Sigur Ros .

This band hails from Iceland, and rightly claim to bring you the beautiful landscape of their homeland with their music. Their website states it is impossible to fully justify their sound with words and I must agree. For starters, some lyrics cannot even be translated because they are sung in 'hopelandic'. This is a form of gibberish vocals that fits to the music and acts as another instrument. And for a little tidbit, they had a song that was featured at the end of the movie Vanilla Sky.

Listen with an open mind, the music is different but it does grow on you. Enjoy!!

Sorry, I'm not very computer savvy.. I'll work on learning how to put up pictures and tracks and try to have them up soon.

WWW Debut..

Here it is, the end of January and I'm just now getting around to this... but at least I am, right?

One of my New Years resolutions was to be better at keeping in touch with family and friends. I don't have Facebook or Myspace, only VeganWorld (but I seriously doubt you've ever heard of it) and I've never been a bloggist but considering my sister will probably be the only one reading this, I think I'm safe.

The challenge with having a blog, to me, is simply having something to say. I don't have kids, I'm not a writer and I'm pretty much the only person that laughs at my jokes. Oh well.. at least I'll have something to look back on and make fun of myself for one day and it'll give my sister something to do when she is bored at work.

My mother just got into town, she is taking me in for surgery tomorrow. I'm ready for my drugs now, PLEASE!!