Another Little Meme
February 1, 2008 by mrschili
I stole this from LaniePainie. It looked like fun, so here you have it - a little bit of nothingness for a dreary Friday morning. Feel free to boost for your own purposes; leave me a comment and I’ll come and check your list out.
Place an X by all the things you’ve done, or remove the X from the ones you have not. This is for your entire life (so far, that is):
(x) Smoked a cigarette - once on my own, and unwillingly for the better part of my life as the child of two two-pack-a-day smokers.
(x) Drank so much you threw up - once; I hate puking.
( ) Crashed in a friend’s car
( ) Stolen a car
(X) Been in love - still am
(X) Been dumped
(X) Been Laid off/fired
(X) Quit your job
( ) Been in a fist fight
(x) Snuck out of your parent’s house - as often as possible
(X) Had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back.
( ) Gone on a blind date
(X) Lied to a friend - only white ones
(X) Skipped school
(x) Seen someone right after they died - I was the first on an accident scene where someone died while I was standing there
(X) Been to the USA - who thought THIS question up?
( ) Been to Mexico
(X) Been on a plane
(X) Been lost - physically AND existentially
( ) Been on the opposite side of the world
(x) Gone to Washington, DC - several times; I could live there, I think
(x) Swam in the ocean
(x) Felt like dying
(X ) Cried yourself to sleep
(X) Played cops and robbers. (not with real cops and robbers though!)
(X) Recently colored with crayons - I’ve got two little girls; crayons are a big part of our lives
( ) Sang karaoke
( ) Paid for a meal with only coins
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t - I do THIS all the time…
(X) Made prank phone calls
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose - the bubbles in soda hurt coming out one’s sinuses
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(X) Made a snow angel
(~) Danced in the rain - make the verb “skipped” and my X goes in
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(X) Barfed in the middle of the night - while crying and shaking
(~) Watched the sunrise with someone you care about - make this sunset and you’ve got my X
(X) Blown Bubbles - of the gum and bubble-stuff variety
(x) Made a bonfire on the beach - we did this two summers ago at my cousin’s camp in Maine
( ) Crashed a party
(X) Gone roller skating - I suck at it
(x) Gone ice skating - I’m good at this; I was a figure skater in my early teens.
Happy Friday, Everyone!!
You only lie to your white friends? damn.
white lies…. hmmm….maybe i’ll get your tongue pierced to remind you of satya.
Seester, I live in semi-rural New England - you’d be hard pressed to find non-whites around here. The answer to the implication is yes; I’d white lie to my non-white friends, too.
Liv, you’ll notice that I copped to STEALING this meme right off the bat? And as for the lying thing; there’s got to be balance. I’d rather utter a little lie and save someone’s feelings than go full-bore on the truth and hurt them. “Gee, I’m sorry, I can’t do such-and-so with you because I’ve got this commitment already made” may be a lie, but it’s nicer than to say “I’d rather not spend time with you right now.” See what I mean?
Besides, I’m a generally good person; I’m pretty sure my karma can take it….
I’m glad to see I’m not the only one stealing out here on these interwebs. I was a cunning prank phone caller back in the day. What a snot I was.
Prank calling was great for a time and a place and I recall enjoying myself thoroughly, oblivious to the advanced irritation on the other side of the phone. As to the lying thins- I learned my lessons when I was younger - a necessary phase - and now I stay mindful of the damage it did to ME, never mind my relationships.
Glad to see the lack of an “x” on the karaoke question! The closest I’ve come to karaoke was when I accidently saw 2 or 3 minutes of “American Idol.”