01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
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
09. Hugged a tree (yes literally... and yes I am that kind of a person..)
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game (College football counts right?)

16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable laughing fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight (still wishing and waiting for this one...)
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 (not done that but I HAVE wrestled a sheep!!! and that was fun!!)
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and didn't care 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. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign

46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing (outdoors, but not with ropes and harnesses and I didn't get very far...)
49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach (alone, not as romantic as it sounds..)
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
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
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 theatre
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
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced

76. Gone without food for 5 days
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/Canoed the Snake River
82. Been on a television news program as an "expert"
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark (no but I have eaten whale)
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house

91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
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. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
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
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a TV game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet

121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for 30 hours in a 48 hour period
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read

136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life

5 days left...

I am so nervous and giddy, excited, scared, just a bundle of emotions... what has caused this?

TWILIGHT

of course

I am going to see the movie Friday morning, and I can hardly wait.... I know it's not going to be the magic the book has been, but I hope it will be it's own magical "beeing"... And that it will be good... :)

Shoes

Over the past weekend I had a visit from one of my dearest and oldest friends. (She is not old, I've just known her for a long time now.) Emily came and hung out here in the city with some of her students, and it was great to see her again. One thing I discovered we have in common is problems with the feet. Though hers are much more serious than mine, it was a wakeup call for me. I am learning that if I don't take care of my feet, my whole body will suffer.

So, I am taking steps to make sure I can be better about "foot-health" and dreaming about cool shoes like the ones Emily have... the Z-Coil shoes.... sigh....

Election 2008

Wow... what a race, what a long process, and yet it seems like just last month we were looking towards the Primaries... And now it is over... for a little while anyway.
Congratulations to the United States of America.
Change has come to you. In record numbers and with an unprecedented result.

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

I am happy for the outcome, had I been able to vote I would have voted for Barack Obama. (Originally I was hoping for Hilary Clinton, but she didn't make it through the Primaries.) And I thought the speach he gave last night was AMAZING. To those of my friends who have a difference, I offer my empathy, and rejoice in the fact that we are able to live in a place where we are allowed to disagree!

"There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America - there's the United States of America."

This has been an important election for many reasons. And I believe the people have spoken. It makes me proud to be a human being. From my standpoint of someone who is not eligible to have my voice heard, I truly appreciate what being able to vote means. So use it if you can, VOTE!!!

"This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet.

Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands."

So, again, to my friends, my fellow residents of this amazing country, CONGRATULATIONS, may the future bring hope and this country a place where people again will seek "the [American] DREAM".

"The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife."

PS! All quotes are by Barack Obama