Oh I wish it would meme down, down on memes...
So there's this "10 things I did that y'all didn't" meme going around, that I shall start off my 2011 posts with, because 1) I am too lame to think of an appropriate year end/beginning post on my own at the moment, and 2) I am such a copycat. Also it's too late for resolutions and rememberances [sic] because I missed the popular dates to do that, and also I donwanna.
As there was a "3 Things I've done that y'all didn't" meme from, er, awhile back, I'm plagiarising myself and including those bits. Yay for copy/paste. Did I mention also that I'm lazy? It's something I should probably make a resolution about, but I haven't gotten around to that yet. Without further ado, or much anyway, here is my "Ten Things I Have Done That You May Not Have, But Who's To Judge Anyway" meme post.
1. Been stopped with my family by the Spanish military just that side of the French border because my dad took a picture of some pretty mountains on a road turnout - mountains which turned out to have a Spanish military installation on them. They did not take Dad's camera away, but it was a near thing. I guess my dad didn't make a credible spy. Perhaps the bored, sleepy, whiny children in the backseat of the crammed-full tiny Toyota convinced them, along with Dad's non-existent Spanish, or French, for that matter. It's possible he asked them where the toilet was, by way of explanation for the picture taking. After about 30 minutes of haranguing my parents and miffed soldiers tromping back and forth along the roadway, they finally waved us on.
2. Sailed over the Tasman Sea. Well, chugged over it, in a giant floating city. But it was still gorgeous.
3. Accidentally lit myself on fire, and ended up with a black eye but not at all burned. ...it's a long story.
4. Lived in two countries other than my birth country (the U.S.), visited 12 others, and lived in 4 different U.S. states (5 if you count Nebraska when we were waiting for Dad to find a job that one time).
5. Played Cleo the Goldfish in a ballet production of "Pinocchio" when I was 10. Unfortunately was forced to wear the ugliest goldfish costume ever. But I nailed that solo, and the duet I danced with the cat.
6. Sang Mimi's aria from "La Boheme" for a final grade concert in voice class in college, and did really, really well, surprising myself most of all. I have that tape somewhere still.
7. Lost my permanent left front tooth at the age of 11 in a tag/handball playground mashup that ended badly for several of us. (Mashup being the operative word.) Have spent an inordinate amount of time in dentist offices ever since.
8. Ate at the Burger King just down the street from the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Good times.
9. Attended a Professor Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach) concert performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, in London.
10. Sang the theme songs from "Hawaii 5-0" and "Magnum, P.I." while driving a convertible in Waikiki with the top down.
While not as cool as some people holding lion cubs, jumping out of airplanes, or studying kung fu in some Shaolin monastery in CHINA, still, this is my list. It is my list, which is mine. Ahem.
As there was a "3 Things I've done that y'all didn't" meme from, er, awhile back, I'm plagiarising myself and including those bits. Yay for copy/paste. Did I mention also that I'm lazy? It's something I should probably make a resolution about, but I haven't gotten around to that yet. Without further ado, or much anyway, here is my "Ten Things I Have Done That You May Not Have, But Who's To Judge Anyway" meme post.
1. Been stopped with my family by the Spanish military just that side of the French border because my dad took a picture of some pretty mountains on a road turnout - mountains which turned out to have a Spanish military installation on them. They did not take Dad's camera away, but it was a near thing. I guess my dad didn't make a credible spy. Perhaps the bored, sleepy, whiny children in the backseat of the crammed-full tiny Toyota convinced them, along with Dad's non-existent Spanish, or French, for that matter. It's possible he asked them where the toilet was, by way of explanation for the picture taking. After about 30 minutes of haranguing my parents and miffed soldiers tromping back and forth along the roadway, they finally waved us on.
2. Sailed over the Tasman Sea. Well, chugged over it, in a giant floating city. But it was still gorgeous.
3. Accidentally lit myself on fire, and ended up with a black eye but not at all burned. ...it's a long story.
4. Lived in two countries other than my birth country (the U.S.), visited 12 others, and lived in 4 different U.S. states (5 if you count Nebraska when we were waiting for Dad to find a job that one time).
5. Played Cleo the Goldfish in a ballet production of "Pinocchio" when I was 10. Unfortunately was forced to wear the ugliest goldfish costume ever. But I nailed that solo, and the duet I danced with the cat.
6. Sang Mimi's aria from "La Boheme" for a final grade concert in voice class in college, and did really, really well, surprising myself most of all. I have that tape somewhere still.
7. Lost my permanent left front tooth at the age of 11 in a tag/handball playground mashup that ended badly for several of us. (Mashup being the operative word.) Have spent an inordinate amount of time in dentist offices ever since.
8. Ate at the Burger King just down the street from the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Good times.
9. Attended a Professor Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach) concert performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, in London.
10. Sang the theme songs from "Hawaii 5-0" and "Magnum, P.I." while driving a convertible in Waikiki with the top down.
While not as cool as some people holding lion cubs, jumping out of airplanes, or studying kung fu in some Shaolin monastery in CHINA, still, this is my list. It is my list, which is mine. Ahem.