It's Been Way Too Long....

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I have to confess that I don't remember the last time I wrote in my Live Journal... I would venture to say that it has been almost a month (at least!)... Work has been insane and I feel like I am just coming up for air. I seem to have two full time jobs at the moment... I am not sleeping, am eating far too many meals out of vending machines but I am having the best time. Right now, I really am loving my job (except for the commute between Atlanta and New Jersey and the fact that at the end of this week, I will have spent 88 nights in the Hilton Woodcliff Lake since February.....) Brandon and I had a week off and went to the beach in Alabama. I had to work some while I was there (I discovered that there was not a dial in number that I could use in Gulf Shores Alabama so I had to go to "Sip and Surf" the local internet cafe to do my work. The weather was gorgeous, we stayed in a fabulous condo on the beach, and I got to read a couple of good books. Nothing of any great literary significance but good nonetheless (kind of like candy for the brain). I decided to take the list mycrazyhair created and bold my own and add to it. You will have to forgive me... I am not a very technical LJ user and do not know how to hide stuff so you don't have to read the whole thing....

1. Buy everyone in the pub a drink
2. Swim with wild dolphins 
3. Climb a mountain 
4. Take a Ferrari for a test drive 
5. See the Pyramids at night
6. Hold a tarantula
7. Take a candlelit bath with someone
8. Say 'I love you' and mean it
9. Hug a tree
10. Do a striptease
11. Do a bungee or parachute jump
12. Visit Paris
13. Watch a lightning storm at sea
14. Clean behind the fridge
15. Stay up all night long, and watch the sun rise.
16. Ask a question you've always been too embarrassed to ask. 
17. See the Northern Lights
18. Go to a huge sports game - football, rugby, baseball, American football, etc
19. Create your own masterpiece 
20. Grow and eat your own vegetables.
21. Touch an iceberg
22. Have an office relationship (I met my husband at work) 
23. Sleep under the stars
24. Compromise
25. Change a baby's nappy/diaper
26. Take a trip in a hot air balloon - I did this when I was 11 with a friend at the Science North winter festival.  I want to do it again!
27. Watch a meteor shower
28. Get drunk on champagne
29. Take a luxury holiday
30. Give more than you can afford to charity
31. Look up at the night sky through a telescope
32. Have an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
33. Have a food fight
34. Bet on a winning horse
35. Take a sick day when you're not ill 
36. Get a pet
37. Ask a stranger out 
38. Have a snowball fight
39. Photocopy your bottom on the office photocopier
40. Scream as loudly as you possibly can - I do this when I am alone in my car and at my wits end 
41. Hold a lamb
42. Enact a favorite fantasy 
43. Take a midnight skinny dip 
44. Hear the words 'I love you' 
45. Fly on Concorde 
46. Take an ice cold bath 
47. Have a meaningful conversation with a beggar. 
48. See a total eclipse
49. Ride a roller coaster
50. Hit a home run 
51. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
52. Dance like a fool and not care who's looking
53. Adopt an accent for an entire day 
54. Visit the birthplace of you ancestors 
55. Have a grand romance with costumes and everything 
56. Made up a screenname to stalk someone.
57. Gone shopping for no reason.
58. Actually feel happy about your life, even for just a moment. 
59. Just be held
60. Have an adventure where nothing goes as planned. - this is a regular event for me 
61. Kissed someone you truly wanted to kiss 
62. Went clubbing and thought to yourself "I could out-dance them if i wanted to"
63. Called your relatives by their relationship 
64. Have two hard drives for your computer 
65. Cuddled 66.
66. Visited all 50 states 
67. Love your job 
68. Taken care of someone who was shit faced 
69. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 
70. Have amazing friends 
71. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country 
72. Swim during a formal 
73. Stolen a sign 
74. Backpacked in Europe 
75. Taken a road-trip 
76. Rock climbing 
77. Nose piercing 
78. Midnight walk on the beach 
79. Sky diving 
80. Visit Ireland 
81. Saw what you wanted and did all it took to seize it.
82. Fell in love then fell harder and faster from heartbreak. 
83. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had lunch/ dinner with them 
84. Visit and/or tour Japan.
85. Benchpress your own weight.
86. Stolen from your parents 
87. Alphabatized your records 
88. Pretended to be a superhero 
89. Sang karaoke 
90. Made someone cry for no good reason 
91. Lounged around in bed all day. 
92. Posed nude in front of a room full of strangers. 
93. Dressed sexy for no reason. 
94. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye 
95. Kissed in the rain 
96. Played in the mud 
97. Played in the rain 
98. Gone to a drive-in theater 
99. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it... 
100. Visited the Great Wall of China
101. Fell in love with a job that has nothing to do with the degree you're pursuing 
102. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog. 
103. Dropped Windows in favor of something better. 
104. Started a business. 
105. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken. 
106. Toured ancient sites around the Mediterranean
107. Taken karate - does tai chi count?. 
108. Swordfought for the honor of a woman.
109. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight.
110. Gotten married 
111. Been in a movie. 
112. LARPed 
113. Loved someone you shouldn't have. 
114. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy. 
115. Gotten divorced 
116. Had sex at the office 
117. Surprised yourself with a talent you didn't know you had 
118. Been to Macchu Picchu 
119. Gone without food for 5 days 
120. Never left the continental United States.
121. Made cookies from scratch. 
122. Won first prize in a costume contest. 
123. Ridden a gondola in Venice. 
124. Gotten a tattoo 
125. Got another tattoo the next day because you didn't feel balanced 
126. Find that the texture of some materials can turn you on 
127. Rafted the Snake River
128. Blazed it up at Burning Man
129. Gotten flowers for no reason.
130. Masturbated in a public place.
131. Gotten so drunk you don't remember anything. 
132. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug. 
133. Traveled the world. 
134. Performed onstage with a famous symphony orchestra 
135. Been to Las Vegas 
136. Met Madonna 
137. Recorded music 
138. Eaten Shark 
139. Had a one night stand 
140. Gone to Thailand 
141. Had the courage to speak your mind 
142. Saw Robert Smith and Siouxsie live 
143. Bought a house 
144. Earned my degree 
145. Broke my neck 
146. Been in a combat zone 
147. Buried my father 
148. Earned a *living* through my creativity
149. Visit the remaining continents on my list
150. Had my pubic hair waxed off
151. Been on a cruise ship
152. Speak more than one language fluently
153. Worn see-through clothes in public
154. Bounced a check
155. Performed in Rocky Horror
156. Moved over 1000 miles by yourself
157. Been to art school 
158. Read - and understood - your credit report 
159. Raised children. 
160. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy  
161. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
162. Created and named your own constellation of stars 
163. Bucked stigma or trends to follow your heart 
164. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
165. Found out something significant that your ancestors did.
166. Called or written your Congressman
167. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over "
168. . ...more than once?
169. Run the Golden Gate Bridge 
170. “Sang” loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you know someone is looking 
171. Had an abortion (or your female partner did) 
172. Had plastic surgery 
173. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived. 
174. Wrote articles for a large publication 
175.  Lost over 100 pounds
176. Held someone while they were having a flashback
177. Flown an airplane 
178. Petted a stingray 
179. Broken someone's heart. 
180. Helped an animal give birth
181. Been fired or laid off from a job you loved.
182. Won money on a T.V. game show.
183. Broken a bone.
184. Killed a human being.
185. Had a threesome (or moresome.)
186. Ridden a motorcycle.
187. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph. 
188. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced. 
189. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol.
190. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild. 
191. Ridden a horse. 
192. Had major surgery.
193. Had sex on a moving train.
194. Had a snake as a pet.
195. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
196. Slept through an entire flight (takeoff, flight, and landing) - Every week! 
197. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of two consecutive days.
198. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states 
199. Visited all 7 continents. 
200.  Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days. 
201. Eaten kangaroo meat. 
202. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground.
203. Been a sperm or egg donor. 
204. Eaten sushi.
205. Been part of a group that requires secrecy of its members (occult circle, fraternity, Masonic lodge, etc). 
206. Maintained 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year 
207. Gotten a tattoo to dedicate yourself to your deity of choice 
208. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about 
209. Gotten someone fired for their actions 
210. Gone back to school 
211. Publically protest something you disagree with. 
212. Supported a political party that you believe in (either financially or through support work) 
213. Willingly put yourself at risk for another and had it come out well
214. Publically humiliated yourself to the point where you couldn't return somewhere. 
215. Re-thought and recanted strongly held beliefs.
216. Refused to regret bad things that happened to you.
217. Gotten through an entire working day without doing any work. 
218. Read until 4 a.m., when you needed to be alert the next day. 
219. Painted a picture. 
220. Created a room that satisfied you and made you feel at home.

My Five:

221.   Bought an original piece of art

222.   Done volunteer work

223.   Given a friend a gift for no reason

224.  Taught someone something

225.  Flown a kite