Things I Have Done...

I guess the idea is to bold the things you have done. Here is my list of 99 things where I bolded in black only the ones I have done. I bet Arwyn's list would be much bolder!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a Mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (But only if Karaoke Counts)
11. Bungee jumping
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
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 (Oh Puh-leees...who hasn't)
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you were not ill (But not since I grew up)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (of the sun or moon...I think both).
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (Again...OH PUH--LEES!)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (Does Minnesota count?)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (Since I don't care about money).
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung Karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser 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
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
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
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
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 (Saved it from what?)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in times square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (twice)
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
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had Chickenpox
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 (icky!!!)
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

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Anti-Social ...or?

So, yesterday on my way home from work I stopped at the grocery store. For some reason I was overcome with joy that I almost NEVER run into people I know there. Perhaps two or three times a year I see someone from church, but NEVER anyone from work or play. Whenever I shop anywhere else, I always run into people that I don't mix in my private life. Thus...I am very grateful that my grocery store is mine and mine alone.

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This Time...Self Inflicted

So, the next day I also got made fun of. This time I chose the socks and the shoes for a reason. I rode my scooter and I needed WARM socks. The pants were long enough, it shouldn’t have mattered. But APARENTLY when you sit in class all day with the same people, sometimes things just slip and get seen.

What should have been seen all day:

What accidentally got seen:

And I finished this afghan today, and I realzied, I think I like mismatching stripes in my life...

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Embarrassing Day....

So, I am in a training class this week downtown. Today when I got up it was dark and I was very tierd and in a huge hurry to make it to class on time. The class had lots of fun giving me crap for this combination:

Not only do the shoes and the socks leave a bright impression, neither matched my olive green and orange sweater. :-)

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Dissertations by a Quiet Show of Force

This year I conducted a covert experiment on a friend. The experiment was to see how many email “dissertations” I could get him to write to me. I defined dissertation as any topic he wrote more than 200 words on in one email. The longest one was 1239 words. I don’t want to embarrass him, so in this post he will be known as Quiet Show of Force (QSF). Today I finally tallied them up and there are 25…I think 25 is a dang big number. So, if anyone needs some in depth info on any of these topics…let me know.

Dissertations written by QSF this year…

1/17/2008 – Colorado Primary System

1/18/2008 – Party Politics

1/23/2008 – Economics

1/30/2008 – Caucus Delegates

2/11/2008 – Swimming Pool Touchpad Usefulness

2/14/2008 – Growing Tomatoes

2/29/2008 – How to Dress for a Caucus

3/11-2008 – Official Statement and a Disclosure Statement

4/22/2008 – Fastskin vs Lazr

4/23/2008 – The merits of attending CU over NU

5/23/2008 – Why QFS is a QFS

6/13/2008 – How to spend a day in Washington DC

6/18/2008 – What to do the next time in DC

6/25/2008 – Why QFS moved out of an apartment

7/3/2008 – Triathlons

7/3/2008 – QSF’s current apartment (bonus for including his landlady’s name)

7/18/2008 – A Girl

7/18/2008 – A Girl Cont

7/28/2008 – How to tell the boss of QSF bad news

8/18/2008 – A play by play of the Denver Oyster Race

9/19/2008 – Parking at the Denver Botanical Gardens

10/13/2008 – What is wrong with the QSF’s home computer

10/22/2008 – An Idea for a cooking blog

11/19/2008 – How to run a wings eating contest at Hooters

12/31/2008 – What sucks about getting rid of Shanahan

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Summer Stowaway

I am a pretty big fan of Wallace and Grommet, so I was secretly thrilled when I found that this Were Rabbit decided to come live with us this summer, but now I think he wants to go home (he has stopped raiding the vegetable drawer in our fridge and I have WAY TOO MANY bean sprouts left now). If he belongs to you, or someone you love, let me know so he can go home. Here is a picture of him from all angles to facilitate proper identification.

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BabyBjörn

A few weeks ago I attended a 80s themed baby shower for a colleague and his wife. One of the gifts (as always one of the gifts is) was a BabyBjörn. Tim (or Tom as he has previously been known as here) immediately set out to learn how to use it. Even though there were a few baby size babies there, he found something he liked to carry around much better....and found that the leg hole was perfectly positioned for the tap. The pictures aren't that great because the Polaroid camera's film (remember the 80s theme) went bad.

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Cartoon Progress

After compiling the lists of suggestions and removing duplicates (there weren't that many), I am at about 380 names. That should last me a while, but I think I am going to need more. Craziness! The most submitted name was Speedy Gonzales. The one that I was most shocked to see (as in I would have NEVER remembered it) was Jabbberjaws. The silly shark that always said something like "Nak-Nak-Nak!" like the 3 Stooges. I shall have to go back and see who suggested it and give them some big thanks. Which out of all of these do you think would be the COOLEST printer name ever?

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What I Want for Christmas

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=cat2_galley_6&listing_id=18436120

Any takers?

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More Help...of the Cartoon Character Kind....

Today I FINALLY got approval to start naming the 800 or so printers at my job after cartoon characters. I don’t have to do all 800 at once, but I really need to start putting together a list, thus ANY and ALL suggestions will help. South Park and Sponge Bob are off the table. This reminds me of the time that Todd and I tried to name all the Disney full length cartoons!

The ones I have thus far are:


Batman
Boris Badenov
Brain
Buggs Bunny
Bullwinkle
Buzz Lightyear
Calivn
Danger Mouse
Destro
Donatello
Dot
Eyore
Foghorn Leghorn
Gargamel
Gonzo
Hobbs
Kermit
Leonardo
Linus
Marvin the Martian
Michaelangelo
Optimus Prime
Pinky
Racer X
Raphael
Ren
Roadrunner
Robin Hood
Rocky
Scooby Doo
Skeletor
Smurfette
Snagglepuss
Snoopy
Space Ghost
Starscream
Stewie
Stimpy
Tweetie
Wakko
Waldo
Yakko

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