This comes to you curtesy of my friend Charlotte curtesy of her friend Ursula curtesy of whoever she lifted it from. Feel free to use it curtesy of all of us.
Have you ever...
(x) snuck out of the house... Yeah, many times. Once, I walked almost six miles. It took me all night and I took a cat nap in the lobby of a Holiday Inn. My parents tracked me down the next day by calling everyone in my personal address book. Snoops!
(x) gotten lost in your city... Well, yes, but it was due to an LSD trip. You know, everything familiar became rather unfamiliar.
(x) seen a shooting star... Who hasn't? Don't bother wishing. Try cursing instead.
(x) been to any other countries besides Canada... Germany, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, USA
( ) had a serious surgery... No, but I was in the hospital for 7 days with a parasitic infection. What? TMI?
(x) gone out in public in your pajamas... There was a time when I thought pj pants were comfortable and cool.
(x) kissed a stranger... If only I had been paid each time.
(x) hugged a stranger... Came with the kisses.
(x) been in a fist fight... Twice. Once with my brother on the street on the way home from school. The other time was with my best friend David Childs. Although, we beat each other with frisbees. Does that count?
(x) been arrested... Yes and spent a night in the county slammer. Not fun.
(x) laughed and had milk/coke come out of your nose... Coke. It must be the fizz. Goes up yo nose.
(x) pushed all the buttons on an elevator... So juvenile. And yes. he, he!
(x) swore at your parents... My parents said I was a smug child. Said I thought I was better than anyone else. I didn't argue but I often told them so in a slew of choice words.
(x) been in love... Yeah but didn't care for it and don't do it anymore.
(x) been close to love... Being "in" is about as close as one can get.
(x) been to a casino... Whilst in the Bahamas. Although was promptly thrown out for being under age. Hm? However, I made up for it later when I was in Puerto Rico. That is I went in and wasn't asked to leave. I didn't, however, make a cent. Hm.
( ) been skydiving...
(x) skinny dipped... With Stephanie Riesman. Are you out there Stephanie?
(x) skipped school... Yeah, it got to the point that if my parents asked whether I was in school on a particular day, I wouldn't even try to lie. Often I would be seen around town by my mother's nosey friends. Bitches!
(x) seen a therapist... My years in therapy were practically a sub-career. I should have been paid for all the goods I gave them.
( ) done the splits...
(x) played spin the bottle... With Christians!
( ) gotten stitches... There have been times when I probably should have as the scars will attest.
(x) drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour... No, but I have eaten an entire 1/2 gallon of ice cream in one sitting. Mmmm!
(x) bitten someone... More like a nibble. It wasn't vampiric or anything.
( ) been to Niagara Falls... No, but was a HUGE fan of Wonderfalls: ill fated tv show set in Niagara.
(x) gotten the chicken pox... I don't remember what age that was, somewhere under 10, but I do remember showing off my pox to my mother's knitting circle.
(x) kissed a member of the opposite sex... I'm an equal opportunity kisser.
(x) kissed a member of the same sex... Like I said, EOE.
(x) crashed into a friend's car... How odd, I hadn't thought about this in years. I was parked right next to my friends brand new '83 Grand Prix. I was doing a night time backing out maneuver and I turned the wheel the wrong way. I managed to get my car embedded into hers. Nothing was ever said between us. Oh she knew. She helped me get the two cars apart. She, then, managed to hide the damage from her mother for two weeks by parking the damaged side next to trees. When her mother found out, she took the 5th.
( ) been to Japan
(x) ridden in a taxi... How can you live in the city and not have ridden in a taxi at least once?
(x) been dumped... Debbie Marshall and Denise Reynolds
(x) shoplifted... I used to do this thing where I would lift something expensive (in plain sight) and then go up to the register and buy something cheap. And, yeah, I did get caught eventually. What a scene!
(x) been fired... Twice. Once from a country club restaurant on the first day of employment. The club's president was there for dinner and I managed to knock over his server who was carrying his dinner. This all happened at his table. It was funny and completly accidental. The other time was for missing sales quotas at the County Seat (an earlier competitor of the Gap).
(x) had a crush on someone of the same sex... Still happens.
(x) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back... Doesn't the crush fall under this?
(x) gone on a blind date... Wish I had been blind!
(x) lied to a friend... Don't listen to what your mother told you. The truth isn't always the best way to go.
( ) had a crush on a teacher...
( ) celebrated Mardi-Gras in New Orleans... No, but I did see NIN there.
(x) been to Europe
( ) slept with a co-worker
( ) been married
( ) gotten divorced
( ) had children
(x) seen someone die... It's odd, actually seeing it isn't nearly as disturbing as simply contemplating it.
(x) had a close friend die... My friend Chris who was one of the first people I knew to succumb to AIDS.
( ) been to Africa... No, but I've been to both Lion Country Safari and Busch Gardens.
(x) driven over 400 miles in one day... Driven from N. Carolina to Chicago. Driven from New York City to Chicago. Driven Chicago to Lafayette, TN many times. I don't know if any of these are over 400 miles but they are all long ass drive.
(x) been to US... Is this a trick question?
(x) been to Mexico... Went with 500 bucks and came back with money to spare!
( ) been to India... Does flying on Air India count?
(x) been on a plane... Above.
(x) seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show... Seen it, participated in it, and used to have it on VHS.
(x) thrown up in a bar... in a bar, in the street, in a taxi, on the train, on myself, and all over the toilet.
( ) purposely set a part of myself on fire... What?
(x) eaten sushi... Love it! I highly recommend Akai Hana in Wilmett and Oysy in the south loop of Chicago.
(x) been skiing/snowboarding... Water skiing screaming my head off. Weeeeeeeeee!
(x) met someone in person from the internet... Sadly yes. In some ways it's worse than being set up.
(x) lost a child... I am a lost child.
(x) gone to college/university... The first 8 years are the longest.
(x) graduated college/university... Finally!
(x) fired a gun... at people. Okay, just worthless neighborhood bullies.
(x) purposely hurt yourself... Let me count the ways.
(x) taken painkillers... However, I seem to have some intolerance for them. They rarely work. Ur!
(x) been intimate with someone of the same gender... EOE Baby!
