bending_sickle | If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.*

Appallingly sick, of the "breathing impeded by coughing" variety. Seriuously, these past two mornings have been like Smoker's Cough Hell. Damn you, virus!

My brother sent me pictures of his trip to Peru with his girlfriend. They're nice, except I don't quite know where each picture is or what he did, really, him not having told me anything. But it's sort of nice and a bit heartbreaking to see him all happy and carefree and playful and so totally in love. Nice because "yays, my brother's happy" but heartbreaking because I never see him like this anymore. Or, have only, like, micro-seconds, maybe, of him being happy and playful with me, like when we were growing up. Back when he was more my brother than he's been in years. I was, what? Fourteen when he left the house for good? And since then I've only seen him a couple times a year for a few weeks each. If I hardly knew him before - what he liked, what he thought, what worried him, all that jazz - you can imagine how completely a stranger he is to me know. I know his character, his personality - somewhat, I guess, because we all change - but I don't know who he is. And fuck if that doesn't suck.

Oh, folks, I might as well say what I did over the weekend. I'm not going to get around to a long entry about it for ages, methinks, especially with home-internet belly-up again. But, thing is, I had a fantastic time on Sunday. I went with Elisa and Laura to ParkPop (Wiki Stub) in the Hague, which is a load of free concerts in a giant park. There were 3 stages, and I knew a few of the bands. I watched Mala Vita, The Hoosiers (adorable singer and excellent band), Jason Mraz, Orishas (whoot!), and caught a bit of Morgan Heritage, The Opposites, Kula Shaker (you know this band's hits, I'm sure) and Sheryl Crow. I have a few pictures and appallingly-short videos, but it was grand. I particularly loved The Hoosiers and Jason Mraz, although Mala Vita was awesome and Sheryl Crow sang, "It it Makes You Happy", which is my fave' of hers, so it's all good. Here's a YouTube Search of videos for that day.

Have You Ever? Meme c/o

fallen_iceangel: Bold what you'd done.

bending_sickle's addition: italize what you want to do. Underline if your memory sucks like mine and all you can remember is "maybe".

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid - First, off, I'm assuming you mean Giza. Second off, maybe. I was 3 when my folks took me to Egypt to see the pyramids, so forgive me if I don't recall.
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I love you" and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game - We-ell, various equitation events which were "huge" for our standards.
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa - It was closed to the public when we went, way back when, damnit!
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables - Grandma's count. don't they?
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars - Le camping :)
21. Changed a baby's diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon - Preferrably over the Msai Mara during the gnu migration.
23. Watched a meteor shower - \o/ Awesomesauce!
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse - \o/ The freakiest thing was how all the evening bird chorus started in the middle of the day.
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days - What does that even mean?
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors - Mainly because gods know where that might be.
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment - Just for a moment, but it happened.
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states - *frowns at USA-centrism*
50. Loved your job for all accounts
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends - *sniff* ♥
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country - Dude, this is me.
55. Watched wild whales - Maritimes FTW!
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe - Technically. Back when I was momentarily homeless and staying at a number of youth hostels in the Netherlands. Not fun.
58. Taken a road-trip - How do you think we got to the Maritimes? And Chicago? And New York? And...you get the picture.
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice - Ah, border control...
61. Midnight walk on the beach - And that wasn't even the best bit. We saw Leatherbacks laying their eggs! \o/
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland -

blizzardcake, I'm looking at you.
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love - Insomuch as I've been heartbroken without even being in love.
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan
67. Bench pressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sang karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day - Not so much "lounging" and "ye gods, I can't even think about life today". Not fun.
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving - Anxiety freak-outs over asphyxiation be damned!
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud - Seriously, who hasn't?
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theatre - I've been to out-on-the-sidewalk-and-free kind, though.
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
83. Dropped Windows in favour of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken - I'll take even the first half of this statement.
86. Toured ancient sites - Again, this is me.
87. Taken a martial arts class - My Body Flo class had some tai chi...
88. Sword fought for the honour of a woman
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie - Just because, yo.
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch - :D
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice - Maybe. We were in Venice.
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage - School :(
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark - I'm a horrible conservationist...
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents - Why hello unexpected depressing statement!
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off - Ah, TMI...
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check - For university, no less!
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy
128. Followed your favourite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars - With Dad, we named Orion's Belt The Three Maries, for no discernible reason, the night we watched Leatherbacks lay their eggs. Took me a few years to realize that "our" constellation was a real one.
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country - The Netherlands, baby!
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Member of Congress
132a. Had them write back
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over - Le duh.
134. ... more than once? - 9 times
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did ...
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived - I was going to italize this, but then, "surviving" doesn't exactly include, "surviving well". Sometimes, I think you are better off dead.
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone's heart - I think. In retrospect, I realize I was a bit cruel to someone's crushing heart.
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a TV game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari - I was wee.
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol - Shotgun
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse - For some 8 years.
158. Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than US states - Fuck you, USA-centrism. Fuck you hard.
165. Visited all 7 continents - 4 down
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground - Wha-huh????
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper - Well, name. 'Cause I was in the high school honour roll. Still.
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school
176. Parasailed
177. Changed your name
178. Petted a cockroach - Dude, I lived in the tropics. Those bastards are huge! And running around in your shower! You DO NOT pet those things.
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad
181. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
183. ... and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions - I don't even know if we'll have any... And which school would I go to anyway?
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196. Dyed your hair
197. Been a DJ
198. Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
199. Written your own role playing game
200. Been arrested

bending_sickle additions:
1) Seen an endangered animal.
2) Harvested grapes off the vine.
3) Fainted.
4) Visited a friend made through the internet.
5) Mastered chopsticks.

Quotes of the Day:

hola_meg_cola's Doctor Who: Stolen Earth Running Commentary

...the Doctor's regenerating? B-but, but... David's still under contract! He's filming the Christmas episode!! I saw the pictures on Outpost Gallifrey!!! This is like surprise!buttsecks! I am totally unprepared for this!

fantasyjax's Doctor Who: Stolen Earth Review

I'm not going to speculate on anything. We know RTD and I think we all know where this is going and oh, sweet tinkerbell jeebus, whyyyyyyyy. Let us instead end this post with a virtual minute of silence for Harriet Jones, best not!companion in history.

*Salutes* You were fanastic, ma'am. You really were.

Links of the Day:
Keamy's Paradise - Lost Manips of Yelling!Keamy. Hilarious fun.
Match it for Pratchett Badges - Bid for a badge and raise money for Alzheimers. What badge? A thumprint of Neil Gaiman's with his signature, or Tori Amo's lipstick!kiss and scribble.
Olga Nunes - One-minute songs thrice-a-week for all June.

kitty_alexander's Doctor Who: Stolen Earth Review - Insightful.

kb91's Doctor Who: Stolen Earth Review - Four questions and an exclamation.

greygirlbeast posts Addendum's "First Kiss" lyrics
As Time Goes By - Vancouver Film School

ben_munchkin's Fanvid: No Sex For Ben - Bwahahaha!
Torchwood: Season 2 Outtakes - D'aww!
Don't Ever Tell Lock What He Can't Do - Moneen - Song!
Earth's Cries Recorded in Space by Robert Roy Britt

* Cavett Robert