Creative Work Avoidance

 right now i hate my job and don't feel like doing any work.  i'm going on strike!  YEAH!!!!!  my demands?  STOP MAKING ME WORK WITH STUPID PEOPLE WHO DON'T READ EMAILS OR DOCUMENTATION!!!!!

thanks to suzanne and mafia for giving me something to do while i strike ... for the next 10 minutes.

Life's to do list - Completed items are bolded

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink -- i was drunk
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken  a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula (um... no)
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped (and why would i do a fool thing like that?)
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables (i was 9 -- they were cherry tomatoes that grew all by themselves under my bedroom window and i found them so that counts -- right?)
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment -- you don't want to know
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger - i was drunk
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb -- i've pet many -- does that count?)
33. Seen an eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster (LOVE THEM!!)
35. Hit a home run (um ... never would happen ... playing wiffle ball with my inlaws in the backyard hardly counts... or does it?)
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking --yes -- i was drunk
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day (yes, i spok-a with-a fake-a stupid-a italian accent-a much-a to the amusemento of my-a friends-a.  it-a got-a so bad-a that-a i  could-not-a stop- surprisingly, not drunk)
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (and it always surprises me when it happens)
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 10 provinces or all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk (many times)
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign - i was drunk
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing -- not by choice
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving (um.. why would i do that)
51. Visited Ireland -- not yet but hope to
52. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love -- many times
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your cds
57. Pretended to be a superhero -- bat girl!!!
58. Sung karaoke -- i'd have to be drunk
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60.  Posed nude in front of strangers -- would never happen and never has -- even while i was drunk
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business -- i'd like to someday
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken 
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party -- many times AND have gotten drunk
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days -- oh god!!! that would be insane!
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake Dead River
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage -- no i wasn't drunk -- i was 9
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Had a one-night stand -- yeah yeah i was drunk
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone -- not Boston's combat zone ... right?
92. Buried one of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in aisles at Rocky Horror. -- never understood the appeal
96. Raised children.
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Created and named your own constellation of stars
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over -- moved to Boston in 1986
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking -- no, i wasn't drunk
103. Had plastic surgery - i've thought about it though
104. Survived an illness that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication -- i've co-authored several scientific publications and wrote a chapter for a medical textbook (i'm not a doctor  -- but i play one on tv)
106. Lost over 100 pounds -- over the course of my lifetime i probably have -- and gained them all back
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray -- i don't like touching fishy things...ewww
110. Broken someone's heart -- i honestly don't know if i have or not -- i doubt it
111. Helped an animal give birth -- i wouldn't say "helped" but i watched and told her to breathe...
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone -- two ... both arms
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced -- i don't seem like the type do i...and no, i wasn't drunk
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild -- picked them myself. 
118. Ridden a horse -- and fell off -- never did it again
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet -- ewwww god no
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours -- first couple of days home from college
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi -- yeah and i hate it
128. Had your picture in the newspaper -- does the school paper count?
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about  -- actually i threatened them
130. Gone back to school -- i'd like to do it again.
131. Parasailed -- i did it "for the children" -- glad i did it too.  so much fun.  except for the part where they had to drop me in the ocean and there was a  big ass jelly fish in the water and i'm really  really really afraid of jelly fish ... even little baby jelly fish but this guy was HUGE -- i could see him from the air -- and no one believed me and they just mocked.
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146: Dyed your hair -- only my hairdresser knows for sure
147: Been a DJ
148: Shaved your head
149: Caused a car accident -- well that's what the stupid accident report said -- but i still beg to differ
150: Saved someone's life

i tag YOU.  if you end up doing this meme, let me know.  i wanna see.

Comments

[Elizabeth]

I did the meme. You can check it out on my blog. http://fletchknits.blogspot.com

[Elizabeth]

I did the meme. You can check it out on my blog. http://fletchknits.blogspot.com

[Jenn C.]

This was fun!

Work was WAY too busy to go on strike today, but I SURE wanted to. I was good though, did mine after I got home.

[Helen]

I'll be posting my copy of it tomorrow. :)

[claudia]

Its an interesting list.....I wonder why some of that stuff is on there too. Did you break both arms at the same time?

[Leah]

What a fun read!! I was mentally checking "yes" to so many of your escapades!! :)

[Susanne]

OK, have to ask, what Dr. do you play on TV????

[The Feminist Mafia]

Are you drunk right now?
I'm with Beth, we really really need to get together, although I'm afraid we might be bad influences on each other. hmmmm....wanna go sky diving? ;-)

[Kristin]

I hear ya on being bored at work, that's why I read an embarassing amount of blogs. And why I've done this meme already last week. Except I think your list has more options.

[Kat]

Did they talk? We could arrange to have them arrested and jailed for talking.

[Chris]

Ok, that was pretty fun. Um, what part below your nect did you get pierced, you wild woman?! Were you drunk? Hee hee.

[beth]

holy crap! not that I was counting, but can we have a drink sometime? you sound fun!

;-)