Things you have done during your lifetime
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Things you have done during your lifetime meme
(X) Gone on a blind date -- yes, part of the curse of never been married, is that friends set you on blind dates. Most of the dates...have been pretty bad. However, the last one worked like a charm. He was my SO for 20 years until he passed away in '03.
(X) Skipped school - well, heck yeah! Skipped work too. Life's too short.
(X) Watched someone die - My grandmother and mother (both in the hospital), my maternal great-uncle (suicide), a co-worker (heart attack), and while on police ride-alongs (I used to be a police dispatcher), a shooting victim, a car accident victim, and a heart attack victim died while I was with them.
(X) Been to Canada - Flew to Manitoba, and then drove cross country to Vancouver. Beautiful country.
(X) Been to Mexico
(X) Been to Florida - Flew to Florida in '98 to watch John Glenn lift in off STS-95. Flew home the same day. (Had to be at work on Monday.)
(X) Been to Hawaii - Three times! First time was to Oahu and Maui. Loved it so much, returned a year later and traveled to all the islands. Returned two years later to Maui and Kauaʻi.
(X) Been on a plane -- heck, I took flying lessons when I was 18. ACK! And many years later, glider lessons (more fun).
(X) Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost -- When I first started driving and hadn't mastered map reading. I quickly learned.
(X) Been to the Four Corners - Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona. My senior year of high school, we took Easter break to travel to the Grand Canyon and took the long way home (to Calif), going through the four corners, to Nevada, and back to Calif.
(X) Gone to Washington, DC - Spent the weekend at the National Space and Air Museum in '92, for the Star Trek Exhibit. Had a blast. Did the Monuments Tour after dark. Very moving.
(X) Swam in the ocean - Pacific, both off the US Coast (CA, Oregon & Washington), and in Hawaii
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
(X) Played cops and robbers -- mainly played cowboys and indians (I was ALWAYS the indian), but also played cops and robbers (I was ALWAYS the robber!)
(X) Recently colored with crayons
(X) Sang Karaoke - once
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only -- More than once unfortunately. Fortunately, it was usually with my laundry quarters.
(X) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't. -- I watched the pilot episode of Dollhouse. Wished I hadn't. Went on more than one blind date. Sky diving.
(X) Made prank phone calls -- Is your refrigerator running?
() Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose & elsewhere
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
() Danced in the rain
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
(X) Gone to the movies - and seen movies being made - Star Trek: IV and The Stuntman.
(X) Been deep sea fishing
(X) Driven across the United States - Way too many times!
(X) Been in a hot air balloon
(X) Been sky diving - Once was enough
() Been parasailing
(X) Gone snowmobiling
() Lived in more than one country
(X) Laid down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish
(X) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
() Seen the Statue of Liberty
(X) Seen the Northern Lights - When I was in Canada. Magnificent sight.
(X) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
(X) Been on a cruise
(X) Traveled by train -- Took the train to Los Angeles from Oakland in '92. Also traveled on a train in S. Dakota in the early 60's.
(X) Traveled by motorcycle
(X) Been horse back riding
(X) Ridden on a San Francisco cable car -- I lived in San Francisco briefly when I was ten, and worked there briefly in ... '96.
(X) Been to Disneyland - Only once though, as an adult.
() Been to Disney World
(X) Been in a rain forest
(X) Seen whales in the ocean - And saw Humphrey the Humpback whale in the Sacramento River in '85
() Been to Niagara Falls
() Ridden on an elephant
() Swam with dolphins
() Been to the Olympics
() Walked on the Great Wall of China
() Saw and heard a glacier calf
() Been spinnaker flying
() Been water-skiing
() Been snow-skiing
() Been to Westminster Abbey
() Been to the Louvre
() Swam in the Mediterranean
(X) Been to a Major League Baseball game
(X) Been to a National Football League game
() Bungee Jumped
(X) Eaten sushi - LOVE sushi.
() Ridden a cow
(X) Met a celebrity/celebrities - Oh, my -- long list after going to scifi cons for over 40 years. I've had lunch with Mark Lenard (Sarek from Star Trek), brunch with George Takei (in San Francisco after one of his book signings), stood in a check out line at Bed Bath & Beyond with Robert Conrad (while he entertained us with anecdotes), ran into Paul Winfield at LAX (also Mitch Ryan, Rick Rossovich, Carol Burnett and Tim Allen on separate occasions), and met William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy (long story on this one), DeForest Kelley, James Dooham, Nichelle Nichols, Gene Roddenberry, Terry Nation, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, Walter Koenig, Susan Oliver, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, Wil Wheaton, Denise Crosby, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Colm Meaney, Alexander Courage, Telly Savalas, Gates McFadden, Bob Hope, Grace Lee Whitney, Barbara Hershey and Steve Railsback (they filmed in a movie in my town, and I wrangled an on set invitation), Victor Lundin, Paul Mantee, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, John de Lancie, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Ed Ames, Victor Borge, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Cirroc Lofton, Alexander Siddig, Nana Visitor, Armin Shimerman, Terry Farrell, Michael Biehn, had lunch with Wes Craven (that was interesting), had lunch with Robin Curtis)...and those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
Oh, wait, remembered: Tom Selleck, in '80. I was on vacation in Hawaii, and visiting a girlfriend who lived on Oahu and worked for Wells Fargo alarm. She worked swing shift, and we would go out after she got off of work. One night, she called early (around 9pm) and said that she'd pick me up in front in 10 minutes. She explained while driving where we were going that one of their alarm customers had locked himself out of his home (again -- had a bad habit of losing keys), and we were bringing over a backup key that the alarm company had. Turns out it was Tom Selleck's home! (This was before he met Jillie Mack, and he had some blonde date with him.) Tom was also apologetic and embarrassed about losing his key again, and very nice .
The best memory is having dinner with the original Star Trek cast in '85 in Oakland. Much fun.
() Purchased dinner for strangers anonymously
Things you have done during your lifetime meme
(X) Gone on a blind date -- yes, part of the curse of never been married, is that friends set you on blind dates. Most of the dates...have been pretty bad. However, the last one worked like a charm. He was my SO for 20 years until he passed away in '03.
(X) Skipped school - well, heck yeah! Skipped work too. Life's too short.
(X) Watched someone die - My grandmother and mother (both in the hospital), my maternal great-uncle (suicide), a co-worker (heart attack), and while on police ride-alongs (I used to be a police dispatcher), a shooting victim, a car accident victim, and a heart attack victim died while I was with them.
(X) Been to Canada - Flew to Manitoba, and then drove cross country to Vancouver. Beautiful country.
(X) Been to Mexico
(X) Been to Florida - Flew to Florida in '98 to watch John Glenn lift in off STS-95. Flew home the same day. (Had to be at work on Monday.)
(X) Been to Hawaii - Three times! First time was to Oahu and Maui. Loved it so much, returned a year later and traveled to all the islands. Returned two years later to Maui and Kauaʻi.
(X) Been on a plane -- heck, I took flying lessons when I was 18. ACK! And many years later, glider lessons (more fun).
(X) Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost -- When I first started driving and hadn't mastered map reading. I quickly learned.
(X) Been to the Four Corners - Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona. My senior year of high school, we took Easter break to travel to the Grand Canyon and took the long way home (to Calif), going through the four corners, to Nevada, and back to Calif.
(X) Gone to Washington, DC - Spent the weekend at the National Space and Air Museum in '92, for the Star Trek Exhibit. Had a blast. Did the Monuments Tour after dark. Very moving.
(X) Swam in the ocean - Pacific, both off the US Coast (CA, Oregon & Washington), and in Hawaii
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
(X) Played cops and robbers -- mainly played cowboys and indians (I was ALWAYS the indian), but also played cops and robbers (I was ALWAYS the robber!)
(X) Recently colored with crayons
(X) Sang Karaoke - once
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only -- More than once unfortunately. Fortunately, it was usually with my laundry quarters.
(X) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't. -- I watched the pilot episode of Dollhouse. Wished I hadn't. Went on more than one blind date. Sky diving.
(X) Made prank phone calls -- Is your refrigerator running?
() Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose & elsewhere
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
() Danced in the rain
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
(X) Gone to the movies - and seen movies being made - Star Trek: IV and The Stuntman.
(X) Been deep sea fishing
(X) Driven across the United States - Way too many times!
(X) Been in a hot air balloon
(X) Been sky diving - Once was enough
() Been parasailing
(X) Gone snowmobiling
() Lived in more than one country
(X) Laid down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish
(X) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
() Seen the Statue of Liberty
(X) Seen the Northern Lights - When I was in Canada. Magnificent sight.
(X) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
(X) Been on a cruise
(X) Traveled by train -- Took the train to Los Angeles from Oakland in '92. Also traveled on a train in S. Dakota in the early 60's.
(X) Traveled by motorcycle
(X) Been horse back riding
(X) Ridden on a San Francisco cable car -- I lived in San Francisco briefly when I was ten, and worked there briefly in ... '96.
(X) Been to Disneyland - Only once though, as an adult.
() Been to Disney World
(X) Been in a rain forest
(X) Seen whales in the ocean - And saw Humphrey the Humpback whale in the Sacramento River in '85
() Been to Niagara Falls
() Ridden on an elephant
() Swam with dolphins
() Been to the Olympics
() Walked on the Great Wall of China
() Saw and heard a glacier calf
() Been spinnaker flying
() Been water-skiing
() Been snow-skiing
() Been to Westminster Abbey
() Been to the Louvre
() Swam in the Mediterranean
(X) Been to a Major League Baseball game
(X) Been to a National Football League game
() Bungee Jumped
(X) Eaten sushi - LOVE sushi.
() Ridden a cow
(X) Met a celebrity/celebrities - Oh, my -- long list after going to scifi cons for over 40 years. I've had lunch with Mark Lenard (Sarek from Star Trek), brunch with George Takei (in San Francisco after one of his book signings), stood in a check out line at Bed Bath & Beyond with Robert Conrad (while he entertained us with anecdotes), ran into Paul Winfield at LAX (also Mitch Ryan, Rick Rossovich, Carol Burnett and Tim Allen on separate occasions), and met William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy (long story on this one), DeForest Kelley, James Dooham, Nichelle Nichols, Gene Roddenberry, Terry Nation, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, Walter Koenig, Susan Oliver, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, Wil Wheaton, Denise Crosby, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Colm Meaney, Alexander Courage, Telly Savalas, Gates McFadden, Bob Hope, Grace Lee Whitney, Barbara Hershey and Steve Railsback (they filmed in a movie in my town, and I wrangled an on set invitation), Victor Lundin, Paul Mantee, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, John de Lancie, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Ed Ames, Victor Borge, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Cirroc Lofton, Alexander Siddig, Nana Visitor, Armin Shimerman, Terry Farrell, Michael Biehn, had lunch with Wes Craven (that was interesting), had lunch with Robin Curtis)...and those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
Oh, wait, remembered: Tom Selleck, in '80. I was on vacation in Hawaii, and visiting a girlfriend who lived on Oahu and worked for Wells Fargo alarm. She worked swing shift, and we would go out after she got off of work. One night, she called early (around 9pm) and said that she'd pick me up in front in 10 minutes. She explained while driving where we were going that one of their alarm customers had locked himself out of his home (again -- had a bad habit of losing keys), and we were bringing over a backup key that the alarm company had. Turns out it was Tom Selleck's home! (This was before he met Jillie Mack, and he had some blonde date with him.) Tom was also apologetic and embarrassed about losing his key again, and very nice .
The best memory is having dinner with the original Star Trek cast in '85 in Oakland. Much fun.
() Purchased dinner for strangers anonymously