You Know Teddy Love Teh Meme

[teddy_radiator]

Because kellychambliss did it, and because I live for this shit. If anyone is formidable enough to reach the end and has any questions about any of my answers, I will happily and truthfully tell you the story behind it. Cross my heart.

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
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 watched the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby's diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
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
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
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
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
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
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
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan
67. Benchpressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
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 favor of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Sword fought for the honor of a woman By proxy.
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
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
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo henna, in honour of a very special person.
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
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark.
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
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror.
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children.
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy.
128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Congress person
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. ...more than once? - More than thrice?
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.
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
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse
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 U.S. states
165. Visited all 7 continents
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
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
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 (hahaha, right)
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 an 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
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.

Comments

[hikorichan.livejournal.com]

Curious about the story behind #27, only because I did that myself recently!

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Many years ago I attended my cousin Vicki's wedding. It was a very serious affair, and my mother and I were sitting on the front row. Vicki and Steve were an older couple and it was a very modest but dignified ceremony. At the end, the preacher intoned, "Let us pray."

We all bowed our heads, and the preacher said, "Oh, Lord, bless Sticky and Veve..."

I don't remember the rest of the prayer. I got so hysterical that one of my contact lenses fell out, so after the prayer my mom and I were crawling around on the ground trying to find it. She tried to tell me it was divine retribution for laughing but she was laughing just as hard as I was. We nearly hurt ourselves trying to be silent.

To this day, Steve's family calls her 'Sticky'. That was about 30 years ago.

So, fair play - what happened to you? :)

[hikorichan.livejournal.com]

LOL. I wouldn't have been able to stop myself from laughing either.


Mine occurred at work a few weeks ago. My company is undergoing a total restructuring, and my team is being combined with another team whose manager we all despise (this woman is one of those crazy, two-faced, throw you under the bus for her mistakes with no remorse, does zero work but get hissy if she thinks you aren't doing yours fast enough sort of people), so obviously my team is all really anxious about having to work with her more closely.

So at the end of the day a few weeks ago, our team gets pulled into a meeting room with our supervisor, our director, and someone from HR. We know instantly something big is going down. Director proceeds to tell us, very seriously, that it was not an easy decision, but for various reasons they have decided to fire said bitchy manager.

I feel relief and happiness at this announcement, but everyone is being super serious and stone-faced. All I can do is sit there and think to myself, "don't smile, don't smile, don't smile." All is fine until I make the mistake of looking at my colleague, who gives me a knowing look, and I completely lose it: I burst out laughing (loudly, I might add).

Everyone turns to me in shock as I attempt to shut myself up by clamping my hands over my mouth because I have zero self-control at that point. Eventually I did manage to stop laughing and spent the rest of the meeting staring at the tabletop not making eye contact with anyone for fear of losing it again.

I told my supervisor later that there is a reason I don't play poker. She was actually very understanding about the whole thing, but it was still a horrifying moment!

[lemonade8.livejournal.com]

Stingrays!!! I love them!! The little ones act like cats, they would come up to us and roll under our hands at the zoo and at Disney world.
Where did you pet yours?

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

At the Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle Beach, SC. I was struck by two things: how flirtatious they were with us all vying to pet them, and how velvety they feel. I found them utterly charming with a real playful streak.

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

:)

[arwitchywoman.livejournal.com]

Please share with us how you were able to loose 100 lbs! Congrats, on that, by the way.
I need to do the same, and over the past few years, I've evolved to tolerating a healthy diet of 1500 calories every day, but both my jobs are sedentary and I don't exercise.
If you found the magic pill, I'd love to know!

[lemonade8.livejournal.com]

They really are wonderful!! I know the Steve whatchamacallit guy's death portrays them as vicious killers, but the ones I encountered were just darling.

And I don't think I was supposed to stick my hand in the water at Epcot, but I washed my arm and went over there to see if it was all little stingrays or just the ones at the KC zoo that were that friendly. Sure enough, a little guy came right over and slid right under my hand.

[diabolica.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Fascinating list. I'm curious about no. 131.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

According to old genealogy records, I am a direct descendant of Dolly Madison, President James Madison's wife, on my father's side.

Also, I have been told that one of my ancestors created and built a clock that now resides in the Smithsonian. Apparently he made it from something very interesting, like human bones or something equally odd. I cannot verify that one, but it is family lore, and it's just dull enough to probably be true ;)

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Sweetie, I've gained and lost so many hundred of pounds during my lifetime it's not funny. Right now I'm losing again, which is great, but the one time I set out on a formal diet was back in the 80's with this regimen called Physician's Weight Loss. It was a drastic system, and I lost over 130 lbs. Unfortunately, it was also quite detrimental to my health; my hair fell out, I suffered from debilitating cramps and other problems, and the moment I finished the program and started eating like a human being again, I gained it all back and more. So while I have indeed lost 100 lbs, I've gained it and lost it several times. Hopefully this time I can keep it off!

[diabolica.livejournal.com]

How fun! Family histories always fascinate me, and that's a pretty cool one. :)