canths_rider

I gotta stop doing these things...

2009-08-13T11:56:47Z

but it looked interesting.

Now, here’s what you’re supposed to do. . .

Copy and paste this into your blog, delete my answers, and type in your own answers.

1. You can ONLY answer Yes or No.

2. You are NOT ALLOWED to explain ANYTHING unless someone messages or comments you and asks. Believe me, the temptation to explain some of these will be overwhelming as nothing is exactly as it seems.

Been arrested? yes

Kissed someone you didn’t like? no

Slept in until 5 PM? yes

Ran a red light? Yes

Been suspended from school? No

Experienced love at first sight? No

Totaled your car in an accident? No

Been fired from a job? No

Fired somebody? No

Sang karaoke? yes

Pointed a gun at someone? no

Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t? Yes

Caught a snowflake on your tongue? No

Kissed in the rain? Yes

Had a close brush with death (your own)? no

Seen someone die? No

Played spin-the-bottle? no

Smoked a cigar? Yes

Sat on a rooftop? Yes

Smuggled something into another country? No

Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? no

Broken a bone? Yes

Skipped school? Yes

Eaten a bug? Yes

Sleepwalked? No

Walked on a moonlit beach? Yes

Rode a motorcycle? Yes

Dumped someone? Yes

Lied to avoid a ticket? yes

Ridden in a helicopter? yes

Shaved your head? No

Made your boyfriend/girlfriend cry? Yes

Eaten snake? yes

Marched/Protested? Yes

Had Mexican jumping beans for pets? no

Puked on an amusement ride? No

Seriously & intentionally boycotted something? Yes

Been in a band? No

Been on TV? no

Shot a gun? yes

Skinny-dipped? Yes

Gave someone stitches? No

Ridden a surfboard? No

Drank straight from a liquor bottle? yes

Had surgery? Yes

Streaked? Yes

Taken by ambulance to hospital? Yes

Passed out when not drinking? no

Peed on a bush? Yes

Donated Blood? No

Grabbed electric fence? No

Eaten alligator meat? yes

Killed an animal when not hunting? Yes

Peed your pants in public? No

Snuck into a movie without paying? No

Written graffiti? yes

Still love someone you shouldn’t? Yes

Been in handcuffs? Yes

Believe in love? Yes

Sleep on a certain side of the bed? Yes

canths_rider @ 2009-08-07T12:17:00

2009-08-07T16:50:46Z

Bold the things you have done.
Italicize all the things you WISH you had done or would like to do.
~~Strikthrough~~ all the things you DO NOT want to do, ever.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (well... DisneyWorld, anyway)
8. Climbed a mountain (Rode a motorcycle up one - does that count? Nah, I didn't think so.)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (knitting chainmail)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
~~27. Run a Marathon~~
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted by your mother
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in movie
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
~~62. Gone whale watching~~
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
~~66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp~~ (I've known people with numbers tatooed on their arms and been to Yad Vashem. I do not think I could take setting foot in a concentration camp)
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (I still have my slot cars and a few Matchbox cars)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar and discovered it's a yucky waste of money
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square (a number of times, but not on New Year's Eve)
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (not yet... but perhaps this fall, when I go hunting with a friend in VT)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
~~97. Been involved in a lawsuit~~
98. Owned a mobile phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

Writer's Block: More Island Time

2009-03-03T14:46:55Z

You're packing your bag for that other desert island—the one with no electricity—what 5 books do you take with you?

Submitted By mika_uriah

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The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress - Heinlein
The Lord of The Rings - Tolkien (Yes, I have a single edition of the whole thing)
1632 - Eric Flint
My two volume set of the complete Sherlock Holmes stories.

Testing, testing... does this thing work?

2008-08-05T00:58:45Z

OK, LJ is nagging me that I haven't made a post, so I suppose I'll make it happy.

I'm sitting here, calling folks to find out which night we should hold SWMBO's birthday party on - Saturday or Sunday (which is her actual birthday). So far, I've talked to three answering machines, and found that two of our best friends have mutually exclusive schedules for that weekend. :-( Well, no one ever said that this would be easy, right? Guess that's why I get the big bucks. *snort*

Me... right. Well, my friends all call me a Dwarf, my motorcycle thinks it's a large, brown, firebreathing dragon, and I'm Canth's rider. Why, no... I don't have issues with reality; why do you ask?

I ride, shoot straight and tell the truth. I'm also a Master Mason. I'll write more later. Maybe. We'll see how this whole blogging thing goes.