GoldenMeme

Another quiz harvested from Byzantium's Shores. The idea in front is to bold the things you've done.

Gone on a blind date (I existed in one of those vacuums in high school where you sort of fit in with every group but you don't really stick with any of them. I didn't get much in the way of dates in high school, but I bizarrely got set up on two different blind dates at the senior graduation party. One girl was, like, nervous, too. That was unexpected. Both dates were interesting, but didn't really lead to anything.)

Skipped school (Constantly.)

Watched someone die (Why is this question always asked on memes? It doesn't seem like something people would jump to talk about.)

Been to Canada

Been to Mexico

Been to Florida

Been to Africa

Been on a plane (When I was 6, my family went to Guam. We went again when I was 12.)

Been lost (In stores, as a kid. Driving. Etc.)

Gone to Washington, DC

Swam in the ocean (The Pacific, on Guam. One of the bays where we went surfing was dark and murky; you couldn't see your own hand under the water. A month or so after we left a surfer got his arm ripped off by a reef shark. We went swimming a number of places in Guam; every beach has its own personality.)

Broken a bone (Only my toe, but I've sprained a few others.)

Been in a traffic accident (Yes, and God help you if you're a young man because everyone just assumes it's your fault because you're in your twenties.)

Cried yourself to sleep (Sure.)

Been on TV (Indeed. I was on The Bozo Show once, I was accidentally onscreen during a news report about holiday shopping once, and I've been in a few local things here and there. I miss starring in Carl's video holiday greetings.)

Stole traffic signs

Played cops and robbers (Basically. When I was a kid we played Army or Star Wars or G.I. Joe.)

Recently colored with crayons

Sang Karaoke (Yes, I always enjoy it, but I don't embarrass easily. The people with me pussied out. You know who you are...)

Paid for a meal with coins only (Never a meal, but movie rentals.)

Done something you told yourself you wouldn't (Where do I start?)

Made prank phone calls (As a kid, though not often. I feel bad annoying people or inconveniencing them, so I was never wholehearted about it. Once, my sister and her friend were making prank phone calls to someone, and her older brother thought it was me--he was an adult--and called me to tell me he was going to "break your fucking legs." Now there's a fun call to get when you're 11. My dad took care of that joker.)

Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose & elsewhere.

Caught a snowflake on your tongue

Danced in the rain

Written a letter to Santa Claus (When I was very young. I also found where my parents had opened it and stashed it, which is how I found out Santa Claus isn't real. I still dig the myth, though.)

Been kissed under the mistletoe

Watched the sunrise with someone

Blown bubbles (Another kid activity.)

Gone ice-skating (Not since I was a kid. And we used to do it on a pond.)

Been skinny dipping outdoors

Gone to the movies (I've also been out of doors, too. This seems pretty basic.)

Have a nickname (Not really.)

Body piercings

And now, just a bunch of random questions, I guess.

Other Questions:

1. Favorite drink?

I drink mostly water. As I've said, I don't dig most alcoholic drinks. I like Coca-Cola, the bane of my existence/most wonderful thing ever. I like the sodas like Jones and Boylan's that are actually made with sugar instead of HFCS. I finally let coffee back into my life, but only on the weekends. I'm drinking instant coffee with flavors now (mostly French vanilla) because it's a good substitute for what I used to do, which was fill up half the cup with sugar and cream.

2. How much do you love your job?

I think my job is great. I'm never to beholden to one building's rules, I get to go into different situations and not take the stress home with me, and man, there are some hot teachers in the area.

3. Birthplace?

Des Moines, Iowa.

4. Favorite vacation spot?

I get so much time off that it's like I'm usually on vacation, anyway. I'm not a destination type of guy. Plus, I'm poor.

5. Ever eaten just cookies for dinner?

Probably.

6. Favorite pie?

Pumpkin. Then apple. I like cocount cream, banana cream, and cherry. I like most pies. When I turned 13, I had a chocolate cream pie instead of a birthday cake. I remember lounging on the living room floor that year, a quiet and sunny day, playing Metroid and finishing off the last bit of the pie with the cat. But my favorite of all pies is pumpkin. One of the great things about my favorite time of the year.

7. Favorite holiday?

Halloween, the Christmas. The overly-commercialized pop culture Christmas, thank you, not your Jesusy peace one.

8. Favorite food?

I always say pizza, but since I stopped eating so much of it, I find I don't want it that often anymore. I don't know what my favorite food is now. Probably hamburgers. Or nachos. Hey, just because I'm eating healthier, that didn't mean I was going to pick a healthy food.

9. Favorite smell?

Bacon, coffee, strawberries, certain perfumes that make me dizzy and, well, horny.

10. How do you relax?

Listening to music, mainly.

11. How do you see yourself in 10 years?

I don't even want to call that one.