…meaning of course, that having finished my mail route for today, I’m now writing a blog entry.

Gwynne has a meme. I needed something to stick on my blog. Perfect.

Have you ever…

( ) Smoked a cigarette – Nope, and never will.
(X) Drank so much you threw up – Drank what? I once drank a full cup of anbesol or something, and threw up.
(X) Had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back – Uh, yep.
( ) Been arrested – Never arrested.
(?) Gone on a blind date – Not technically, but a friend of mine fixed me up for my senior prom with someone I didin’t know. We actually did meet before prom night, so it doesn’t really count as a blind date.l
(X) Skipped school – Many skipped classes in college. In the earlier grades, only once. It was senior skip day at the end of my high school career. I went with friends up to Swartswood state park in New Jersey.
( ) Seen someone die – No, but veteran readers might remember Lillian. Lillian passed moments after I prayed for her and left the house where she lay on her death bed. And I mean moments, I was pulling away from the curb and Lillian’s famiy was running for the door to call after me. Talk about being freaked out.
(X) Been to Canada – A few times.

(X) Been to Florida – A few times.
( ) Been to Mexico – Nope but I was right across the river.
(X) Been on a plane – Oh yes, but not in the last four years.
() Been lost – Not seriously lost, just as a kid in the grocery store and stuff.
(X) Gone to Washington, DC – Yes, lots and lots.
( ) Gone skinny dipping – Nope.
( ) Felt like dying – Nah.

(X) Cried yourself to sleep – Couple of times.
(X) Played cops and robbers – Of course!
(?) Recently colored with crayons – Well, I wrote a note to somebody in crayon just two weeks ago. Does that count?

( ) Sang karaoke – No. This is not something I have any interest in whatsoever.

( ) Paid for a meal with only coins – Hot dogs at the fair, baby!
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t – Yes. That’s all I’m saying.
(X) Made prank phone calls – The person I called figured out who I was. That was the first and last time.
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose – Only a few times, but I’m quite good at getting others to do this. I almost had Gwynne when we met for lunch last summer.
(X) Laughed until liquid came out the other end – No! And anyway, I wouldn’t tell you if I had.
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue – yes.

( ) Gotten out of a speeding ticket – Never. Not one single time!
( ) Danced in the rain – Does it count if it was raining outside but I was inside?
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus – No, but I left a few notes for him on Christmas Eves long ago. One time my dad suggested that maybe Santa would like a beer and some pretzels instead of milk and cookies. That time, we did get a note back from Santa.
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe – Yes, yes, yes. She was cute too.
(X) Watched the sun rise with someone you care about – Plenty of times.

(X) Blown bubbles – Not with my spit! That’s just gross.

( ) Made a bonfire on the beach – No.

( ) Crashed a party – No, but I think Gwynne may have crashed a couple of mine. 😉

(X) Gone roller-skating – yes, and can I tell you how very much I hated it?
(X) Ice-skating – Yes but not in a long, long time.
(X) Swam in the ocean – Is the Pope German? Seriously, you don’t grow up in New Jersey and not swim in the ocean. In fact, I’ve swam in the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Caribbean (though that’s not really an Ocean) and the Gulf of Mexico (also not an ocean). I also dipped my feet in the Atlantic on the other side, off the coast of France.