Memes...because I'm antsy and bored ...
May. 1st, 2005 06:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatWales and I went out to brunch, after the sun came out and the day became lovely. A street fair had blocked off about four streets - but we flew past it and ate a small blue tile restaurant, where Wales had Latikes - eggs benedict on a potatoe pancake and I had banana waffels with maple bacon. During our brunch we spoke about the whole where we've come from thing.
Wales: "I think if you've lived in more than one place - it gets confusing for you, better if just one."
ME:"How so? I've lived in more than one place, don't really see myself from any of them. Never really hooked my identity into a place. People say they are New Yorkers, Midwesterners, From the South - but for me? Never really saw myself from a place per se. When I was in college - people would ask and I'd say I hail from Kansas City, then halfway through, state, no wait, I spent my childhood in West Chester, Pennsylvania and I was born in Chicago, but have no memory of it. "
I never really identified myself as coming from a specific place, mostly because of how I was raised. My parents didn't. They both have the travel bug.
Neither felt an overwhelming need to live near extended families. And both wanted to explore. In my life I've lived in several places over different periods of time, getting to know each. 17 years more or less in the suburbs of Kansas City, Mo (on the Kansas side) - about 4 years of that time in Colorado Springs going to school. Another three in Lawrence, Kansas. Two months in France. Two - three months in England. A month in Australia. Prior to that?
9 Years in Pennsylvania. And prior to that? Three in Chicago. Now? Approximately 8 years in New York City - one year in Manhattan, one year in Queens, and five years in Brooklyn. Where do I hail from? I hail from the United States. Which section, no particular one. The question is similar in my mind at least - as when someone asks me, "what's your ethnicity?" Because for the same reasons I do not identify myself by place, I don't identify by ethnic heritage. That's not where my indentity comes from. My ethnicity is: Irish, German, French Belgium, Welsh, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish. So I'd say basically Celtic with a large amount of German thrown in. Religion? I'm not religious. Spiritual? Yes. Religious? No. I was raised Catholic but don't practice and refuse to step foot in a Catholic church (with the possible exception of seeing my mother sing on Xmas Eve). So I do not define myself as Catholic.
The long meme...gakked from everyone.
(x) smoked a cigar
(x) made out with a member of the same sex (it was weird and did not work and I was in Junior High at the time)
( ) crashed a friend's car
( ) stolen a car
(x) skipped school. (college, which I guess counts, we went to see Pres. Regan, which was weird considering I did not like him.)
( ) seen someone die
(x) been in love
(x) been dumped
( ) shoplifted
(x ) been fired
(x ) been in a fist fight (I have a brother)
(x) snuck out of your parent's house
(x) had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back
( ) been arrested
(x) gone on a blind date
(x) lied to a friend
( ) had a crush on a teacher
(x) been to Canada
(x) been to Mexico
(x) been on a plane
(x) been on a boat-- (motor, sail, and ocean-liner = all three)
(x) been on a train
(x ) thrown up in a bar
() purposely set a part of yourself on fire while cooking (can't imagine doing it on purpose)
( ) set fire more then once when cooking
(x) eaten Sushi
( ) been snowboarding
(x) been skiing-- (once)
(x ) been moshing at a concert (not as much fun as it looks)
(x) been in an abusive relationship-- (emotionally only)
(x) taken painkillers -- (only for actual pain)
( ) love someone or miss someone right now
(x) laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
(x) made a snow angel
(x) had a tea party
(x) had a party
(x) flown a kite
(x) built a sand castle
(x) gone puddle jumping
(x) played dress up
(x) jumped into a pile of leaves
(x) gone sledding
( ) cheated while playing a game. (Not that I remember, but I'm sure I have at some point)
(x) been lonely
(x) fallen asleep at school (mostly in college and quite a bit in law school)
( ) used a fake id
(x) watched the sun set
(x) felt an earthquake
(x) touched a snake
(x) slept beneath the stars (on a sailboat no less)
(x) been tickled
( ) been robbed
(x) been misunderstood
(x) petted a reindeer/goat
(x) won a contest
(x) run a red light
( ) been suspended from school
(x) been in a car accident (minor one)
( ) had braces
(x ) felt like an outcast
(x) eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night
( ) had kids
(x) danced in the moonlight
(x) hated the way you look
(x) witnessed a crime (hit and run, even got subpoened to testify, was settled though.)
( ) slept with a co-worker
( ) slept with more than 15 people
( ) been called a slut
( ) had more than just one, one night stand
(x) lied about how many people you've slept with
( ) lied about it so you can just sleep with someone
( ) slept with someone when you didn’t even know their name
( ) pole danced
(x) questioned your heart
(x) been obsessed with post-it notes (I like the lined ones)
(x) squished barefoot through the mud
(x) been lost
(x) been to the opposite side of the country
(x) swam in the ocean-- (Atlantic on both sides, and Pacific)
(x) felt like dying
(x) cried yourself to sleep
(x) played cops and robbers
(x) recently colored with crayons/colored pencils/markers. (mostly draw with them)
(x) used someone
(x) paid for a meal with only coins
(x) done something you told yourself you wouldn't
( ) made prank phone calls
(x) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) danced in the rain
(x) written a letter to Santa Claus
(x) watched the sun rise with someone you care about
(x) blown bubbles
(x) made a bonfire on the beach.
(x) crashed a party
(x) gone rollerskating
(x) had a wish come true
(x) worn pearls
(x) jumped off a bridge. (for fun and to get into the water, it was a small bridge)
( ) screamed penis in class
( ) ate dog/cat food
( ) told a complete stranger you loved them
(x) kissed a mirror
(x) sang in the shower
(x) have a little black dress
(x) had a dream that you married someone
(x) glued your hand to something (more than once, although nothing major)
( ) got your tongue stuck to a flag pole
( ) kissed a fish
(x) worn the opposite sexes clothes
(x) sat on a roof top
(x) screamed at the top of your lungs
(x ) done a one-handed cartwheel. (rather badly, it was not pretty.)
(x) talked on the phone for more than 6 hours
(x) stayed up all night
(x) didn’t take a shower for a week (also not pretty - backpacking in Bandiler National Monument, they did not have showers.)
(x) pick and ate an apple right off the tree-- (we washed it first, not sure that's the same thing.)
(x) climbed a tree (and a pole)
(x) had a tree house
( ) are scared to watch scary movies alone (I tend to avoid the scarey movies I can't watch alone, but yes - I would never have seen Blair Witch or Ring alone, and I saw those. Signs and Sixth Sense on the other hand - no problemo.)
(x ) believe in ghosts (uhm, agnostic on this one. I don't know if they exist or not... but I've sense something in some places that could be a ghost.)
( ) have more then 30 pairs of shoes
( ) worn a really ugly outfit to work or school just to see what others say.
( ) gone streaking
( ) played ding-dong-ditch
( ) played chicken
( ) been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on
( ) broken a bone.
(x) been easily amused
( ) caught a fish then ate it
( ) made porn
(x) caught a butterfly
(x) laughed so hard you cried
(x) cried so hard you laughed .
(x) mooned/flashed someone
(x) had someone moon/flash you
( ) cheated on a test
( ) have a Britney Spears CD.
(x) forgotten someone’s name
(x) slept naked
(x) French braided someone’s hair (again, rather badly)
(x) gone skinny dipping in a pool
( ) been kicked out your house
( ) been kissed by older sister's/brother's friend
( ) had a dog (what about a cat? Sheesh! Dog person made this list, I can tell.)
( ) have more then 1 sibling
(x) made spelling errors
( ) spanked someone because they asked you to
( ) would try anything at least once
(x) stayed in bed all day
(x) missed school for over 17 days in a school year
(x) had someone tell you that they hate you
(x) had someone tell you that they love you
(x) have had fish
(x) ever had a friend named Bob
(x) been to a theme-park
(x) have had an alcoholic drink
(x) been on a horse.
(x) know how to swim
(x) told someone you didn’t know that they were hot
Wales: "I think if you've lived in more than one place - it gets confusing for you, better if just one."
ME:"How so? I've lived in more than one place, don't really see myself from any of them. Never really hooked my identity into a place. People say they are New Yorkers, Midwesterners, From the South - but for me? Never really saw myself from a place per se. When I was in college - people would ask and I'd say I hail from Kansas City, then halfway through, state, no wait, I spent my childhood in West Chester, Pennsylvania and I was born in Chicago, but have no memory of it. "
I never really identified myself as coming from a specific place, mostly because of how I was raised. My parents didn't. They both have the travel bug.
Neither felt an overwhelming need to live near extended families. And both wanted to explore. In my life I've lived in several places over different periods of time, getting to know each. 17 years more or less in the suburbs of Kansas City, Mo (on the Kansas side) - about 4 years of that time in Colorado Springs going to school. Another three in Lawrence, Kansas. Two months in France. Two - three months in England. A month in Australia. Prior to that?
9 Years in Pennsylvania. And prior to that? Three in Chicago. Now? Approximately 8 years in New York City - one year in Manhattan, one year in Queens, and five years in Brooklyn. Where do I hail from? I hail from the United States. Which section, no particular one. The question is similar in my mind at least - as when someone asks me, "what's your ethnicity?" Because for the same reasons I do not identify myself by place, I don't identify by ethnic heritage. That's not where my indentity comes from. My ethnicity is: Irish, German, French Belgium, Welsh, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish. So I'd say basically Celtic with a large amount of German thrown in. Religion? I'm not religious. Spiritual? Yes. Religious? No. I was raised Catholic but don't practice and refuse to step foot in a Catholic church (with the possible exception of seeing my mother sing on Xmas Eve). So I do not define myself as Catholic.
The long meme...gakked from everyone.
(x) smoked a cigar
(x) made out with a member of the same sex (it was weird and did not work and I was in Junior High at the time)
( ) crashed a friend's car
( ) stolen a car
(x) skipped school. (college, which I guess counts, we went to see Pres. Regan, which was weird considering I did not like him.)
( ) seen someone die
(x) been in love
(x) been dumped
( ) shoplifted
(x ) been fired
(x ) been in a fist fight (I have a brother)
(x) snuck out of your parent's house
(x) had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back
( ) been arrested
(x) gone on a blind date
(x) lied to a friend
( ) had a crush on a teacher
(x) been to Canada
(x) been to Mexico
(x) been on a plane
(x) been on a boat-- (motor, sail, and ocean-liner = all three)
(x) been on a train
(x ) thrown up in a bar
() purposely set a part of yourself on fire while cooking (can't imagine doing it on purpose)
( ) set fire more then once when cooking
(x) eaten Sushi
( ) been snowboarding
(x) been skiing-- (once)
(x ) been moshing at a concert (not as much fun as it looks)
(x) been in an abusive relationship-- (emotionally only)
(x) taken painkillers -- (only for actual pain)
( ) love someone or miss someone right now
(x) laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
(x) made a snow angel
(x) had a tea party
(x) had a party
(x) flown a kite
(x) built a sand castle
(x) gone puddle jumping
(x) played dress up
(x) jumped into a pile of leaves
(x) gone sledding
( ) cheated while playing a game. (Not that I remember, but I'm sure I have at some point)
(x) been lonely
(x) fallen asleep at school (mostly in college and quite a bit in law school)
( ) used a fake id
(x) watched the sun set
(x) felt an earthquake
(x) touched a snake
(x) slept beneath the stars (on a sailboat no less)
(x) been tickled
( ) been robbed
(x) been misunderstood
(x) petted a reindeer/goat
(x) won a contest
(x) run a red light
( ) been suspended from school
(x) been in a car accident (minor one)
( ) had braces
(x ) felt like an outcast
(x) eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night
( ) had kids
(x) danced in the moonlight
(x) hated the way you look
(x) witnessed a crime (hit and run, even got subpoened to testify, was settled though.)
( ) slept with a co-worker
( ) slept with more than 15 people
( ) been called a slut
( ) had more than just one, one night stand
(x) lied about how many people you've slept with
( ) lied about it so you can just sleep with someone
( ) slept with someone when you didn’t even know their name
( ) pole danced
(x) questioned your heart
(x) been obsessed with post-it notes (I like the lined ones)
(x) squished barefoot through the mud
(x) been lost
(x) been to the opposite side of the country
(x) swam in the ocean-- (Atlantic on both sides, and Pacific)
(x) felt like dying
(x) cried yourself to sleep
(x) played cops and robbers
(x) recently colored with crayons/colored pencils/markers. (mostly draw with them)
(x) used someone
(x) paid for a meal with only coins
(x) done something you told yourself you wouldn't
( ) made prank phone calls
(x) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) danced in the rain
(x) written a letter to Santa Claus
(x) watched the sun rise with someone you care about
(x) blown bubbles
(x) made a bonfire on the beach.
(x) crashed a party
(x) gone rollerskating
(x) had a wish come true
(x) worn pearls
(x) jumped off a bridge. (for fun and to get into the water, it was a small bridge)
( ) screamed penis in class
( ) ate dog/cat food
( ) told a complete stranger you loved them
(x) kissed a mirror
(x) sang in the shower
(x) have a little black dress
(x) had a dream that you married someone
(x) glued your hand to something (more than once, although nothing major)
( ) got your tongue stuck to a flag pole
( ) kissed a fish
(x) worn the opposite sexes clothes
(x) sat on a roof top
(x) screamed at the top of your lungs
(x ) done a one-handed cartwheel. (rather badly, it was not pretty.)
(x) talked on the phone for more than 6 hours
(x) stayed up all night
(x) didn’t take a shower for a week (also not pretty - backpacking in Bandiler National Monument, they did not have showers.)
(x) pick and ate an apple right off the tree-- (we washed it first, not sure that's the same thing.)
(x) climbed a tree (and a pole)
(x) had a tree house
( ) are scared to watch scary movies alone (I tend to avoid the scarey movies I can't watch alone, but yes - I would never have seen Blair Witch or Ring alone, and I saw those. Signs and Sixth Sense on the other hand - no problemo.)
(x ) believe in ghosts (uhm, agnostic on this one. I don't know if they exist or not... but I've sense something in some places that could be a ghost.)
( ) have more then 30 pairs of shoes
( ) worn a really ugly outfit to work or school just to see what others say.
( ) gone streaking
( ) played ding-dong-ditch
( ) played chicken
( ) been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on
( ) broken a bone.
(x) been easily amused
( ) caught a fish then ate it
( ) made porn
(x) caught a butterfly
(x) laughed so hard you cried
(x) cried so hard you laughed .
(x) mooned/flashed someone
(x) had someone moon/flash you
( ) cheated on a test
( ) have a Britney Spears CD.
(x) forgotten someone’s name
(x) slept naked
(x) French braided someone’s hair (again, rather badly)
(x) gone skinny dipping in a pool
( ) been kicked out your house
( ) been kissed by older sister's/brother's friend
( ) had a dog (what about a cat? Sheesh! Dog person made this list, I can tell.)
( ) have more then 1 sibling
(x) made spelling errors
( ) spanked someone because they asked you to
( ) would try anything at least once
(x) stayed in bed all day
(x) missed school for over 17 days in a school year
(x) had someone tell you that they hate you
(x) had someone tell you that they love you
(x) have had fish
(x) ever had a friend named Bob
(x) been to a theme-park
(x) have had an alcoholic drink
(x) been on a horse.
(x) know how to swim
(x) told someone you didn’t know that they were hot