Thanks to a day spent with three boys under the age of 5 whose preferred interactions generally involve discussing or imitating bodily functions and playing the �I�m better than you� game, my brain has decided to vacate the premises. Therefore, I bring you, courtesy of onewetleg, the following meme:

Have you ever�

(x) snuck out of the house

I don�t have a particular recollection of this but, come on, it was high school. How could I not have snuck out of the house? And I know I snuck back in on several occasions. And then there was that one time where I forgot my keys and ended up sleeping on the front doorstep.

(x) gotten lost in your city

I get lost all the time. I have a terrible sense of direction.

(x) seen a shooting star

I spent a couple of summers working at a summer stock company on Cape Cod. We used to sleep outside during the annual August meteor showers. It was absolutely spectacular � lying in the cool grass, listening to the ocean and watching the sky fall.

( ) had a serious surgery
(x) gone out in public in your pajamas
When I was in college, we used to go to the 99-cent midnight screenings (you handed the guy a dollar and took a penny out of a giant bowl) at the local one-screen theater in our pajamas on a fairly regular basis. Of course, I usually left my coat on and I wore boots.
( ) kissed a stranger
( ) hugged a stranger
( ) been in a fist fight
(x) been arrested

I have told this story in my 100 things entry. I was arrested, along with several of my friends, in Lyon, France for climbing in a fountain on a very hot day. When they found out we were Americans, they yelled at us and let us go.

(x) rode in a cop car

When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to walk to school by myself. My mom walked me there and back (it was about a mile from our house) a few times and then one day said I could walk home alone and that they would meet me halfway. I was excited. I set out, but quickly got confused (see aforementioned lack of sense of direction). Some compassionate policemen picked me up and drove me to where my mom was waiting for me.

( ) been to Europe

See aforementioned fountain-climbing incident. I�ve lived in England once and France twice.

(x) done drugs

Nothing too major and I wasn�t too impressed.

(x) Had alcohol

I�m having some right now.

( ) gotten a tattoo

I keep thinking about it, though.

(x) run away

Not really, but I used to pretend I was running away all the time. I�d pack all my favorite things in a bandana and tie it to the end of the stick, the way I�d seen it in one of my picture books. Then I�d run away to the park at the end of the cul-de-sac until it was time for lunch.

(x) played strip poker

Yes, but I won, so no stripping by me.

(x) laughed and had milk/coke come out of your nose
(x) pushed all the buttons on an elevator
( ) swore at your parents
(x) been in love
(x) been obsessed with someone
( ) been to a casino

( ) been skydiving
(x) broken a bone

In college, I fractured my left wrist coming out of Russian class on a snowy day. I was carrying my violin in my right hand and I slipped on the ice. I flung my violin hand up in the air so it wouldn�t hit the ground, but I landed on my left thumb, bending it all the way back. The violin was fine, but I had to cancel my violin recital. I took up singing instead.

A few years ago, I broke the middle finger on my right hand, which resulted in a rather unfortunate splint which got me in trouble when driving in rush hour traffic.

(x) been high
Just once, when I was in high school. I didn�t like it.
(x) skinny-dipped
(x) skipped school
( ) flashed someone
(x) saw a therapist
(x) played spin the bottle
( ) gotten stitches
( ) peed in a public place
( ) drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour
(x) bitten someone
(x) been to Disneyland
Disneyworld, actually.
(x) gotten the chicken pox
( ) kissed a member of the same sex
Not unless you count my mother or the whole European multiple cheek thing.
( ) crashed into a friend's car
( ) been to Japan
No, but I�ve been listening to Tom Waits� �Big in Japan� constantly lately. Does that count?
(x) ridden in a taxi
(x) shoplifted
But not on purpose.
( ) been fired
( ) had a crush on someone of the same sex
(x) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) stolen something from your job
Not unless you count pens and pencils, of which I�m a pathological thief.
(x) gone on a blind date

That�s how I met my husband.

(x) lied to a friend
(x) had a crush on a teacher
( ) had a one-night stand
( ) celebrated mardi gras in new orleans
(x) been to Europe

Hey, we had this question already�

( ) slept with a co-worker
( ) had sex at work
( ) had an affair
(x) been married....
( ) gotten divorced
(x) had children
( ) seen someone die
(x) had a close friend die
( ) been to Africa
( ) been in a major natural disaster
Although I�ve been in several nasty hurricanes, I�m not sure I�d qualify any of them as a major natural disaster.

(x) been in a serious car accident

When I was 4, my mom was driving me and two of my friends to preschool in our boat of a Buick one day when some idiot ran a red light and slammed into us. This was in the days before cars routinely had seatbelts in the back seat. I was freaked out, but fine. But my friend Jimmy lost his two front teeth and the car was totaled.

When I was 10, we were living in London and my family was driving to Scotland for a holiday. I loved to travel, but I had a terrible feeling something bad was going to happen on this trip and I threw a panicky fit as we were leaving. On our way to Scotland, we were driving in front of a semi when its brakes failed and it slammed into us and we slammed into the car in front of us � it was a 52 car pileup. The car crumpled like it was made of paper. Our suitcases were so dented we had to cut them open, but we were all fine. We took the train home.

(x) damaged public property
I painted, �Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war� on a wall near my high school with some friends. The phrase �geek de la geek� comes to mind.

(x) been grounded
(x) Driven over 400 miles in one day
(x) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
(x) Been on a plane
( ) been on a helicopter
( ) been on a seaplane
( ) been on a cruise
(x) Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
( ) Thrown up in a bar
(x) blacked out
Yeah, but not from drugs or alcohol � I had pneumonia and went to a Halloween party anyway. Apparently if you get enough of a fever, you can black out too.
( ) Purposely set a part of yourself on fire
No, but rs536 and I ignited a toilet seat once in college. Remember that?
(x) watched porn

Again, with rs536, when I was accompanying her to her Hamptons timeshare with all the young stockbrokers. They were watching, we were giggling.
(x) read a clockwork orange
(x) seen risky business
(x) Eaten Sushi
( ) Been snowboarding
(x) Met someone in person from the internet

The lovely egg, and soon, lass and fairlywell.

( ) lost a child
(x) gone to college
( ) done hard drugs
( ) tried killing yourself
( ) fired a gun
( ) purposely hurt yourself
(x) taken painkillers
(x) miss someone right now

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