blogging.la and laist.com

sadly, they are fighting.

laist says that they are getting more hits, and therefore they win.

they have a hi-tech graph to prove it.

blogging.la has a graph to prove that they have retained some sort of sense of humor.

the best part so far was when jason defillippo (inventor of blogrolling, co-creator of blogging.la) tried to post the following comment about the stats on laist.com, but they had just turned off their comments

No, I don’t think they’re accurate. I think they’re a piece of shit. They were posted to the site to give us a baseline for our internal tracking. They show less than a third of our actual visits per day. And don’t give me this light hearted bullshit. When you have the nerve to post “yep- it does sort of rub their nose in it. i’m comfortable with that!” it’s not light hearted anymore. Fuck it, it never was. You have a problem with us, fine. You think you’re better than us, fine. You call us out publicly well then expect us to get pissed. What is it with you “ist” people and this superiority complex? Pardon me. I am going to go have a nice cool glass of lemonade now and forget you exist.

so which side is the busblog on?

as someone who hasnt even gotten close to the technorati 100, i can tell you first hand that hits dont mean shit 🙂

however, laist does put me on the top of their blogroll while blogging.la, which regularily links to the busblog does not have me on their permanant blogroll.

actually i hope they keep fighting cuz its always best for the readers when “competitors” cause a little drama in the city of angels/

la observed + lablogs.com + la voice are all following this story nicely

by Martin Boer

October, 2004

Dear Gaucho,

In recent days, two current and one former member of the UCSB faculty have received Nobel Prizes, giving UCSB with three Nobels (once again) more than any other university in the world.

David J Gross won for Physics and Finn E Kydland for Economics. Former UCSB prof Frank Wilczek (1980-88) also won for Physics.

This now bumps UCSB’s Nobel tally to 7 present and former professors. Previously, UCSB won one Nobel in 1972 (Schrieffer/Physics), one in 1998 (Kohn/Chemistry) and two in 2000 (Kroemer/Physics, Heeger/Chemistry).

Alumni is a different story. No UCSB grads have thus far garnered the ultimate accolade but the Nexus and its sister environs remain an undisputably good training ground for winning future prizes.

On a more personal note, Trine and I are proud to announce the birth of THEA ALEXANDRA BOER on 8 September in Windhoek. She weighed in at 2,620 grams and 49 cm. Little Thea is without doubt the first Dutch-American-Norwegian baby born in Namibia. Thea and mom are doing really well, save of course the last month of sleepless nights… Check out: http://www.martinboer.com

Yours,

Martin

=== BRIEFS: ===

“Shoot the Freak”, a short documentary co-directed by GARRET SAVAGE, screened at the Coney Island Film Festival in early October. “The film is a new twist on an old idea: a shooting gallery with a live human target. This short documentary follows two of its main players: Anthony, the man who invented the game, and Manny, the young man who plays The Freak.” http://www.coneyislandfilmfestival.com

Another SAVAGE work, “4-Cylinder 400,” a short documentary that’s an inside look at Jonathan LaFever’s out-of-control backyard NASCAR-style race in upstate New York continues to receive rave reviews. The film will be showing soon in New York, Milford, PA and Honolulu. E-mail Garret for more info.

JASON LEZAK (’99) won one gold medal in Athens for the 400-meter medley relay and a bronze medal in the 400-meter freestyle relay at the Olympics in Greece. He previously won gold and silver in 2000. University University of California students and alumni won a total of 12 gold, 10 silver and 13 bronze medals at the Games – more than France, Italy or the United Kingdom…

Check it out here

THE KING OF COMEDY: For the second year in a row, JASON ROSS was part of the writing team that won an Emmy Award for Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” TONY PIERCE has already remarked that being a former NEXUS editor-in-chief provided Jason with all the necessary training to become one of America’s “best fake news writers.” The show has won 4 Emmys in the last two years, not all of which Jason will take credit for.

JENNIFER REICH is moving to the University of Denver, from UC-San Francisco, where she will be starting as Assistant Professor of Sociology in the fall.

MARISA LAGOS has joined the San Francisco Examiner as a general assignment reporter. “It’s full time, so my parents and former editors can all breathe a sigh of relief. (And my landlord, I suppose.).”

Human Rights Watch has just released a report, based on research work by PETER BOUCKAERT in Nepal, charging that both the government and the nation’s communist rebels have been guilty of gross human rights violations during the country’s eight-year civil war. “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” details a series of rights abuses committed by government forces and Maoist rebels against Nepalese civilians.

Check out: http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/10/07/nepal9452.htm

RENEE BERGAN’s new film “Paul Soldner: Playing with Fire” premiered on 11 September at The American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, California. It is a biographical film about revolutionary ceramist Paul Soldner. For more information please check out: www.ceramicmuseum.org

ROB DONNER was just in Iceland and has the pictures to proof it:

SANDIE BRILLIANT and DENIS FAYE have the pleasure of announcing the birth of Cassidy Suzanne Faye, born on July 29. She was 9 lbs, 8 oz, 22.5 inches and Denis writes that “the guys are already lining up to ask her to prom.”

STANLEY MOSS has just returned from Stockholm, Zurich and London where he delivered papers on the subjects of youth brands and global brand trends. For more information check out: www.diganzi.com

UCSB is the 35th BEST UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD according to a survey of the top 500 universities in the world published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The survey judges academic and research performance (Nobel Prizes, citations, etc.) and found that UCSB is also the 28th best University in America. The ratings are biased towards universities with strong science programs. The top 10 schools are Harvard, Stanford, Cambridge, UC-Berkeley, MIT, Cal-Tech, Princeton, Oxford, Columbia and Chicago. (http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm)

UCSB Named One of Top 25 “Hottest Colleges.” For the second time in the past three years, UCSB has been named one of the “hottest colleges” by the 2005 Newsweek-Kaplan College Guide.

welch + science blog + daily nexus

about the republicans, but they cant ever say that theyre not loyal.

last week the president couldnt have had a worse week.

on Monday defense secretary donald rumsfeld that he had never seen a connection between saddam and osama. “To my knowledge, I have not seen any strong, hard evidence that links the two.”

He also lost favor of his fifth GOP senator, Rhode Island’s Link Chafee, a prep school friend of the president’s brother, Jeb.

Earlier in the day ambassador to the us-led occupation of iraq paul bremer criticized Bush for not getting enough troops into Iraq. “We never had enough troops on the ground,” he said.

Perhaps the president didnt care since Jerry Falwell had announced a few days earlier that the evangelical Christians now control the republican party.

“I tell my Republican friends who are always talking about the ‘big tent,” I say make it as big as you want to, but if the candidate running for president is not pro-life, pro-family … you’re not going to win,” Rev. Falwell added.

Things didnt get much better on Tuesday when Dick Cheney cowering and mumbling during the only VP debate, suggested that he had never said that there was a relationship between 9/11 and Iraq, even though he had – several times; led millions of voters to FactCheck.com, who redirected web surfers to bush-hating George Soros’s web site; dodged questions about his support of the constitutional amendment to ban gay weddings despite the fact that his own daughter is a lesbian; and most embarrasing of all flat out lied when he said that he had not met Sen. Edwards until that very night (even though they had met at least three times, and sat right next to each other just a year ago), a meeting that Cheney said would have been very easy to do since the VP said that he was the presiding officer nearly every Tuesday that Senate was in office. It turned out that the Veep had been the presiding officer only twice over the last four years.

When Cheney wasn’t putting his foot in his mouth, his challenger Edwards was reminding people who this vice president was as a congressman: “When he was one of 435 members of the United States House, he was one of 10 to vote against Head Start, one of four to vote against banning plastic weapons that can pass through metal detectors.

“He voted against the Department of Education. He voted against funding for Meals on Wheels for seniors. He voted against a holiday for Martin Luther King. He voted against a resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela in South Africa.”

on Wednesday a presidential led investigation presented a 1,000 page report that said Iraq had no wmd when we invaded, had no stockpiles anywhere, hadnt made any wmd since 1991, and their capabilities for making them had decreased since our sanctions had begun.

whoops.

Thursday brought Bush into unfamiliar territory. He had to admit that he was wrong. That indeed there were no wmd, you know, the reason he used to bring us to war against Iraq.

Instead of saying that he was wrong to invade a country who didnt have the weapons that he claimed they had, he said forget that they didnt have wmd, “America is safer today with Saddam Hussein in prison.” even… though… he had… no wmd… or ties.. to osama… implying that america is such a pussy ass target that even countries without wmd or relationships with known terrorists can hurt the land of the free and the home of the brave.

does this mean we can finally invade mexico? or at least publicly invite anna kournikova to pose for playboy?

On Friday Bush debated Sen Kerry and talked about rumors on the Internets and how he wasnt aware that he owned a timber company, but the best was how he dodged the question to list three times that he had made mistakes over the last four years.

He didnt mention the lack of wmd, or for not paying closer attention to the august pdr entitled Bin Laden Determined to Strike US, or for taking the worlds largest surplus ever and turning it into the worlds biggest deficit ever. Instead he said that the mistakes he made were in appointing a few low-level people to boards we had never heard of. (Thus implying that their fuckups he would take responsibility for.)

Today the polls are saying that despite that disaster of a week, and gasoline prices which jumped 30 cents over the weekend, Kerry is only 3 points ahead of the bungling incumbent.

Making this blogger wonder: outside of having an intern suck his knob in the oval office, is there nothing that Bush can do wrong in the eyes of half of america?

this should have been wilco’s video + the star wars kid makes the big time + umar siddiqi

superman

lifes rich pageant

(m. bottler/g. zekley)

I am, I am,

I am Superman

and I know what’s happening

I am, I am,

I am Superman

and I can do anything

You don’t really love that guy you make it with now do you

I know you don’t love that guy cause I can see right through you

(repeat chorus 1)

(chorus 2)

If you go a million miles away I’ll track you down girl

Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart

my birth month. the ruling planet of libra is venus. goddess of love.

most librans believe in the ideals of peace and love. we yearn for balance and fairness and harmony.

we’re usually creative and open minded while looking for the beauty in things, the poetry, the grace.

because of this, libras make good writers, fair judges, objective ombudsmen.

being the cardinal (the leaders) of the air signs, we can see the truth in intellectual ideals but understand the pragmatism necessary to make the idea reasonable and practical.

we’re not afraid to tell the world that we love it.

i love you world.

the bad news is we get bored very easilly. we can be sluts. we can talk to much and be narcisistic (hello, its called tonypierce.com). and because it’s so easy to see many many possibilities, sometimes its hard for us to make a decision.

we’re also not as violent as the xbi would probably want us to be.

or very confrontive.

or all that great with follow-up.

as you know, im a freak. part of that might be due to the fact that since i was born on 10/22, i am part libra part scorpio.

scorpios like mystery. it may appear that a scorpio is putting everything on the table, but that would be the fakeout. theres a shell on the scorpion. theres also a tail with a dagger on its tip so watch it.

the good news is scorpios are the sexiest of the signs. love is second only to sex. and that sex ends with three x’s.

a scorpio will tell the world that it loves it, but only on a blog that says “nothing in here is true.”

i love you, world.

scorpios can keep a secret that would kill a libra to hold on to.

you could find yourself in a conversation with a scorpio and not realize that he or she hasnt said a word, simply mesmorized you with their smile, egged you on with their nods.

ask a scorpio how hes doing and the answer will ususally end in a “how are you doing?” and it’s not because theyre being polite.

ive met several people born on my birthday. the last one i met was naked within minutes after she found out what day i was born. who were we foolin. sex + love equals dirty tender friskiness with a healthy dose of intellectual narciscism that led to the battle of the loins.

and then we never talked to each other again.

ever.

the closest thing to astrological perfection ive ever experienced.

so if you feel love in the air this october, dont fight it.

it doesnt need to be sex love or crush love, it could just be a love of a thing or a place or a feeling or even a smell.

the goddess of love is here in large doses.

enjoy her while you can

and on 10/23 prepare for the sultry sting of the scorpion.

r.i.p. superman + is the president losing his mind? + pink floyd reunion?! + webtv makes a comeback

By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Bush administration’s war on drugs stretches deep into Asia and Latin America, yet one of its most crucial campaigns — in the eyes of drug czar John Walters — is being waged this fall among voters in Oregon, Alaska and Montana.

In each state, activists seeking to ease drug laws have placed a marijuana-related proposal on the Nov. 2 ballot as part of a long-running quest for alternatives to federal drug policies they consider harsh and ineffective.

If all three measures are approved, Montana would become the 10th state to legalize pot for medical purposes, Oregon would dramatically expand its existing medical-marijuana program, and Alaska would become the first state to decriminalize marijuana altogether.

Walters has been campaigning in person against the measures, taking a particularly aggressive role in opposing Oregon’s Measure 33. It would create state-regulated dispensaries to supply marijuana, let authorized growers sell pot to patients for a profit, and allow patients to possess a pound of it at a time instead of the current 3-ounce limit.

“They use medical marijuana as a Trojan horse,” Walters said of the measure’s supporters. “People’s suffering is being used for legalizing drug use beginning with marijuana and moving forward.”

Oregon and Alaska are among nine states which, since 1996, have adopted laws allowing qualified patients to use medical marijuana. The others are California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Vermont and Washington.

The U.S. House defeated a proposal in July to stop the federal government from prosecuting people who use marijuana for medical reasons in states that allow it. A case raising that same issue is to be considered soon by the Supreme Court.

Oregon and Alaska activists say their ballot measures would eliminate problems patients now face in obtaining enough marijuana to ease their suffering.

In Oregon, for example, the 10,000 patients enrolled in the current program must grow their own pot or get it from designated “caregivers” who cannot be paid.

“It takes knowledge, money and everything going right to grow high-quality marijuana,” said John Sajo, 48, a longtime drug-reform activist who runs the Measure 33 campaign from a cramped office. “Most patients suffering debilitating medical conditions just aren’t able to grow their own.”

Madeline Martinez, a former prison guard, does manage to grow marijuana at her Portland home. She appreciates the chance to legally use pot, rather than powerful prescription drugs, to ease the discomfort of her degenerative disc and joint disease.

“Instead of being in a drug-induced stupor, I can interact with my grandchildren,” said Martinez, 53. “It’s given me the quality of life I wanted.”

The Oregon Medical Association differs, calling Measure 33 bad public health policy. Oregon’s prosecutors also oppose the measure, which trails in statewide polls.

“There’s enough stuff out in our world to lead young people astray without adding another one,” said Benton County District Attorney Scott Heiser.

Alaskans will vote on a measure even more far-reaching than Oregon’s — to prohibit prosecution of anyone 21 or older who consumes, grows or distributes pot for private personal use. It would allow authorities to regulate marijuana along the lines of alcohol and tobacco — for example, taxing it and barring its use in public.

Even a leading foe of the measure, former U.S. Attorney Wev Shea, believes it might pass, thanks partly to sophisticated advertising backed by national marijuana-reform organizations.

“They’ve got a lot of money behind them and they’re running a very professional campaign,” Shea said in a telephone interview. “It’s difficult for us on the other side — we don’t get paid a penny.”

Under a 1975 state court ruling, Alaskans already have the tacit right to possess up to four ounces of pot in their homes for personal use. Shea said decriminalization supporters suggest in ads that any crackdown on at-home pot use might be followed by a crackdown on gun ownership.

Shea contended that the state’s top elected officials, and Alaska-based federal authorities, have been too reserved in challenging the measure, apparently because of concerns that they shouldn’t actively take sides in a referendum campaign.

“They’re so worried about offending the so-called freethinkers in Alaska,” Shea said. “But you’ve got to stand up for what you believe in.”

Walters acknowledged that Alaskans’ libertarian attitudes might benefit the other side — but feels approval would be a disaster.

“I don’t think there’s another state that’s suffered as much from substance abuse as Alaska,” Walters added. “It’s shocking that we’d have outside groups working to make this problem worse.”

In Montana, a recent poll indicated the medical marijuana measure would be approved, and few top officials have campaigned vigorously against it. The chief spokesman for the measure, investment adviser Paul Befumo, is aware that such proposals have always prevailed when going before voters in other states. “You don’t want to be the first that loses,” he said.

National drug-reform groups hope state medical-marijuana programs will proliferate, and have produced studies asserting that existing programs don’t trigger increases in youth marijuana use or other feared problems.

“It’s slow and cumbersome to go state by state, but when you do get closer to the people, it seems you have a better chance,” said Bruce Mirkin of the Marijuana Policy Project. “If people keep supporting reform measures, at some point a light bulb will go off over Congress and we’ll see changes at the federal level.”

kerry says he will stop pot club busts + alaskan pot tax? + chicago mayor recommends fining potheads instead of prosecuting

wednesdays on abc

starring that dude from party of five, that dude from lord of the rings, jack osbornes long lost fatter brother, some super hot babe from kingdom hospital, that dude from alias, and the narrator from oz who was in the wheelchair

definately my favorite new tv show, lost makes the survivor people look like crybabies.

these people werent flown first class with the chance to win a million bones, the lost people’s plane crashed 1,000 miles from where they were supposed to be.

theres only one doctor and a dozen supermodels and you dont hear them bitching.

and cooperation? this wild eyed genius iraqi dude comes back from exploring with a small group of freaks, stands on a tree stump and says to the 47 others “we need three groups, each group pick a leader, this group needs to gather food, this group needs to gather water, this group needs to suck on my bone.”

and they all do it.

theyve been stranded for two days and the fat guy is offered fresh sushi from a japanese man in a shirt and tie and the fat guy says no thank you.

no body seems to need any water.

and the hottest chick ive ever seen in my life is a criminal on the run but since she has a heart of gold she saves everyone as theyre passed out and bleeding.

the doctor is such a badass he has her sew a two foot gash on his back cuz he cant reach it.

nobodys complaining, survivors. no one is gaying out like richard by running around naked. no one is bossing anyone around. no one is crying that their loved ones just got blowed up.

even the pregnant woman is just sitting on an airplane seat nicely placed on a sand dune. looking out at the sunset sinking into the ocean.

a polar bear charged the small group and the big tall handsome asshole shot him five times with the automatic pistol and nobody goes what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck and nobody else goes ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

the dude from lord of the rings seems to be snorting h because hes addicted and there arent any needles laying around this island even though it seems to have everything including a shy toothless dinosaur who enjoys playing with his food and not really eating it.

the plane got split into three(?) but the biggest chunk is the middle which could probably house 48 comfortably but instead of removing the dead bodies which surely will begin to reek any day now, they cower beneath peices of the wing for shelter and show us all how to keep it real.

my favorite scene was when the guy from oz was hauling ass through the jungle scared of something chasing him and he ran into a japanese woman who was bathing herself while standing up nude next to a tree.

she didnt cover herself with her hands. she didnt flinch. she wasnt ashamed even though earlier her husband had her button her blouse up to the very top. and the brotha didnt stop looking at her. he stuttered and said sorry but he didnt move away he didnt keep running from the unseen creature who sounded like a lion and probably had never tasted black man before he just kept talking about nothing and finally told her that there was something in those scary woods.

and it is creepy which is why i really like it.

and its filmed beautifully and the words are just right and the casting couldnt have been better

and because we’ve only seen a fraction of the passengers i think you could toss a special guest star in there from time to time.

in last weeks episode the big tall handsome bully mean guy took the gun and shot at this guy who was dying to put him out of his misery and when the doctor ran in to see what the fuck was happening

he said i shot him

and the doctor said, you fool you hit his lung, it will take him

hours

to die now!

and then he suffocated him.

and all i know is that dinosaur better watch his ass.

it was sean and jaime‘s birthday on friday + charlotte + simpleton

but mines not all that neither.

at first she was shy but when she saw i wasnt gonna judge her for wanting to fuck 5-6 times a day she opened up.

i think shes italian im not sure maybe from peru.

her favorite phrases in her cute accent are

how-do-you-say

and i love you.

i tell her just speak your language, your language. shes drunk and spent and sprawled out over the polar bear rug (faux) (im so sure) with just her short shorts on playing with his ears. fake brushing his teeth. blah blah blah she says and soon i see shes crying. sobbing really. but tears coming down, mascara dripping, snot getting sucked back up.

continue-aye i say and toss her the roll of paper towels and im listening but with my heart. get it out baby. i hold her hand and she just cries and cries coughing out the words in that gorgeous tounge.

we all have sad stories i whisper, not hushing her not saying its gonna be ok cuz i only lie in the blog and in real life everything just might not end up ok. so cry pretty girl and drink some of this.

she goes on for so long that i forget that im in a fantasy nba league and i miss the live draft. now theres two of us crying.

the doorbell rings and its pink dot with vodka and rocky road cuz im starting to think shes russian. the american girls have told me in so many words that im not their type and thats cool with me. im not my type neither.

and for a town that was 86 degrees on friday night it feels like 16 degrees tonight so i light the fire

bring out the blankets and see what the computer picked for me besides elton brand.

and then we hold each other and cry some more

happy that jose lima is alive and well

and has finally broken out of his shell.

but not sure we’re gonna be awake for snl to bore us to sleep.

The Second Busblog NBA Fantasy Hoops League will draft on 10/30

League ID#: 62736

League Name: busblog2

Password: bloggy

Draft Type: Live Draft

Draft Time: Sat Oct 30 12:30pm PDT

raptor blog + katzinjammer + bunny and her sister go to the fair

and changed the sheets to clean ones and filled the sink with rose petals and girlie scents spinkled the hallway with moonshadows and lipstick traces. had lasagne baking in a stove unused since years back when jeanine and chris made redneck maccaroni with velveta and trader joes wheat noodles.

i got home late and my mohito was melted the candles had shrunk and the dinner had hardened. she didnt care. her legs were crossed and her top boot kicked and she ignored my entrance and listened as i stopped in the hall and noticed in shocked suprise the changes in the hall way and bed room and bath and kitchen.

she heard my hard shoes scuff across the floorboards and muffle along the carpet of the front room and there she was dressed in chainmail and leatherstraps hair spiked makeup darkening her already sharp features

fresh rips in her fishnets ghetto designs on her fingernails belly chain and fake tatto, is that a nipple pierce, that’ll do.

had figured out my home theatre the last time she was over and was watching The Factor suprisingly, she held out her gloved hand to be kissed which i did and she smiled without moving her attention away from the television.

“i want everyone at home to answer this question. im at home and im osama, cable tv coming in, fox news channel, alright, i know he loves the factor. you got cheney and you got edwards sitting at the table, who are you more afraid of?” juan williams wouldnt answer because he’s a pussy ass bitch and afraid that the obvious answer is cheney but hes been faked out by that brainiac o’reilly.

i took the remote from the pretty girls lap.

turned it off.

and i said, the correct answer is edwards

because bush cheney is way more interested in iraq than osama which is why theres ten times more troops in iraq than afghanistan and…

she put her finger over her mouth clicked over to the oven

pulled out our dinner as i opened the wine

as air’s talkie walkie began to play through the itunes

which happens every other blue moon

and nobody cared about the blah blah blah

and its saturday and its three pm and she left me with a smile

and some might be lucky, but not more than me by a mile or three.

the ward turns three + private jet isnt enough for ucsb‘s sean hannity + sk smith on fire

the have you lived quiz.

things ive done in bold

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink

02. Swam with wild dolphins

03. Climbed a mountain

04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive

05. Been inside the Great Pyramid

06. Held a tarantula.

07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone

10. Done a striptease

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise

15. Seen the Northern Lights

16. Gone to a huge sports game

17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa

18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables

19. Touched an iceberg

20. Slept under the stars

21. Changed a baby’s diaper

22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon

23. Watched a meteor shower

32. Had a snowball fight

33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier

34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can

41. Ridden a roller coaster

42. Hit a home run

44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking

45. Adopted an accent for an entire day

46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment

48. Had two hard drives for your computer

49. Visited all 50 states

50. Loved your job for all accounts

54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country

55. Watched wild whales

56. Stolen a sign

58. Taken a road-trip

59. Rock climbing

60. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice

61. Midnight walk on the beach

62. Sky diving

63. Visited Ireland

64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love

65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them

66. Visited Japan

67. Benchpressed your own weight

68. Milked a cow

69. Alphabetized your records (and CD’s and tapes and and and…)

72. Lounged around in bed all day

73. Posed nude in front of strangers

74. Scuba diving

75. Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye

80. Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it.

81. Visited the Great Wall of China

82. Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog

87. Taken a martial arts class

88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman

89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight

90. Gotten married

94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy

95. Gotten divorced

96. Had sex at the office

97. Gone without food for 5 days

98. Made cookies from scratch

99. Won first prize in a costume contest

100. Ridden a gondola in Venice

101. Gotten a tattoo

102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on

103. Rafted the Snake River

104. Been on television news programs as an “expert”

105. Got flowers for no reason

106. Masturbated in a public place

113. Had a one-night stand

114. Gone to Thailand

115. Seen Siouxsie live

116. Bought a house

117. Been in a combat zone

118. Buried one/both of your parents

119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off

120. Been on a cruise ship

121. Spoken more than one language fluently

122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone

123. Bounced a check (I didn’t mean to! But alas, more than once…)

124. Performed in Rocky Horror

125. Read – and understood – your credit report

126. Raised children

127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy

128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour

129. Created and named your own constellation of stars

130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country

131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did

132. Called or written your Congress person

133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over to be with the one you love

134. …more than once? – More than thrice?

135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge

136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking

137. Had an abortion or your female partner did

138. Had plastic surgery

139. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived.

140. Wrote articles for a large publication

141. Lost over 100 pounds

142. Held someone while they were having a flashback

143. Piloted an airplane

144. Petted a stingray

145. Broken someone’s heart

146. Helped an animal give birth

147. Been fired or laid off from a job

148. Won money on a T.V. game show

149. Broken a bone

150. Killed a human being

151. Gone on an African photo safari

152. Ridden a motorcycle

153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph

154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced

155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol

157. Ridden a horse

158. Had major surgery

159. Had sex on a moving train

160. Had a snake as a pet

161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon

162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing

163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours

164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states

165. Visited all 7 continents

166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days

167. Eaten kangaroo meat

168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground

169. Been a sperm or egg donor

170. Eaten sushi

172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime.

173. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about

175. Gone back to school

176. Parasailed

177. Changed your name

178. Petted a cockroach

179. Eaten fried green tomatoes

180. Read The Iliad

181. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read.

182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them

183. …and gotten 86’ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you

184. Taught yourself an art from scratch

187. Skipped all your school reunions

188. Had sex with someone half your age or twice your age.

189. Been elected to public office

190. Written your own computer language

191. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream

192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care

193. Built your own PC from parts

194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you

195. Had a booth at a street fair

196. Dyed your hair

197. Been a DJ

198. Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal

199. Written your own role playing game

200. Been arrested

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