Friday, May 20, 2016

Tell Me, Baby. Tell Me The Truth

So this quiz is going around Facebook and it's one I actually participated in.

Fired a Gun X
Been Married X
Fell in love X
Gone on a blind date X
Skipped school X
Watched someone give birth X
Watched someone die X
Been to Canada
Been to Hawaii
Been to Europe X
Been to Las Vegas X
Been to Washington D.C X
Been to Nashville X
Visited Florida X
Visited Mexico X
Seen the Grand Canyon in personX
Flown in a helicopter
Been on a cruise X
Served on a jury
Been in a movie X
Been to Los Angeles X
Been to New York City X
Played in a band
Sang karaoke X
Made prank phone calls X
Laughed so much you cried X
Caught a snowflake on your tongue X
Had children (a child) X
Had a pet X
Been sledding on big hill
Been downhill skiing X
Been water skiing X
Rode on a motorcycle X
Jumped out of a plane
Been to a drive-in movie X
Rode an elephant X
Been on TV
Been in newspaper X
Stayed in Hospital X
Donated blood
Gotten a piercing X
Gotten a tattoo
Driven a stick shift vehicle X
Driven over 100 mph
Been scuba diving
Lived on your own X
Rode in the back of police car
Got a speeding ticket X
Copy and paste as your status. Put an X if you have done it. No explanations

All of those X's are mine. 
But you know- there's so much that this survey/quiz does not cover. I'd like to add my own categories. At least a few. 
Here we go. 

Did LSD or peyote or mushrooms?
Realized what "all is one" actually means?
Survived a family which was so toxic that bleach should have been used as mouthwash?
Once got beat on the butt because you had to poop?
Spent half your childhood in trees? 
Reading? 
Wanted to be a mermaid as a child?
Thought that if you tried hard enough you COULD be a mermaid as a child?
Have ever jumped into a spring so clear and so cold that your heart stopped beating? 
Jumped in again? 
Voted for Jimmy Carter? 
Lived in a house with no plumbing? 
Used an outhouse? 
Regularly?
Didn't just "watch" someone be born or die but actually held and helped in the process?
Realized that love is love, no matter what the gender involved was? 
Cried at that realization? 
Breast fed? 
Written a poem?
Written a novel?
Fell in complete love with a fictional character?
Had your life changed by something you read?
Grown something in the dirt that you could eat?
Eaten an egg that just came from your chicken's butt?
Fell in love with someone so inappropriate that you're grateful you survived and yet at the same time, grateful you fell in love?
Gotten completely stoned before listening to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band or Beethoven's 9th Symphony or Stravinsky's Rite of Spring? 
Danced with such abandon that you fucked up your hip for life? 
Seen Bruce Springsteen live? 
Seen The Rolling Stones live?
Seen Ladysmith Black Mambazo live? 
Seen The Neville Brothers live?
Seen Bob Dylan live?
Shaken B.B. King's hand? 
Had your life saved by music?
Smoked a cigar in Mexico?
Climbed the steps of a Mayan pyramid? 
Cried your fucking eyes out at the sight of Michelangelo's David? 
Made love in a broom closet?
Lived long enough to be astounded that you're still alive?
Found true love?

Oh hell. I have a million more categories but that's a start. 

This is what happens when my husband goes out of town.

Love...Ms. Moon







8 comments:

  1. I love these categories.

    And I still want to be a mermaid, despite the fact that I do not know how to swim.

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  2. One of the holiest moments in my life happened when I was 15 and watched a baby being born, I was the second one that held her and she Looked At Me! Thanks for reminding me... Great list!

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  3. I did the first list on FB too. lots on that second list I could check off.

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  4. I did the first list, but like yours MUCH better!

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  5. I love your expanded list and could say yes to quite a few of them!
    xo

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  6. Ramona- Mermaids just DO swim. They don't have to know how. So you're good.

    Big Mamabird- Whoa! That's a wonderful memory!

    Ellen Abbott- I had a feeling...

    Catrina- Let's be honest, right?

    Mel- Good!

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  7. I just kept that ones I said yes to.


    Realized what "all is one" actually means?
    Survived a family which was so toxic that bleach should have been used as mouthwash?
    Once got beat on the butt because you had to poop? ( I thought I was the only one. Got thrown into an ice cold tub plus the beating.)
    Spent half your childhood in trees?
    Reading?
    Have ever jumped into a spring so clear and so cold that your heart stopped beating?
    Jumped in again?

    Used an outhouse?
    Regularly?
    Didn't just "watch" someone be born or die but actually held and helped in the process?
    Realized that love is love, no matter what the gender involved was?
    Cried at that realization?
    Breast fed?
    Written a poem? (It was really bad.)

    Fell in complete love with a fictional character?
    Had your life changed by something you read?
    Grown something in the dirt that you could eat?

    Fell in love with someone so inappropriate that you're grateful you survived and yet at the same time, grateful you fell in love?

    Danced with such abandon...

    Had your life saved by music?

    Made love in a broom closet? (It wasn't "all the way" but it was really inappropriate at work.)
    Lived long enough to be astounded that you're still alive? ((Considering I have wanted to off myself several times I am surprised I am still alive.)
    Found true love?

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  8. I've driven over 100 mph, though I was a passenger, not the actual driver. Does that count? I have also lived in a house with no plumbing, and I once touched Bono's ankle.

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Tell me, sweeties. Tell me what you think.