Because other people post fun blogs...

Here are 100 adventurous things to do in your lifetime. I copied this from my sister's blog. All the things that I HAVE done are bolded. I have done 29 and 1/2 and have come very close to doing many more of these other things.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (I has to when I started chior a semester late in HS)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (well, I pretended to. We were cleaning trash on the side of the road and... my friends made me put my hand down.)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community (Of course. They're everywhere around where I live)
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (does boldering count?)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (a creek beach. Does that count? It was sandy!)
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie (do home or school project movies count?)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class (does fencing count?)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (I was a brownie and junior)
62. Gone whale watching (we looked for them, but you don't see many in lakes unfortunately)
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter (I've been in a 3 passenger plane though)
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial (does the one in Nebraska count? Or is it Wyoming?)
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (I wish!)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (i helped prepare one, but not the one i killed.)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own

Spirit of the Season!

CHECK OUT MY NEW CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYLIST!!!!!! >>>>>>>>>

E D H

I found a painting online while searching for something else, and I thought it was absolutely gorgeous. So I of course tried to find more paintings by the artist. As it's a victorian painter who loved to paint faerie tale and fantasy scenes, most of the iddie-bity people in most if his paintings are naked, and he had an effinity to paint half naked women, but I managed only glimps like three of those and was able to filter it out!!! Instead I located a few of his paintings that are infact lovely AND modest!

Artist: Edward Robert Hughes

-Ite

Tonight
the stars are bright
the weather's right,
it's quite a sight.
I'm feeling sprite
tonight.

Tonight
I'll rest a mite,
fall free from spite,
drink in moon light,
and forget my plight
tonight.

Tonight
I cannot fight.
Here at this site
I think I might
hold it all in tight
tonight.

(this poem is so lame it couldn't run a meter. But it gets the point across I guess, so howdy day.)

Hi ho the dairy-io, the farmer and the whale!

ONE WEEK! ONE week until Thanksgiving break!!!!!!! I'm VERY, VERY, VERY excited... can you tell? :)

So first of all, something interesting: The Jung personality test. It's ACTUALLY based on REAL phsycological research, and so it's not such a waste of time. And while I'm NOT the sort of person that believes in Start Charts, palmestry, fortunetelling (etc. etc. gag gag gag) I DO know that pyschology is a real thing. And just like any other science, when man applies himself to it earnestly and honestly he isn't bound to come out far off the truth. And so when I took this test for fun, and found the results uncannily accurate I got really excited and now kinda want to know what everyone elses' result is because I want to know if they're accurate too. I LOVE seeing mankind take another grand leap towards achievement and understanding!

So, while it would awesome for other people to take the test and tell me their result, it's entirely up to them. But it's way cool, believe me!

Here, I'll show you. Every personality that they've catagorized is based on four different letters (routed in four different areas on one's attitudes, behaviors, and values). They are I/E (introvert/extrovert), N/S (intuition/senses), F/T (feeling/thinking). and P/J (perception/judgement).

I came out at INFP: introvert, intuition, feeling, and perception. There are four "nicknames" i've seen given to this personality type: the Questor, the Healer, the Dreamer, and the Idealist. I find the usage of the Idealist most commonly when i looked about online.

Here's a bit about an Idealist:
http://bipolarchick.net/blog/2007/07/infp/
http://www.personalitypage.com/INFP_rel.html

If you want to take the test and see what personality you are, go here:
http://similarminds.com/jung_word_pair.html

And as I said before, I don't view this as a "magic read you head" sort of thing.** Rather I gained some insight about why I do what I do, feel how I feel, and think how I think.* It kinda makes you feel a bit more understood, and helps to sort out some of the confusion you build up in your head, or so I think. I found it really insightful.

*there are of course inaccuratcies, so don't go off on a banshee went you find "false info". Of course there's going to be things not true about YOU, but that's because your ARE an individual. The analysis is based on general info, studied from a wide range of minds. Of course you're going to be unique. But still, as a human, with human feelings and human experiences and a human body you are bound to develope as a human with a human brain. And as we all have the same SPIRIT parents, we are also bound to be made up of similar spiritual matter. So it doesn't surprise me that our personal, inner-mind attributes develope similarly.

**be careful, though. This is a WARNING. This test is not meant to be a "destiny" determiner, nor a psychic "reading". Don't take it simply at face value. Base your PERSONAL analysis of the info on what you already know about yourself and what you know to be true. Understanding the info presented in the test result can and may help you to deal with future situations, but only if you choose to let it. It will not tell you the future and it will not tell you how to live your life. It does give you suggestions on how to make life easier for yourself, but, as I said, taking the advice is a complete matter of choice. And if you supposedly find the info to be VERY incorrect, don't call yourself a freak and go off hating yourself. Neither, I suggest, should you go off debasing the study, because that is what it is. A study. An hypothisis. It's most likely not going to shoot a 100% every time.

Oh! And don't rely on the test results of your friends (should they choose to share) to judge them either. They're just as unique as you are. (though I do not deny that it is kinda a cool to get a hypothetical "glimps" into their mind. It does help you understand them a little bit better I think.)

ODE to NEW GLASSES!

New glasses, new glasses, I have thee, new glasses.
I seest the board and I markest the street.
No cars can now hit me. I walk a straight line.
In distant off lands I detect all their sneaking,
and I need not squint harder or higher or low.

I readest the sign that says "We're Closed. Go away."
I findest the light on each dim, cloudy day!
And I actually notice, as unlike before,
when my lenses are dirty or scratched up or poor.
So, oh dear blessed glasses, that sitteth in place,
I thank thee, for now I can see my own face!

p.s. For all you Doctor Who (BEST TV show out there. One of the few real and good ones left) fans out there:

Spectrum of Opposites

I've been reading a book about a Persian rug weaver, and in the book a point was made that I found most fascinating. The meanings of colors, and how each color has two relatively opposite meanings.

RED (ruby, cardinal, crimson, rose, apple/cherry/cranberry) : Deep, velvety, hot, etc. It is the color of blood and thus the two best know meanings of red are 1) Love and its opposite 2)hate/danger. It is the color of passion, the color of strength.

GOLD (orange, peach, yellow, amber): Warm, soft, luscious, active, etc. This is the color of the sun, the sunflower, and the burning flame. Encompassed in the idea of fire is the two most common ideas of gold, 1)comfort/happiness and its opposite 2)burning/out of control. The metal, gold, is the most alluring of all metals (as history tells us), both winning hearts and causing wars.

GREEN (lime, sage, mint, winter, gang): Alive, growing, earthy, health, etc. This color is the color of life. Humans can see more shades of green on the spectrum than any other color. It is the color of life. But while it may be the color of the growing grass, it is also the color of mold and bacteria. This color is both 1)healing/learning/growing and 2)deadly/slimy/sour.


BLUE (indigo, water, sky, night): Calming, relaxing, cold, refreshing. Blue is the color of the two most fluid forms on earth-liquid and gas. So while it is desirable, is nearly unattainable. And while is can be 1)calming/soothing/refreshing it can easily be 2)chilling/uncomfortable/rigid.

PURPLE (violet, lilac, amethyst, wine): Deep, heavy, rich, elaborate. This color has long been thought to be the color of kings. It symbolizes wealth and royalty, as well as delicacy and enchantment. One may fins the purple can mean 1)depth/sophistication but also 2)egotism/selfishness.


WHITE (crystal, pearl, blank, stark): White is bright, clean, and vivid. It has the ability to both seem 1)serene/delicate/pure and 2)empty/sharp/flat.


BLACK (darkness, sold, ink, holes): Black is shadow, sharpness, depth, thickness, and fullness. It may be used to symbolize 1)security/professionalism as well as 2)secrecy/ignorance/evil.

Dream House

I think I may have found my dream house!!! (maybe a LOT smaller, not shorter, but smaller rooms. Take out the home theatre and all the unneccesary bathrooms, and the storage area. Basically take off the whole back of the second story, and spread out and shrink everything else.) http://houseplans.bhg.com/plan_details.asp?PlanNum=6002

Winter Wonderland

So last night, just as I was leaving the library, I realized that it was snowing! Huge, fluffy, intricate flakes! The ground was already covered in about three inches of the stuff, so the first thing I did was grab a handful and make a beautiful snowball. I spent the next half hour shuffling around the deserted library lawn, making huge swirly designs in the snow. I managed to cover the entire lawn without even getting cold; the cloud cover and persipitation made kept it relatively warm. It was so beautiful! All the lights were beaming through fog like cacoons that made it seem even more mystical and fantasy like. I highly enjoyed having the whole area to myself, as the lawn is isolated between building and keeps it hidden from houses/streets/etc. It was a magical winter wonderland and ALL MINE! I was very smug when I hiked to class this morning and saw that my drawings still showed through the added layers that fell during the night.

Today American History is made (& its Future falls apart)!

So, Obama is the first black American President. Well, at least he is not the first puppet American President. THAT we are used to. We can tolerate a discrimination of freedom, even if we can't tolerate discrimination of rights.
http://www.politico.com/

AMERICA: Dramatic irony in it's purest form.

To be, or NOT to be. Thought to be the question of life, of ages. I, however, argue a new question. What to be, why to be, how to be, when to be, where to be, or what now to be, why not to be, how not to be, when not to be, where not to be. THAT is the question.

Nevertheless! Let us be stoic!

No. Let us have hope. Let us have hope that we will be able to endure all that lies ahead. Let us hope we can make something better. Let us hope that we never stop hoping, for then will we truly be hopeless.

Riverdance

I'm so glad they got a new lead guy! This one isn't so full of himself! I think he dances better too.

Dance of 1000 hands

AMAZING! TALK ABOUT COORDINATION!

Kate &Gin

This is soooooooooooo cute! I love animals!