More Questions: 5 Things

[SOteric]

Five things I’ve:
Worn:
-ceremonial Tlingit headdress
-a Wonder bra
-a helluva party dress
-a ballet dancers toe-shoes
-antique cameos
Made:
-a great many excellent meals
-lasting friends
-many of my own clothes
-efforts where others did not
-mistakes
Broken:
-a few hearts
-some dishware
-a couple of bones
-a butter sauce
-a cheap-ass answering machine
Seen:
-a great many sad things
-earth shattering, life-altering love in a man’s eyes
-wild orchids in a temperate rain forest
-the world from the top of a mountain glacier
-the Great Wall of China
Taken:
-responsibility
-risks
-advice
-top honours in poetry competitions
-my promises seriously
Used:
-a short skirt to charm my way out of a traffic ticket
-the generosity of friends
-my communication skills and wit to solve my delimmas
-cheap, watered-down shampoo for years.
-sex to cure a headache
Had:
-a major case of the giggles at an inappropriate time and place
-a really excellent education, for which I‘m profoundly grateful
-a few disappointing love-affiars
-ENOUGH of other people’s prejudices to do me for a lifetime
-my limit of George W. Bush and his merry band of Neo-Cons



Five Things I’ve Never:
Worn:
-a dude’s underwear
-a lampshade on my head
-my heart on my sleeve
-anything orange
-a Republican campaign button
Made:
-a person suffer if I knew it could be avoided
-Hamburger Helper
-anyone in my home eat food they did not like
-an enemy of an ex-lover
-sleep a priority
Broken:
-a promise
-a computer/printer
-the spirit of an eager student
-a mayonnaise
-wind in public
Seen:
-many of those I like and admire most deeply
-anyone who could drive me half as insane as RD could when we were teenagers
-Ogopogo, though I looked for it when last I was in the area
-a platypus, except in picture books
-an unlovely stretch of natural wilderness
Taken:
-love for granted
-pleasure in the suffering of others
-credit for work I didn't do
-advantage of anyone less fortunate than I
-leave of my senses for too terribly long
Used:
-a syringe for recreational purposes
-my spirituality for secular gain
-the confidences with which I’ve been entrusted for my own benefit
-People who love me
-my fists to prove a point
Had:
-children
-too many books
-to live in the streets
-any success that I didn't work hard for
-time for people who think they are better than others

Your turn...

[GOPisEvil]

1. Wow...I've been thinking on my post for a while, and I'm not 1/2 through.

Very provocative...I need to think some more.

[dolo amber]

2. How does one

break food? :shrug:

I'd love to answer this, and I'm sure I'd come up with many interesting answers...but it'd take me till next Thursday to think that much. :silly:

;)

[SOteric]

4. A broken sauce is

one that's separated.

[dolo amber]

5. Oooohhhh

Well actually, I thought about it for a minute, and decided that's the PERFECT word for 99% of what I cook.

"Man, that's some broke-ass pasta you made there, d." :D

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. too late to think of all that...

tomorrow.

[SOteric]

32. Cough it up, Scooter

:7 - You're running out of time.

[Fleshdancer]

6. here's mine....

Five things I've worn:

1. A Japanese kimono
2. My wedding dress
3. French maid uniform (Halloween)
4. Mermaid costume (Halloween)
5. F-me pumps...so sue me

Five things I've made:

1. My daughter (my best creation yet)
2. Button down blouse
3. Spaghetti (tonight)
4. A few paintings
5. Love

Five things I've broken:

1. My left pinky finger
2. A few dishes
3. A few vacuum cleaners
4. My cell phone
5. Two hearts

Five things I've seen:

1. Nagaro
2. Mt. Fuji
3. Cherry blossoms in Tokyo in (beautiful)
4. Madrid
5. Tango the way it was meant to be done

Five things I've taken:

1. Virginity :evilgrin:
2. Family for granted
3. A ride from a stranger
4. Money from a stranger (nothing gross)
5. A few grapes from the grocery store

Five things I've used:

1. Too much gas (I drive a SUV)
2. My new MP3 player
3. Excuses
4. My keen intellect (hee hee)
5. Common sense (last but not least)

Five things I've had:

1. The chickenpox
2. Fun. Lots and lots of fun
3. A broken heart
4. Good friends
5. Bad friends

Five things I've NEVER worn:

1. A kilt
2. Latex
3. Chains
4. Republican campaign t-shirt
5. Those boots that go past the knee

Five things I've NEVER made:

1. Beef Wellington
2. A deal with the devil
3. A promise I couldn't keep
4. Liver and onions (gross)
5. A kilt

Five things I've NEVER broken:

1. The glass ceiling
2. My husband's heart
3. My tail bone
4. A kilt
5. Fine china

Five things I've NEVER seen:

1. A UFO
2. The Louvre
3. Pluto
4. Days of Our Lives
5. Myself in a kilt

Five things I've NEVER taken:

1. A kilt
2. My husband for granted
3. Money from my daughter's piggy bank
4. Candy from a baby
5. Advice from a stranger

Five things I've NEVER used:

1. Depends
2. A walking cane
3. A kilt
4. Fine china at home
5. Tampons from a vending machine

Five things I've NEVER had:

1. A kilt
2. A million dollars
3. A sugar Daddy
4. A sugar Mommy
5. STD! YAY!

[SOteric]

7. But never

a kilt!

[Burma Jones]

8. Thanks, this was interesting

Five things I’ve:
Worn:
-Minister’s Robes
-a Toga
-a Football Uniform
-Lab Coat
-Tuxedo
Made:
-2 Children
-mistakes
-Costumes for Rep theatre
-Hollandaise at a campsite
-A couple of CDs
Broken:
-my nose
-wind
-Silence
-chairs
-the speed limit
Seen:
-birth
-death
- Hurricane Camille
-many many Grateful Dead shows
-two tornados
Taken:
-Drugs
-More Drugs
-Groceries
-oaths
-myself to task too often
Used:
-Computers
-Expensive ingredients in cooking
-charm
-Religion.
-Common Sense
Had:
-Just about enough of greed
-many breaks
-a good time so far
-perspective
-lies told to me so much that I grew misanthropic



Five Things I’ve Never:
Worn:
-a tattoo
-earrings, nose rings etc
-thin
-a false smile
-women’s shoes
Made:
-Two million Dollars
-Hamburger Helper
-a bed the right way
-music on an oboe
-a royal flush
Broken:
-Out in Hives
-the Ivy League
-an oath
-a musical instrument
-the four minute mile
Seen:
-The Beatles in one place
-A kind Rich (and I mean REALLY Rich) person
-Parts of my back
-A professional Soccer Match
-The sublime in Houston
Taken:
-Kindness for granted
-pleasure in the suffering of others
-someone “for a ride”
-advantage of drunk women
-myself too seriously
Used:
-money for sex
-sex for money
-the fast lane unless I was passing someone
-an electric lawnmower
-an electric razor
Had:
-too much sleep
-too much music
-too little anything
-restraint
-well fitting clothes

[SOteric]

10. Well done!

Great answers!

[foreigncorrespondent]

9. My answers

Five things I’ve:
Worn:
-a males suit
-a males biker shoes
-a brides maids dress a few times (always the maid, never the bride)
-my Great Uncles war medalions
-my grandmothers very old pearls

Made:
-bookcase
-wooden pencil box
-jumpers
-web sites
-graphics

Broken:
-definately a few hearts
-glasses
-my arm
-a few engines
-many rules

Seen:
-someone die
-some of the most poisonous insects on the planet
-a few too many flashers
-the WTC two months before 9/11
-an election get stollen

Taken:
-One too many chances
-out the trash
-advice poorly
-too many courses
-too many friends for granted

Used:
-my charm to win hearts
-a laithe
-a CB to call for help
-cheap makeup
-cheap booze to get a high

Had:
- an unrequited love
-enough of people telling me I am dirty because I love another woman
-the time of my life for 15 months
-enough of the old dude across the way who swears like a trooper
-enough of bigotry



Five Things I’ve Never:
Worn:
-jocks
-a wedding dress
-socks that look like gloves
-another teams football gernsy
-an Australian flag pin on my lapel (must get one)

Made:
-a pavlova from scratch
-a great impression
-never made scones that weren't good
-a knitted jumper
-anyone feel uncomfortable in my home

Broken:
-a cell phone
-a camera
-a window deliberately
-eye glasses
-my mums heart

Seen:
-Hawaii
-and elderly person swear as much as the dude across the way
-Meatloaf or Tina Turner in concert
-bear in real life
-the outback

Taken:
-a car without permission
-my lover for granted
-a great photograph
-a flight with Sapphocrat
-a cruise

Used:
-a gun
-a friend
-a Mac
-powered hedge trimmer
-scientific calculator

Had:
-a baby
-a decent education
-luck
-a decent paying job
-my dads love

[SOteric]

11. Somedays I wish

I could put all the love my dad gave me growing up into a magic powder and sprinkle it on people like you. :hug:

[Sapphocrat]

18. 'A window deliberately'...

Whoa! That's weird! I swear, I didn't read yours before doing mine. LOL

[DS1]

12. mein funf

Five things I've worn:

1. Nothing but mud (and in public)
2. A toga
3. Pavement
4. Nail polish
5. Tyvek Suit

Five things I've made:

1. Bombs
2. Enemies
3. Nachos
4. Frankestein bicycles
5. Footprints

Five things I've broken:

1. Glassware :smoke:
2. Plenty of keyboards
3. A few game CDs
4. 1 NT Domain Controller
5. Deskjet Printers

Five things I've seen:

1. A dead raccoon
2. My willy
3. A Dew Claw
4. The view from a conning tower of a 688 Attack Sub
5. Larry King without his shoulder pads

Five things I've taken:

1. Exedrin
2. No smoking signs from airliners
3. Ideas
4. Pictures
5. Garden Gnomes

Five things I've used:

1. Cigarrette Butts for emergency earplugs
2. Chemlites
3. FTP
4. Cleverly worded, yet horribly flawed logic to make a point
5. Silver Nitrate

Five things I've had:

1. An M16, ser # 6021889
2. A terrible feeling about this (put something imminent here)
3. Evening wood
4. A lock of a lover's hair
5. Insomnia

Five things I've NEVER worn:

1. A mohawk
2. Chaps
3. Tar and feathers
4. A cast
5. Symbols between the knees

Five things I've NEVER made:

1. Curry
2. 40' high mound of spuds
3. Lifesized Titanic Replica
4. A nuclear weapon
5. A friend in Japan

Five things I've NEVER broken:

1. My oath to my country.
2. An Ostrich egg
3. Someone else's bones
4. A deal
5. My lava lamp

Five things I've NEVER seen:

1. Those sharp looking shoes the agents in The Matrix wear, in a store.
2. You
3. Skinner's dental records
4. H.R. Giger's works, in person
5. Earth, from space

Five things I've NEVER taken:

1. A hit of crack
2. A prostitute
3. Advice from Dr. Phil
4. A pen from Superman's Lair
5. Gold from Ft. Knox

Five things I've NEVER used:

1. A Tazer
2. A hitman
3. The Club
4. Can of emergency tire repair stuff
5. Same condom twice

Five things I've NEVER had:

1. A amputation
2. A Ferrari
3. 72 Hours in a brothel, paid in advance
4. A room padded with boobs (and no fakes allowed!)
5. Kids

[SOteric]

13. For number 4 on that last item:

would the Oval Office count?

[DS1]

14. I said 'no fakes'

:7

[SOteric]

15. Well, it's a fake presidency

but they're real boobs.

[DS1]

17. Not the kind ~I~ want to be touching

:7

[Sapphocrat]

16. Tough ones tonight, SOteric! But here goes...

Five things I’ve:

Worn:
A toolbelt
A parochial school uniform
A blue suede necktie
An ace bandage
My heart on my sleeve

Made:
Silk scarves
A faithful portrait of "Blue Dog" with ~5,000 seed beads
Countless Web sites for work and play
Wooden utility boxes for the back of my truck
Myself up as a zombie for Halloween

Broken:
A few hearts
Every New Year's Resolution I ever made
Countless dishes
My glasses
A tooth

Seen:
Barbra Streisand's "Rollerskate Rag" costume
A straight couple having sex in a swimming pool
The Grand Canyon
More ballets than I can count
"The Poseidon Adventure" about 1,000 times

Taken:
Two trips to Australia
The MCSE certification course
Pictures of the World Trade Center
Nyquil
Many liberties

Used:
A micrometer
Tobasco sauce
Grocery coupons
A darkroom enlarger
My charm and winning smile when necessary

Had:
Pneumonia
Surgery
Raw scallops
Shaktipat
Many regrets

Five Things I’ve Never:
Worn:
Lipstick
Cheesy giant novelty sunglasses
A teddy
A tuxedo
Out my welcome as a houseguest

Made:
Cioppino
My wedding vows yet
Enough money
A feature-length movie
Up my mind about abortion

Broken:
An axle
A major bone
A window deliberately
Anyone's face
The bank at Monte Carlo

Seen:
A ghost
The Sopranos
A controlled demolition
A cricket match in person
A poem lovely as a tree

Taken:
Spanish
A trip to Europe
A ride on Splash Mountain
Unfair advantage
Any lip

Used:
Heroin
Saffron
Too much garlic
The last pack of firecrackers I bought in Tijuana
A friend

Had:
Cosmetic surgery
Breakfast with Barbara Boxer
Any desire to visit Japan
Sex with anyone famous
Any tolerance for bigotry

[SOteric]

19. Okay, but -

firecrackers become unstable if they get very old. You might want to find some way to dispose of those if you haven't already.

Great answers, Sappho, - you rock!

[populistmom]

20. OK:

Five things I’ve:
Worn:
-a bridemaid's dress
-slinky things
-a school uniform
-glasses
-a wedding ring

Made:
-children who are geniuses
-well, refinished anyway, lots of furnishings
-myself over again
-the best decisions I could make at the time
-other people happy

Broken:
-a one heart
-a jar of sauce in the checkout lane (blasphemy: "jarred sauce")
-many an egg
-three mirrors
-2 plastic cups once thrown at wall in frustration

Seen:
-what was done to my brother
-complete remorse
-nothing but rows of corn as far as the eye can see
-a lake on a Summer morning from a parachute
-the beauty of a newborn baby quieted in my arms

Taken:
-a handful of chances
-love (but gave in return)
-care of everyone else at times
-time out to think when I have to
-simple roads

Used:
-noone without giving back everything I could
-toothpaste
-the computer to discuss things hard to discuss with people in other areas of life
-lots of sunscreen over the years
-sex to start labor

Had:
-regrets
-at least enough love from my dad to know I'm worth something
-a life-changing miscarriage
-brief glimpses of a few wonderful things
-a enough inner strength to get me through it all and retain much joy in my heart



Five Things I’ve Never:
Worn:
-a prom dress
-flase eyelashes
-a man's necktie
-handcuffs
-a tiny bra

Made:
-Love as I wished
-brussel sprouts
-much sense to most people in my life
-pancakes without bisquick
-sleep a priority (ditto: chronicly)

Broken:
-a heart intentionally
-my children's trust
-out on my own except very briefly
-someone else's secrets
-a heal off a shoe

Seen:
-my babies emerge from my body
-my mother look at me with love in her eyes
-myself as well as others do
-anywhere West of Colorado (but I was conceived in San Francisco)
-enough at times

Taken:
-very many risks
-a test I didn't study for
-much for myself when others needed more
-criticism easily
-this series of questions in an easy-going way

Used:
-any hard drugs
-someone sexually who I didn't care for
-being a parent as excuse to not be an informed citazen
-an unprescribed dosage
-a laptop

Had:
-enough contentment
-enough encouragement
-to go hungry
-a man be completely honest with me
-my hopes of being more yet dashed within myself

[SOteric]

29. You've never broken the heal of a shoe?

Tsk. Only happens in the least convenient moment possible. :hi:

[VOX]

21. Whew -- this took an hour, SO -- great "assignment!"

Don't think I've ever taken so long with a post on DU!

Here's to ya -- :toast: :hug:

Five things I’ve:
Worn:
-my great-grandfather's mourning coat
-boxers printed with flames and red devils
-my father's WWII field jacket
-a Rolex Submariner watch
-a melted Milk Dud on my derriere (after a movie)
Made:
-21 linear feet of built-in bookcases
-an esteemed spot in my wife's heart
-some really solid, lasting art
-others laugh throughout the years
-some serious errors in judgment
Broken:
-a rare cottonwood kachina doll
-a window, with a bow and arrow (accidentally)
-the digital clock from hell (on purpose)
-the heart of someone so very gentle
-into the junior high school science room on a Saturday
Seen:
-my father's life ravaged by alcohol
-desert wildflowers after a spring cloudburst
-Ella Fitzgerald sing "Nice Work if You Can Get It"
-the Alligator Pond in El Paso
-a meteor shower from a mountain-top
Taken:
-first prize in a national essay competition
-my time in maturing (but got there)
-a bad fall in a rain-slick stairwell
-my mom's hand when she was dying
-charge during some tough situations
Used:
-a piece of mini-blind as a guitar pick
-my wit to break the anxiety of others
-a cat as a mock coonskin hat (gently)
-a hubcap as a makeshift Frisbee
-my height to advantage in a crowd
Had:
-a bad case of mono at age 12
-use of the director's box at the Hollywood Bowl for one night
-my heart broken badly only once
-my fill of people who siphon off my energy
-a good eye for riflery

Five Things I’ve Never:
Worn:
-the Medal of Honor
-a state-issue jailbird jumpsuit
-madras sneakers
-a suit of armor
-out my welcome, anywhere
Made:
-an animal feel pain
-a flight in an airplane
-betrayed a trust
-a trebuchet
-a monkey out of a friend
Broken:
-a Ming vase
-my nose
-and entered
-an oath or vow (as an adult)
-in an ill-fitting pair of shoes
Seen:
-a lovely woman who couldn't inspire me
-a UFO
-Naples
-snow in Los Angeles (other than photos)
-an orange crate label I didn't like
Taken:
-anyone's heart for granted
-too much time when someone's waiting
-myself too seriously
-Valium with booze
-the A Train
Used:
-sex selfishly
-cocaine
-a trolley car
-a flintlock musket
-911 (yet)
Had:
-chicken pox
-kids
-to be penniless
-my photo on a wanted poster
-any patience for fools

[GOPisEvil]

22. OK, finally, at long last...after much thought

Five things I've worn:

1. A Boy Scouts of America uniform
2. A US Army flight suit (Halloween costume purchased from Army surplus)
3. golf shoes
4. cowboy boots
5. glasses since I was 18 (distance)

Five things I've made:

1. good friends
2. a couple of enemies
3. cornbread from scratch
4. my bed, though not often these days
5. snow angels

Five things I've broken:

1. remote controls
2. a heart
3. watchbands
4. a deadline
5. a bunch of Corelle dishes

Five things I've seen:

1. The view from atop Diamond Head
2. Snow, in south Texas
3. President Carter in person, while he was in office
4. Disneyland
5. Every time zone in the USA

Five things I've taken:

1. A sign from in front of a pizza shop in Kerrville, TX
2. too long in making certain decisions
3. some great photographs
4. vacations
5. advantage of my opportunity to get an education

Five things I've used:

1. jumper cables
2. a titanium driver
3. my verbal ability to get me out of a fistfight
4. my sense of humor to diffuse tension
5. pornography

Five things I've had:

1. chicken pox
2. two ear surgeries as a child (to implant drainage tubes)
3. sex in a car
4. braces on my teeth
5. sex in a public place

Five things I've NEVER worn:

1. a ponytail
2. women's clothing
3. leather pants
4. a cast
5. a fedora

Five things I've NEVER made:

1. souffle
2. someone so angry they want to kill me
3. my way below the equator
4. an explosive device
5. my own ice cream

Five things I've NEVER broken:

1. a promise to a friend
2. someone else's nose
3. my television in a fit of anger
4. a window
5. a cell phone even though I am notoriously rough on them

Five things I've NEVER seen:

1. South America
2. The Statue of Liberty
3. an NHL hockey game in person
4. Florida
5. The moon's surface under my feet

Five things I've NEVER taken:

1. any form of cocaine
2. advice from Dr. Laura
3. my own temperature
4. a lap around Town Lake here in Austin
5. candy from strangers

Five things I've NEVER used:

1. viagra
2. a waffle iron
3. a parachute
4. a welding torch
5. a wood-shafted golf club

Five things I've NEVER had:

1. children
2. unconditional love from someone NOT related to me
3. sex on the first night I met someone
4. caviar
5. a hole in one

[SOteric]

23. See, -now, - I go to lengths

to provide you and Kleeb with thought-provoking questions free of inquiries regarding your sex life and here you are talking about it anyway. :7

[GOPisEvil]

25. Ehhh..thanks for the effort...

Think of how insufferable I'll be once I find her...

[SOteric]

26. *LOL*

I suspect we just won't see you for a couple of weeks, in the style of Magic Rat.

[GOPisEvil]

27. LOL!

Possibly...I'd like to find out for sure though. :-)

[GOPisEvil]

24. Ping!

:kick:

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

28. I don't even know any of you - but what the heck:

Five things I've worn:

1. Itchy wool bike shorts/jerseys (way pre Lycra)
2. Girlfriends one-piece bathing suit (drunk on a dare)
3. Splints on many parts of my body
4. XC ski boots (sigh…. I miss Colorado.)
5. Baby blue tuxedo with tails and ruffled shirt/cummerbund, velvet bow tie

Five things I've made:

1. Good friends
2. Turned wood objects on my lathe
3. Bread – pre bread machine
4. Others angry
5. Others laugh till they cried

Five things I've broken:

1. Several ribs (bike meets tree)
2. Out in a panic and cold sweat speaking in front of groups
3. Into my/others homes when I/they were locked out
4. Out in wicked hives (food reaction)
5. A few promises (with regrets)

Five things I've seen:

1. Sunrise from mountain peaks
2. The aurora borealis while canoeing in the Quetico wilderness
3. Huge moray eel staring me right in the eyes in St. Croix (eek!)
4. Horrific accidents (as an EMT)
5. Shooting stars, several comets and full eclipse of sun and moon

Five things I've taken:

1. Skylights from girl’s locker room in HS :evilgrin:
2. Others for granted
3. Guitar lessons – and I still can’t play worth a damn
4. cool pieces of wood (for turning) from peoples woodpiles without asking them
5. too much shit from too many people for too many years

Five things I've used:

1. Most every power tool imaginable
2. pot - but didn’t inhale :evilgrin:
3. Humor to cheer up friends
4. MacGyver-like talents to repair/modify any number of things
5. Up the good will of several acquaintances

Five things I've had:

1. Impetigo (google it if you must but it's pretty nasty)
2. Back surgery
3. Vivid Hollywood-quality action movie dreams since I was a child
4. Sex in a canoe floating down a river
5. A full head of hair. Well – a long time ago anyway…

Five things I've NEVER worn:

1. A military uniform
2. A jock strap
3. A cowboy hat
4. Anything with fur
5. Hip waders

Five things I've NEVER made:

1. Love to several girls when I probably could have
2. A lot of money
3. Any meal with veal
4. The homemade beer I keep saying I’m going to make
5. See number 1 above

Five things I've NEVER broken:

1. A MAJOR bone (skull, femur, pelvis.) Lots of opportunities though
2. Someone’s heart. Always the other way around
3. Lots of rules (stupid and otherwise)
4. a window by accident
5. the phone at home when the dinner time solicitors were calling

Five things I've NEVER seen:

1. Grand canyon and many other landmarks
2. A dog as neurotic and intense as mine
3. A tornado
4. A bald eagle although they’re making a strong comeback bere
5. The ENORMOUS blacksnake that left its shed skin IN my house

Five things I've NEVER taken:

1. Drugs (not counting prescription)
2. The word of any advertisement or TV commercial
3. my kid camping (this summer that changes I hope)
4. a compliment seriously (seldom, anyway)
5. A long vacation (2+ weeks)

Five things I've NEVER used:

1. Surfboard
2. The fondue set given as a gift
3. A fly rod
4. Antique Japanese wood plane found at a yard sale
5. Several other tools bought on impulse because “I need them”

Five things I've NEVER had:

1. The answer to too many questions
2. a strong desire to visit Asian countries or states further south than Virginia
3. Haggis – even though I think I was Scottish in a past life
4. A first place win in a bike race
5. enough time to do everything I want to do. Damn if work doesn’t interfere with “life”

[SOteric]

30. There's little I can do about enough time,

but my boss keeps offering me a day that will seem fooking eternal...maybe that would help?

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33. OK, this one set of things I could say.

Five things I’ve:
Worn:
Out a bicycle.
My father's 1945 Navy Uniform.
A look of delight.
A look of disgust.
A priest's costume.

Made:

Previously unknown organic compounds.
Radioactive compounds.
Design Sketches of Unusual Nuclear Reactors.
Elaborate Calculations involving Bose-Einstein Statistics.
Love to the woman of my dreams.


Broken:

Expensive Glassware.
A container with phosgene in it.
Relationships.
Bad Habits.
The Sound Barrier.

Seen:

The world supply of an impurity in a life saving drug.
My parents on their deathbeds.
My children being born.
Racist violence.
Burning metal floating on the surface of a pond.

Taken:

Far too long to accomplish a task.
Crap from Republicans.
Fools seriously.
Time to be with my children.
A break.

Used:

Specious logic.
Complex Variables.
Hair dye.
A compound of Uranium.
A disaster to realize something important.

Had:

The opportunity to love someone more than myself.
The luxury of time to think.
Days to walk through the Louvre.
Several days in the Musee D'Orsay.
Some fabulous guitars.



Five Things I’ve Never:
Worn:
a flight helmet.
a bra or any other women's clothing.
a scar from an act of violence.
a zoot suit.
a wet suit.


Made:
A compound of a synthetic element.
LSD.
Leg of Lamb.
A case for any war anywhere at any time.
A vote for a Republican.

Broken:

Anyone's spirit.
Off from my hope.
My marriage vows.
My children's trust.
With my need to be environmentally responsible.

Seen:
A nuclear explosion.
A murder.
Combat.
A human being without some intrinsic value.
A day where I felt that everything in the world was just.

Taken:
Money that didn't belong to me.
A trip to Asia.
A trip to Hawaii.
The environment for granted.
A life.


Used:

Cologne.
Hair restorer.
A gun.
A parachute.
A Beryllium Alloy.


Had:
A feeling of complete financial security.
A belief that war is ever just.
A few days alone with my wife since our children's birth.
A desire to have an affair.
Anything but love for my kids.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

34. ~taking a deeeeep breath~

Five things I’ve:
Worn:
-a marching band uniform
-a waitress apron
-my heart on my sleeve
-concert black
-an emerald bracelet
Made:
-music
-horrible root beer
-love
-sock monkeys
-lemonade from Life's lemons
Broken:
-many doorhandles
-a couple of hearts
-an alarm clock
-a washing machine
-"unbreakable" dishware
Seen:
-Sea Turtles nests and their tracks to and from the sea
-the Divine in humans
-homeless people suffering
-a triple rainbow on my wedding day
-an Aurora Borealis
Taken:
-funny mushrooms
-time
-the high road
-loved ones in my arms, and hugged them so they knew I meant it
-some wonderful trips by myself
Used:
-bribery to get my kids to do what I want
-beta-blockers to keep my nerves under control
-a geologist's pick to fix my car
-a smile to get myself out of a funk
-olive oil instead of butter
Had:
-a kidney removed
-the pleasure of working with some wonderful musicians
-some of the best beer on the planet
-sex in a field of Queen Anne's Lace...and chiggers to go with it
-many negative experiences which resulted in a deeper sense of compassion



Five Things I’ve Never:
Worn:
-a fur
-a thong
-out my welcome
-toe socks
-stuff with American Flags on it
Made:
-beer
-the most of someone else's tragedy
-molehills of mountains
-an undeserved apology
-people listen to my music by turning the radio volume to obscene levels
Broken:
-any bones
-confidence
-a mirror
-the bank
-down without someone coming to my aid
Seen:
-the Grand Canyon
-a moose
-Stefan Grapelli
-a Yeti
-"Friends"
Taken:
-off my clothes in public
-Bush at his word
-anyone to court
-the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
-a long walk off a short pier
Used:
-my loved ones
-a slide rule
-sex to gain material wealth
-a gun
-anti-perspirant (only deodorant)
Had:
-a wireless phone
-German Measles
-my dignity taken from me
-luck with African Violets
-doubts about the evil which now plagues the White House

[Crewleader]

35. Good post SOteric..but not going there....:)

too early for me...:hi:
...Happy Valentine's Day Friend! :pals:

[fudge stripe cookays]

36. Cool Topic! Okay here goes...

Five things I’ve:

Worn:
- My wedding dress
- A lavender tutu in ballet class when I was 6
- An amazingly sexy bustier to a Soundgarden concert and had umpteen admiring looks, for the first time in my life!
- An orange "Perfect Storm" hat in Iowa!
- Catholic school uniform from 5th thru 8th grade

Made:
- love outside at a state park
- Restyled, gorgeously painted furniture
- An awsome crown roast for Christmas dinner
- TONS of mistakes!
- an idiot of myself over men

Broken:
- A ceramic bowl that left a scar on my index finger
- someone's heart
- the stereotype that foreigners have of Americans
- a cool Nefertiti statue during a move. Damn!
- a glass of punch in a restaurant in Washington DC when I was 4

Seen:
- the amazing view from the Diablerets glacier in Switzerland
- lots of France
- The Uffizi-- my mothership
- full and complete love, returned at last
- the beautiful beach in St. Kitts

Taken:
- first place in two writing scholarships for college
- a nail polish when I was 11
- the risk of moving to a new city and finishing college
- the monumental step of telling my mom to BACK OFF!
- advantage of Roe vs. Wade

Used:
- sex to get what I want
- Seabreeze to clean my face since I was 12
- my money to buy LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of books!
- my communication skills in creative and useful ways
- the same electric razor for about 20 years

Had:
- ENOUGH. After 34 years in Texas, I am MORE than ready to get the hell out. It's not the same place I loved for years.
- Pneumonia
- the chutzpah to always say what I think
- the good fortune to sign up to personalpossibilities.com and meet my wonderful husband
- the misfortune to lose my father at 13


Five Things I’ve Never:
Worn:

- Surplice blouses or wrap skirts. They look awful on me.
- The color grey. It makes me look dead.
- snowshoes. No need!
- one of those cute little Laplander caps.
- Any sort of Republican labeled apparel

Made:
- Peking Duck. I want to change this.
- my own clothes. I hate sewing
- complete and total peace with my mom
- the beautiful garden that I want
- love in a plane lavatory

Broken:
- a window
- a bone
- the bank by playing the lottery
- a promise, if I could help it...
- a taboo

Seen:
- any of Asia
- any of South America
- an uncute puppy or kitten
- my country more fucked up than it is right now
- how my dad could value cigarettes more than me

Taken:
- love lightly
- money from my mom without knowing that she had me completely under her thumb for as long as she wanted. Thus, our estrangment.
- drugs intravenously
- a mudbath at a spa
- too long to make up my mind and missed an opportunity

Used:
- drugs for more than a little while. I grew out of them fast.
- my left hand to write
- soymilk. Just the name makes me a little grossed out
- Pine-Sol. The smell makes me retch
- kinky sex toys

Had:
- kids. Yahoo!
- a sibling I was close to
- more money than I knew what to do with
- patience for fundamentalist nonsense
- time for Republican attitudes