{"id":451,"date":"2009-01-18T09:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washwords.com\/words\/2009\/99-things-some-of-them-might-be-luftballoons\/"},"modified":"2009-01-21T10:41:04","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T14:41:04","slug":"99-things-some-of-them-might-be-luftballoons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/washwords.com\/words\/2009\/99-things-some-of-them-might-be-luftballoons\/","title":{"rendered":"99 things (some of them might be luftballoons)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing on the &#8220;want to write? read&#8221; theme, I&#8217;ve been visiting so many fabulous blogs lately, found in all sorts of ways. Besides my google-reader picks on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/shared\/user\/01198585959390986136\/label\/WASH\" target=\"_blank\">WASH<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/shared\/user\/01198585959390986136\/label\/words\" target=\"_blank\">WORDS<\/a> and all my buddies in my blog roll (to the far right), I find all kinds of ways to find the goodies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the blogs your friends and fellow bloggers share,<\/li>\n<li>the blogs commenters on the blogs you love write,<\/li>\n<li>blogs on formal &#8220;affiliate&#8221; or bloglinking programs such as entrecard (see the small box to the far right, above &#8220;drop here&#8221; featuring another blog on washington or writing I like &#8211; today&#8217;s is &#8220;West of Mars&#8221; or &#8220;Through Sky&#8217;s Eyes&#8221;),<\/li>\n<li> and formal advertising programs such as blogher&#8217;s, underneath which are listed a few posts of note from within their network.I&#8217;ve been fortunate enough to have been listed there a few times and picked up a few new readers there; I&#8217;ve been even more fortunate to have found so many great posts such as dreamergirl&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/dreamergirl.typepad.com\/dreamer_girl\/2009\/01\/the-loss-of-things.html\">&#8220;the loss of things&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I get ideas from my brothers and sisters in blog. I get inspiration and amazement and joy from the pure eloquence of their stories, large and small. I get laughs from some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/herbofdc.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/i-want-to-be-good-dc-host-for.html\" target=\"_blank\">funniest people I&#8217;ve never met<\/a>.\u00a0 I get laughs through tears (my favorite emotion as they say in Steel Magnolias) from some dear friends I&#8217;ve admired since meeting but been amazed anew that they have turned out to be <a href=\"http:\/\/soupisnotafingerfood.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/11\/what-did-i-know-12-years-ago-today\/\" target=\"_blank\">among the most talented writers I&#8217;ve ever read<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And sometimes I just get fun ideas worth a whirl. A la this one\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirstenl4w.com\/2008\/12\/30\/99-things\/\"> 99 Things | KirstenL4W<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Here\u2019s one that\u2019s going around the interwebs lately.<\/p>\n<p>Meme:<br \/>\nThings you\u2019ve already done: bold<br \/>\nThings you want to do: italicize<br \/>\nThings you haven\u2019t done and don\u2019t want to &#8211; leave in plain font<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>started your own blog<\/strong> (well, duh, right?)<br \/>\n2. <strong>slept under the stars<\/strong> (hugs, Ame, my lovely lovely friend)<br \/>\n3. played in a band<br \/>\n4. <strong>visited Hawaii<\/strong><br \/>\n5. <em>watched a meteor shower<\/em><!--more--><br \/>\n6. <strong>given more than you can afford to charity<\/strong><br \/>\n7. been to disneyland\/<strong>world<\/strong><br \/>\n8. climbed a mountain (hmm, hiked in mountains&#8230; does that count?)<br \/>\n9. held a praying mantis<br \/>\n10. <strong>sang a solo<\/strong><br \/>\n11. bungee jumped<br \/>\n12. <strong>visited Paris<\/strong><br \/>\n13. <strong>watched a lightning storm at sea<\/strong> (a little less romantic than it sounds)<br \/>\n14.<strong> taught yourself an art from scratch<\/strong> (hmm, cooking, beading, singing &#8211; do you teach that?)<br \/>\n15. adopted a child (maybe?)<br \/>\n16. <strong>had food poisoning<\/strong><br \/>\n17. <strong>walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty<\/strong> (gosh, did i? i was definitely there.)<br \/>\n18. <strong>grown your own vegetables<\/strong> (community garden, before I was kicked out)<br \/>\n19. <strong>seen the Mona Lisa in France<\/strong><br \/>\n20. <strong>slept on an overnight train<\/strong><br \/>\n21. <strong>had a pillow figh<\/strong>t<br \/>\n22. hitch hiked<br \/>\n23. <strong>taken a sick day when you\u2019re not il<\/strong>l (uhh, no, i mean never)<br \/>\n24. <strong>built a snow fort<\/strong><br \/>\n25. held a lamb (pet a few?)<br \/>\n26. <strong>gone skinny dipping<\/strong><br \/>\n27. run a marathon<br \/>\n28. r<em>idden a gondola in Venice<br \/>\n29. seen a total eclipse<\/em><br \/>\n30. <strong>watched a sunrise or sunset<\/strong><br \/>\n31. <strong>hit a home run<\/strong> (sure, in my backyard, age 7, all the time)<br \/>\n32. <strong>been on a cruise<\/strong><br \/>\n33. <strong>seen Niagara Falls in person<\/strong><br \/>\n34. <em>visited the birthplace of your ancestors <\/em>( I sure want to)<br \/>\n35. <strong>seen an Amish community<\/strong><br \/>\n36. <strong>taught yourself a new language <\/strong><br \/>\n37. <strong>had enough money to be truly satisfied<\/strong> (I&#8217;d say now counts, not that more wouldn&#8217;t be welcome)<br \/>\n38. <em>seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person<\/em><br \/>\n39. gone rock climbing<br \/>\n40. <em>seen Michelangelo\u2019s David in person<\/em><br \/>\n41. <strong>sung karaoke<\/strong><br \/>\n42. <strong>seen Old Faithful geyser erupt<br \/>\n43. bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant<\/strong> (not even counting the bad dates)<br \/>\n44. <em>visited Africa<\/em><br \/>\n45. <strong>walked on a beach by moonlight<\/strong><br \/>\n46. been transported in an ambulance<br \/>\n47. <em>had your portrait painted<\/em><br \/>\n48. gone deep sea fishing<br \/>\n49. seen the Sistine Chapel in person<br \/>\n50. <strong>been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris<\/strong><br \/>\n51. <strong>gone scuba diving or snorkelling<\/strong><br \/>\n52. <strong>kissed in the rain<\/strong> (mmm, I need to do more of this)<br \/>\n53. <strong>played in the mud<br \/>\n54. gone to a drive-in theatre<br \/>\n55. been in a movie<\/strong> (hopefully! Stay tuned for State of Play &#8211; April 09, I&#8217;m &#8220;fish market patron&#8221;)<br \/>\n56. <em>visited the Great Wall of China<\/em><br \/>\n57. <strong>started a business<\/strong> (and kept it going for 2.5 years)<br \/>\n58. t<strong>aken a martial arts class<\/strong><br \/>\n59. <em>visited Russia<\/em> (see #34)<br \/>\n60. <strong>served at a soup kitchen<\/strong><br \/>\n61. <strong>sold girl scout cookies<\/strong><br \/>\n62. <strong>gone whale watching <\/strong><br \/>\n63. <strong>gotten flowers for no reason<\/strong> (happy to again &#8220;some guy named me&#8221;)<br \/>\n64. donated blood<br \/>\n65. gone sky diving<br \/>\n66. <em>visited a Nazi concentration camp<\/em><br \/>\n67. <strong>bounced a check <\/strong>(see 57. sigh. didn&#8217;t say it was easy)<br \/>\n68. <strong>flown in a helicopter<\/strong> (flew it myself!)<br \/>\n69. <strong>saved a favorite childhood toy<\/strong><br \/>\n70. <strong>visited the Lincoln memorial<\/strong><br \/>\n71. eaten caviar<br \/>\n72. <em>pieced a quilt<\/em><br \/>\n73. <strong>stood in Times Square<\/strong><br \/>\n74. toured the Everglades<br \/>\n75. <strong>been fired from a job<\/strong> (hmm, does being fired for quitting count?)<br \/>\n76. <strong>seen the changing of the guard in London<br \/>\n77. broken a bone (baby toes. wah.) <\/strong><br \/>\n78. b<strong>een on a speeding motorcycle<\/strong><br \/>\n79. seen the Grand Canyon in person<br \/>\n80. <strong>published a book<\/strong> (I *did* self publish one, but took it off amazon, needs editing)<br \/>\n81. visited the Vatican<br \/>\n82. <strong>bought a brand new car<\/strong><br \/>\n83. <em>walked in Jerusalem<\/em><br \/>\n84. <strong>had your picture in the newspaper<\/strong><br \/>\n85. <strong>read the entire bible (but it was a children\u2019s storybook bible, funnily I have the exact same answer as KristenL4W)<\/strong><br \/>\n86. <strong>visited the White House<\/strong><br \/>\n87. killed and prepared an animal for eating<br \/>\n88. <strong>had chickenpox <\/strong><br \/>\n89. saved someone\u2019s life<br \/>\n90. <strong>sat on a jury<\/strong><br \/>\n91. <strong>met someone famous<\/strong><br \/>\n92. <strong>joined a book club<\/strong><br \/>\n93. <strong>lost a loved one<\/strong><br \/>\n94. had a baby (haven&#8217;t decided if I want to yet)<br \/>\n95. seen The Alamo in person<br \/>\n96. <strong>swum in the Great Salt Lake<\/strong><br \/>\n97. <strong>been involved in a law suit (class action)<br \/>\n98. owned a mobile phone<br \/>\n99. been stung by a bee<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"scribefire-powered\">Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribefire.com\/\">ScribeFire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing on the &#8220;want to write? read&#8221; theme, I&#8217;ve been visiting so many fabulous blogs lately, found in all sorts of ways. 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