BlueHeronDruid tagged me, damn her.
10 Things I've Never Done:
1) ...been to Spain. I live about 3 hours from the border.
2) ... smoked crack.
3) ...jumped out of an airplane.
4) I've never eaten feijoada.
5) I've never been someone who speaks her mind. I tend to let it all stew inside. I do this in part because I am shy, but mostly because I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, even if they have hurt mine.
6) I have never been a fly girl.
7) I've never been able to teach certain grammar points well: for example, how do you explain that the meaning of a verb can change depending on the preposition that follows it? I speak English; this kind of thing is a reflex for me. Get is not the same as get in, get out, get on, get off, get down, get back, etc. And don't even talk to me about modals.
8) I've never met someone and NOT checked out their dentition.
9) Like Yoda never have I spoken.
10) I've never bullshitted as much as I did on number 9. Of course I've spoken like Yoda! Who hasn't?
Edit: I'm supposed to tag people! I hereby tag Lexie, Barb, and Jenny. And Peter and Bonnie for good measure.
ha! what a great list! is a fly girl like a call girl? What is dentition?
I have done #s 3, 5, and 10.
Posted by: barb | June 11, 2005 at 17:52
Well done! You rose to the challenge much better than I did. My hat is off to you!
Posted by: bhd | June 11, 2005 at 18:09
Thanks -- I added links in response to Barb's questions...
Posted by: Alison | June 11, 2005 at 18:20
i have never been a fly girl either but growing up i used to want to be one & had most of their dances memorized.... that is until rosie perez was no longer the choreographer which was when they started doing 'skits' & dramatic pieces rather then just dancing to hip hop...
Posted by: angel | June 13, 2005 at 09:47
My teeth are spaced evenly, save for the front. Due to genetic predisposition and a dentail trauma as a youth, I have a David Letterman sized gap in my front two teeth big enough for a quarter and a dime to sit in.
Don't ask me know I know that so precisely.
Posted by: Thomas | June 13, 2005 at 11:22
You do know that having a gap-toothed smile is a sign of wantonness?
...
Well, it is according to Chaucer. The French call it "les dents du bonheur," or teeth of happiness. :-)
Posted by: Alison | June 13, 2005 at 13:58
Quite fitting for Thomas, I would think.
;)
Posted by: Allan | June 13, 2005 at 14:02
is it true you're coming here in july?
or is that just an internet rumor?
Posted by: nicole | June 13, 2005 at 16:29