Have you ever...

Thanks very much to the typhoon raging outside (and distinct lack of electricity and water at Xiaoxiao's house) I'm sat in a hotel room with Xiaoxiao, her brother, father and mother. They must have a big generator to power a hotel.

But, anyway, I saw this on Paul's website and figured I'd give it a go.

1. *smoked a cigarette* -- Yes, when I was very young and asked if I could try one of my Mum's... never again!


2. *smoked a cigar* -- No


3. *smoked anything else* -- Surprisingly, yes


4. *made out with a member of the same sex* -- No


5. *crashed a friend’s car* -- Nope


6. *been in love* -- Yes


7. *been dumped* -- Yes


8. *shoplifted* -- Probably half-inched a pencil or two when I was a lot younger


9. *been fired* -- No


10. *been in a fist fight* -- I don't think so... although when I was younger there were many times it came close to a fight


11. *snuck out of your parents' house* -- Don't think so


12. *had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back* -- More than once ;)


13. *made out with a stranger* -- Suppose that depends how you define stranger...


14. *gone on a blind date* -- No


15. *lied to a friend* -- Probably, but nothing particular springs to mind. I really don't like to lie


16. *had a crush on a teacher* -- Not really


17. *skipped school* -- Does school include university lectures? If not, then no... although I did pretend I was sick once or twice (didn't everyone?)


18. *slept with a co-worker* -- Er, no... I work at PA...


19. *seen someone die* -- No; I've seen what's left floating down the Mekong though


20. *had/have a crush on one of your friends* -- "Yes (hasn't everyone?)"


21. *been to Canada* -- Nah


22. *been to Mexico* -- Nah... looks interesting though. Next up for me is Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar. There's far more South East to explore yet!


23. *been on a plane* -- Enough that I can keep reading the complimentary newspaper during takeoff ;)


24. *thrown up in a bar* -- No


25. *been snowboarding* -- I went skiing when I was very little...


26. *met someone from off the net* -- Once or twice


27. *been moshing at a concert* -- I've "moshed" at a club, if that counts?


28. *been in an abusive relationship* -- No


29. *taken painkillers* -- Yes, but only when I *really* need to


30. *love someone right now* -- Err... yes?


31. *laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by* -- Probably


32. *made a snow angel* -- No


33. *had a tea party* -- I had a fajita party once... it was probably way better than a tea party


34. *flown a kite* -- One better... flown a kite on Tiananmen Square!


35. *built a sand castle* -- Yep


36. *gone puddle jumping* -- Maybe. Nowadays I avoid puddles, mud and dirt like the plague


37. *played dress up* -- Lots of times... the big yellow chicken and emu were my favourite!


38. *jumped into a pile of leaves* -- A long long time ago. I should try it again soon!


39. *gone sledding* -- Woo! Loads of times! The makeshift wooden board with two grey waterpipes attached to the bottom and two metal cupboard handles was the best sled!


40. *cheated while playing a game* -- I've cheated playing Quake before but I wouldn't do it again. Contrary to popular belief I have *never* cheated at Monopoly!


41. *been lonely* -- Plenty of times


42. *fallen asleep at work/school* -- Yeah. At university and once during a Business Studies lesson at school. Amazingly I woke up and answered the question correctly without having heard it while awake!


43. *used a fake ID* -- I've never had to, really. I've used an out-of-date train pass once or twice though


44. *felt an earthquake* -- Yes! Just yesterday!


45. *touched a snake* -- Yep


46. *been tickled* -- Grr. All the time


47. *been robbed* -- Not recently and I can't remember further back than that


48. *robbed someone* -- No


49. *been misunderstood* -- "All the time!"


50. *pet a reindeer/goat* -- Both


51. *won a contest* -- Not sure... Ice Cubed won every round but the national final but I don't think that is really a contest...


52. *been suspended from school* -- No


53. *had detention* -- Plenty. Oddly enough I believe I was the first person in my year of senior school to get one (my class at least)... but that was a misunderstanding (teacher thought I was giving somebody the finger when I was just waving)


54. *been in a car accident* -- A very very minor one a long time ago. Come close a few times though


55. *had braces* -- Nope. I've got a belt though... ;)


56. *eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night* -- Not a big ice cream person on the whole


57. *had deja vu* -- Yep


58. *danced in the moonlight* -- I don't really dance


59. *hated the way you look* -- My hair annoys me and my ears stick out a bit. Never been seriously bothered by it, though


60. *witnessed a crime* -- Was it possible to not hear the Spice Girls?


61. *pole danced* -- No


62. *questioned your heart* -- I think a lot but never get anywhere with it ;)


63. *been obsessed with post-it notes* -- Don't like them, myself. They're no good for organisation


64. *squished barefoot through the mud* -- I think yes


65. *been lost* -- I'm feeling pretty lost right now


66. *been to the opposite side of the country* -- Which country?


67. *swam in the ocean* -- I've been in the sea a fair few times (don't like it much) and I think I might have been a bit further out on a boat and jumped in


68. *felt like dying* -- No


69. *cried yourself to sleep* -- I don't think I've got that many tears in me. Cried in bed once or twice though


70. *played cops and robbers* -- Brilliant game! I can't remember how it works though...


71. *recently colored with crayons/colored pencils/markers* -- I doodled with a Biro on my brown paper placemat in Dali just a week-or-so ago


72. *sung karaoke* -- Never


73. *paid for a meal with only coins* -- What a silly question


74. *done something you told yourself you wouldn’t* -- Yes


75. *made prank phone calls* -- Nothing I can recall but there is a flicker at the back of my head that suggests I might have done once...


76. *laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose* -- Yeah... but these days I'm learning how to hold my Coca Cola


77. *caught a snowflake on your tongue* -- No


78. *kissed in the rain* -- Once, I think


79. *written a letter to santa claus* -- Yup


80. *been kissed under a mistletoe* -- Relatives...


81. *watched the sun set with someone you care about* -- Same as Paul... been together during the event but not actively watched it


82. *blown bubbles* -- I still do, from time to time


83. *crashed a party* -- If "crashed" means not invited, loads of times. If it means actively not invited, then no


84. *have travelled more than five days with a car full of people* -- Close... with chickens, pigeons and people


85. *gone rollerskating/blading* -- Yep. I just recently did my back in when I got taken down in Beijing


86. *had a wish come true* -- Not in the conventional sense, I don't think


87. *worn pearls* -- Never


88. *jumped off a bridge* -- Yes!


89. *told a complete stranger you loved them* -- No


90. *sang in the shower* -- I don't think so


91. *have/had a little black dress* -- Err... "had", for one day


92. *had a dream that you married someone* -- No


93. *glued your hand to something* -- No


94. *got your toungue stuck to a pole* -- I should give this a go...


95. *kissed a fish* -- Is this a metaphor?


96. *worn the opposite sexes clothes* -- Umm?


97. *been a cheerleader* -- No


98. *sat on a roof top* -- Yes


99. *had sex at a church* -- wtf?


100. *screamed at the top of your lungs* -- Hasn't everybody?


101. *done a one-handed cartwheel* -- Not me. I can do a tipple-tale though ;)


102. *talked on the phone for more than 6 hours* -- Plenty of times. Well over seven hours, which is the time at which KC cut off local (5.5p for the duration) calls


103. *stayed up all night* -- A more useful question might have been "Woken in the morning and slept at night"


104. *didnt take a shower for a week* -- I had a bath phase during sixth form


105. *pick and ate an apple right off the tree* -- Yeah... turned out it was a big cooking apple though


106. *climbed a tree* -- Grr. I was up one when a branch broke...


107. *had a tree house* -- I had a Wendy House


108. *are scared to watch scary movies alone* -- I don't like scary films... the whole "being scared for the sake of it" doesn't appeal to me. I woulnd't say I'm afraid to watch them though


109. *believe in ghosts* -- No


110. *have more then 30 pairs of shoes* -- No. I don't think I've gotten that close with my lifetime total


111. *worn a really ugly outfit to school* -- What? Like a big yellow chicken costume, for instance?


112. *gone streaking* -- No


113. *played chicken fight* -- Never heard of it


114. *been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on* -- Yes. I can recall the abuse my Uncle got after the incident ;)


115. *been told you’re hot by a complete stranger* -- Not sure about hot


116. *broken a bone* -- Yep


117. *been easily amused* -- Sometimes


118. *caught a fish then ate it* -- No


119. *caught a butterfly* -- I don't think so. Had a go at taking a photo a few weeks ago though


120. *laughed so hard you cried* -- My speciality!


121. *cried so hard you laughed* -- No


122. *mooned/flashed someone* -- Never


123. *had someone moon/flash you* -- Maybe not me personally, but I've been there when it has happened


124. *cheated on a test* -- Yes, a very long time ago


125. *forgotten someone's name* -- I remembered a name once


126. *slept naked* -- Yes


127. *French braided someones hair* -- I might have tried


128. *gone skinny dipping in a pool* -- Maybe... I'm not too sure


129. *been kicked out of your house* -- No

That was good fun. Now to find something else to do...