Have/Have not (stolen from... everybody, pretty much)

I have not:

1. Dated a guy
2. Had a boyfriend
3. Been to continental Europe
4. Been depressed anytime in the last six months or so (seriously depressed, not "I had a bad day")
5. Had sex
6. Seen a truly classic bad sci-fi movie
7. Worn a bikini (nor will I)
8. Driven a truck
9. Eaten sweetbreads or any other scary meat product
10. Found religion
11. Been to Canada, even though it's right there
12. Committed a crime
13. Bought sex toys/condoms/anything like that
14. Finished reading The Canterbury Tales all the way through in the original Middle English
15. Climbed a tree
16. Learned to rollerskate
17. Thrown a party
18. Seen America, really
19. Shouted from a rooftop
20. Gotten so drunk I passed out
21. Regretted much
22. Had my tonsils taken out
23. Learned to play the piano
24. Written a novel
25. Painted something worth hanging on the wall

I have:
1. Been so sick I almost died
2. Had an organ removed
3. Seen the Atlantic Ocean up close
4. Wandered through London alone
5. Hiked up a mountain
6. Seen Clue more times than I can remember, literally
7. Gotten drunk at a frat party
8. Been on a pub crawl and got insanely drunk
9. Done papers the night before and still gotten A's
10. A job that's fairly decent most of the time
11. Been in the pit for two high school musicals
12. A bachelor's degree
13. So many Web sites and e-mail addresses that I've forgotten and/or neglected many of them
14. Eaten and liked British food, Chinese food and Indian food so much that I could probably live off them and give up American food almost entirely
15. Tried sushi and hated it
16. Made a former Marine blush by telling dirty jokes
17. Been sung to by Amy Lee, the singer from Evanescence
18. One very cute cat
19. Singing and writing talents
20. Seen a show in the West End
21. Seen Lewis Black live
22. Tried to be a good person
23. Been fiscally responsible, mostly
24. A PlayStation2 that I hardly use, except for the occasional movie
25. The best group of friends and sisters I could ever hope for :)

Always something there to remind E

Didja ever have one of those days where everything you do makes you think of your friends, who you haven't seen in forever?

First, I ran a column today about the blackout, and it opened with a few grafs about Michael Rennie starring in "The Day The Earth Stood Still." As soon as I read that, all I could think was "Michael Rennie was ill, the day the earth stood still, but he told us, where to stand...", for half the night, "Science Fiction Double Feature" was in my head.

Then, I was downloading opinion cartoons, and one of them referred to the outdated power grid by showing a sticker that said "28 Skidoo" -- and of course, I thought of "The Ballad of The Sneak," and I started humming that while thinking about Homestar, which again made me think of my dear friends, who I never get to see. :(

If nothing else, I can truly say that all of you E's were in my thoughts to say. There's only one other tiny positive -- I have tomorrow off, no parents around, free reign over the house (and huge, surround-sound TV) and a tape of Rocky Horror.