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I bet I'm the only one who has had 10 surgeries. With no chronic illnesses. And only 1 was completely elective. 2 were borderline elective (infertility).

 

And I do not read the classics. When my daughters read them, I'll be reading cliff/spark notes. They just move way too slow for me.

 

And a PP said that they read forensic books. I LOVE crime, anatomy, forensics, Bones, Criminal Minds, etc. ANYTHING related to crime and the science and psychology behind it. I have to keep my books up and away from the girls, especially the one with the anxiety disorder :D Blood and guts don't make for a good night's sleep, when your 7 or 10 yr old have seen them. :001_huh:

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I mostly lurk, but I am right here with you with the football. Down to the teams. Geaux Saints! Last night was a great game!

 

I am so darn excited about tomorrow's game - Geaux Tigers!!

 

I live in the Baton Rouge area and graduated from LSU. My dad was the mascot in the early 1980s. We bleed purple and gold!

 

YES!

 

I like you! :D

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Well, mine aren't very impressive but they are the only thngs I can think of. :) Mostly I'm curious about who else has actually done some of these, I guess.

 

- I've met and eaten a few meals with Phil Keoghen of The Amazing Race.

- I've attended an opera at the Sydney Opera House.

- I've been kissed on the check by David Copperfield.

- I've walked the 50 yard line of the Dallas Cowboys stadium.

- Apparently I the only Alabama fan but I'm not serious enough to fight for it. ;)

- I've turned down the opportunity for an Asia trip because I'm scared of the food. :glare:

- I've been online friends with a famous past porn star for over 5 years. Funny conversation with my husband when I told him what I just found out about this new acquaintance. LOL

 

Now I want to try both hoop dancing and belly dancing thanks to this thread.

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It's not a hobby but I bet I'm the only poster who commutes to work across three time zones, via Boeing 767/757, by choice.

 

(I have the option to work the same job 15 minutes from my home.)

 

Most of my friends and I come from families that owned restaurants. Whenever we eat out somewhere new, we try to guess the ingredients - especially for sauces. Then we spend days trying to replicate the recipe, just to prove we can and that all those years we spent in the kitchen as kids wasn't for naught. (Our spouses don't get it LOL.)

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I bet I'm the only one who had a map of Burgundy, complete with Grand Cru vineyards, drawn on my shower wall.

 

It's not in my shower, but I did put a pebble beach mural in my son's room because my DH and I met in Monterey :-). My rationale was it would work with a sports-themed room OR a nautical one. My kids switched rooms and the first thing my daughter did was rip it down.

 

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Or is trying to make a hat from scratch on a buckram base. (Trying being the main word. I also decorate already made hats, but it's not the same thing.)

 

I've actually done this too. It was too hard for me, and I gave up and just bought one, but I feel your pain and you are not the only one!

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It's not a hobby but I bet I'm the only poster who commutes to work across three time zones, via Boeing 767/757, by choice.

 

(I have the option to work the same job 15 minutes from my home.)

 

Most of my friends and I come from families that owned restaurants. Whenever we eat out somewhere new, we try to guess the ingredients - especially for sauces. Then we spend days trying to replicate the recipe, just to prove we can and that all those years we spent in the kitchen as kids wasn't for naught. (Our spouses don't get it LOL.)

 

 

Ok, WHAT do you do for a living?!

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You have pleasant memories associated with yours, and it is beautiful! Mine was for a Sommelier exam. I still wake up in a cold sweat when I dream about Burgundy :D

 

 

It's not in my shower, but I did put a pebble beach mural in my son's room because my DH and I met in Monterey :-). My rationale was it would work with a sports-themed room OR a nautical one. My kids switched rooms and the first thing my daughter did was rip it down.

 

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Not the only one--I'm thinking the ewe lamb born today will look pretty good in white paper. Two go to the butcher on Tuesday! Rule#1: don't name butcher lambs... Next year's beef is in the corrals right now.

 

LOL. We've got 11 lambs out there right now. They'll go in April/May. I actually gave my small flock to my friend who is super excited. I found out yesterday that my flocks wool was rated very nicely. The lady who looked it over actually declared it better than my friends other flock. Of course my friend and I pretty much figured that, we just wanted a more expert opinion. Nice part of this whole deal: I no longer have to put all the money into feeding and lambing. She gets the flock, I'll get the offspring that she doesn't want to raise out, and some occasional skeins of wool yarn that she is going to spin for me! We are both pleased as punch!

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I bet I'm the only one here that started dating their dh at the age of 13 (he was 15). We married after he finished college.

 

We have some friends irl that starting date as young as you were. She was 13, he was 16. They didn't wait as long, though--they married once she finished high school. They only have 5 kiddies. :D

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Well, I used to think that I was the only bag snob here, but Mariann and others put that to rest! I also know I'm not the only one who likes a little Eminem. ;)

 

I know there are a couple of other baseball fans too - are you all NUTS about baseball? I'm seriously counting down to pitchers and catchers report.

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I bet I'm the only one (here) who had the joy of taking her 16-year-old daughter to Frederick's of Hollywood to buy a corset for a theatrical costume.

 

Ooooh. I come kind of close to this. I did wear a corset in a theatrical production when I was 16. I was in Godspell and sang Turn Back, O Man and By My Side. My parents were less than thrilled with my costume, which also included a feather boa. :D What part is your daughter playing? I so miss the theater (said with an accent, of course...). :tongue_smilie:

 

All my other probably only items are too embarrassing...:lol:

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I razingly have to tell the parents that we don't play with our food :tongue_smilie:

 

oooh! I used to play with my food! Its name was Arthur, and he was a bull. I had no problem eating it in the fall.

 

I just assume I'm the only semi-professional bellydancer on any homeschooling board, but I'd be thrilled to run into others.

The image that get conjured when looking at your Kung Fu Panda avatar, and adding bellydancing to it, sorry, it just doesn't work!!! :lol:

 

... During her wild college days, went on spring break, had too much to drink, entered and won a bikini contest, and ended up in a bikini on Coors Light posters in bars all over the country.

 

Ok, you got me beat. I only did the spread of the college newspaper wearing a skimpy bathing suit. I still own the suit, but can't fit in it anymore. It's technically a one piece, but way sexier than a bikini. It hides the top half of the breast instead of the bottom half. Makes guys go crazy. (on the right body)

 

I'm most likely the only one here who got a phone call from C3P0 of starwars fame wishing the family a happy Christmas.

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I mostly lurk, but I am right here with you with the football. Down to the teams. Geaux Saints! Last night was a great game!

 

I am so darn excited about tomorrow's game - Geaux Tigers!!

 

I live in the Baton Rouge area and graduated from LSU. My dad was the mascot in the early 1980s. We bleed purple and gold!

 

 

You are awesome.

 

I grew up in Lafayette. Loving LSU and the Saints is a requirement.

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My list is voluminous....

 

Really, I'm serious.

 

You want famous people stuff, racy stuff or just plain weird stuff? :D

 

I had my first art exhibition at the age of 3 with my mother and grandmother (3 generation show of etchings).

 

I was a burlesque dancer for 2 years.

 

I have if there was any decent indie in the 90's I either played with them, slept on their floor, at sushi with them, at least was introduced or dated someone in the band.

 

I played at CMJ in NYC when I was 8 1/2 months pregnant.

 

When I was 16, Billy Corgan was a friend of mine and had a appears to have had a crush on me. He used to have really long blonde hair. He was a bad kisser.

 

I went to school with way too many famous people.

 

My brothers and I had our own apartment from when I was ages 8-10. My grandparents lived on the second floor, my mom and step-dad on the 1st, my dad next door.

 

I was at the top of the Sears tower before it was finished.

 

My grandmother had an opera written for her.

 

I have been credited or thanked on no fewer than 25 albums.

 

I have released 2 albums, and 3- 45rpm vinyl records.

 

I have had photographs published in newspapers, 2 album covers. My son was in a commercial.

 

I feel like I will be deleting this all very soon....;)

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My list is voluminous....

 

Really, I'm serious.

 

You want famous people stuff, racy stuff or just plain weird stuff? :D

 

I had my first art exhibition at the age of 3 with my mother and grandmother (3 generation show of etchings).

 

I was a burlesque dancer for 2 years.

 

I have if there was any decent indie in the 90's I either played with them, slept on their floor, at sushi with them, at least was introduced or dated someone in the band.

 

I played at CMJ in NYC when I was 8 1/2 months pregnant.

 

When I was 16, Billy Corgan was a friend of mine and had a appears to have had a crush on me. He used to have really long blonde hair. He was a bad kisser.

 

I went to school with way too many famous people.

 

I could read full books when I was 2.

 

My brothers and I had our own apartment from when I was ages 8-10. My grandparents lived on the second floor, my mom and step-dad on the 1st, my dad next door. When I was 13 I used to go out the back door (in my room) climb the fence and either go see a show, or ride the L out to O'hare and watch the incoming international flights for fun.

 

My grandmother had an opera written for her.

 

I have been credited or thanked on no fewer than 25 albums.

 

I have released 2 albums, and 3- 45rpm vinyl records.

 

I have had photographs published in newspapers, 2 album covers. My son was in a commercial.

 

I feel like I will be deleting this all very soon....;)

 

OMG Burlesque ! You are brave. I did a workshop once and about died. Bellydancers are sooooo not strippers.

 

FTR, I'm not shaped anything like the actual Kung Fu Panda and I do charge for awesomeness and attractiveness :-)

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I bet I'm the only one who raises "cute little lambs" (as my friend calls them in hopes that she'll change my mind) for my freezer... People always want their kids to see them..."Sure" I say, "Come on over". They arrive and want to play with them. I razingly have to tell the parents that we don't play with our food :tongue_smilie: .But I'll still let the kids hold a calm lamb if there is one...believe it or not those little guys can jump around like rabbits.

 

Oh and right now I have a bottle dairy bull calf that I'm raising for the freezer as well.

 

...now I'm off to my corner to hide from those that will think I'm terrible :leaving:

 

I couldn't do it myself, but I don't think you're terrible. I think a lamb or a calf is much, much better off on a small family farm than on a factory farm and I wish that was the norm, and not the other way around.

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Well, my "claim to fame" is that I'm probably the only *LDS* bellydancer on this board. I don't bare my tummy (and in fact, my studio is owned by an LDS family, so I couldn't during rehearsals even if I wanted to, as they don't allow *any* of the classes to bare anything more than a standard leotard bares), but I still love the looks I get when I randomly drop the word "bellydancer" in front of a group of LDS women. :tongue_smilie: Some barely bat an eye. Others react as if it's one step away from dancing around a pole in stilettos. :lol:

 

A few years back I bought a bellydance exercise video just for fun and variety. The problem was, every time I played the thing, dh came in from his office to watch and made me all self-conscious...lol....I had to go back to yoga. Maybe I should get you to give me lessons somewhere dh doesn't know about. Except now I'm trying to envision myself 8 months pregnant, swooshing my mongo hips around...maybe I'd better wait a year...lol.

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