Things I've Done in Los Angeles

On May 22, 2004, I moved to Los Angeles from Las Vegas. I've had a very full life here and to celebrate, I sat down and made a list of some of the things I've done while living here:

1. Gotten married
2. Gotten divorced
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5. Assisted at the births of five babies
6. Built numerous bonfires on the beach
7. Been engaged twice
8. Rear-ended, side-swiped, and clipped other cars
9. Ridden a Critical Mass
10. Trespassed in a Pelican Reserve
11. Fed a llama through a kitchen window
12. Shot at a bobcat with a bb gun
13. Found a snake in the bathroom
14. Eaten a rattlesnake that was killed by a neighbor
15. Swam in a salt water pool on the edge of a cliff
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17. Attended an art dinner
18. Attended the LATimes Festival of Books with an author
19. Attended a televised awards show in a gown
20. Got a friend to tell a crude joke in front of Leonard Maltin
21. Hiked to Griffith Observatory
22. Written for a music magazine
23. Brewed beer
24. Won a ribbon in the county fair
25. Attended a concert alone
26. Seen the following bands perform live: Cat Power, Pedro the Lion, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Band of Horses, Ryan Adams, Porter Wagoner, Marty Stewart, Maroon 5, Dwight Yokum, Billy Bob Thorton, Radiohead, M. Ward, Dengue Fever, Andrew Bird, Tom Brosseau, The Mountain Goats, Zoe Keeting, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Carol Channing, Michael Palin
27. Taught young offenders to knit
28. Volunteered at a homeless shelter
29. Ridden the metro
30. Been on the board of a brew club
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32. Ridden a motorcycle through the Angeles National Forest
33. Danced at King King in Hollywood
34. Puked in the bushes in Hollywood
35. Puked at a metro station
36. Biked down the coast
37. Eaten chicken satays at a curry festival
38. Taught people to brew beer
39. Worked in a yarn store
40. Taken a lot of classes: flamenco, yoga, stained glass, sewing, draping, pattern-making, doula-ing, writing, anatomy, human development, microbiology, statistics, biology, nutrition, homebrew, BJCP, beer flavors
41. Gotten a friend pregnant
42. Gone to a movie premiere for a movie voted "worst of the year"
43. Lived in: North Hollywood, MarVista, Hawthorne, Westchester, South Robertson, Little Armenia/Thaitown, Koreatown, Burbank, Altadena
44. Knit for a fashion company
45. Gone to Dodgers game
46. Eaten nachos at a Galaxy game
47. Had a beer at a UCLA hockey game
48. Gotten loads of parking tickets
49. Eaten cow tongue
50. Threatened someone with a knife
51. Been interviewed by the local news
52. Been interviewed for marketplace on NPR
53. Gone wine tasting
54. Learned to make gumbo
55. Dated online
56. Sabotaged a blow-up doll
57. Learned to be alone
58. Been painted nude
59. Bought a train case at the Pasadena Swap Meet
60. Been painted clothed
61. Gotten a colonoscopy and two endoscopies
62. Watched The Big Lebowski 500 times (at least)
63. Eaten Korean BBQ
64. Seen Mary Roach speak at USC
65. Been to a private presentation at the UCLA plantarium
66. Learned to navigate celestially
67. Worn a bear suit to my birthday party
68. Worn a bear suit to a political rally
69. Played croquet in Griffith Park
70. Gotten a turkey drunk
71. Had a chicken steal an egg from my plate
72. Watched a family of deer from a few feet away
73. Taken the ATV route to a campsite (in my Neon)
74. Taken a sound bath
75. Started my own business (as a doula)
76. Sewed a period costume based on a picture
77. Catered an art opening
78. Sat in a cubicle
79. Written short stories and poems
80. Started a novel
81. Attended a critique group at Beyond Baroque
82. Had five wisdom teeth removed
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84. Eaten from taco trucks
85. Attended a tattoo convention on the Queen Mary
86. Pet sharks, a starfish, and a manta ray
87. Given a cat cold medication
88. Invited strangers to parties and Thanksgiving
89. Take a sock monkey to a party at a museum
90. Broken up, a lot.
91. Gotten together
92. Been to the Magic Castle
93. Spilled red wine on a "serious magazine journalist"
94. Fed a Lorikeet by hand
95. Used a washboard to wash clothes
96. Watched a movie in a cemetery
97. Had fancy cocktails at the Edison
98. Ice skated in Pershing Square
99. Marched in an antiwar protest
100. Been invited to a "naked hottub" while dancing in Santa Monica
101. Pet a police officer's horse at the Blessing of the Animals
102. Taken Burlesque classes
103. Gone fabric shopping in the fashion district
104. Gone to the enormous flea market at the Vernon station
105. Raised worms on my patio