Monday, May 23, 2011

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
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