“The Chancellor is behind everything, including the war. Palpatine is the Sith Lord we’ve been searching for.” - Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith
Wendy, from Athena Academy, wants to know the 10 things I’ve done once in my life which I wouldn’t want to repeat, ever. Wow, I only get to pick 10? OK, but from here on out, I get to blame all of these things on The Chancellor.
- Using assorted “herbs” and “chemical spices” as a teenager, because a new friend said it was great fun. Not so much.
- Having the skin ripped off my hands because I froze when my horse completely freaked out getting into our new trailer and, thus, I didn’t let go of the rope.
- Riding in a horseshow, in leather gloves, for 8 hours after the aforementioned skin was ripped off.
- Taking the local train (after an overnight flight to The Netherlands) from Amsterdam all.the.way.down to Maastricht because I misinterpreted sneltrein to mean slow train – get it: snel sounds similar to snail. (It literally means ‘fast train’).
- Calling a friend in Germany using my AT&T phone card, instead of back home to Dad Windu, because I figured “It’s closer, so it’ll be lots cheaper.” Visual path of phone call from The Netherlands to Germany using an AT&T phone card: The Netherlands –> USA –> Germany Bill for one month of ‘cheaper’ calls to neighboring Germany: $300 USD
- Working a 36 hour shift – and then driving 35 minutes home.
- Driving 8 hours, in and out of a blinding snowstorm, to visit Dad Windu while we were at different schools. Only to returning in the same manner 48 hours later.
- Flying into a wall and breaking my wrist because my cousins wanted to play “The Flying Game.”
- Crashing the family truck after having my driver’s license barely a month.
- Saying that final goodbye to my childhood’s best-friend-in-the-whole-world.
I’d love to hear your 10 things. Yes, I mean you. Let me know when you post yours.
Because Palpatine is a bad, bad man!
Ouch to the loss of hand-skin! You brave woman, performing in the horseshow anyhow. (Brave or crazy…)
Did “The Flying Game” involve your cousins throwing you around or what? That seems like one of those things that sounds fun in principle, but then you realize it only fun for the people laughing at you when you get hurt.
And a huge “awww” to number 10.
“The Flying Game” involved my older cousin laying on his back on the floor with feet up in the air and all the younger cousins sitting on his feet like a chair. The older cousin then launched the younger cousins into the air. All very fun, until I flew into the wall.
Hmmm….Ohio is one of the few things in my life that I would never want to do again. My apologies to any of the many nice Ohioans who might read your blog, but that was by far the worst year of my life ever.
Driving on black ice from Oswego NY to Erie PA on Christmas Day Eve.
Being caught during an earthquake on the 14th floor of the Fremont Hotel in Las Vegas.
I can’t think of many more things in my life that I would never want to repeat again. There are many things that have occurred in my life that have been less-than-stellar, for sure. Maybe I will think of something later and come back to revisit this.
What a great meme!! I’m on vacay at the moment, or I would use it immediately. Saving it for when I get back home! Still cringing over the skin-loss. Oy!!!!
Your flying game reminds me of what my sister would do to me. I’d climb into a shopping cart then she’d send flying down an aisle. Almost as terrifying as the underdogs she do on the kitty swing. Egads. And I wonder why I have trust issues?
This is a fun idea, OMK….I may have to participate…but only 10?