Stuff you really didn't want to know about Melf: I can do a cartwheel I can drive a stick shift I can touch my tongue to my nose I can make macaroni and cheese without looking at the back of the box I know the lyrics to One Week (by the Barenaked Ladies) and White and Nerdy (by Weird Al) by heart I've jumped off a bridge (Geronimo!) I've driven on the left side of the road I can type 70 words per minute (in a world where I make up the rules of spelling) I've eaten frog legs, octopus, sea urchin, and wild boar (not all in one sitting) I've lived with 10 people in the same house (why, oh why did I do this?) I've won over 50 kinds of solitaire (yes, I have a life) I can change a tire (if it's on a light-weight volkswagon bug) I can bake damn good chocolate chip cookies I've seen the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo I can play pinochole I can write backwards and upside down I've seen the rings of Saturn (okay, little wings from the big white circle in the telescope, but...) I've snowboarded in jeans (don't do this if you're a beginner) I've been the only girl in one of my classes (A software class of 18. Still surprises me) I've been to the Eiffel Tower and the Tokyo Tower I've seen Patrick Stewart's forehead live and in person (and what a fine forehead it is) I've been parasailing (500 feet above the Atlantic - woo hoo!) I've had braces (twice) I've walked atop the Great Wall of China I can recite the first scene of Return of the Jedi word for word ('Lord Vader, this is an unexpected pleasure...') I've witnessed the birth of a baby (um, not my own) I've been to the southern hemisphere (the toilet trick failed to work) I own Jesus Christ Superstar in Japanese (quite an odd phenomenon if you think about it) I once had the first movement of Beethoven's Pathetique memorized on the piano (I even impress myself sometimes) I've sung karaoke ... sober! (I am a microphone hog) I've been skydiving! (tandem, so I didn't have to be the one to actually jump out of the plane) I've done a home video reenactment of the movie Clue using the board game pieces (life, what life?) I've seen a volcano smoke (from an above airplane) I know who Moxy Fruvous is! I've won $100 at blackjack in one sitting I've lost $100 at blackjack in one sitting I've played blackjack at casinos in three different countries (Macau, US, NZ) I wrote a blackjack game in javascript I've played the shamisen and the koto harp (not well or anything) I've been to the Seattle Space Needle I've been the Maid of Honor I've received a dozen roses (lucky me!) I've been river rafting I've stayed up all night writing I've been to a Wawa! (as everyone in New Jersey goes 'well, duh') I've played until I had two 'Juniors' in Ms Pac Man I've seen a lego-reproduction of the Sydney Opera House from a boat I've seen the actual Sydney Opera House from a boat I can count to ten in a New Zealand accent (you laugh, but I really can) I can spell my name in sign language I can french braid my own hair I've taught a tribal war chant to fourth graders I can see stereograms (also called Magic-Eye and 3-D pictures) It's not a conspiracy. I've hailed a taxi (in a non-english speaking country no less) I've driven over 14 hours in one sitting I've played netball (as everyone in Australia goes 'well, duh') I can play Magic (badly) I can play 9-ball (badly) I've been on a hovercraft (though I couldn't tell from inside) I have 20 inches of my hair in a paper bag I've spent the night at LAX (I don't recommend this to do freezing air conditioning, announcements that run loudly every five minutes and couches specifically designed not to lay on) I've been on the Petronas Towers skybridge (though made my friend wake up early to wait in line for tickets) I've been in an earthquake (well, not like it was a huge one, but...) I've been to an actual Shakespeare play at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, England (Shakespeare's birthplace) I've been to an actual McDonalds in Stratford-upon-Avon     BUT... I've never been to Canada I've never driven a motorcycle No longer! And not only have I now driven a motorcycle, I've also fallen off one! I've never flown first class (though I have managed, by some streak of luck, to get into business class twice) I've never scuba dived I've never cooked a turkey I've never been to New Orleans :( I've never been in a hurricane or tornado I've never broken an arm or a leg I've never been to the Statue of Liberty I've never ridden a camel or an elephant I've never been to a fraternity or sorority party I've never been backpacking (i.e. overnight in the wilderness without a car nearby) I've never grown my own food I've never played Final Fantasy or World of Warcraft I've never dialed 911 I've never driven on a 4WD road (been a scared passenger, yes.) I've never been sailing I don't have any tattoos I've never ridden in a helicopter I've never been to New England I can't do a proper crawl stroke I've never hiked the Grand Canyon I can't play the guitar, the flute, or the trumpet (among other things) I can't run more than two miles without stopping (...out ...of ...shape) I've never owned a Cabbage Patch Kid I've never successfully popped a champagne cork I've never met a celebrity