I’ve been playing this solitaire game called Fairway Solitaire for several months now. And I’ve been stuck on the third level from the end for several weeks.

I just got perfect scores on the first five holes in a row on this course, and granted it went downhill from the sixth hole on, but I still didn’t make enough to beat the level. It’s killing me!

Edited half an hour later to add:

I guess all I had to do was complain publicly. I just beat the level, with a score of $24,976, after three more tries. Damn.

Because most of the people I see posting this have done, like, ten of them, and it makes me sad. I mean, come on.

One is supposed to bold what one has done, you see.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland?
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a concentration camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chicken pox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

From Cleolinda.

01. Answer each of the questions below using the [Flickr] search engine.
02. Choose a photo from the first three pages.
03. Copy the URL of your favorite photos [here].
04. Then share with the world.

1. First name: Elaine (second choice picture; first choice was a Lego version of this scene)
2. Favorite food: cheese
3. Hometown: Berkeley Heights, New Jersey (I was really moved when I found this picture; I went to high school with Scott Hazelcorn, and it’s sort of a relief to find this town only lost two people that day.)
4. Favorite color: cobalt blue
5. Celebrity crush: changes all the time 🙂
6. Favorite drink: vodka tonic
7. Dream vacation: back to Hawaii
8. Favorite dessert: crème brûlée
9. What I want to be when I grow up: a mother
10. What I love most in the world: words
11. One word that describes me: witty (there were no good pictures under covetous)
12. Livejournal name: stavia

Photo credits:
1. Elaine see Ben during wedding, and screams his name. 1967, 2. Mack-Aroni & Cheese, 3. Berkeley Heights 9/11 Memorial, 4. Starlight #1 – (Simmetry), 5. Waiting…., 6. Natural Ingredients, 7. Hapuna Beach, Hawaii, 8. Crème brûlée, 9. _MG_6170, 10. llibreria – bookstore – Amsterdam – HDR, 11. The Great Escape, 12. All Hallow’s Eve, 1879