{"id":810,"date":"2006-04-12T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-12T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=810"},"modified":"2006-04-12T07:48:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-12T14:48:00","slug":"meme-what-you-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=810","title":{"rendered":"(meme) What You Have"},"content":{"rendered":"

While waiting for the plumber to call… a meme, snarfed from bdot<\/a> on my friendsfriends list. I’ll observe that this meme was obviously written by a teen: you become a parent in your mid-40s, and you’re more likely to have more of these.<\/p>\n

(X) your own cell phone
\n(X) a television in your bedroom
\n( ) an iPod (well, an mp3 player)
\n( ) a photo printer
\n(X) your own phone line [well, the house has a phone line, but in my name]<\/i>
\n(X) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
\n(X) high-speed internet access (i.e., not dialup)
\n(X) a surround sound system in bedroom [well, it’s my old 1980s amp, connected to two cheap speakers<\/i>]
\n( ) DVD player in bedroom
\n( ) at least a hundred DVDs
\n(X) a childfree bathroom [the child has her own, and good thing, for it is a mess<\/i>]
\n(X) your own in-house office
\n(X) a pool
\n(X) a guest house [actually, a guest bedroom and bath<\/i>]
\n(X) a game room [actually, the media room, but all the games are in the closet<\/i>]
\n(X) a queen-size bed or larger
\n(X) a stocked bar [yup, and we don’t even drink<\/i>]
\n(x) a working dishwasher
\n(X) an icemaker
\n(x) a working washer and dryer
\n( ) more than 20 pairs of shoes
\n( ) at least ten things from a designer store
\n( ) expensive sunglasses (clip ons that go with my eyeglasses. $80)
\n(X) framed original art (not lithographs or prints)
\n(X) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels – Oh, I have better than that.
\n(X) a multi-speed bike
\n( ) a gym membership
\n( ) large exercise equipment at home
\n( ) your own set of golf clubs
\n( ) a pool table
\n( ) a tennis court
\n( ) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea [who doesn’t, in Los Angeles<\/i>]
\n( ) your own pair of skis
\n(X) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
\n( ) a boat
\n( ) a jet ski
\n( ) a neighborhood committee membership
\n(X) a beach house or a vacation house\/cabin [timeshare in Hawaii<\/i>]
\n( ) wealthy family members
\n(X) two or more family cars
\n(X) a walk-in closet or pantry
\n(X) a yard
\n( ) a hammock
\n(X) a personal trainer
\n(X) good credit
\n( ) expensive jewelry
\n( ) a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get…
\n( ) at least $100 cash in your possession right now [cash? no. need to hit the ATM. but this is really a decline to state<\/i>]
\n(X) more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)
\n(X) a stock portfolio
\n( ) a passport
\n( ) a horse
\n(X) a trust fund (either for you or created by you)
\n(X) private medical insurance
\n(X) a college degree, and no outstanding student loans<\/p>\n

Do you:
\n( ) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week
\n( ) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
\n( ) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry-cleaning)
\n( ) go on weekend mini-vacations
\n( ) send dinners back with every flaw
\n( ) wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)
\n( ) regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
\n( ) have a job but don’t need the money OR
\n( ) stay at home with little financial sacrifice
\n( ) pay someone else to cook your meals
\n( ) pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
\n( ) regularly pay someone else to drive you taxis
\n( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner<\/p>\n

Are you:
\n(X) an only child [since I was 10<\/i>]
\n( ) married\/partnered to a wealthy person
\n( ) baffled\/surprised when you don’t get your way<\/p>\n

Have you:
\n( ) been on a cruise
\n(X) traveled out of the country
\n(X) met a celebrity
\n( ) been to the Caribbean
\n(X) been to Europe
\n(X) been to Hawaii
\n(X) been to New York
\n( ) eaten at the space needle in Seattle
\n( ) been to the Mall of America
\n( ) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
\n(X) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
\n(X) moved more than three times because you wanted to
\n( ) dined with local political figures
\n(X) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast<\/p>\n

Did you:
\n( ) go to another country for your honeymoon
\n(X) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
\n(X) take riding or swimming lessons as a child
\n( ) attend private school
\n( ) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While waiting for the plumber to call… a meme, snarfed from bdot on my friendsfriends list. I’ll observe that this meme was obviously written by a teen: you become a parent in your mid-40s, and you’re more likely to have more of these.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-memes","category-lj-xfer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}