Writer's Block: My Favorite Neighborhood Business

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Claire's coffee in the Deli Express. Also the way I can always make her smile - with a smile as bright as a button.

The pasties in the West Cornwall Pasty Company in Chester, and the life sized model of a pirate in the window.

The pleasant environment in Fan Boy Three in Manchester.

I visit a lot of places on a regular basis. And I always go to the places where I feel at home.

Bucket List - Gacked from nyghtshayde and <user site="livejourn

Here's a bucket list, of things to do afore ye die. X in the parentheses if you've done them; nothing if you have not.

(x) Gone on a blind date
( ) Gave blood
(x) Skipped school
(x) Watched someone die
( ) Been to Mexico
( ) Been to Florida
( ) Been to Hawaii
( ) Been on a plane
( ) Been on a helicopter
(x) Been lost
( ) Gone to Washington, DC
( ) Ridden in a police car
(x) Hugged a homeless person
( ) Swam in the ocean
( ) Swam with stingrays
( ) Been sailing in the ocean
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops and robbers
(x) Recently colored with crayons
( ) Ran a marathon
(x) Sang Karaoke
( ) Volunteered at a soup kitchen
(x) Paid for a meal with coins only
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
( ) Seen the northern lights
( ) Been para sailing
(x) Been on TV
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(x) Made prank phone calls
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
( ) Fed a Giraffe
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Fired a gun
(x) Danced in the rain
( ) Been to the opera (WANT TO DO THIS OMG!)
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(x) Serenaded someone
( ) Seen a US President in person
(x) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(x) Watched the sunrise with someone
( ) Driven a race car
(x) Been to a National Museum
(x) Been to a wax museum
(x) Eaten caviar
(x) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice-skating
(x) Gone to the movies
( ) Been deep sea fishing
( ) Driven across the United States
( ) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
( ) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Lived in more than one country
(x) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(x) Seen a falling star and made a wish
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
( ) Seen the Grand Canyon
( ) Seen the Statue of Liberty
( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
( ) Been on a cruise
(x) Traveled by train
( ) Traveled by motorcycle
( ) Been horse back riding
( ) Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR
( ) Been to Disneyland/Disney world
( ) Been in a rain forest
( ) Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
( ) Ridden on an elephant
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying -
( ) Been water-skiing
( ) Been snow-skiing
( ) Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean
( ) Been to a Major League Baseball game (NO desire to do that. Yuck.)
( ) Been to a National Football League game (Again, ew.)
( ) Swam with sharks
( ) Been White Water Rafting
(x) Written a book or screen play
( ) Been to a Tournament of Roses Parade
(x) Lived in more than one state
( ) Become a parent
( ) Been Bungee Jumping
( ) Been to Vegas
( ) Been to a minor league baseball game
(x) Worked on a political campaign
( ) Been to the top of the World Trade Center or Empire State Building
(x) Ridden a Subway
(x) Been to your High School Reunion

Pretty much okay so far. Now here are a few others I'm personally adding:-

(x) Held down more than one job
(x) Been unemployed for more than a month
(x) Been unemployed for more than a year
(x) Been unemployed for more than a month, more than once
(x) Been unemployed for more than a year, more than once
( ) Held down a job for more than two years
(x) Held down a job for more than one year
(x) Held down a job for more than six months
(x) Held down a job only for a few hours
( ) Quit a job
(x) Been fired from a job
(x) Walked straight from one job to another without telling the boss at the old job
(x) Been seriously ill with something
(x) Helped someone who was seriously ill with something
(x) Had a dry spell between relationships longer than one month
(x) Had a dry spell between relationships longer than one year
( ) Had a one night stand
( ) Had an affair (you were married or involved)
( ) Had an affair (you were the one seducing the married or invovled person)
( ) Had an affair (you seduced BOTH parties in the other relationship)
(x) Had more than one religion
(x) Risen above lay membership in a religion
(x) Risen above lay membership in more than one religion
(x) Joined an occult order of some sort
(x) Taken up a solitary occult practice of some sort
(x) Participated in an occult ritual
(x) Presided over an occult ritual
(x) Witnessed both the beginning and the end of a popular, well - liked TV series
(x) Witnessed both the beginning and the end of a rubbish TV series
(x) Studied a foreign language
(x) Studied more than one foreign language
(x) Spoken a studied foreign language in a casual situation
(x) Tried to understand an unstudied foreign language spoken in a casual situation ...
(x) ... and actually succeeded somehow in translating the spoken language without making an arse of yourself
(x) Impressed somebody with something you could do
(x) Incurred someone's jealousy because of something you can do
(x) Led a group
(x) Obtained an impressive qualification or certification
(x) Been in love
(x) Been loved
(x) Tried to get to sleep in a state of mortal terror
(x) Overcome your fears
(x) Seized the day