The "what if" Meme

This is how it works. I will answer five of the questions below. In return, I will tag three people who will highlight, copy and paste into their blogs who will answer five questions below and pass it on to three other bloggers. And I took the liberty of adding a few more...

If I could be a scientist...
If I could be a painter...
If I could be a doctor... I would be a general practitioner/internist.
If I could be a farmer...
If I could be a gardener...
If I could be a missionary...
If I could be a lawyer...
If I could be an athlete...
If I could be an innkeeper...
If I could be a professor... I would teach Anthropology.
If I could be a writer... I would write the story of my life.
If I could be a llama rider... Why do I feel like I am missing out on some huge blogger joke here... Llama's spit, so I would rather leave them alone.
If I could be a bonnie pirate...
If I could be an astronaut...
If I could be a world famous blogger…
If I could be a justice on any one court in the world...
If I could be married to any one famous political figure... I like the husband I have thank you...
If I could be a circus star... I would be the lion tamer
If I could be a poet... I would like poetry
If I could be a musician... I could play an instrument really well
If I could be a chef... I would cook more often, and for money
If I could be a rodeo star... I would want to ride the bulls

And I’m tagging:
Nettie, Hamster, and Jordana if she has not already done so...

music meme

From free Scotland

Total volume of music files on my computer:
Uhm, just the files the computer came with...

The last CD I bought was:
The Clash boxed set

Song playing right now:
Classic Meets Cuba ~ Tobias / Forster, Kilian / Hahn, Tim Forster (Composer), The Klazz Brothers (Performer) - Salsa No. V (Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 in C Minor "Destiny")

Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:
Breakfast At Tiffany's: Music From The Motion Picture Score [SOUNDTRACK] (Audio CD) ~ Henry Mancini

La Llorona by Chavela Vargas

Mozart: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute)Der Holle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen - The Queen Of The Night Aria

Medicine Springs by The Busted Hearts. Actually I love just about anything they have done, but I could not find a link to the song "Even hookers say goodbye" from an previous band the banjo player had... hard to believe he had a punk band over 20 years ago...

Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash

Five people to whom I’m passing the baton:
Erin's World Because she needs something to distract her from refinancing...
She who is missing sippy cups... because she is having soothie seperation anxiety.
Overgrown Gothic Princess because she did not do the book meme.
The smoking man because if he finds the link he will be rather disgusted... because he is good at that. Plus, I think he has good taste in music.

100 things about me

My 100 things

1. I was born in South America
2. I can't return there until I get a passport from there
3. This makes me very sad
4. My younger brother was born in Europe
5. I used to be jealous of this
6. We had our own language for a few years
7. I was in my first bullfight (in my father’s arms) when I was around 2
8. I cried
9. because I thought the calf was going to eat my shoes
10. I astounded my school by realizing the truth in the TOTL test when I was 2 and a half
11. I remember taking the test, and wondering why they were trying to trick me
12. I remember my third birthday party very well
13. We moved to a different country in South America
14. I spoke three languages by 1st grade
15. My mother insists it is four...
16. But I do not count donkey as an official language
17. My mother took us to visit people living in the Amazon
18. She took us in a dugout canoe
19. I drank Chicha made the old fashioned way
20. My father raised fighting bulls
21. I had a Anglo-Arab horse named Isabella
22. I never got to ride her
23. I loved the way the old adobe homes smelled (still do)
24. I took catechism classes in third grade because I was interested
25. I was sad when I found out that Zeus was not really real
26. My grandfather died when we were on a boat in the Galapagos Islands...
27. I found him as he was dying.
28. It was a big hassle bringing the body to the USA.
29. Barry Goldwater helped us bring him through customs.
30. He said he was an important man
31. I think he was
32. My parents split up after this.
33. I am still a little sad about that
34. but I know it is a good thing they did
35. a couple years later my mother, brother and I moved to the USA
36. We had two dimes and a cat to our name.
37. My mother is my favorite person in the world.
38. I know she deserves a medal
39. she works really hard
40. at everything
41. she is hard to live up to
42. she is a wonderful mother
43. I was teased horribly and did not get a good first impression of the USA
44. I lost the ability to speak German
45. I rarely spoke Spanish
46. I was very sad about being in the USA until high school
47. My half brother and half sister were born at this time
48. I was a rebel in high school
49. I maintain I had a heart of gold.
50. I was not as bad as other kids
51. I fell in love for the first time in high school
52. He shattered my heart later.
53. he also wrote a book with a character based on me
54. So he said
55. I don't want to read it
56. but I am curious
57. I went to a university that my great grandmother had gone to (albeit under a different name)
58. I worked full time, took out no loans and paid my own way through
59. it took 9 years
60. I am not sure it was worth it
61. but I am glad I finished
62. I studied medical anthropology (biological and cultural)
63. I am a third generation anthropologist
64. I published my first academic paper as an undergrad
65. With my mother and the boy who broke my heart.
66. It is about tattoo's
67. I went to medical school for a year in South America
68. I met one of my most influential teachers
69. I lived with a wonderful family
70. I loved medical school
71. I left because there was a financial crisis coming
72. One month after I left there was a volcanic eruption
73. and the banks froze for a year.
74. I met my husband on line
75. we were going to teach each other our language (Spanish and German)
76. I knew I was going to marry him the day we met
77. we married three and a half months later
78. A Curmudgeon translated his first love note to me
79. She is the sister of the heart breaker
80. I am glad I am friends with her and the rest of the family
81. My husband is Austrian
82. He is five years younger than I
83. he loves cars
84. We have had 20 cars since we got married
85. not all at once
86. I got pregnant five years later
87. I wanted six kids when I was younger
88. I went on bed rest at 18 weeks
89. I was on bed rest for 17 weeks
90. (first and last of which were in the hospital)
91. I loved being pregnant, just wish I could have been around people
92. I was 36 when my son was born
93. He was premature
94. It was a very easy delivery
95. His NICU stay was the most traumatic thing I have ever experienced
96. My son is a first generation American and also has native status in Arizona since my family has been here since before statehood.
97. I love being a mother
98. I love being an aunt
99. I have two nephews that I adore
100. I have a son that I adore