Are You Priviledged?

I stole this from someone else's blog and I don't remember where I got it. If I'm violating some blogging ethics thing, then I'll apologize and take this one down. I found this interesting. Its a scale of privilege, I guess in relation to others. So I would love to see my readers (both of you - you know who you are) give it a shot someday when they want to blog but have no ideas (like me, nearly daily).

My "yesses" are in bold.

1. Father went to college.
2. Father finished college.
3. Mother went to college.
4. Mother finished college.
5. Have any relative who is or was an attorney, physician, or professor.
6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers.
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home.
9. Were read children’s books by a parent.
10. Had [extracurricular] lessons of any kind before you turned 18.
11. Had more than two kinds of [extracurricular] lessons before you turned 18.
12. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively.
13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18.
14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs (I wish!).
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs (my dad gave me a gas credit card - that's something, right?).
16. Went to a private high school.
17. Went to summer camp.
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18. 19. Your family stayed in hotels on vacation (motels count? HoJo's anyone?)
20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18.
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them.
22. There was original art in your house when you were a child (sort of -- cost my mom $150 in the early 60's, but I had seen his art elsewhere and she still has the painting to this day).
23. You and your family lived in a single-family house.
24. Your parents owned their house before you left home (not outright - it was mortgaged).
25. You had your own room as a child (at times).
26. You had a phone in your room before you turned 18.
27. Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course.
28. Had your own TV in your room in high school.
29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college (HELL no!).
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16.
31. Went on a cruise with your family.
32. Went on more than one cruise with your family.
33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up.
34. You were unaware of how much heating/electricity bills were for your family (but requently heard "I'm not heating the neighborhood you know. Close the damn door!)

Ten? Is that good? I can't complain. We didn't have everything and anything. But we had food and clothes (even if they weren't always the clothes I wanted)

Meme

Skeeter had a good idea for a meme. If I understand correctly, there is a list of "life events" and we are to put our music player on shuffle and list the song/artist that came up in order of the life event. So off my phone MP3 player (alas, only 214 songs) I'm playing along by putting it on shuffle and seeing where the shit lands.

Opening Credits: Waste by Staind. Staind is actually a local band to me and I remember them playing mostly cover songs at clubs. Aaron Lewis is in the upper echelon of "angst" lyricists I should think.

Waking Up: Bridge by Queensryche. I find Q to be a pretty good story-telling band and Bridge tells of an absentee father trying to pry his way back into his estranged son's life but the son feels his dad never built the bridge. Waking up, indeed.

First Day of School: Civil War by Guns N' Roses. A good lesson for the first day of school, no? I love the opening spoken word part sampled from the movie Cool Hand Luke. "What we have here, is failure to communicate". Plus, Slash is a kick-ass guitarist.

Falling in Love: Last Resort by Papa Roach. Damn! I surely think falling in love is not a "Last Resort" nor that it will "Cut my life in pieces." So far it seems I like a lot of angry songs.

Breaking Up: Like the Way I Do by Melissa Etheridge. A damn near classic rock song. Breaking up? Remember, "nobody loves you like the way I do".

Prom: Devil Without A Cause by Kidd Rock. Not quite sure how this would play into the prom, but Rock does a great job mixing rap with classic rock riffs, doesn't he? Turn up that kicker box too!

Life's Okay: Back in the Saddle (Live) by Aerosmith. Yep. Climb back on that horse. Life IS okay.

Mental Breakdown: Mouth by Bush. "Nothing hurts........like.......your MOUTH". So many of Bush's songs are simple little four power chord songs but they just grab me!

Driving: You Learn by Alanis Morisette. If one's driving through life, I suppose you do live and learn.

Flashback: Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas. That song certainly makes me flash back!

Getting Back Together: Ends by Everlast. Well, I'm not sure how the ramifications of drug addiction ties into this topic but its a way cool song.

Wedding: What If by Creed. Okay, I don't like what songs are coming up for my "Falling in Love" and "Wedding" categories nor do I like that Scott Stapp couldn't keep his shit together and have this band still pumping out awesome music. Alter Bridge is okay, but its no Creed.

Birth of a Child: Call me the Breeze by Lynard Skynard. Ummmmmm......

Final Battle: You Could Be Mine by Guns N' Roses. Since I always think of Terminator 2 when I hear this song, I guess it fits.

Death Scene: Shimmer (Acoustic) by Fuel. Another one I don't get how it plays into this.

End Credits: Change by Staind. This started with Staind I guess it can end with Staind.

Tagged

Radioactive Girl tagged me for this meme and when I saw that it needed to be a six word post I instinctively rolled my eyes thinking it would be hard, if not lame. Well, it wasn't hard since I have only one thing on my mind (ok, two! but this is a family friendly blog). My six words --

Disney beckons. Feeling like a child.

Well, maybe it was a bit lame.