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[fenchurch]

Ten things that I have done that people on my friendslist may not have done (gakked from nearly everyone).

Off the top of my head, because I'm not really in the mood to think about this deeply:

1. Seen the movie "Star Wars" 142 times in the theater.

2. Ran the largest academic symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy in the world (or at least it was at the time, not sure about now).

3. Flew in a small plane over the Twelve Apostles in Australia (I'm assuming I can still count it if rackham has done it too, otherwise this list could be considerably shorter).

4. Hiked to Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah while barefoot.

5. Took a vacation on the island of Saipan (I was thinking of just naming something specific I did there, when it occurred to me most people would likely never have been). For that matter, I've visited the island of Tinian.

6. Been in a blizzard, a tornado, a typhoon, an earthquake, a flood, and fallout from a volcanic eruption -- all by the age of ten (some of them, multiple times).

7. Been on a road trip all the way around the island of Guam (which usually took around two and a half hours, with lots of stops)

8. I got the Babelfish, though I didn't get the t-shirt. (Taking a bit of a chance on this one, I think it's possible someone other than rackham may have done this, too -- although he actually got the t-shirt.)

9. Ridden on a Giant Tortoise (when I was four years old).

10. Ran a BBS for six years. I actually have the name of my old BBS registered as a domain (randomlunacy.com) and I've got the old login screen up there now. One of these days, I'm thinking of pulling the BBS out of the archive and jury-rigging it to work on the internet. That is, assuming I can remember my password.

Comments

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

Well, I've never done any of these things. Unless getting the Babelfish in the old HHG computer game counts. *g*

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Yep! That's it! I was taking a gamble that there wouldn't be anyone on my flist who used to play Infocom games.

Technically, I did it over the telephone... when I was in high school, we couldn't afford a computer, but one of my friends had one (okay, several of my friends did, but they're not important to the story :-). So he'd call around 11:00pm when his mom headed off for work, and we'd play HHG all night over the phone. He'd read off the screen and we'd hash out what we wanted to try... Ah, those were the days.

[typographer.livejournal.com]

You have an old fogey fan on your flist now. I got the Babelfish (and built the finite probability drive, and saved the fleet by offering the dog a sandwisch...).

I was assistant sysop on two different BBSs, not sure if that counts as running one. ^_^

Haven't been in a typhoon yet, and I was 18 when Mt. St. Helens blew, so I can't quite say I've done #6.

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

Whee! I'm so proud. My ex-husband loved those games, but the only two I ever played were HHG and the Nord and Bert (I think those were their names) one. I never made it all the way through HHG, though. I lent it to someone, and after that it wouldn't play on my computer anymore. :-(