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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

[corellian-sugar.livejournal.com]

Wow. I've actually done some of your list...

I saw Star Wars 142+ times in the theater (I believe the actually tally was 181) because I was a sad child with no life who wanted a lightsaber really, really bad.

I can't say I ran the LARGEST academic symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy in the world, but I have been on the committees of far too many Orycons, Norwescons, and WesterCons. All done now. I quit.

Does flying over the Twelve Apostles in a BIG plane count? ;)

Been in a blizzard, tornado, earthquake, flood, and volcanic eruption fallout. I seem to be missing that pesky typhoon, though. Hmmm.

:)

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

I saw Star Wars 142+ times in the theater (I believe the actually tally was 181) because I was a sad child with no life who wanted a lightsaber really, really bad.

Wow. I've never met anyone who'd gone more than I had! I was actually trying for an even 150 during the last release, but wasn't able to get to the theater that often (I'd been at 137 prior to that).

I was lucky when the movie first came out in '77 -- we were living on an Air Force Base on Guam. I was seven years old and movies cost 35cents... I'd go nearly every day after school.

I can't say I ran the LARGEST academic symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy in the world, but I have been on the committees of far too many Orycons, Norwescons, and WesterCons. All done now. I quit.

It was not an experience I would like to repeat... but I'd still say it was worth doing. Being the one in charge of something like that was possibly the scariest thing I've ever done.

Speaking of NorWesCon... are you planning to go this year? I've been thinking about it, if we don't wind up going out of town for rackham's birthday.

[corellian-sugar.livejournal.com]

Alas, I had to make a choice. It was either Celebration 3 or Norwescon. C3 won, obviously.