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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

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

I've ridden on a giant tortoise, but I don't remember if I was three or four or five. I'd have to check the family photo album. :)

But you have me on all the rest!

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

I think it was all the rage back in the early '70s or something. Somewhere around here, I've got pictures of me on the back of a giant tortoise at Reptile Gardens in South Dakota. You know, it really is a strange world.

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Mine was probably the Denver Zoo; I know we went there, and if I'm remembering the pictures right, my brother was there and walking, so he had to be at least two, which would have made me five, so you rode it younger than I. :)