Ten Things I've Done that You Probably Haven't (and if you have, do tell!)

[vvvexation]

Seen in several people's journals, but I like cyan_blue's title the best.

At various times in my life, I have:

1. Snitched an entire cream pie from a school dining hall
2. Attended the funeral of someone I'd never met
3. Gatecrashed a couple of complete strangers' wedding reception
4. Sung in an opera
5. Joined the drum circle in Sproul Plaza
6. Won a medal at a state archery tournament
7. Had Douglas Hofstadter sign my birth certificate
8. Recited "Jabberwocky" in full while simultaneously writing out something completely unrelated using a friend's back for a desk
9. Stayed in a dorm with Kelsey Grammer's daughter
10. Had to explain that goth != asexual

Details and elaborations, of course, available by request.

Comments

[gatopreto.livejournal.com]

7. Had Douglas Hofstadter sign my birth certificate That's cool. I recently rediscovered my copy of Metamagical Themas, probably given to me in '86 or '87 by an aunt and uncle. Do all math geeks have people like Hofstadter sign their birth cirtificates or is he your father?

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

#7 is also the one that I had questions about...more please?
#6 reminds me of the summer I went to camp with my cousin and we pretended not to be ditching archery.


#2 is actually true for me as well, more than once, but they were a combination of professional obligations and going to support a sweetie.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

Why specifically your birth certificate?

#5...

[the-ogre.livejournal.com]

Done that - was much fun.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I was going to say I've done 5, but then I remembered I've only hung out there and watched for long periods of time (and let various kids I was babysitting dance with the drums), I haven't joined in.

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I got the title from Misia.

2. Attended the funeral of someone I'd never met

Ah, I've got that one. A friend of my grandmother's passed away, and my father wanted to go pay respects but he had a business trip, so he asked me to go pay his respects instead.

3. Gatecrashed a couple of complete strangers' wedding reception

Haven't done that, but I did gatecrash a wedding that I hadn't been invited to once. The groom and bride were happy to see me - we were friendly, just not close enough that they'd have thought to invite me. I was picking up a friend who was attending.

[marmaladious.livejournal.com]

Opera! Yeah! Singing is great, but waaaaaaaaaay beyond me. (much less singing opera)

[tsgeisel.livejournal.com]

Re: #10. You'll have to prove that one to me by example. :-)