Ten things I've done that you probably haven't

[vaneramos]

1. Invented a complete language and alphabet.
2. Been cast in the role of Elwood Dowd; unfortunately the play (Harvey) never made it to performance.
3. Been celibate between the ages of 19 and 26.
4. Taken my 12-year-old daughter on an overnight canoe trip.
5. Made eye contact with two wolves in the wild.
6. Chatted casually with Canadian prima ballerina, Veronica Tennant; I was about 15 and she was at the height of her career.
7. Taken a five-generation photograph of my family: my great-grandmother, grandmother, mother, brother and nephew.
8. Heard Buffy Sainte-Marie in concert at a powwow.
9. Delivered a blowjob in a snowstorm.
10. Raised a newly hatched cedar waxwing to adulthood.

Comments

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I've got you on #3 (0-27 in my case). I would think #9 would be uncomfortable. (The closest I can come is on a wild hillside above Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland).

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

The air wasn't too cold. Actually we were on the shore of a frozen lake under shelter of trees, protected from the wind. Besides, I was in the firm grip of my first passionate love affair. And we were invigorated by the fact of doing it in a place that would have been highly public during other seasons, but in the middle of February no other cottagers were around. Neither one of us remembered any discomfort.

[writer00.livejournal.com]

Wow! What a beautifully arbitrary and amazing list!! I think I'll have to work on mine.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I didn't even think I had done that many unusual things. It took some thinking, but I'm pleased with the list.

[roosterbear.livejournal.com]

You have a really cool list. The thing I like about this meme is twofold: what you learn about yourself, and what you learn about your friends.

[detailbear.livejournal.com]

I too, have done #1, double. Developing Ashchar and Delevia whiled away many hours in my youth. I have no idea where the notes are, now, though.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I looked at that item and thought "Wait a minute... oh, I guess it's safe to assume that J.R.R. Tolkien isn't reading Van's LJ."

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Fairly safe, yes. :-)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

It's interesting to discover how many people have done so. Until now I didn't think I knew anyone else who had done so.

[eloquentwthrage.livejournal.com]

"Delivered" a blowjob?

"Hi, I have a blowjob delivery for Mr. Johnson. Sign here, please. Would you like that here or outside?"

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Haha!

Oh, it was certainly delivered outdoors. Otherwise, indoors, I suppose many of my friends have performed blowjobs during snowstorms.

[eloquentwthrage.livejournal.com]

Indeed!

[grandiva1968.livejournal.com]

Quite.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Really?

[grandiva1968.livejournal.com]

Well, technically it was an ice storm…

[roosterbear.livejournal.com]

I've done one of these, but not the one you might expect.

And no, certainly not #3. Heh.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I suppose #9 is the one I might expect.

If memory serves me correctly, #3 is out. I can safely eliminate 4, and the chances of it being 6, 7 or 10 seem exceedingly remote. That leaves a language, Elwood Dowd, wolves or Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Have you invented a language?

[roosterbear.livejournal.com]

Bingo!

Hey, I was a big Dungeons and Dragons nerd when I was younger, and it just kind of fit in with that.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Cool. I was a wannabe D&D nerd, although I hardly had anyone to play with. My language arose more from my obsession with Tolkien and writing than from D&D.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I just noticed you granted me #3. I don't know why it didn't show up in my email. ;-)