Ten Things I've Done That You (Probably) Haven't

[scarlettina]

First meme of 2011: twilight2000 asked, and so I must acquiesce to her request. With these exercises I have found that it is often most effective to be as specific as you possibly can be; the more specific you are, the less likely it is that someone else has done what you have.

Ten Things I've Done That You (Probably) Haven't

1. Written a Live Journal post from an internet cafe in Mombasa.

2. Sung the Indiana Jones theme as I climbed down the side of the great pyramid at Chichen Itza.

3. Bought a desk for some school children in Malawi (but you can if you want to).

4. Sold a photograph to National Geographic.

5. Gone flounder fishing off the coast of Long Island.

6. Sung on a local NY television show as a child.

7. Had poetry published in Asimov's.

8. Run an imaginary convention online.

9. Attended the American Numismatic Association's summer seminar to learn about U.S. tokens.

10. Watched sunset from a rock outcropping in the middle of Tsavo, Kenya.

Comments

[singingnettle.livejournal.com]

I hardly ever fail to intersect with at least a few of people's "Things I've done that you haven't," but you've got me here.

[dsmoen.livejournal.com]

Morbid curiosity -- how about my list (http://dsmoen.livejournal.com/343387.html)?

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Heh. Like I said, the more specific you are, the less likely there is to be intersection. I suspected, given my social circle, that someone might chime in about poetry in Asimov's, but not yet.

Indeed!

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

I have not done any of these things.

[dsmoen.livejournal.com]

I knew that there were lots of reasons you were on my f-list. There's ten right there.

Closest I came to any of your items: several years running, I sang The Hallelujah Chorus at Disneyland every year (they rotated choirs, so I only did it 2-3 nights per holiday season).

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

:-) Thank you.

And it's cool that you sang at Disneyland. The largest event I ever sang at was that the chorus I used to sing with sang the national anthem at a couple of Seattle Storm games several years ago. It was fun being on the Jumbotron. :-)

[inevitableguy.livejournal.com]

I've been fishing off the coast of Long Island. It was many, many years ago, though...I don't remember what particular fish we were going after. I just remember that we didn't catch a damn thing.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Ah, my dear, there's the difference! We feasted on flounder a couple of times, delicious, flaky flounder. :-) I learned how to bone a fish right there on the dock when we got back.

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

Okay, I've done three of those.

Flounder fishing off LI was a not uncommon experience in my childhood and adolescence. I've run several "not at X convention pity parties" online (which amount to virtual cons).

And I appeared on Birthday House (http://www.tvparty.com/lostny2birthday.html) as a child. I have no doubt that I sang, though I don't remember it especially well.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

You appeared on Birthday House? Me, too! Did you sing solo? I sang "Supercalifragilisticexpialidotious" all by myself. I still remember them putting the microphone to my face and feeling like a performing dog; it was kind of odd.

My virtual convention was Imaginary World Fantasy Convention 2009, run on Facebook, Twitter, and Live Journal, along with several authors, at least two planned storylines, and an official convention logo. I suspect your experience was a little different.

And yeah, OK, I'll give you the fishing--if you grew up on Long Island, you're right, not an uncommon experience.

[fairoriana.livejournal.com]

My husband - I was the photographer. But RHODE Island, not Long Island.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

::chuckle:: Nice catch!

[fairoriana.livejournal.com]

It was actually quite the large flounder!

[steve98052.livejournal.com]

Neat stuff. I wasn't on Livejournal at the time, but I wrote a message to a different online community (now gone from the net, unfortunately) from Zanzibar some years ago.