things I've done

[calimac]

Some things I've done, that you might not have:
1. Had lunch made by Ursula K. Le Guin in her own kitchen. Dessert was a chunk of her Tiptree Award.
2. Worn a button at Worldcon reading "I know who won the Hugos, and you don't" - and it was true.
3. Circumnavigated an entire country, by foot. (And by that I mean, walked all the way around it outside its borders.)
4. Performed in a play using a live geyser as a prop.
5. Sat in Gerald R. Ford's office chair, in his office; and on the Woolsack, in the House of Lords. (No, Pat, no, don't sit on that!)
6. Made the sound of one hand clapping.
7. Survived riding in a car that rolled over and played dead on the freeway.
8. Visited a roadless Alaskan fishing village 50 miles from, well, anywhere.
9. Eaten a haggis. Eaten another one.
10. Stood right next to my three brothers in four different states.

Some common things I've only done once:
1. Ridden a roller coaster.
2. Danced to a rock song.
3. Gotten married.
4. Visited Scotland.
5. Worn a tuxedo.
6. Eaten sushi.

Comments

[sartorias]

A lot of your onces I have also done once. Except I refuse to try sushi. And I will dance to any music.

On your big list, some of those are terrifying, like the car. Others, like the three states, and the walk all around a country, and the play with the geyser, I want to know the stories behind!

[calimac]

Okay, here's the stories.

[cmcmck]

I share 3 & 4 with you although I've done 4 many more times than once- the price you pay for the object of 3 being a Scot! :o)

[calimac]

I picked Scotland, rather than other places I've been only once, in contrast to England where I've been 8 times, and Wales 5. I've never been to Ireland (by any definition) at all and don't expect to.

[cmcmck]

We're planning to visit Ireland (first time in my case, although other half has been over on business a few times) next year.

Wales is a walk away (literally) for us now.

[bibliofile]

re: sushi
I finally tried my first sushi with real fish in it a few years ago. It wasn't terrible.

Vegetarian sushi (which sounds wrong) can be tasty. I like inari, which is tofu pillows full of vinegared rice. Some places around here cater to the large quantity of vegetarians & vegans that they also serve vegetarian versions of stuff like California roll.

[calimac]

I don't even like vegetarian sushi, which is what I had. (A co-worker of Japanese origin brought it to a workplace party.) I don't even like sushi rice, and I love rice.