10 things (nicked from ant_girl)

[maradydd]

...that I've done and you probably haven't, yadda yadda:

1. Spent two weeks living in a tent 600km south of the North Pole.
2. Directed Macbeth.
3. Challenged someone to a duel to resolve an argument. (And won.)
4. Performed Mr. Wizard-style kitchen (bio)chemistry in front of an audience of IT professionals and hackers.
5. Changed majors six times. (Mechanical engineering, radio/TV/film, anthropology, creative writing, linguistics, computer science.)
6. Walked into a major government laboratory, without signing in or presenting any form of ID, and started chatting up scientists. (Okay, if you're halax you've done this, because you were with me at the time.)
7. Roadtripped from Los Angeles to Iowa City (or an equivalent distance) with less than $100 to my name.
8. Hiked twelve miles on a badly sprained ankle.
9. Made clothing that I actually wear on a semi-regular basis.
10. Web development for a drug dealer. (He was trying to set up a legitimate business, but the operation was financed by drugs and I was paid under the table.)

Comments

[mraustin.livejournal.com]

ha. i've hiked a very painful 30 miles on a badly sprained ankle. it did get me out of kp duty though. and i only needed one sock on that foot!

[q-pheevr.livejournal.com]

Six majors means five changes, or are you including an implicit change from undeclared to mech eng? :-P

[maradydd.livejournal.com]

The latter. I did have to declare, after all. :)

[pturing.livejournal.com]

10, no but I was once offered an 8-ball for completing a webdav project early

[pturing.livejournal.com]

er, webdev. never worked with webdav.

[karine.livejournal.com]

I have to say 9, I've done too :) I just don't fit in it right now, or wearing it would be impractical, given my increased chest size and purpose. ;)

This is a pretty impressive list!
- Karine

Colour Me Curious

[doissetep.livejournal.com]

I don't believe I have heard the story of #3.

Re: Colour Me Curious

[maradydd.livejournal.com]

mycroftxxx and I were embroiled in a lengthy argument that seemed unresolvable, so I challenged him to a last-man-standing shinai duel in the parking lot of the Copy.Com on Westheimer near Montrose. I broke his glasses within the first minute of the fight, and he conceded.

It was another few months before we were really on good terms again, but we did end the evening with a friendly drink at Catbird's, so it could have been worse.