Ten Things I Have Done That You Probably Have Not

[lawnrrd]

1. Developed melanoma. On my butt.
    
2. Been the subject of a fund-raising letter sent out by the Ayn Rand Institute.
    
3. Met vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro after having helped to unload her campaign plane.
    
4. Formally debated against Barry Commoner in front of a hundred people.
    
5. Tried marijuana for the first time at age 13 when my mother passed me a joint.
    
6. Cited the High Times Encyclopedia of Recreational Drugs in a report I wrote in high school.
    
7. Hosted a pro-choice fundraiser in my apartment at which Gloria Steinem was the featured speaker. Met Ms. Steinem again a couple of years later at a cocktail party in Erica Jong's apartment.
    
8. Traded stock options on the floor of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.
    
9. Done chores at the computing facility of the University of Pennsylvania's engineering school in exchange for time on their mainframe computer.
    
10. Held my wedding at a summer camp in Pennsylvania.
     

Comments

[rosetiger.livejournal.com]

Erica Jong? ::faints::

Any Woman's Blues...one of my ULTIMATE favorite books.

[lawnrrd]

I'm ashamed to tell you that I've never read anything she's written. I feel now that I should. ;-)

Her daughter, Molly Jong-Fast, was there, too. She has a new book as well.

[dishpan-nipples.livejournal.com]

Very interesting!

[lawnrrd]

It seems kind of random to me now, looking at it after I posted it.

[elephantgiraffe.livejournal.com]

Erica Jong was going to be on my references poll this morning, but I fear she would score lower then Jerzy Grotowski
Impressive list though...

[lawnrrd]

I don't know who would score higher, but, then, I had already heard of Erica Jong, and had never heard of Jerzy Grotowski before your poll.

[keightball.livejournal.com]

The only one I hold any envy towards you on is #10. Though #4- it was my younger brother passing to me when I was 13 or so.

[lawnrrd]

Oh, come on. You know it'd be cool to have melanoma.

[keightball.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Except for the part where they take the melon-baller to your ass and scoop the melanoma out with only a local anesthesia? I'm from a very melanomid prone family- suspicious stuff like that gets removed quick-like. Otherwise, it sounds like fun!

[hopeleslove.livejournal.com]

Oh, come on. You know it'd be cool to have melanoma.

ALL the kids are doin' it.

[furchild.livejournal.com]

Name dropper :)

Dang!

[senseless.livejournal.com]

The closest I came to any of that was to go to the University of Pittsburgh.