That Ten Thing . . . Again
Last night . . . um . . . earlier this morning, I replied to Scribe's list of ten things she had done that were out of the ordinary. When doing this, I had to search back over my life, and, at first, thought there was no way that I would think of ten things I had done that were unusual. After putting my list together, I was surprised that I actually did find ten things that were not things that everyone would have possibly experienced -- or want to experience -- in day to day life. So, I have decided to record them in my own journal. If anyone read my comment to Scribe's journal entry, please bare with me. I just want to remind myself -- should I ever forget again -- that sometimes I can do things that are quite bizarre, and that my impulsive nature has the potential at times to put me in a somewhat dubious and possibly even dangerous position.
So, here they are:
1) Saved the life of the man I loved as he was sick and being pulled under water by strong currents in the Atlantic Ocean, by dragging him back to the boat -- while negotiating big waves in the Atlantic Ocean -- on the deep side of the reef near Sandy key in the Florida Keys.
2) Was on stage during sound check at a Billy Joel concert -- taking photos of the drummer, Liberty Devitto, for a Tama ad.
3) Died twice for over ten minutes each time when I was two and a half years old -- (I wouldn't recommend trying this, and darned if I can't remember a single thing about what happened on the other side!)
4) Did 'The Bump' -- a popular dance in the '70's -- at a party with Jimmy, (The man from #1), while Ringo Starr smiled and kept time with us by playing the 'drums' with his hands on the small coffee table that was between him and us.
5) Boiled North Carolina sphagnum peat moss inhabited by live red ants -- on the stove -- in my mother's new stainless steel pots -- to kill said ants, so that I could build a terrarium for Australian carnivorous plants in a 55 gallon high aquarium.
6) Got lost for hours in a huge swamp while searching alone for a particular carnivorous hybrid plant -- then after finally finding my way out, covered with mud, holding a knife in one hand, and a large plastic bag (full of plants) in the other -- stopped a woman to ask directions to the road where my waiting friend was parked -- and heard through the tiniest crack in the woman's window that the road didn't exist.
7) Piloted a Hot Air Balloon to 11,500 feet as a student pilot -- then did a terminal descent, recovering at 3,489 feet.
8) Played with a 9 month old leopard.
9) Helped deliver baby seahorses, when one of them was stuck in the pouch of a pregnant male seahorse that Jimmy and I had collected in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.
10) Waded out into the Gulf of Mexico to retrieve a bucket of Pipe Fish -- which we had dropped when we saw fins in the water only 10 feet away -- it turned out to be a pod of whales that beached themselves less than a block further down the beach, but we had just seen Jaws, what can I say? Very foolish of me. I mean it *could* have been sharks for all we knew!
So, here they are:
1) Saved the life of the man I loved as he was sick and being pulled under water by strong currents in the Atlantic Ocean, by dragging him back to the boat -- while negotiating big waves in the Atlantic Ocean -- on the deep side of the reef near Sandy key in the Florida Keys.
2) Was on stage during sound check at a Billy Joel concert -- taking photos of the drummer, Liberty Devitto, for a Tama ad.
3) Died twice for over ten minutes each time when I was two and a half years old -- (I wouldn't recommend trying this, and darned if I can't remember a single thing about what happened on the other side!)
4) Did 'The Bump' -- a popular dance in the '70's -- at a party with Jimmy, (The man from #1), while Ringo Starr smiled and kept time with us by playing the 'drums' with his hands on the small coffee table that was between him and us.
5) Boiled North Carolina sphagnum peat moss inhabited by live red ants -- on the stove -- in my mother's new stainless steel pots -- to kill said ants, so that I could build a terrarium for Australian carnivorous plants in a 55 gallon high aquarium.
6) Got lost for hours in a huge swamp while searching alone for a particular carnivorous hybrid plant -- then after finally finding my way out, covered with mud, holding a knife in one hand, and a large plastic bag (full of plants) in the other -- stopped a woman to ask directions to the road where my waiting friend was parked -- and heard through the tiniest crack in the woman's window that the road didn't exist.
7) Piloted a Hot Air Balloon to 11,500 feet as a student pilot -- then did a terminal descent, recovering at 3,489 feet.
8) Played with a 9 month old leopard.
9) Helped deliver baby seahorses, when one of them was stuck in the pouch of a pregnant male seahorse that Jimmy and I had collected in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.
10) Waded out into the Gulf of Mexico to retrieve a bucket of Pipe Fish -- which we had dropped when we saw fins in the water only 10 feet away -- it turned out to be a pod of whales that beached themselves less than a block further down the beach, but we had just seen Jaws, what can I say? Very foolish of me. I mean it *could* have been sharks for all we knew!