Making lists has been a reoccurring theme in my life in the past few months- I’m not sure why, because I’m horrible at making them, and I can’t stick to them.
Members of the Sixthman team hopped on a boat for a site inspection last week. Hard job, right? (We worked for some of it, so don’t be too jealous). During our down time, we got into a discussion about life lists- you know, the list of things you want to do before you die? Apparently, I am the only person in the world who doesn’t have a life list. Thing is, I do have a life list, but there’s only one thing on it- EVERYTHING.
So Kelly gave me a great suggestion- make the list as I go. Perfect! ( You may notice that this blog is labeled “Part 1″- Kelly has been so kind as to write part 2 in a few weeks!) So here’s (a shortened) life list- all things I put on it after they were done:
1. Performed on stage in a 10 hour long play. I also played 20 characters in the same time period. Yes, the entire cast of the play was drunk by the end of it- we like to call it endurance theatre.
2. Became a roller girl. This is the big surprise in my life. I never, in my wildest dreams even entertained the notion of roller derby. But one day, the opportunity was there, and I took it.
3. Stayed awake for three days. I like to call that endurance living.
4. Fell in love- the gut wrenching, consuming, horrifying kind
5. Gave birth to a box of Twinkies. Then I rubbed them all over my body.
6. Jumped into a hot tub with all my clothes on
7. Jumped into a hot tub naked
8. Dyed my hair bright pink. God, I miss that ‘do.
9. Lived on a boat for a month. I like to call that endurance boating.
10. Watched a woman get a series of back piercings designed to look like a corset . Endurance piercing?
11. Worked at a fetish club. This doesn’t seem like a biggie, but my mother, an army nurse of 30 years, tells me she has always wanted to work in a bookstore. Gotta have dreams, right?
12. Stuck my arm in a bucket of raw chicken
13. Watched the sun rise over the city on New Year’s Day
14. Dropped everything for a road trip to a punk show
15. Climbed the Pyramids at Teotihuacan. So far, this is the only thing that seems like it would be on anyone else’s life list.
16. Leg pressed 450 lbs. I was much younger then…
17. Have participated in more than one cake fight. I ended up with frosting in my ears every time.
18. Went to Las Vegas with about 500 rollergirls, and turned the town on its ear. They were not ready for us. That was definitely endurance drinking…
19. Learned how to swing dance so I could perform in Lysistrata, an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes.
20. Took a champagne shower.
Well, that’s the short list. There are many other crazy, stupid, just plain weird things I’ve done for giggles, but you don’t really want to hear about the time I poured beer down my boss’s pants do you?
What have you already done on your life list?
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