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mandragoraIt's been ages since I made an LJ entry, but I so enjoyed reading everyone else's 'Ten things' entry that I've made one of my own:
1. Been white-water rafting down the Zambezi River by Victoria Falls
2. Suffered from gangrene.
3. Posed topless for a professional photographer. What? The photos were *art*! Honest.
4. Been hit by an oil tanker (oil truck in American parlance) whilst cycling in Enid, Oklahoma. I survived. The bike didn't.
5. Gone out with 3 guys at the same time, none of whom knew about the others, until the point when all of us attended the same party.
6. Hidden from the police, who were chasing me at the time, by climbing on top of a transit van.
7. Been banned from court by an irate judge.
8. Suffered concussion from a skiing accident, in which I left a 40 feet long trail of blood in the snow.
9. Been hit on the head with a poker.
10. Sung karaoke at a bar in Beijing with several high-ranking members of the Chinese Communist Party.
1. Been white-water rafting down the Zambezi River by Victoria Falls
2. Suffered from gangrene.
3. Posed topless for a professional photographer. What? The photos were *art*! Honest.
4. Been hit by an oil tanker (oil truck in American parlance) whilst cycling in Enid, Oklahoma. I survived. The bike didn't.
5. Gone out with 3 guys at the same time, none of whom knew about the others, until the point when all of us attended the same party.
6. Hidden from the police, who were chasing me at the time, by climbing on top of a transit van.
7. Been banned from court by an irate judge.
8. Suffered concussion from a skiing accident, in which I left a 40 feet long trail of blood in the snow.
9. Been hit on the head with a poker.
10. Sung karaoke at a bar in Beijing with several high-ranking members of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Date: 23 February 2005 19:53 (UTC)I don't want to sound heartless about the other things, but that's the story I wanna hear!
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Date: 23 February 2005 20:11 (UTC)The girls rallied round and for about 2 hours or so we managed to ensure that whichever room I was in only one of the blokes was there at the same time. Alas, like all of the best-laid plans it ended in tragedy, when I was, um, talking (for which read standing very close, touching them in a flirtatious manner etc) to one of them, who I shall call Bloke 1 One of the others, Bloke 2, came into the room. Bloke 2 demanded to know of Bloke 1 what the hell he was doing with his girlfriend etc. Everyone came running to find out what was happening, what with all the yellingand the noise. I was standing between them trying to keep it from degenerating into a fight.
At that point, enter Bloke 3.
I will never forget the dawning moment of realisation on three exceptionally pissed-off faces. No violence was offered - I think the idea of hitting a 5 feet 1 inches tall woman who weighed (at the time) about 100 pounds was a real no no. They didn't even manage to call me any really nasty names, being stunned into silence by my perfidy, I think.
However, obviously none of them wanted anything more to do with me, and I needed to find a ride home. So I picked up some other bloke instead. Ahem.
In my defence, I was only 16 at the time and was typically careless of other people's feelings, what with being so young. And I missed out on some damn good concert that Bloke 2 (I think) was going to take me to. *g*
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Date: 23 February 2005 20:18 (UTC)Ten out ten would have been to leave the party after 2 hours still with three boyfriends... ;-)
(Okay, I'll admit I'd be less impressed if you had been in your 20s or if you were a bloke. Most ageist and sexist of me. As it is, though...)
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Date: 23 February 2005 20:43 (UTC)I do feel vaguely ashamed, in that they were all three of them nice boys who I sincerely hope didn't treat anyone like I treated them. But we were all very young, none of the relationships was the slightest bit serious and all were pretty recent.
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Date: 23 February 2005 20:02 (UTC)no subject
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Date: 23 February 2005 20:19 (UTC)So, when they saw a few of us, um, acquiring, some cones they came after us. We scattered for maximum chance of getting away, and a couple of us, myself and a friend, ran down an alley with a constable in pursuit. Unfortunately, the alley ended in a wall, which I thought I had no chance of climbing, so I shimmied up onto the top of the van. My companion, who was male, climbed over the wall. The copper saw him do it and climbed over the wall after him. Leaving me free to climb down and saunter off.
The policeman didn't catch my friend either. *g*
#7 is unrelated and involved my mobile phone going off whilst I was representing a client. The judge was a miserable old git and ordered me out of the court and told me not to return. Luckily I've managed to avoid him ever since.
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Date: 23 February 2005 21:42 (UTC)(But on an entirely unrelated note: I'll be in London next month on business. If you're available and so inclined, it'd be wonderful to see you. Unfortunately, though, my schedule is exceptionally tight - right now it looks like my free hours are limited to Thursday March 17 for breakfast or lunch, or Saturday March 19 for breakfast/brunch/early lunch... not very appealing, I know, but if you do think one of those might work let me know!
And if not, I'm hoping to be back in late May for Nattercon, so maybe we can do it then ....)
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Date: 23 February 2005 21:50 (UTC)I can definitely do Saturday 19 March, though. So the question is whether you want to book me in for brunch/early lunch on the Saturday or risk me being stuck at court on 17 March.
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Date: 24 February 2005 07:17 (UTC)Skiing is a dangerous sport. But so very much fun.
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Date: 24 February 2005 13:30 (UTC)Come the day of the party, they all showed up, and stood around in the corner talking with each other instead of mixing. And they mostly went off together, and I ended up with someone entirely different.
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Date: 24 February 2005 20:16 (UTC)[ducks flying attorney shoe]
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Date: 24 February 2005 22:50 (UTC)I couldn't even if I wanted to, as I don't have them. Alas, they unaccountably disappeared in the fastnesses of time...