10 things

[magid]

(That may or may not be unique among whoever is reading this. Given the lists I've seen already, I doubt it.)

1. Deported from an African country
2. Kissed an Israeli cab driver
3. Carried a gas mask for the duration of the Gulf War (v.1)
4. Hiked through a mine field
5. Starred in a movie by and for the fifth grade.
6. Crocheted more than 150 kippot (I stopped keeping track...)
7. Was stopped at customs on suspicion of drug smuggling Dressed up as Super Mun for Purim
8. Carried a three-month-old baby down Mt. Monadnock
9. Won a prize in Ottoman studies
10a. Saw Rocky Horror for the first time at a synagogue
10b. Performed in the floor show... at Brandeis
10c. Saw the last performance of the live show in London


And a couple of things that might've been unique except I know Teddywolf has done them:

11. Walked up all the steps inside the Statue of Liberty, during an August heat wave
12. Played around the foundation of the house my father was building

Comments

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

I saw RH for the first time with a church group, but it was in the theater.

[magid.livejournal.com]

This screening was at the synagogue, put on by a youth group, definitely not at midnight, and they gave out bags of props at the door!

[bitty.livejournal.com]

ooh, you did ottoman studies?

[magid.livejournal.com]

Nope, medieval history. But there was a class on Islam, and the prof decided to put my paper on the Ottomans in for a prize. Worst paper I ever wrote, complete regurgitation, but I guess no one else was writing about Ottomans that year or something.... It paid my rent for the summer after college.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

I think the best history class I took was the Ottoman one... (regardless of whether or not the prof. threw chalk at me.) It's why Turkey fascinates me - secular Islam, that you can't find anywhere else.

[coorr.livejournal.com]

Ive been stopped at customs on suspicion of drug smuggling... hasnt everyone?

[magid.livejournal.com]

Heh. What were you bringing in that they thought were drugs?

[coorr.livejournal.com]

it wasnt that they thought something in particular was drugs... they just tagged me.

Also... although I have never been deported from any country I was denied access to Japan the first time I tried to go there.

Although I blame my traveling companions for that one...

[fj.livejournal.com]

If I don't shave when taking an airplane, I will get searched. These days I even dress up in button-down collars to fly. Dutch passport and unkempt Euro playboy looks just don't make Customs people ignore me.

[magid.livejournal.com]

So part of getting ready for a trip frequently involves shaving? What a nuisance.

I've wondered if looking reasonably innocuous has saved me searches. I guess it has.

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

Wow...I rarely get stopped for even the random searchs and yes I know I just cursed myself. I got stopped once early post-911 when I was on my way to NASA with a post that I needed to present. They have the contents of my suitcase all over the place when they asked me what was in the poster tube. I told them it was a poster that I needed to present to NASA. My luggage went back together in about 5 seconds and handed it back to me while saying "good luck at NASA, ma'am."

[bitty.livejournal.com]

You can keep #4 all to yourself.

[magid.livejournal.com]

It was by accident, actually; didn't realize it was one (well, the edge of one) until after the fact.

Not something I'm planning to repeat, either.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

Note to self: don't go hiking with magid anymore.

[cellio]

Saw Rocky Horror for the first time at a synagogue

At a synagogue? Boggle.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

Nonono, not Boggle - rocky horror!

[magid.livejournal.com]

... great minds...

[magid.livejournal.com]

No, not Boggle, Rocky Horror.
*grin*

Yeah, I thought it strange, too. Youth group event. I don't know if it makes any difference for your bogglage that it was held in the rec room of an absolutely enormous Reform synagogue, the kind of building that takes up a small block on its own.

[zebraartist.livejournal.com]

10a. Saw Rocky Horror for the first time at a synagogue


this started the giggles for me!


oh, and...I wanted to ask you.
Is there any lil thing you'd like to use as an icon? I'd be more than happy to make one for you!

icons

[magid.livejournal.com]

Yay for giggles :-)

Icons... If I did want to use one, I think Queue has a number of photos he'd iconize for me :-).

I like the idea of icons, but it doesn't work for me, quite. Part of it is that I'm always looking forward ("So if I max out the icons, then replace X with Y, that means that all those old uses of X will change to Y, which isn't necessarily appropriate..."). Part of it is that I've found icons to have a subtext that's frequently unclear for me. I mean, it's obvious when someone has a smiling picture of zirself for a happy post, but images are so open to interpretation, and I've more than once found myself asumming I understood what the icon choice meant when it was intended wholly differently.

Which is not to say I'll never use an icon, but I'm not ready for one now. I'll definitely remember to ask you when/if I change my mind, though :-).

Re: icons

[bitty.livejournal.com]

I'm sure pinkfish would be more than willing to help, too.

Re: icons

[zebraartist.livejournal.com]

I'm laughing, still

I'll be more mindful of which icon I use on your posts!
Often times, I respond from my email, and the default icon gets sent. I know you like me and everything...but, I'll bet you could do without some of my icons! *still laughing*

ps

[magid.livejournal.com]

I hope everything goes smoothly today!
*hopes for good news*

*sheesh*

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

And I thought *my* life was wild. I cannot hold a candle to you.

Re: *sheesh*

[magid.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I'd been thinking the opposite... Mutual admiration society, here we come :-)