Ten Things I've Never Done BeforeRachel
suggested this one:
10. Driven more than 800 miles in one trip. When I moved from San Francisco to Phoenix, I packed up all my stuff in a rental truck, attached a tow-dolly to transport the car, and made it down here in one very long day. Still the longest drive of my life.
9. Finished reading
Ulysses. One of the few books I've never been able to slog my way through, and I read Moby Dick in the unabridged version.
8. Spent a day hiking through the woods or the desert and felt like I'd wasted my time.
7. Been south of the Equator. Acapulco was the closest I've come.
6. Played anything other than blackjack and slots at a casino. I don't like slots but I did have to play them once when I was holding a machine in a crowded casino (they actually had lines behind most of the marchines) for my mother. I bought $20 worth of dollar tokens and fed them slowly, and on the fourth one I won $65. Finished out the twenty and by then my mom had arrived. So I'm up on slots and will be for life.
5. Driven an SUV. I've ridden in many, but can't recall taking the wheel at any time. I have driven trucks on many occasions.
4. Mooned anyone who didn't deserve it.
3. Read any series of books in order. I'm a big fan of series fiction, have been ever since I started the Hardy Boys back in 3rd grade. But I've always read whatever book I could put my hand on in any series, from the Bertie & Jeeves novels of PG Wodehouse to the Hornblower saga to Flashman. I've always wanted to organize a series and pore through it in the way it was written, but never quite found the time.
2. Shot a hole-in-one. I have hit the pin twice and came excruciatingly close (two inches) on about 15th hole I ever played. Never ended up closer thousands of holes later. I did come within 3 feet of a double-eagle one time, which is far rarer than a hole-in-one. I crushed my drive and then banged a three wood just to the right of the pin.
1. Gotten up on a unicycle. Tried a couple of times briefly and probably could do it with an afternoon's practice as I have good balance.
BTW, of the ones on Rachel's list, I've done 9,8,7,6,5,4, and 1, but the only one I'm likely to do again is #5, shoot a gun. I'm a good shot and try to take some target practice every couple years.
