..that you probably haven't!

(This is a meme, not bragging ;-)

10. Won the 4-H cat knowledge competition twice (junior and senior levels), the second year beating out 18-year-olds (I was 14).

9. Had my body painted with acrylic paints by two male friends of mine, in a non-sexual way, while on acid. Then walked around town that way.

8. Dated a married couple.

7. Camped under a piece of plastic on a mountainside in Beneficio, a British hippie squat/ community in the mountains of southern Spain.

6. Been in a bar afterhours in Corduba, Spain. (Somewhat related: pretended to be friends w/ strangers in order to shake two guys who were harrassing/ following me; thank gods the strangers were friendly and one of them spoke English!)

5. Smoked pot (for medicinal purposes at that point -- I'd made the mistake of drinking tap water after the late-night drinking) while walking along a street under a skyfull of swooping bats, also in Corduba, Spain.

4. Ridden an elephant.

3. Done methadone, but never done heroin.

2. Performed in the Lollapalooza poetry tent. And had to go first.

1. Had Thanksgiving dinner with Robert Silverberg... twice.