Ten things I've done that I'm not sure anybody else has.

[saffronhare]

Not sure I can get up to ten, either, but here goes:

1. Danced around on stage in a sheep costume.
2. Been an orthopedic surgery case study.
3. Failed differential equations in college, yet still managed to graduate cum laude.
4. Stolen a goat and transported it across state lines.
5. Beaten the crap out of a Moroccan.

::Oh, I'm on a roll now. This is fun::

6. Had my pocket picked in Paris.
7. Been in a building that was car-bombed (while I was in it).
8. Got my European driver's license before my American one...but neither before I was 18.
9. Earned a stage name in a strip club -- as a patron, and without removing any clothing.
10. Had my nether regions grasped by Mikhail Barishnikov.

Comments

[capriciouslass.livejournal.com]

details on #10? Inquiring minds want to know...

Ditto!

[opaljax.livejournal.com]

I love him.

Ah, Mischa.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

I was 13 and training with the Virginia Ballet Company, which is sort of a farm league for the ABT. He was in residence at the time and offered to teach some classes for the apprentices -- I made the cut for a pointe class and a partnering class. My partner was being awfully timid about holding me for a particular lift (you know, the one where she sits on his shoulder for some parading around stage?). Master B made my partner sit down and proceeded to manhandle me, then plopped me on his shoulder and paraded around for a bit. It was a transformative moment for me and my nether regions.

Oh, yeah. My partner continued to be squeamish and dropped me at an audition about six months later...tearing up both my ankles on the landing and essentially ending my career.

Dancing fool,
Saff

[teross50.livejournal.com]

4. Stolen a goat and transported it across state lines.
5. Beaten the crap out of a Moroccan

aCall me warpped, but I wanted to hear abut these two

I do wish Ihad seen you dance

You wish you'd seen me dance?

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Are you talking about Barishnikov or the sheep costume incident?

The "transportation of a goat across state lines" was a prank during Army-Navy Week when I was at USMA. We "borrowed" a transport van, snuck down to Annapolis, kidnapped their mascot and took him back to West Point...where we dyed him pink. He was pretty laid back about the whole thing, as I recall. The Naval Academy...not so much. :)

The Moroccan abuse happened in Brussels -- another dancing story. He got fresh and just didn't understand my refusals. So I found a more direct way to translate, that's all. I'm sure he's been able to replace those teeth by now.