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danohu ([personal profile] danohu) wrote2005-02-23 02:59 pm

10 things I've done that you may not have

Yoinked from [livejournal.com profile] whotheheckami

1. Been interviewed on a South African radio station
2. Kept pigs
3. Got a free vacation in the USA by playing Dungeons and Dragons
4. Had an essay published in a book with Kurt Vonnegut and Naomi Klein
5. Taught English in a building opposite Red Square
6. Been analysed in a writing course at an American university
7. Worked for a Count, shared an office with a Lady, and been to a party in a room previously occupied by Byron, Andrew Huxley and James Clark Maxwell (not at the same time)
8. Translated the newswire for the (now privatised) former Soviet ministry of propaganda
9. Caused a security alert at a US military base, and been praised for it by a dozen MPs
10. Carried an artist's portfolio for a month, as part of a tenancy agreement

[identity profile] atreic.livejournal.com 2005-02-23 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
I've kept pigs, sorry. You could try being breed specific - ours were gloster old spots.

[identity profile] oedipamaas49.livejournal.com 2005-02-23 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
dammit;)

Breeds wouldn't work, since ours were a mish-mash of what turned up in the market, or what farmers wanted to get rid of.

Perhaps I should have followed Rich's example, and kept llamas instead. But I doubt llama-bacon would taste quite the same.

[identity profile] whotheheckami.livejournal.com 2005-02-23 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
I've done pigs too! ;@)

Can you explain number 10 - it intrigues me

[identity profile] oedipamaas49.livejournal.com 2005-02-23 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
hmmm...I may have to strike pigs from the record.

the portfolio: building was owned by a paranoid artist. It was officially an art studio, and he wanted us to pretend to be art students so that the neighbours and the government wouldn't realise there were people living there. So there was a stack of portfolios, and we all had to carry one every time we left the building.

[identity profile] whotheheckami.livejournal.com 2005-02-23 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
That's even stranger that what I initially thought which was that you were either part of an installation or the recipient of perverted body art. On second thought you may have been part of some attempt at performance art.

[identity profile] adrian2084.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
How about the security alert?