Ali-Baba Gannoush ([info]babagannoush) wrote,
2005-02-25 10:55:00
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Ten things I've done that you probably haven't

Yeah, yeah. Call me "Johnny-come-lately" for yoinking this from all of my friends' lists. It's sometimes comforting to be the sheep rather than the shepherd. Hmm, I swear I've posted that line before. Can we google our livejournals?
  1. Streaked the grounds of a 300+ year old university during a hurricane
  2. Pulled the fire alarm at an airport (to be fair, it was pre-9/11/2001)
  3. Threw up into a toilet bowl while urinating and did not get any vomit on the rim or myself
  4. Shook hands and had an intellectual conversation with Jane Goodall
  5. Had a round of beers with an Israeli Arab chef who is the spitting image of Jesus Christ
  6. Dodged bullets in the west bank, and came away with physical proof
  7. Visited the birth, suckling, death, and resurrection sites of Jesus Christ all in the same weekend (and the tomb of King David, too)
  8. Got dumped by my girlfriend three-and-a-half weeks before she got engaged and four-and-a-half months before she got married (ow, my self-esteem!) [edit: thanks for the reminder of THAT little detail, [info]sparkofcreation!]
  9. Starred in my very own joke. A Palestinian, a Mexican, and a Jew were sitting in a West-Bank falafel stand...
  10. Shaved my head and had it painted by beautiful women.
  11. Since I somewhat cheated with #9 (it wasn't that funny a joke) I'm going to add, "made myself completely unrecognizable to my closest friends and girlfriend merely by cutting my hair." I am not exaggerating here.

There were a few items I decided not to list for various reasons, mostly T.M.I. For example: "Slaughtered a dog purely for the purpose of achieving orgasm."

See? No one needed to know that.

11:32 AM

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[info]baliset

February 25 2005, 16:43:12 UTC 7 years ago

I was actually on the grounds of the said 300+ yr old university during that hurricane and witnessed that. :P Though I was in a mud-throwing fight at the time.

[info]babagannoush

February 25 2005, 16:45:51 UTC 7 years ago

Apart from the fact that I was wet, hairy, and acting like a complete loon, I hope I didn't embarrass myself.

You know.

[info]sparkofcreation

February 25 2005, 17:55:47 UTC 7 years ago

I got dumped by my boyfriend of over two years five weeks before he got engaged, and six months before he got married. I think that counts.

[info]babagannoush

February 25 2005, 18:08:55 UTC 7 years ago

Yup, it counts, since you were with your boyfriend longer than I was with my girlfriend. And with a situation like this, you can't really compare time lengths, it hurts like a motherfucker either way.

[info]sparkofcreation

February 25 2005, 18:17:01 UTC 7 years ago

No kidding. **sympathy**

And now both of them teach in the same department as I do. I find it ironic to retrieve my mail and see on the mailboxes "Kelton - Korp-Edwards - Larochelle, Jeremy - Larochelle, Sarah - Leira." At least now I think it's ironic, a few years ago it would have produced a panic attack. (Wow, now that I think about it, that was only three years ago. Time flies and all that jazz.)

[info]sparkofcreation

February 25 2005, 18:17:38 UTC 7 years ago

Oh, and I want to hear the joke. ;-)

[info]babagannoush

February 25 2005, 19:35:56 UTC 7 years ago

Seriously

it wasn't that funny

[info]clannadlvr

February 26 2005, 22:02:17 UTC 7 years ago

#3 Damn. Is that physically possible? *is impressed*

#8 If you're referring to the situation to which I think you're referring...*hugs*

I have to say, your list puts my list to shame!

[info]babagannoush

February 26 2005, 22:31:53 UTC 7 years ago

#3 was possible, and I'm not cheating in the description. Nothing but net.

#8 is probably what you're thinking, and I appreciate all hugs. Thank you. I should mention that the "situation" is much better. I saw her and met her husband right after returning from Israel and I gotta say - seeing how happy they were together was more reassuring than anything else. It made a complicated situation a lot simpler for me. It took a lot of "romantic" pressure off me at last and made it easier to be a friend. Can't claim I wasn't envious of them, though. Stupid happy couples with their perfect lives. <pout>

Must say though, the first couple of days after that little announcement were a bit "touch-and-go".

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