Instead of listing all the things I'd like to do, like those escapades lists which are so popular, I'm going to write up some of the cool, weird, interesting things I've done. I've had a pretty full life. I used to worry that I was going to be a boring person with no history at all. I can't imagine what made me think that was likely.
At one time I could play the recorder, the flute, the guitar, the piano, and the violin. I performed on all of them in public recitals although I daresay my elementary school performances were dire. I sang solo and in choirs professionally during and after college.
I was on the drill team in high school. Pompoms, little pleated skirt, half time performances, all that. I can still do one of the cheers. Pay me enough and I'll do it for you.
I've always had very strong, emotional, not to say neurotic, feelings about color, particularly in what I wear. For one entire year in high school I wore only navy, white, and light blue.
I was in a sorority in college. I enjoyed it tremendously.
I was a graphic artist for several Seattle rock bands in the late 70's and early 80's.
I hitchhiked my way around the western U.S. with truck drivers for a month. I learned some CB slang. It's a wonder I didn't get into trouble, but all in all it was a good experience.
I once spent the night camped inside a living redwood that had been partially hollowed out by fire. I felt like a Hobbit when I woke up in the morning.
I have five tattoos. I have a pierced nose. Strangely, I do not look hip or edgy. It's the innate pleasantness of my features and my round figure. Ruins the effect.
I have shaved my head completely bald, sported a fairly modest mohawk for several years, permed with comic results, dyed my hair pink, blue, red, platinum blond and black. My hair has never gotten longer than armpit length, though, before I've cut it all off again.
I have run two 5 kilometer races. I have ugly finish line photos to prove it because honey, you wouldn't believe it to look at me now.
I have been a fast food minion, a housecleaner, a waitress, a bartender, a secretary, a janitor, a hospital food server, an insurance clerk, a paralegal, a film production assistant, a sales associate, a word processor, a dating service recording artist, and a travel agent.
The most daring thing I ever did sexually occured in a stairwell of a major hotel during the 1984 L.A. Worldcon. 8,000 people around, but we didn't get caught in the act.
I have been to England, Scotland, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Kenya, Japan, Australia, Iceland, and Ecuador. I have visited only about half of the United States.
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