Things I haven’t done, that you probably think I have
- Downhill skiing My parents took us once when we were kids and I hated it. I totally don’t understand the appeal. It is cold, windy, difficult, why would you want that?
- Spent large amounts of time in Canada You would think, since I live in a border state, that I would have been there a bunch of times. In fact, I have been 2 or 3 times. My parents claim we went when I was a child. We ate lunch just over the border when my sister was visiting her boyfriend at camp. We spent our honeymoon in Montreal. That’s it. 3 times. I’ve been to Cancun more times than that.
- Smoked pot I never really saw the need. I had a roommate in college that did, but she was not all that into peer pressure. I was in the room sometimes when my friends smoked up, but I never tried it. It probably has something to do with my pessimistic nature: I’d get caught; I don’t need the muchies to eat too much; I’d get sick; I would do something stupid.
- Had a lot of jobs My parents owned their own businesses when I was growing up (still do) and my dad figured I should work for them. So when I was younger (okay, it wasn’t a real job) I worked in the store, stocking shelves, collecting empties, running the register. You know, they sold the store when I was twelve, but I was still a better cashier and bagger than the kids who work in our grocery stores. When I got older I had a lot of tasks around the appraisal office (in our house). I sorted, labeled, recorded photos. I photocopied and filed appraisals. I have only had 4 “real” jobs outside of the family, but that is a list for another day.
- Seen a lot of plays I enjoy doing theater, but it has to be really good for me to sit through a performance. I’ve seen more than your average person, but not as many as I should have seen considering my love for it.
- Read many “classics” Mark Twain called a ‘classic’ a book that everyone praises but which no one actually reads. I have always been more of a current culture sort of girl. I have read some of those books others would call classics: Little House on the Prairie, Little Women, David Copperfield. But I prefer modern fiction.
1959 – The original Broadway production of A Raisin In The Sun opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City.