Rocks, Worms, and Backyard
Categories: 101 in 1001
Date: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, at 10:36 am
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In recent weeks, I have completed a few more items on my 101 List.
On June 9th, Elizabeth surprised me with #75, a rock-climbing class at Boulderdash. The picture at right shows me traversing the room, but we also learned vertical climbing and belaying. We got a great workout and had a lot of fun throughout the evening! I was proud of myself too for successfully climbing to the top of their highest 45′ wall.
On June 14th, I did #92. I’d written the item as drinking a small bottle of tequila with the worm, but, really, it’s more accurate to say it was a large bottle (consumed over two months) of mezcal with the worm gusano rojo (commonly called a worm, but really a Hypopta agavis moth caterpillar). It doesn’t matter what it is. I drank and ate it. And, since it didn’t turn into the Poltergeist II tequila worm vomit creature after I swallowed it, all is good.
Finally, I’m counting as completed #20 which dealt with making improvements to the backyard. I have a new tenant in the back house who just installed a patio dining table set (and a gazebo with netting over it), thus taking the place of where I would have built some kind of permanent wood overhang and sitting area. I still might do that eventually, but with this new outdoor set there, it’s no longer a priority, thus giving me a chance to pay off the other construction loans.