
#1- I have a phobia about ANTS! This is kind of pathetic, as the ants in Canada only pinch when disturbed (unlike fire ants of the south!) But my brother, sisters, and I were jumping over a huge ant pile when we were kids. Fun right? Well after about my 10th time of jumping over, I tripped on a root that had become exposed and fell face-first into the pile of pissed ants! For about one hour after that I was running home, peeling my clothes off, and brushing all of these 'pinching' ants off my skin! Yeesh, it still gives me the creeps.
This led to us burning every anthill we saw in our neighborhood, and an anthill fire that got way out of control as soon as the wind caught it! Another story!

#2- I had a pathetic crush on Jewel Kilcher when I was in my 20's. I liked her voice and musicianship and vocally proclaimed that to everyone. My friend said he had met her aunt in Alaska, and I was jealous about that.
When Jewel finally came to Vancouver touring for her "This Way" album, I made a 14 hour roadtrip to Vancouver by myself to go and see her at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. No regrets though, she was amazing live! It's just in hindsight I was acting like I was 16.


#5- Here's some whack- In my late teens I hung out with a pot smoking crowd. They would always come to our house in the country, and we'd hotbox my 1979 Corolla that was parked in the bush. After an hour of that, we'd get creative, and stuff a bunch of hay down the back of our pants, and run out into the field to make the cows chase us. And they did! It was like being in Spain perhaps when they 'run the bulls'. Of course, being high intensified the feeling, and those were good times, good times!