Friday, March 11, 2005

LIVE THROUGH THIS

Twenty things described as a 'rite of passage':

1 a summer job
2 the first kiss
3 hazing (dangerous initiation high jinks)
4 losing milk teeth
5 scarification
6 Las Vegas
7 rioting
8 first car / bike / mobile phone
9 alcohol use
10 getting lost on a car journey
11 baseball pitchers' arm surgery
12 pilgrimage
13 barebacking
14 'crossing the soul's river' (sic)
15 prom night
16 bullying
17 back-packing
18 the adoration of boy bands
19 learning to drive / swim
20 the sod-turning ceremony