It's been an amazing couple years for me. I did things I never thought I'd do, saw things most people can only imagine and visited places I'd only dreamt about.
Fun things to do that I never got around to doing - until now
If you are anything like me, you keep a list in your head of fun things to do. But people are busy and money is tight and the list becomes more of a Wish List than a To-Do List.
I've decided to go out there and start checking off items on my list. I managed to do a heck of a lot in 2006 and 2007 and I plan on upping the fun factor in years beyond (if that's even possible). Some things I've done once or twice and some I've only dreamed of doing.
Feel free to add anything I may have missed (or never heard of).
And most of all, if something strikes you as wild and wacky, JOIN ME.
Anything I've actually completed, I'm marking in red and adding the date.
In no particular order:
Live out my Pretty Woman dreams and rent a mirrored-ceiling rooom
Stake my gold claim in Big Bear
Spend the night with nothing around but cacti and sand in the desert (completed)
Feed the goats while visiting a petting zoo (completed)
Be taught the fine art of spanking at a Bondage Ball (10/31/2006)
Cheer on Mexican wrestlers at Lucha Va Voom (2/15/2007)
Light a fire and curl up on the couch and have a movie marathon
Sing my heart out in a private karaoke room (10/7/2006)
See how much I can get for my tape player while visiting a pawn shop (completed)
See how similar we really are while holding a chimp
Wear my acid washed jeans while rockin out with Metal Skool
Have the Christians haunt me while visiting Hell House (10/20/07)
Spend the day gettin wild behind the curtain at old fashioned photo booths
Invite culture into my home and host a couchsurfer (8/3/2007)
Pick my own harvest at Underwood Family Farms
Get crazy in a jersey during a tailgate party
Buy copious amounts of tube socks while visiting the Rose Bowl Swap Meet
Rock out with my socks on while doing DDR (11/15/2006)
Become someone else at a costume ball
Grab my loose change and chase down the ice cream man (8/19/2007)
Be part of life under the sea while scuba diving
Eat off a metal tray and watch 70's sitcoms at TV Dinner Night at the Bank Heist (date)
Strap on my headlight and visit Carlsbad Caverns
Sit still for way too long while getting my portrait painted
Let the surf and sand relax me while camping on the beach (date)
Pretend I'm in Sideways and explore wine country (completed)
Wear a coconut bra while learning the hula (11/24/2006)
Scream really really loud at a haunted house (10/26/2006)
Ward off the vampires at the Garlic Festival in Gilroy
Hope for smashed teeth and fists-a-flyin at a hockey game (completed)
Act all hardcore while riding on the back of a motorcycle
Take a gander at all the military boys while visiting a base
Throw my dollar on stage while watching amateur strippers compete
Bust a gut while entering an eating contest
Experience hot dog and pinball dreams while visiting Shortys in Seattle (date)
Go back to the classics and see a mvie at the Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood
Ride the Chehalis Centralia steam train to Mt. Saint Helens
Discover all of Disney's secrets and visit Club 33 (1/12/08)
Heighten my senses at Opaque dining in the dark (completed)
Be fabulous at Gay Day at Disneyland (10/7/2006)
Get slippery while spaghetti/oil/jello wrestling (scheduled 6/2008)
Act like the Little Mermaid while swimming with the dolphins (completed)
Put a little Rock N Roll into my sushi and head to Tokyo Delves
Hang with the cold blooded ones while visiting a reptile zoo (date)
Make a scrapbook of 2006/2007 (completed)
Sleepover with strangers while couchsurfing (07/05/2007)
Admire the fire dancers and kalua pig at a luau (11/23/2006)
Try to keep my balance while dancing on a bar tabletop
Hang 10 and hold on while trying to surf
Be a sports nut and attend a major event(Super Bowl, World Series, etc)
Put my writing to the test and get published
Pretend I'm the normal one at a traveling freak show (11/17/2006)
Get creamed during a pie-throwing contest (scheduled 6/2008)
Hope for the best during a white elephant gift exchange (12/16/2007)
See history in the making and see an Olympic event live
See what all that screaming and yelling is about and visit a stock exchange
Tickle my tastebuds and eat sushi off a belly
Determine a peer's fate while sitting on a jury
Experience life under the sea while snorkling (11/22/2006)
Throw back a drink at Union Station (7/8/2006)
Watch the girls kick some ass at a roller derby match (06/30/2006)
Dip into gooey goodness eating fondue (02/14/2006)
Kill the competition at laser tag (4/15/2006)
Enjoy the view on a double decker bus (06/01/2006)
Drop trou in a game of strip poker (2/24/2006)
Learn some new moves at a burlesque show (12/7/2006)
See baseball & boobs at Over the Line Tournament (scheduled 07/2008)
Slap on a mullet for Hee Haw Hell at Bigfoot Lodge
Get some special Irish herpes while kissing the Blarney Stone
Hear the waves and feel the heat at a beach bonfire (8/25/007)
Try and win the trifecta at the races (01/06/2007)
Get all purple at the Julian Grape Stomp
Live the Tom Sawyer life and visit a swimmin hole (8/5/2006)
Act like a real California Girl while driving down PCH with the top down
Get my nails did at the Beauty Bar
Show everyone my good side and head out to Mooning Amtrak (7/8/2006)
Swing my hips while learning to belly dance
Take needle to skin and get another tattoo (6/6/2006)
Put my money on the fast guy at the turtle races (5/06/2006)
Test my knowledge at a trivia night (completed)
Let a small cord hold my life in its hands while bungee jumping
Reach into the beyond and hold a seance (2/2/2007)
Let life wash over me while swimming in a waterfall (11/24/2006)
Live like a star and get my hands on a celeb giftbag
Fly like a bird while paragliding
See if this miracle is all it's cracked up to be while watching a baby be born
Kick up my heels at a Vegas-style cabaret (07/27/2006)
Grab the camera & my buds and take dress-up photos
Hang out with the little green men in Area 51
Try not to dribble and pee standing up
Be sneaky and hop from one movie to another (06/28/2006)
Check out some real lady lumps and ride a camel
Pretend I'm on Blind Date and rent a private spa (5/06/2006)
Get a sunburn where the sun don't shine and visit a nude beach
Get my craft on
Pretend I'm Castro and smoke a Cuban cigar
Chow down and see a show at Rio in Encino
Watch the Annual Cockfest at VooDoo Donuts (scheduled spring, 09)
Live out my Michael Landon fantasies while milking a cow (completed)
Watch the real hussies sing at Porn Star Karaoke (completed)
Rev my engine at a women's car repair class
Live like Ace High and be a SASS shooter for a day
Do Venice American-style during a gondola ride in SoCal (completed)
Check out some new comedy & theatre shows (05/23/2006)
Drink, bump and score at whirly ball (completed)
See if I can fly while skydiving (06/11/2006)
Hit the mean streets of New York and see a real Broadway show
Let the good times roll and have a milkshake at Cafe 50's (date)
Don a cowboy and giddy up while riding a horse (completed)
Make out at a drive-in (5/30/2008)
See the sights fly by on a train ride (7/8/2006)
Explore Catalina (date)
Act like a rich white guy and go golfing
Let someone else drive and take a party bus to a casino
Go whale watching (4/15/2006)
Stir up some dirt while off-roading
Indulge my chocolate fantasies and visit Hershey, PA
Get a nosebleed in the $5 seats at the Hollywood Bowl (09/01/2006)
Try not to shoot my eye out at the Christmas Story house and museum (12/23/2007)
Get an after hours massage at NiteSpa
Fondle metal at a shooting range (1/20/2007)
Combine the fun at Bowl-A-Oke (12/12/2006)
Fly up, up and away on a hot air balloon
Pretend I'm the Red Baron on a biplane ride
Clap my hands and dig in at a gospel brunch (completed)
Check out the night life at an observatory/planetarium (11/18/2006)
Take a tour of wine country (completed)
Take a ricearoni trip on a San Franciso cable car (completed)
Brace myself for a wild ride while driving a dune buggy
Try not not get trampled while running with the bulls
Give myself som chills while holding a snake
Find long lost treasure while visiting the Unclaimed Baggage Warehouse in AL
Capture the flag while playing paintball (completed)
Do what everyone else did years ago and get trashed (12/8/2006)
Find the killer during a murder mystery night (8/2007)
Puff, puff, pass while at a hookah bar (1/9/2008)
Escape the southerners while visiting a stop on the underground railroad
Pretend I'm a Hilton and have a chef cook at my house
See the animals at the San Diego Zoo and Animal Park (7/21/2007)
Scoot with my boots and country line dance at a cowboy bar (12/21/2007)
Become closer to the gods and attend a service from the major religions
Experience weightlessness and ride the Vomit Comet
Scare myself silly on the ghost tour in San Diego (2/17/2007)
Eat spaghetti til we kiss and reenact the scene from Lady and the Tramp
Feel like a real explorer and visit an island
Let the gusts take me where they may while windsurfing
Feel a little groovy while watching a laser light show
Explore the water while kayaking (05/28/2006)
Discover hidden places and prizes while geocaching (08/06/2006)
Become a member of the illustrious Mile High Club
Go all out on a scavenger hunt (10/21/2006)
Ride the rapids while white water rafting (08/19/2006)
Slip and slide on a glacier
Come up with something new and wealth-inducing and get a patent
Become a gourmet chef during cooking classes
Break my butt snowboarding & skiing (02/16/2006)
Relax and visit natural hot springs (date)
Catch snowflakes on my tongue during a sleigh ride (02/15/2006)
Fly through the trees on a zip line (completed)
Duck and throw and avoid getting soaked during a water balloon fight
Find my inner cowgirl on a mechanical bull ride (08/04/2006)
Discover treasures at an estate sale
Watch the fishies swim by through a glass-bottom boat
See who's still lingering at a ghost town (05/27/2006)
Go coaster crazy at an amusement park (5/14/2006)
Check out the Calico Ghosttown Hullabaloo
Do like Gran Ma did and bake a pie from scratch (completed)
Be a part of performance art with Improv Everywhere
Hang out with the glow worms while black water rafting in NZ
Lay back and watch a meteor shower
Pack it up and go on a picnic (08/12/2006)
Rough it(well, I'd like a real bathroom) while camping (Memorial Day, 2007)
Experience more Cirque du Soleils (completed)
Have double the fun on a bicycle built for two
Eat massive amounts at buffets on a cruise (completed)
Enter my initials everywhere while visiting the Pinball Hall of Fame (completed)
Learn how to roll while white water kayaking (5/26/2007)
Hit the seas and go sailing
Get all romantical in a horse-drawn carriage (completed)
Grab on tight and go tubing in the snow (2/16/2006)
Pretend I'm 80 and play shuffle board, bocce ball and corn holing
Learn how to properly shoot a bow and arrow
Be sixteen again and learn how to drive a stick shift
Indulge the old lady in me and knit a scarf
Give a little something back and volunteer (completed)
Hold on for dear life and raft through the Grand Canyon
Crank it up and make a batch of homemade ice cream (08/2/2007)
Tour the city on a trolley ride
Swing and sway while relaxing on a hammock (11/23/2006)
Tell the future about how rad the 21st century is and build a time capsule
Forget the winter clothes and go sandboarding
Strike it rich while panning for gold (completed)
Be a proper lady while visiting a tea room
Hop in a motor home and visit all 50 states, ok 48
Do my best to escape after visiting Alcatraz
Spend a night in a real haunted house (2/2/2007)
Root for the home team at a baseball game
Show everyone my good side while celebrating Mooning Amtrack (7/8/2006)
Feel like a nerd at a sci-fi/horror convention
Gutter my balls at the 24 hour bowling alley (06/09/2006)
See into my exciting future by visiting a psychic (3/9/2006)
Spend the day visiting wacky museums
Avoid love while learning tennis
See a movie at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery (5/13/2006)
Imagine old time LA on the Adam's Blvd tour
Pray for no earthquake riding the LA subway (06/06/2006)
Get inside Hearst Castle & The Winchester House
Live out my wildest fantasies at the Madonna Inn (completed)
Cruise the sky during a helicopter ride (11/26/2006)
Win the big pot at bingo (fast paced at Hawaiian Gardens/Celebrity Bingo at Hamburger Mary's)
Rock myself to sleep on a houseboat
Float with ocean devils while swimming with manta rays (11/26/2007)
Play peek-a-boo at a peep show (5/23/2008)
Throw a party at the make-your-own-rootbeer, pizza & pretzel place
Walk the plank at the Pirates Dinner Adventure (11/4/2006)
Drink me some Pabst at a monster truck rally
Attend the San Genaro Feast (9/24/2006)
Shake my groove thing while taking more ballroom lessons (completed)
Smell the aroma and tour a coffee plantation
Win the craziest gift ever while doing a white elephant gift exchange (12/16/2007)
Go back in time and eat dinner at an Amish home (completed)
Break out the leather at a biker bar (1/31/06)
Have an excuse to wear my eye patch at a Pirate Festival(09/23/2006)
Behave like the wench I am at Ren Faire (5/06/2006)
Show everyone my good side and Moon Amtrak (07/08/2006)
Live a day in Dad's a and ride-a-long
Eat til I bust at a BBQ cook off
Beat all the cigarette smoking grannies at a slot tournament (3/2007)
Be a daredevil while riding the Dive Devil (07/29/2006)
Hit the pipe at an oxygen bar (12/2/2006)
Learn how to work it at a lapdancing class (10/11/2006)
Wave to the crowd from a float in a parade (completed)
Hunker down on seriously wacky food at Voodoo Donuts (7/6/2007)
