Just for Fun

This is my favorite section of my Life Goals.
- Sleep in a Hammock ~ Inspired by Outside Magazine as well as when I was a kid I always wanted to have my own hammock.
- Publish something I write ~ Inspired by my grade 12 English Teacher.
- Write a Magazine Article ~ Just something that I thought I would be fun to accomplish.
- Write a Newspaper Article ~ This was inspired by reading the Winkler Times and was always disappointed when reading the sports section.
- Build a Website ~ I saw what some people were doing in the late 90's and figured I could do that if I put my mind to it.
- Brew my own Wine or other Alcohol ~ Inspired by my cousin who always brewed his own beer. - Recreate a Passage from a Book ~ Idea from Outside Magazine.
- Recreate a Scene from a Movie ~ Idea from Outside Magazine that I adapted to movie.
- Write & Perform a Comedy Act (Perform at an Open Mic Night) ~ Was told a story about my uncle who was going to perform at Open Mic Night when I was a kid and thought that I would love to do that just once.
- Appear in a Movie (at minimum as an uncreated extra that I could point out in the movie) ~ I can't recall where I got this idea from first. Maybe while they were filming a movie in Winnipeg Manitoba and were looking for extras.
- Be on TV ~ Doesn't everybody want their 15 minutes of fame? I put this one on list before a Annual Meeting at Gateway Resources because a news station had called and said they were interested in doing a piece on one of our clients success stories. My boss said that they would probably want to interview people that were involved in the success story.
- Be on a Television Show (Besides News) ~ Put this one on the list when I thought there would be a good chance that I was going to be part of a news story.
- To Run outside Naked in Snow (temperature must be -15 Celsius and must go a minimum of 100 feet) ~ Idea came about kind of as a dare years ago a friend said I wouldn't do this and I said that I bet I would someday.
- Do a Polar Bear Dip (Swim in a lake on New Years Day in Water that is just above freezing to 15 Celsius) ~ Idea came when I was in my early Teens and was watching news on New Years Day and they showed some people doing this in different parts of North America.
- Join a Choir Again ~ In 2001 I got this idea when the church was looking for members for the Christmas Choir. I always enjoyed being in a choir and thought that it might be fund to join again someday.
- Learn to Play Piano or the Guitar or other Instrument ~ I always wanted to learn how to play the Guitar when I was a teenager but I didn't have the motivation to learn.
- Learn how to Dance ~ Growing up in Winkler, Dancing was like a curse word.
- Live/Vacation on a Houseboat or Sailboat for 3 or more days ~ I don't know where this idea came from as I am scared of water.
- Help with a Archaeological Dig ~ Idea came when I was a young teenager and the local museum always did a Dinosaur Dig, as well as Outside Magazine #72.
- To Hold a Bold Eagle on My Arm ~ Eagles are one of my favorite Birds of Prey and I saw a Falconer hold a Hawks, Owls and a Falcon on his arm. This was when I was 12 and I even had an opportunity to start a local rehabilitation facility at home and was told that there would be a good chance every year to get a Bald Eagle to rehabilitate.
- Swim Naked ~ Just seems like fun.
- Announce at a Professional Sporting Event ~ Idea came while in High School and was announcing at the High School Hockey Games.
- Learn how to pair Wines with appropriate Foods ~ When I turned 18 and first started ordering Wine with Dinner at restaurants I just ordered the house wine, but knew the wines that I was getting were not very good.
- Learn how to tend Bar ~ Idea came when I reached 18 and went hay wild at the Liquor store.
- Watch the Tides Change on the Ocean ~ As far back as I can remember I have wanted to see this, probably due to a David Suzuki nature show.
- Play Blackjack in Las Vegas ~ Something that just seems like fun.
- Get a Tattoo ~ I think this was when I was teenager and having a discussion with my cousin Russell we came up with this idea.
- Join the Mile High Club (hopefully not alone) ~ Idea came when I first heard about the Mile High Club from a movie, or magazine.
- Shave my Head ~ Idea came from two sources, the first came from a Cancer Fundraiser where all the people shaved their head for donations, the second was from a group of High School Students who shaved their head when a friend who had cancer started to loose his hair.
- Go on a Roller Coaster Ride ~ Idea came when discussing amusement parks with some friends and they were all talking about their favorite Roller Coaster Rides at either Six Flags, Disney Land or Disney World and I sat their quietly until somebody asked me what my favorite Roller Coaster Ride was and I said that I had never been on a ride.
- Stay the Night/Weekend at a Ice Hotel ~ When I first saw the Ice Castle on TV and then later on saw a special on how they construct the Ice Castle.
- Have my picture taken with a Celebrity ~ Idea when I was in Lake Louise and meet some TV Announcers, members of the IOC, as well as World Class Skiers such as my Skiing Idol Herman Maier.
- Sleep in a haunted castle, house, hotel or pub ~ I was really big into the paranormal when I was in my teens and now it seems like there are TV shows and books about this everywhere.
- Experience Weightlessness ~ Inspired by a news story about Zero Gravity flights.
- Bareboat ~ Outside Magazine List #75. When I read what bareboating was it sounded like fun and something that may interest me so I put it on my list.
- Master the Bowline Knot (and other knots) ~ Outside Magazine List #44. I did always want to know how to make great fishing knots as well as what knot would be best for different situations.
- Make a Pilgrimage ~ Outside Magazine List #46. Still not sure what I would make my Pilgrimage.
- Have my own Garden ~ Inspired by my Girlfriend Rebecca in 2007 when she was planting her own garden. It made me realize that I have always helped others with their gardens and never enjoyed it that much but may enjoy my own garden.
- Horseback Riding (not on a group trail ride) ~ I have only been on a group trail ride and I thought that being able to choose the pace would be more fun. I think this was kind of inspired by the movie City Slickers.