Wednesday, July 9, 2014

I Did What?

Someone recently asked if I could provide my list of experiences for The 52/52 Project. I realized it changed quite a bit since I posted it months back, so here is the full and final list (last item still pending). I smiled as I recalled some of these, and sighed deeply after I typed a couple:

1. Taking Belly Dancing Lessons
2. Competing in a Pizza Eating Contest
3. Watching a Peep Show and Conducting “Research” at an Adult Bookstore
4. Attending Services at Three Churches or Temples of Unfamiliar Religions
5. Enduring a Week without Caffeine
6. Auditioning for “Survivor”
7. Eating Insects
8. Having a Professional Shoot for My First Author Photo
9. Being Hypnotized for Past-Life Regression
10. Having a Brazilian Wax
11. Going Camping Alone
12. Getting an Extreme Haircut
13. Crashing a Wedding Reception
14. Taking a Homeless Person to Lunch
15. Online Dating
16. Going Vegan for a Week
17. Going on a Police Ridealong and a Raid with the SWAT Team
18. Taking Professional Voice Lessons
19. Appearing as a College Mascot
20. Shooting at a Range with a Gun Dealer
21. Spending the Night in a Convent
22. Volunteering at a Nursing Home
23. Zip-lining
24. Undergoing a Colonoscopy
25. Performing in Public as a Mime
26. Going au Naturel at a Nude Beach
27. Dark Dining
28. Singing on Stage with a Band
29. Bell-Ringing for the Salvation Army
30. Going Totally Unplugged for a Week
31. Taking a Polar Bear Dip on New Year’s Day
32. Tackling My First Major Home Improvement Project
33. Doing a Radio Show
34. Being Zoo-Keeper for a Day
35. Taking a Road Trip with My Ex Husband (and Another with His Girlfriend)
36. Staying Up All Night to Watch Horror Flicks Alone
37. Hosting a Party for All Strangers
38. Floating in an Isolation (Sensory Deprivation) Tank
39. Spending the Day in Public in Pajamas, Slippers, and Curlers
40. Babysitting Quadruplets
41. Taking the First Available Flight Out—Wherever It Was Headed
42. Bartending on St. Patrick’s Day
43. Attempting a High Ropes Course
44. Attending a Frat Party
45. Driving a Segway
46. Giving the Keynote Speech at My Alma Mater’s Academic Banquet
47. Running a 5K
48. Ghost Hunting with TV Professionals
49. Riding Shotgun in a Race Car
50. Bee-Keeping
51. Undertaking a Week of “Speed-Dating”
52. Going on a Hot Air Balloon Ride

So, out of curiosity, which of these would you a) most like to do, and b) be most likely to say "Hell, NO" to?
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  1. Lisa mOctober 19, 2014 at 7:52 AM

    No interest in being on Survivor or eating insects. Would love to sing with a band after taking voice lessons, and would love zip lining and a hot air balloon ride. I am almost 45. My son is almost 18. Been married 24 years and just ready for the next step in adulthood.

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    1. sherry stanfa-stanleyOctober 26, 2014 at 12:00 AM

      Lisa: So happy to hear you're excited about taking the next step in adulthood. (And glad you said "adulthood" and not "middle-age" or worse, "maturity." ;-)

      Onward and upward!

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  2. Teena in TorontoAugust 16, 2017 at 11:41 AM

    Here's what I've done:

    1. Taking Belly Dancing Lessons
    8. Having a Professional Shoot
    9. Being Hypnotized for Past-Life Regression
    12. Getting an Extreme Haircut
    13. Crashing a Wedding Reception ~ crashed another company's Christmas party but got caught and kicked out HA!
    15. Online Dating
    23. Zip-lining
    24. Undergoing a Colonoscopy
    26. Going au Naturel at a Nude Beach ~ for about a half hour in the Dominican Republic
    27. Dark Dining ~ there's a restaurant in Toronto and that's all they do
    38. Floating in an Isolation (Sensory Deprivation) Tank ~ LOVE IT!
    43. Attempting a High Ropes Course ~ Never again!
    47. Running a 5K ~ been training since the spring but it's HARD!
    52. Going on a Hot Air Balloon Ride ~ had it booked but it kept getting cancelled so never got to go :(

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