Wednesday, December 14, 2011

One extra degree can make all the difference


At 211 degrees,water is hot.At 212 degrees,it boils.And with boiling water comes steam.And with steam you can power a locomotive.One extra degree can make all the difference.

If I'm not exploring something new, I don't feel alive.New experiences give me a rush,whether physical,creative,intellectual,tactile,etc.I am interested in and dabble in almost anything.However,I cycle between them for short periods,constantly finding new things to try.This means I am also a great starter,but a poor finisher,but I feel constantly exhilarated.


Grant's Original List of 100 Things to Try before You Die:
    1. Swim with a dolphin.
    2. Skydive
    3. Spend the whole day naked
    4. Watch the launch of the Space Shuttle
    5. Walk the Great Wall of China
    6. Listen to the Dalai Lama Speak
    7. Ride a camel into the desert.
    8. Get to know your neighbors.
    9. Learn to ballroom dance properly.
    10. Fall deeply in love - helplessly and unconditionally.
    11. Write the novel you know you have inside you.
    12. Ride the Trans-Siberian Express across Asia.
    13. Stay out all night dancing and go to work the next day without having gone home
    14. Learn to play a musical instrument
    15. Work a night in a soup kitchen
    16. Sing to the Elderly
    17. See a lunar eclipse
    18. Ask someone you've only just met to go on a date.
    19. Sleep under the stars.
    20. Touch a Tiger
    21. Learn how to complain effectively -- and do it!
    22. Forgive your parents.
    23. Learn to juggle with three balls.
    24. Learn to ride a unicycle
    25. Drive a convertible with the top down and music blaring.
    26. Buy your own house and then spend time making it into exactly what you want.
    27. Grow your own vegetables
    28. Spend a whole day eating junk food without feeling guilty.
    29. Give a speech in public
    30. Scuba dive off Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
    31. Go up in a hot-air balloon.
    32. Give to a charity -- anonymously.
    33. Make love on the kitchen floor.
    34. Go deep sea fishing and eat your catch.
    35. Create your own web site.
    36. Make yourself spend a half-day at a concentration camp and swear never to forget.
    37. Create your Family Tree.
    38. Ski a double-black diamond run.
    39. Walk to the crater of a volcano
    40. Run a marathon
    41. Look into your child's eyes, see yourself, and smile.
    42. Reflect on your greatest weakness, and realize how it is your greatest strength.
    43. Make a hole in one
    44. Learn to bartend
    45. Do a Bungi Jump
    46. Visit the Holy land
    47. Have your portrait painted
    48. Tell someone the story of your life, sparing no details
    49. Be an extra in a film
    50. Attend at least one major event, The Olympics, The World Cup
    51. Learn to speak a foreign language
    52. Learn not to say yes when you really mean no
    53. Send a message in a bottle
    54. Be a member of the audience in a TV show
    55. Buy a round-the-world air ticket and a rucksack, and run away
    56. Plant a tree
    57. Witness the birth of a baby
    58. Shower in a waterfall
    59. Be someone’s mentor
    60. Sit on a jury
    61. Shave your head
    62. Make love on a forest floor
    63. Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich.
    64. Spend a day at Disney land being a kid
    65. Write down your goals and then do something about them
    66. Experience weightlessness
    67. Drive across the country from coast to coast
    68. Own a Porsche
    69. Write you will
    70. Attend the Anzac memorial at Anzac cove
    71. Visit new York
    72. Climb to Everest base camp
    73. Fly First Class
    74. Go Whale watching
    75. Draw on a wall
    76. Set off a fire extinguisher
    77. Win an Award
    78. Win a trip
    79. Queue for something for at least 24 hours
    80. Fly a kite
    81. Make a complete and utter fool of yourself
    82. Wake up on a beach
    83. Learn to surf
    84. Be interviewed on TV
    85. Stage Dive
    86. Release an Album
    87. Visit Te Awamutu
    88. Make someone cry of happiness
    89. Participate in a protest
    90. Ride in a military jeep
    91. Be debt free
    92. Sponsor a child
    93. Have a coffee on the sidewalk in Paris
    94. Touch one of the Royal family
    95. Visit ground Zero
    96. Visit Area 51
    97. Teach someone illiterate to read
    98. Visit Machu Picchu
    99. Go black water rafting
    100. Accept yourself for who you are

100 Things to Try Before I Die . . .to start in 2012...

How many have you achieved? Click on the boxes and find out how you're doing.

  1.  Swim with a dolphin
  2.  Skydive
  3.  Spend the whole day naked
  4.  Watch the launch of the Space Shuttle
  5.  Walk the Great Wall of China
  6.  Listen to the Dalai Lama Speak
  7.  Ride a camel into the desert
  8.  Get to know your neighbours
  9.  Learn to ballroom dance properly
  10.  Say the words "I love you" to someone and truly mean it - Narelle Maiolo
  11.  Write the novel you know you have inside you
  12.  Ride the Trans-Siberian Express across Asia
  13.  Stay out all night dancing and go to work the next day without having gone home
  14.  Learn to play a musical instrument
  15.  Work a night in a soup kitchen
  16.  Do the Sydney Harbour Bridge climb - Thea Westra 
  17.  See a lunar eclipse
  18.  Cook a fresh fish over a fire and eat it - Christopher 
  19.  Sleep under the stars
  20.  Touch a Tiger
  21.  Learn how to complain effectively - and do it!
  22.  Forgive your parents
  23.  Learn to juggle with three balls
  24.  Learn to ride a unicycle
  25.  Drive a convertible with the top down and music blaring
  26.  Buy your own house and then spend time making it into exactly what you want
  27.  Grow your own vegetables
  28.  Spend a whole day eating junk food without feeling guilty
  29.  Give a speech in public
  30.  Go on an Indian Safari and see the Taj Mahal - Danny Morrison
  31.  Go up in a hot-air balloon
  32.  Give to a charity - anonymously
  33.  Make love on the kitchen floor
  34.  Go deep sea fishing and eat your catch
  35.  Create your own web site
  36.  Make yourself spend a half-day at a concentration camp and swear never to forget
  37.  Create your Family Tree
  38.  Ski a double-black diamond run
  39.  Walk to the crater of a volcano
  40.  Run a marathon
  41.  Look into your child's eyes, see yourself, and smile
  42.  Reflect on your greatest weakness, and realize how it is your greatest strength
  43.  Make a hole in one
  44.  Learn to bartend
  45.  Do a Bungi Jump
  46.  Visit the Holy land
  47.  Have your portrait painted
  48.  Tell someone the story of your life, sparing no details
  49.  Be an extra in a film
  50.  Attend at least one major event, The Olympics, The World Cup
  51.  Learn to speak a foreign language
  52.  Learn not to say yes when you really mean no
  53.  Send a message in a bottle
  54.  Be a member of the audience in a TV show
  55.  Buy a round-the-world air ticket and a rucksack, and run away
  56.  Plant a tree
  57.  Witness the birth of a baby
  58.  Shower in a waterfall
  59.  Be someone’s mentor
  60.  Sit on a jury
  61.  Shave your head
  62.  Make love on a forest floor
  63.  Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich
  64.  Spend a day at Disneyland being a kid
  65.  Write down your goals and then do something about them
  66.  Experience weightlessness
  67.  Drive across the country from coast to coast
  68.  Own a Porsche
  69.  Re-visit the family home you grew up in - Craig Simpson 
  70.  Attend the Anzac memorial at Anzac cove
  71.  Visit new York
  72.  Climb to Everest base camp
  73.  Fly First Class
  74.  Go Whale watching
  75.  Draw on a wall
  76.  Set off a fire extinguisher
  77.  Win an Award
  78.  Win a trip
  79.  Queue for something for at least 24 hours
  80.  Fly a kite
  81.  Make a complete and utter fool of yourself
  82.  Spend New Years Eve in Times Square - Stephanie Coleman
  83.  Learn to surf
  84.  Be interviewed on TV
  85.  Stage Dive
  86.  Release an Album
  87.  Visit Te Awamutu
  88.  Make someone cry of happiness
  89.  Participate in a protest
  90.  Ride in a military jeep
  91.  Be debt free
  92.  Sponsor a child
  93.  Have a coffee on the sidewalk in Paris
  94.  Touch one of the Royal family
  95.  Visit ground Zero
  96.  Visit Area 51
  97.  Teach someone illiterate to read
  98.  Visit Machu Picchu
  99.  Go black water rafting
  100.  Accept yourself for who you are

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