Everyone needs a certain amount of craziness in their life. For some, it is simply enough that Glee does a random episode of Rocky Horror. I hope that is not the only crazy thing keeping your life interesting.
I have been traveling a lot on the weekends to introduce the right amount of hectic-ness and excitement in my life. Unfortunately winter is on its way and this approach is about to loose its excitement. So what other options do I have to throw in a little craziness? I see it breaking down into two categories:
Building Fun Things
I have a mechanical engineering degree for a reason: so that I can build toys for my own amusement. The toy itself will be fun, but the real joy comes from the journey itself – creating something real t(hat is also hopefully big and dangerous). This category falls somewhere in between Mythbusters and Junkyard Wars.
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Doing Silly Things Just Because
The other category doesn’t require any tools, junk, or money. All you need is the miraculous human body and a little creativity. Things like eating a ton of carrots to see if your skin turns orange or having a competition to see who can stay awake the longest. Two Canadians best friends, Kenny and Spenny, had a TV show with weekly competitions – hilarity ensues.
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Anyone Interested?
These types of things are always more fun with a friend. Who has an idea they would like to try? Or if I come up with something, who would be interested in joining in?
You know I’m so down for this. Let’s come up with week-long challenges that we do the first full week of every month or something. I’ve got a couple ideas to start with…
– Eat only one thing for the entire week (You get to pick what you eat, but whatever it is it’s the only thing you are allowed to eat, plus water)
– Get as orange as possible in one week eating carrots (phenomenal idea)
– Don’t sleep for a week
– Sleep for as many hours in a week as possible
– Spend as much time outside as possible
– Spend as much time inside as possible
– Don’t shower for a week
– Live Amish for a week
Most of them aren’t that exciting (or original), but give me a break. When do we start?
I guess we start next week. I also like the idea of weekend challenges:
-who can eat the most by weight
-spend the most time standing
-spend the most time laying down
-walk the most miles
-talk to the most strangers
Or we could work on a skill for a set amount of time and have a winner take all contest:
-best juggler
-best hacky sacker
-best parkourer