Friday, May 17, 2013
120. Knit a sweater
There's my sweater. It's lumpy and weird-looking, but I finished it. Also, I would recommend buying lots of yarn before you start, and not some weird brand no one's ever heard of, and that you will never be able to find again. One and a half sleeves and the back are one kind of yarn, and the rest of the dark green part is another, more easily available yarn. It would've also been more helpful to have a big circular needle instead of straight needles. Fitting an entire front of a sweater on one needle was a little cramped.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
67. Go kayaking
I like kayaking. It's much better than canoeing. Kayaks just feel so much more stable than canoes, plus you get to sit down, rather than kneel in an uncomfortable position. I always seem to end up turning the canoe backwards when I try to go down little rapids, too. Kayak paddles are more comfortable, too. I should build a wooden kayak; that would be spiffy. And you can buy a kit with the pieces cut out already. I wonder how well they fit, and how much adjusting you have to do.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
271. Travel somewhere by myself
I went to Victoria, British Columbia by myself. It was pretty spiffy. This is inside the Parliament building. The stained glass window was in honor of Queen Victoria and sat in the basement for years and years until someone found it and decided to open the box.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
591. Try Tang
Tang is an orangish beverage made from powder. It's smoother-tasting than orange juice, but not a good imitation of it. I guess the main reason to drink it would be because astronauts drank it. I saw a recipe for a cocktail called the Buzz Aldrin that contains Tang. It didn't sound all that great, due to the fact that it contained Tang. Astronaut ice cream is pretty interesting though; it squeaks when you chew it. And I heard that the astronauts had liquid forms of salt and pepper, since powdered versions might fly around and get stuck in the circuit boards. I guess they had the salt dissolved in water, and the pepper suspended in oil. It would be kind of cool to have that on your dining room table. All your guests would be confused.
Friday, May 10, 2013
545. Just SEE the Grand Canyon
We took a cross-country road trip the summer before I started sixth grade. It was alright; we saw way too many Civil War battlefields for my taste, but it was pretty fun. We stopped at the Grand Canyon one day at breakfast time and ate our donuts and juice. The squirrels were getting very close to us, since people apparently feed them. It was like that when I went to the Hoover Dam, too. We had stopped at a scenic turnout overlooking the lake, and if you looked over the wall that kept people from falling into said lake, there were dozens and dozens of little chipmunks racing back and forth in the hopes that people would drop food over the side. It was kind of disgusting, especially since rodents West of the Rockies have Black Plague.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
518. Fly over the Rocky Mountains sitting in the window seat
It was a pretty awesome view flying over the Rockies. I went from Denver to LA. It was clear out, so you could see the sun setting. After the sun went down and it was dark, you could see little patches of lights on the black ground. Then when we got above LA, it was a huge stretch of lights that went on for a completely absurd distance.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
641. Go to Hooters
The wings at Hooters are pretty good, actually. And I'm sure so are the articles in Playboy. But we had about the third-spiciest wings they have, out of about 8-10 levels of spiciness. It didn't seem like a sleazy place. We went in the middle of the afternoon, so it wasn't a madhouse. I couldn't tell you how it is there later in the day. Our group was also made up of three women and one man, so that may also have had an influence on the atmosphere. I would probably go there again, depending what time of day it was.
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