What's the coolest thing you've done lately?
 

I choreographed a wicked cool routine with my co-workers for our upcoming summer camps.

What's the coolest thing you've done lately?

Got myself out of a job that would have been miserable this coming summer and into a good job with a higher wage at a new (to this area) box store. Took the bull by the balls doing it, and feel damn good about it.

I ran away from home-- left a crappy relationship for a thoroughly unconventional and very happy one. :D

Joined a very active Relay For Life team. The weekend following relay i'm taking my kids camping, and Bass fishing on the South Umpqua river in our inflatable kayaks.

I called out sick from work simply because I was actually sick. I came to the realization that I'm too young to run myself into the ground for any person, job or relationship and while I love to give 110% - I've gotta take better care of myself.

I moved to the other side of the world to pursue my dream job.

I bought a rice rocket. Still, Charlatan wins this one hands down. Well met, sir.

Lately? Everything besides my job is cool to me when I do it....but nothing compares to holding my babies the first time.

My wife and I blew off friends and family over the Easter long weekend and went to a cabin just outside of Yoho national park and Kicking Horse. Cozy cabin, awesome skiing, warm sunny days (including a hike to Wapta falls), excellent bbq. We decided to go thursday night and left friday morning.

I'd love to hear more about this, either here or via pm, if you feel like it.

Preparing to take a short-term job as a Production Assistant for a friend's instructional dance video shoot. This will be the second time I've gotten to do this with her, and it's a lot of low-budget fun! :D

i built my new file server.

I got lost in an airport

I signed on to be an extra for Batman while it films in Chicago! :D If I'm really lucky, I might even get to be a stand-in. :thumbsup:

I got into a fist fight for the first time in 8 years. No better way to be humbled.



I made friends with the most beautiful women I have ever seen and have no intention of sleeping with her. This is big for me cause no matter what... I'm always looking to fuck a hot girl.

I went to the Final Four to watch the Gators play and sat on the front row right behind the band.

I successfully installed <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/news/Ubuntu704Beta">Ubuntu Feisty Fawn</a> on an external usb hard drive.

I bought hard liquor at a gas station at 2:00 am on a Sunday in Phoenix this weekend.

I wish Colorado would change their liquor laws.

I did a free-form Henna tattoo on my pregnant wife's belly. :)

<<Gonna be a daddy

i sold Merck for a 50% profit over 2 years on Friday.

I went backpacking around Sydney, Australia. :)

I walked into a room today and gave my teenage daughter a hug, for no reason, and she hugged me back. Now that's cool ! ..... OH, and later that day i cleaned the crud out from under my big toenail ..... life is good ..... hug your kids !

I hiked to the top of Mount Finlayson in Victoria. It's only 419 meters, but it was still a lot of fun.

-Tamerlain

I handed in my notice at work. I started there in 1984, before my kids were born - my granddaughter turns 3 this summer.
I don't have a job to go to. I'm making a blind jump in order to live with my lady and give up a bedamned highway commute that has been killing me and definitely killed my car. Thumbs up for waking beside my woman and getting to stay in bed with her :)

Wow, seems a lot of job and life changes happening for TFPers.

Lately, life hasn't been too exciting. Work, cooking, video games, and the usual things.

The coolest thing I've done so far today (and take into consideration I've only been up for about an hour), is have a contest to see how long it will take for our cat to successfully knock everything off the coffee table with his tail. It took about 3 minutes.

Yesterday, the coolest thing was walking home, getting a block from our highrise, and walking onto an ER set. Yes, I was across the street from John Stamos. I'm not a huge fan of his, but it was cool to watch about 15 minutes of the rehearsal.

If you are a watcher of the show, watch for him to go up to the blonde girl on the steps in front of a walk-up while the people are bringing out boxes.

Of course that's not as cool as possibly being in Batman. WTG, ono! :thumbsup:

I took six months off from working to evaluate myself... figure out my passions, develop some long-term goals, change my attitude, and do some serious self-assessment. I did a lot of reading, a lot of thinking, and asked a lot of questions, but I finally have a direction and purpose that I'm happy with, and this week I took the first step towards making it happen.

Well, I hate that it's work related, but I just finished framing an exhibit of all original photographs. No ordinary photos mind you, but hand-printed silver prints from artists like Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter, Eugene Smith and Brett Weston, to name a few.(haha...what a fucking name-dropper)

Anyhow, this show was worth in the neighborhood of $350,000, and luckily my boss had to go out of town for the week, otherwise he probably woulda been standing directly over my shoulder the whole time.

That sounds awesome Joe...

I started working at a fish processing factory in Iceland, with about 90 immigrants from Thailand, the Philippines, and Poland. I love it, I really do... the whole factory experience, and especially the people, which is the reason I'm there (for my research). I sliced and diced 70 kilos of cod on Friday!! :hyper: It's one of the coolest jobs I've ever had... and the only one where I come home smelling like a big fillet o' fish. :lol: Good thing my husband loves me unconditionally! :D

i hot wired a golf cart

I joined TFP and was witness to a wonderful community. :suave:

Man, I need to reassess my coolness.

Bought a high end longboard. Should be coming on thursday!!! Will be carving around by the weekend! :D

Spent 2 weeks in Washington DC working with some of the greatest jazz musicians not just currently but some of the best in History. An amazing experience. Even at the current expense of my sanity catching up on course work

I finally managed to scare the bejaysus out of myself after forty years of trying.

Last year, I got drive Lotus Exige at Silverstone Raceway north of London.... First time I've ever been on a track - was a royal blast!

I treated a friend to a very expensive dinner because he deserved it.

Signed up to TFP?

Heehee

For her birthday, I took some time away from work to spend the first 3 day weekend with my sweetheart in a long time...it was so awesome to see her so happy.

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I got sex for pizza. It's really not any more complex than that.

A girl I used to work with... five years ago... randomly messaged me on AOL the other night, and basically said we should hang out. She's cute and we used to have a lot of fun partying together, but were never anything more than friends. I thought it was a very touching-base type of activity, and she invited me to her place. After some friendly catching-up, we decided we were hungry.

I said, "let's order some pizza". She said, "sounds good". I made no mention of asking her to pay anything. We chat some more about the old days and what we're up to, and finally the pizza arrives. She says she should have offered to split the cost with me, and I told her that it was my pleasure to buy pizza, and I didn't mention it because I had no intention of having her split the cost.

We each put some pizza on our plate, and as I'm enjoying my first bite into a delicious slice, I see movement out of the corner of my eye. It's not her similar first-bite into her pizza slice, but rather her pulling off her t-shirt and throwing it casually to the side, then immediately picking up and biting into her slice.

I let her see that I noticed, but made no commentary... I just continued to eat as though it hadn't happened, because I believed it would be better to act as though it didn't phase me. Meanwhile, I'm mentally sizing up her outfit for the number of steps before she's naked: bra... skirt... panties(?)... and wondering if each slice will mean another article of clothing is removed, or each bite, or what.

She got up and said she was getting a beer, and asked if I wanted one as well. I told her yes, I would like one. She disappears into the kitchen. So now, I'm trying to think if she'll come back totally naked, or come back without the bra or skirt... certainly she'll take something off, just so she can enjoy watching me try to act like it's not driving me nuts that she's lost more clothing.

She returns with two beers, and nothing has changed. I thought she was being clever, knowing I'd think she'd take something off and then not do so. I chuckled and gave in, saying, "I thought you would have taken something else off". As I finish that sentence, she pauses mid-stride and stands in front of me, between me and the coffee table (we were eating on the couch). She turns to face the coffee table, away from me, and bends over at the waist to put my beer down. She had, indeed, taken something off- it was all exposed, the skirt ruffling around it, and it was 6 inches from my face.

She straightened up and then sat down again, enjoying a nonchalant sip of her beer and going right back to the pizza. I was floored- not only did I not expect her to want me in that way, but also because I totally didn't think about her losing the panties to mess with me even more. I chuckled a bit as we ate some more, and said "you're good. Well played." She thanked me as a very intentionally bland courtesy, "thank you."

She was better than good, she was beating me at my own game- messing with someone's head while you act like nothing's going on. She owned me at every step of the way. I think she sensed how much of a landslide her victory over me was becoming, so she very casually said, in between bites, "I have a little itch on my back, can you get it for me?" I replied to this by sliding my hand up from the small of her back to her bra strap, which was snapped open with the flick of my fingers.

She said, "that's much better, thank you" and let it fall as she polished off the last bite of her slice of pizza.

Well... I didn't want her to take the skirt off. I mean... that's just way hotter than being totally naked... at least for a little while. I decided to play her game and asked if there was any pizza on my face. She said there was, and leaned in to kiss.

After that, all notions of messing with each other went straight out the window and it was just a kiss- and grope-fest while she tried to take my clothes off in the chaos. She succeeded. This was my first sex in some time, and I think we humped on/around every surface and piece of furniture in every room in her house. We took so many showers (no idea how many) to clean off the sweatiness and have shower sex, that we totally killed the hot water and were having almost-too-cold-to-tolerate shower sex.

Her body was amazing. I don't remember when the skirt was lost, and I don't know if I intentionally took it off or burst into a horny rage and pulled it off without conscious thought. I can still feel the gentle caress of her voice against my ear as she leaned in to whisper to me, nearly out of breath, "none of this was true. I hope you enjoyed the story."

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Really though, I did finally get laid the other night, after way too long without... I did get a message to hang out with a chick I used to work with 5 years ago, but it was a very obvious "booty call". Her first message was something like, "Hey, I haven't talked to you in forever. I have a king-size bed now. Wink."

I said I'd take a shower and be over there. I went, she greeted me at the door, took me by the hand, and led me into the bedroom. Sex. Thank God. It's been too long. And yeah, she's cute and we used to hang out a ton and nothing ever happened despite getting shitty drunk together many, many times. I don't care if I was just a booty call. She's a nice booty to get a call from- and 5 years down the road, to boot.[/hide]

On Thursday I popped my shoulder out of its socket because I was carrying so much pina colada mix. Twenty minutes later, I ordered $800 worth of pizza on an expense account. The luau was an event that I came up with because I needed to teach new people to fill out a planning packet during a training meeting and the president told me that I'd better save the packet because we were going to make the hypothetical event a reality before the end of the semester.

On Saturday I won a stuffed animal at a carnival by hitting a bulls-eye with a crossbow on my second shot.

The robbery attempt left my car's interior a mangled mess. The starter was in pieces. The steering column had car guts hanging out. I a quick look at it, reassembled the starter and made the car functional, the drove kids to school. On time.

analog. Excellent story. You had me there for a minute.

hah.. that was pretty good analog.

as of late, ive been rolling my own cigarettes. now i can die at half the price...

I have done absolutely nothing lately... I'm at a dead zero on the cool-shit-o-meter.

The only thing that even comes close to cool was that I needed to buy a lawnmower, and instead of getting a gas or electric one I opted for the old-fashioned push-reel. My neighbors all think its cool-ish and my aunt and uncle thought so too. However, the cool-shit-o-meter only twitched a little.

god damn you guys are interesting...

the coolest thing i've had time to do in the last few weeks is...act in a really lame skit.

I settled a major debt with my university, and am now cleared to resume classes in June. I made an appointment with my advisor, to make sure I haven't missed anything, and barring anything catastrophic, I should finally be graduating for real come September.

On that note, I've been working really hard to take good care of myself this spring so that I don't have a repeat of the spring/summer 2005, where my body crapped out on me due to stress.

Started some weekend courses at the local tech institute so I can get a job that allows me to do what I love and get paid for it.

I finally nailed a song I was trying to play on guitar for the last year or so.

I joined a gym and actually continue to attend it. This is cool for me since I have commitment issues.

I accepted an invitation to go ice skating even though I haven't been in years and didn't have any interest in going. It was a lot of fun. I want to go back again soon and I'm even thinking of buying a pair of skates.
My plan for the next cool thing I will do is pop off my keys and learn Dvorak.
Great thread idea, Miss Mango.

I temporarily overcame my social anxiety and agoraphobia so that I can for once actually enjoy mself around others. I mildly succeeded.

Bought my first house and am in the process of remodeling it.

I graduated college with a double degree. I keep forgetting people consider this an accomplishment.

I went swing dancing last night. Didn't break anyone's legs and actually had a lot of fun (and may have a basic idea of what I'm doing)!

I just ordered a laptop. It's a major upgrade over my desktop. I've been waiting a long time to have enough money to spare to get a laptop in the first place, and so being able to do this is a big deal to me.

I did a half decent job of ironing my pants. Go me!

I made a photo album for one of the clients I work with (I work in a group home with adults with disabilities and she has downs syndrome). It had pictures of the birthday party I threw for her, and some of our holidays we went on together. She was really happy when I gave it to her, although her favourite picture was of her birthday cake *laughs*

Seems like the rest of you are up to some really cool things, my life seems mundane in comparision.

went on a vision quest

I made a new friend and helped somebody in need. It wasn't dramatic. It wasn't world-changing. It wasn't even life-changing. Nobody even knows it happened but the two of us and I'm not raising a big fuss about it. But I held her while she cried and did something completely selfless. It's possibly the best thing I've done with myself in months and makes it very difficult to get too upset about anything else going on.

The real human moments are what help us to keep a handle on life. Those who wall themselves off risk losing that.

i am about to eat fishsticks

i just did a wicked cool powerslide into the parking lot at work, kinda like the ace ventura parking job in the first movie, but not as precise

Thought about buying an ipod. Joined TFP. Cleaned out 2 storage areas. Still thinking.

How can you call your "mundane" ? . . .
 

I know you wrote this a while ago , and hopefully your life doesn't feel mundane any longer , but ,
creating a photo album for someone with a disability is about as far away from "mundane' as you can get . . . :thumbsup:

I have been sitting outside on our balcony every morning with my boyfriend before he goes to work enjoying a cup of coffee and watching the sunrise while our dog sits at our feet watching the birds wake up. It's really kind of fabulous, I have to say.

I'm a PADI-certified SCUBA diver now.

I went to the class afraid of being in the water and now I've got the confidence to go down to 40 feet and hang out with the fishes.

Congrats, bro. I'm still in the bookwork phase of getting my SDI cert.

I made a slideshow for my daughter's 1st birthday party. It's amazing how much she has changed--she now seems like a tiny person instead of a living doll. We took pictures of her all but like 10 days of her first year...the slideshow has 800 pics in it, we ran it during her party against a mix of Raffi music.

Went camping with my husbands family at a water park. It was really fun. We got drunk by the camp fire and talked all night. FUN FUN FUN!!

Got a new roof put on my F&MIL's house at relatively little cost to them (insurance deductabile), and closed the sale of said house.

Took the family on vacation to Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Mount Rushmore, Rocky Mountain National Park and Arches National Park.

I grew some balls about an hour and 1/2 ago and laid down the law to my ex bf / current 'boy toy,' with whom I share the L-word with. I'm too old for this complicated, cutesy 20-something PT relationship. He either loves me and is with me for keeps or he's gone bye bye. I'm not getting any younger dammit.

That is more than cool. That is awesome.

I shot the first two rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament in Portland, Ore. Man the Rose Garden media room had the best food and all the vitamin water I could ever drink.

Went to Hanoi with my family.

I played Call of Duty world at war. fun fun fun!!:)

made a real life human being

yay! congratulations, dlish :)

Just got back from Machu Picchu where I got to see the sun rise over the mountain tops and pour into the valley. Took the new camera up to the top of Wynapicchu, and the other mountain top (Can't remember the name)... Got some sweet shots of an almost full circle rainbow at 9000ft.

Went swimming in the Willamette River. The water was clear enough to see the baby fishies shining in the sun.

My classmates and I got to use a Hoyer Lift on each other, aka a body sling.

I had a snowball fight on an active volcano. The steam vents sounded like a jet engine.

I allowed the Applied Math Department at University of Italy in Venice to use my cartoon as a recruiting tool.

I interviewed Doug Tennapel.

I swam a mile.

...you're funny, woods...and GOOD ON YOU!

...and CONGRATS to you, dlish!

...and while i'm at it, let me say congrats to everyone...all these posts are wayyyy cool!


:thumbsup:

Thanks :o.

And I've yet to hear from him too but I'm a'ight lol.

last night, we turned on the heater in the teeny tiny pool and swam around nekkid. it was fabulous.







...oh, and yes we did. :suave:

Started school. It's been 13 years since I was in a school setting so it was different than what I've become used to...

Also, got 100% on my first test!

Got up on a stage and told jokes to a group of strangers.

Got an autographed copy of a book written by a man who is building a time machine. He remembered me from the last time I went to one of his lectures.

Maybe he remembered you from NEXT TIME his gives a lecture!

This is very cool.

Congratulations :).

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I went to my favorite New Age-y type bookstore and dropped $120 on feel-good things. Candles, incense, resins, massage oils, etc. I'm soooo happy right now. Everything smells fantastic. Yay me.

formed a relationship with someone special

Sang in front of 800 people the other night and had an elderly lady tell me: "missed you Frank Sinatra; good to have you back".

Kissed Ace. Made me all squirmy and fire. Slept with Ace. Made me stop being Holden for an hour or two.

Got a job; on the third shift had the woman in catalog announce a five second dance party. People showed for it.