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    wip78 2:32 am on January 13, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    Adventure #1: The Non-Smoking, Work-Out Bandit 

    Hola!  sorry for starting in a week late, but my long-time pal and fellow adventurer (jscribe) told me about this awesome idea and after hearing about it, I decided to join in.  SOOO, here I am!!!  This is also my first venture into the blogging world.  I’m a bit nervous….EEEK!

    Anyhoots, I have thought about the different adventures I would like to have this year.   This is my list thus far:

    go to the movies by myself, cook a live lobster (yes, Julia Child style), cook a five course meal, run a 5k, sky-diving, sing karaoke, ice-skating, learn about a professional sport, try sushi, visit the museum of contemporary art,  take a salsa class, take a cooking class, go to a restaurant by myself, keep my phone bill below $90.00, be on-time, make a pizza, get my neighbor to have a conversation with me (I always say ‘hi’ and he just stares), approach someone at a bar (I’m painfully shy), learn how to make fancy drink (or two), stay at a bed and breakfast, play whirley-ball, pay it forward, wear a bow-tie …..

    …I’m still thinking about the rest of them. 

    For my first adventure, I quit smoking.  I smoked for the past 15 years.  It was a social thing at first, but then became a hardcore addiction.  Over the last several years, I would smoke a pack a day if not more on the weekends.  SO, on January 1st at about 2:00 a.m., I smoked my last cigarette.  it was extremely tough the first couple of days, but its been getting easier.  One day at a time, right?!  to make sure I did not pick up smoking again, I calculated the amount i spent monthly on cigarettes and signed a year-long contract with a trainer at my gym.  I’ve had about 5 sessions now, and I am feeling sore great!!! 

    I am looking forward to 2010 and reading about all of your adventures and sharing mine. 

    Best,

    Roberto

     
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      jscribe 2:42 am on January 13, 2010 Permalink

      Oh Roberto! I’m so glad to see you here! your list looks great, I cant wait to hear more about your adventures. Quitting smoking might be a hard one to beat, but a new adventure every week is just one more reason not to be a smoker! I was just thinking today about adding “Iceskating” to my list of adventures. Lets head up to the Wrigley rink some weekend soon, ok? This year is going to be awesome!

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      yearof52adventures 2:58 am on January 13, 2010 Permalink

      Roberto, I read this and decided to quit smoking myself. Well played sir!

    • wip78's avatar

      wip78 3:09 am on January 13, 2010 Permalink

      Wow. Awesome!

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      wip78 3:34 am on January 13, 2010 Permalink

      Quite! Can’t wait to iceskate!

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      Kelly 7:31 am on January 13, 2010 Permalink

      awesome list! I was a “figure skater” for 7 years and I can say with great pleasure it’s a lot of fun. Once you get the hang of it there is something quite cool about gliding around on something so fragile with steel blades attached to your feet. I’m interested to hear how the skating goes. I’m also pretty sure i’m going to quit smoking this year. I’m ready. March 1st is my quit date. If I tried it now right after the first of the year i’d just chalk it up to a new years resolution. this will make it feel more concrete. Let me know any advice you may have. Good luck on those adventures they sound fun!

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      Anonymous 9:42 pm on January 13, 2010 Permalink

      Congratulations! Don’t get discouraged….it’s the best thing you can do for yourself.

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      mjperry1 5:28 am on January 15, 2010 Permalink

      Wow. Turns out I quit on the day you posted this. Way to steal my thunder. Jerk. Kidding of course. Good luck to you!!!!! And kimberly as well!

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      wip78 1:19 am on January 17, 2010 Permalink

      Great minds think alike. Good luck to you, too!!!

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    gonsan 6:49 pm on January 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Yay! I made it! THANX to Kim of course! I’m still getting the hang of this so I shall return with my list and my upcoming adventures…

     
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    Kimberly Hula 5:37 am on January 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    It’s 10 in the p.m.. Where’s YOUR mother? 

    Wow!  You guys are just cooking with gas!  I’m having the loveliest time reading about your extraordinary adventures.

    At present Jen has eaten an Ethiopian feast, Jane went pantless on the T (and was consequently photographed for the Boston Herald), Chris survived a sandstorm, co-admin Rebecca’s mom survived a slew of 1st graders, Dawn drove hundreds of miles solo, I participated in my first poetry reading and SO.MANY.MORE.  If this is just the start of week 2, I have absolutely no idea what to expect for the rest of the year.  But I do know this: 2010 is full of so much crazy promise.  And to think, we still have another 50 and some weeks of fabulous adventuer to look forward to!

    Keep doing what you’re doing.  You do it so well!

    xoxo

    Kimberly

     
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    jenitz 7:39 pm on January 11, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    Adventure #1- Try Ethiopian Food.
    I went to Nyala on S. Fairfax in Los Angeles (very good Zagat rating). I got the Vegetarian Combination so that I could try as much as possible. It included: yemiser wot (red lentil stew), kik alecha (mild yellow split peas), defen yemiser wot (whole lentil stew), yatakit wot (mixed vegetables), yabesha gommen (collard greens).
    A few things to note- everything is seasoned with fresh garlic and ginger and you eat with your hands (including the side salad).
    Here were the instructions:
    1. Tear off a small piece of ‘injera’ ( a crepe-like soudough bread) with your hands and place it on the dish of your choice.
    2. Grasp your fingers to scoop up the food into bite size portions you desire.
    3. Mold the bread until it soaks up the savory flavors that are essential to each dish.

     
    • Kelly's avatar

      Kelly 7:54 pm on January 11, 2010 Permalink

      What an awesome adventure. I’m so afraid of new foods this is something I should consider doing.

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      eatveggiesdrinkwine 1:47 am on January 12, 2010 Permalink

      Congrats on trying this! I couldn’t tell from your post what you thought of it … will you be repeating this adventure?

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      Jane Showalter 3:03 pm on January 12, 2010 Permalink

      That looks absolutely delicious! Do you remember which was your favorite?

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    heididino 6:18 pm on January 11, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    52 Adventures equals my first adventure in blogging! 

    Hello? Am I on? Is this working? I have never blogged before so this is an adventure all on its own!  I am thrilled to be a part of 52 Adventures!! I have enjoyed making my “list.” I have been giving it a lot of thought and a lot of questions have come up  too. What if I have a busy work week and don’t have the time for an ADVENTURE? Should I make a list of more than 52 things so I can be choosy? What if I do 2 in one week? What if something happens and its a spontaneous adventure, does it make the list after I’ve done it? After having voiced all of these I have come to the decision that their really aren’t any parameters. There are no limitations or expectations. I think  it is important for me just to do something! So with that, I share with you all MY LIST thus far.

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      Cheryl 7:50 pm on January 11, 2010 Permalink

      Great post! I started blogging for my 1st adventure

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      jscribe 7:56 pm on January 11, 2010 Permalink

      Awesome to see you here HeidiDino! I’d LOVE to go on a ghost tour with you. I’m adding it to my list, too!!

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    jeindeer 2:23 pm on January 10, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    #2: No Pants T Ride (pre-adventure) 

    http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=194245607559&ref=ts

    So it’s really happening, and I’m really going to be a participant.

    As I sit here trying to pick an album for my morning commute, it dawns on me for the first time that whichever one I choose will be remembered forever as the album from that time I rode the T pantsless. That adds a pretty new dose of realism. It’s a monumental choice to make at 9:00 on a Sunday morning. The way I figure it, the only way I can keep from “breaking character”–showing so much as a snicker as commuters drop trou en masse–is to choose something upbeat enough that I can nod along with drowsy intent. I haven’t picked one yet. I think it’s going to have to be a spur-of-the-moment choice, which makes sense, because that’s pretty much the only way to decide this is a good idea.

    Have a late-breaking urge to join up? We’re meeting at the Alewife T stop at noon. Look at the folks with the question mark umbrellas; they’re the organizers from Boston S.O.S., who’ll give out routing information. Additionally, if you sign up for an account beforehand (http://www.soscities.org/) and give your username to an organizer, you’ll get points in that web site’s currency which can be converted into donation dollars for a charity of your choice.

    If time, distance or common sense deter you from participating, you can still track updates through the twitter #NoPantsBoston hashtag at http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23NoPantsBoston. The fact that it takes place underground will probably keep updates limited, but maybe the people on the above-ground lines will be extra talkative.

     
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    eatveggiesdrinkwine 8:21 pm on January 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    2/52: Walking to the library 

    I’m often dashing to the library with overdue books, trying to stuff them into the drop box minutes before opening time to avoid accruing even more fees. I actually like paying the small fines for books, but when I borrow movies I try to meet the due date– $2/day adds up quickly. So, this morning I needed to return Rachel Getting Married (still not sure what I think of it) by 10 am. On a typical day, I’d hop in my car and drive down the street to the Madisonville Library. But I didn’t feel like swiping the snow off my car. And I have never, ever walked to the library in my nearly 9 years of living 1.1 miles away from it. It seemed like an adventure waiting to happen.

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      jscribe 8:38 pm on January 9, 2010 Permalink

      Seems so simple but is so important. I walk pretty much everywhere–but i might need to add a “walk to explore, not just to get from point A to point B” to my list.

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      eatveggiesdrinkwine 3:03 pm on January 10, 2010 Permalink

      I agree — I walk as a form of exercise, so I’m usually trying to walk as fast as I can. It was nice to give myself permission to stop and look at things and to let my dog meander too. (And I’m super-envious of your walking everywhere life.)

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      Jock 3:10 am on May 4, 2011 Permalink

      I feel so much happier now I undresatnd all this. Thanks!

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    eatveggiesdrinkwine 8:07 pm on January 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    1/52: Joining The Year of 52 Adventures and sharing my list (so far) 

    Hi all! So excited to be joining you on this journey. I was immediately smitten with this idea as soon as I learned of it from a friend’s post on Facebook. At first I planned to participate in this quietly, on my own, but then I realized that being a part of this community is a necessary adventure for me this year. Though I can temporarily trick people into believing I’m an extrovert, introversion courses through my veins and feels oh-so-comfortable to me. So, here I am, adventuring in public and learning how to live out loud a bit more.

    Here’s my list so far, separated in categories and with some borrowed adventures from your lists:

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    Try2StopMe 4:53 pm on January 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    WOW! i somehow figured this out. i have to say i am feeling a little silly as it seems no one else had such an “adventure” in signing on… i like to think i’m pretty smart- but sometymes it seems the easiest stuff is what gets me…

    i have started my list- incomplete as it is, it’s a start. i happen to be a ritualistic list writer. now that i’ve started my focus has shifted to the parameters of the list in question, as opposed to it’s contents. this is something pretty typical of me and my obsessive nature over details and perfection… it’s quite frankly annoying. at the least to myself.

    so in the honor of my OCD, i have committed to completing all 52, in hopes of letting go of / conquering my compulsions that limit me- those that say:
    “you don’t have the right stuff to do this”
    “you don’t know how”,
    “it’s not good enough”,
    “that’s nothing special”,
    “no one cares”,
    “you can’t do it alone”,
    “you will never make it”,
    “that’s not how it goes”

    i can keep going… this list seems to be exhaustive. in the spirit of reclaiming mySELF however, i’m putting on my platforms and rising above and proceeding with the list of things that are “ALL WORTH IT”, “ALL GOOD”, and “ALL GOOD FOR ME”…

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      eatveggiesdrinkwine 8:36 pm on January 9, 2010 Permalink

      Great list! I’m so scared of needles, but I love your idea of getting a tattoo of “52.” Who knows — I may join you! I understand the issue of thinking limiting thoughts and congratulate you on replacing them with expansive, positive thoughts.

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      jscribe 8:36 pm on January 9, 2010 Permalink

      I think this list looks totally awesome, and I might steal some of your ideas for myself. You totally can do it -and you are going to be awesome.

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      Try2StopMe 12:57 am on January 14, 2010 Permalink

      thanks ladies! your support is appreciated 🙂
      i wish you success, courage and will- only 50 more to go!

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    mizimoo 3:47 pm on January 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    Adventure 1/52 Pierce My Nose (In Edinburgh). 

    The great thing about getting your nose pierced in January (In Scotland – ball achingly cold Scotland) is that after the initial nerve-melting sensation, being shoved out into a cold Edinburgh Street is a pretty good antidote to the eye watering pain.

    Actually, in all fairness – I’ve had my nose pierced three times now and this was no more painful than the rest. Sensation bleeds out across the face, intense but oddly blunt. Like steely cotton wool filling the sinuses. What was different this time, was that the second the piercing artist (correct term!?) pushed the tapered cork up into my nostril, my left eye began to weep uncontrollably.  Huge fat drops streamed down through her cupped fingers . In seconds though, the feeling of tearing cotton was over and my new oh-so-iridescent stud was in place.

    My first Adventure was over. Although it was relatively simple – pierce my nose in Edinburgh, the city itself is over 370 miles from my home.  And right now the UK is covered by about 8 inches of frost, ice sheets and snow flurries. So, the actual piercing was prefaced by 6 hours on a coach, 3  hours in a car, 20 agonizing minutes on a bus followed by one slippery sprint up Calton Hill, making it to the piercing shop 20 minutes before closing.   Epic. Epic and fantastic. 

    I could have had it pierced in Oxford, in fact I could have had it pierced anywhere in the world but unfortunately, I have fallen in love with Edinburgh.  Quite strangely, I have found myself in this city whenever I’m in transition. Eras have begun, ended and rebloomed in the city and right now (having just moved back to the UK from Japan) I felt the cities’ pull. Plus – this is the year of 52 Adventures! Surely, now more than ever, it’s time  to jump into life, race 400 miles and arrive breathless and thrilled wherever our stories take us.  

    Let’s just say I’m getting  used to this kind of thrill in my life.  Here’s to 51 more adventures!

     
    • Kimberly Hula's avatar

      yearof52adventures 3:51 pm on January 9, 2010 Permalink

      Lady, you have just inspired me to get a nose piercing! Me! The one who ran out of the doctor’s office and hid from a high school vaccination.

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      jscribe 8:41 pm on January 9, 2010 Permalink

      hahah that sounds like you Kim! I have my nose pierced already, but I, too, LOVE Edinburgh passionately and if I ever find myself there I shall pierce something else, just in honor of the 52 Adventures.

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      mizimoo 2:09 pm on January 10, 2010 Permalink

      I think we should all pledge to pierce something in Edinburgh in honor of the adventures. By the way, I am snowbound in my village and clueless about what to do for my 2nd adventure. Help me! I need some snowed in adventure ideas!

    • Kimberly Hula's avatar

      yearof52adventures 9:45 pm on January 10, 2010 Permalink

      Call EVERYONE in your phone book and tell them something spicy about yourself.

    • India's avatar

      India 5:47 pm on May 3, 2011 Permalink

      Thanks for the ingsiht. It brings light into the dark!

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