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“What Have I Done” Update One …

2 Themed Pub Crawls (One Down)

In case it’s not obvious … this was an Ugly Sweater pub crawl. Rainbow Speak and I have an email list at work that we send information to whenever we try and get a group to do something. (We encourage anyone to spread info about events, but we are software engineers and the anomaly. That is, most of our co-workers say “ehh, no thanks” when it comes to doing … pretty much anything. Phew. Rant now over.)

Anywho. We contacted our co-workers and we got a group of 7 of us to go out looking like idiots! The manager of the place where we ate came up and thanked us for choosing his place, enjoyed our sweaters, and gave us 15% off! Whoo!

Now for the sweater by itself in all its glory …

My friends decided it looked like an old school Nintendo game, where the golfers get points for popping the hot air balloons with well-aimed shots.

Evening Museum Event

There were carolers! Eat your seasonal heart out.

This event was … ah forget it I’ll just use the site’s description.

“Tour the holiday-themed Yuletide display on the first floor of the house, with docents on hand to give insight to the period décor. Outside, relax with a cup of hot cider while you enjoy music and holiday cheer.“

Basically you walk around a jumbo house and see rooms decorated like they would be different years through history (at the least they had 1950s, 1790s, 1770s … others too).

It was a fun event. There were mascots too.

Rainbow Speak and I attended this, and we had an awkward exchange with the gingerbread man.

Gingerbread Man: Ohh, you’re tall!

Me: …Yep.

GM: It must’ve been an awfully big oven to make you!!

Me: …

Rainbow Speak: He was so big he needed two ovens!

Me: …

First, the Gingerbread Man gives the weirdest yo mama so fat joke. THEN, Rainbow Speak implies that I have lesbian moms. Needless to say, this was my favorite part of the night.

One more picture? Ok, we’ll go out with a bang …

Check the master list here.

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What Have I Done? / Bucket List of Sorts

A few weekends ago I drove up to Dallas to see my Alma Mater, SMU, lose to stinking dirtbag pirates, Navy. I was not pleased with the results of the game.

I went to Dallas with a friend of mine, who I will call Rainbow Speak. (He’s a very happy dude – Rainbow Speak is his nickname. He was also known as Specialist Smooches at the Warrior Dash.)

On the drive Rainbow Speak and I decided to come up with a list of goals for the next year. A to-do list or bucket list. It starts today (December 1) and goes to December 31 of 2012. At first we were going to accomplish EVERYTHING. But the drive was four hours long, so we just kept adding to it. Now it’s a list of things … that … are there. We’ll see how it goes.

For a lot of them we want to grab a group of people to do them. Some of them are individual.

As I accomplish each one I’ll blog about it. Some can be doubled up – like if I go on a camping trip, I may hike a canyon, so that’s a twofer.

This list has some ridiculous items. Prepare to make fun of me. Here we go. (I may edit it to organize it later … for now I’m lazy.)

The List

Sunrise related event
Milk a cow (That’s right – milk a cow)
Challenge game on boys night out
Cavern/canyon hike
3 camping trips (local/mountian) (One down)

1 big camping trip (big bend)
Renfest
Vegas
SxSW (or go here) (or here for music) (and lastly, here)
Evening museum event
Orchestra
Play
Opera
Go to cabin
Aeros game
Dynamo game in new stadium
Rockets
Texans
Astros
Scavenger hunt/flash mob
1/mo dinner and board games/invite neighbors
Bike race/event and/or half Marathon (pretty pictures here)
2 kayaking /canoeing trips
comedy club /open Mic /storytelling (and here)
pino and Picasso (wine and paint)
big band night /lounge
Wild west learning /salsa
Arts show in the park (ex. bayou city arts festival)
Trip to Europe / overseas
Read 18 books / learn language (for Rainbow Speak) / 12 query letters (for me)
3 weird local road trips (ex. Texas prison museum)
Observatory
Eat at local mom and pops on trips
3 jogs in local Parks / hikes /mountain bike rides
3 Houston museums (new)
Beer can house
6 flags
San Antonio / Dallas /Austin trips
3/wk workout
Do week-long challenges 1/mo
1 compliment to a stranger per wk
Fancy dinner / drinks night / rent hotel / dinner cruise
New Orleans trip
2-3 beach trips
Wakeboarding/ Waterskiing
Blue bell factory
Wine tasting
NBL
Moody gardens / zoo / botanical gardens
Rodeo
Cookoff / food tasting
10k and 5k
3 Volunteer events (habitat, dolphin saving)
2 themed pub crawls (1 down)
Ridiculous photo shoot
Eat at tapas , 6 new restaurants (house of pies)
Fewer lunches out
3 lectures
2 photo albums
Roller Derby
Random driving tours
3 stupid videos
Shooting range and fishing
Old ppls home (stories /volunteer)
Bed and bfast (girls required!)
Trail ride (girls required!)
Hot air balloon / glider
Pool party / grillout
2 alumni association events
Float guatalupe
Xmas cards / newsletter
Try different cultural festivals
Concert
Beach Olympics
Paintball
Find cool magazines
Anime convention
TED talk
Ice skating

I feel like if I get a girlfriend, and she reads this, I’ll have a lot of questions to answer. For example, “are you gay?” and, “are you sure you’re not gay?”

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