~hopped~ in 2006

2006 was 91% worth living.

In 2005, ~hopped~ did 79 things, went 149 places, met 2 people, and consumed 65 products.

Years: 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

July

Listened to:
  1. Live Like You Were Dying — Worth consuming!

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August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. write a #1 Bestseller
  2. Ride in an air balloon
  3. meet Richard Matheson
  4. see people abandon the word "like."
  5. gain weight
  6. do a radio talk show
  7. tell others about 43things.com
  8. Skydive — completed 17 days later
  9. go to the beach
  10. run a half marathon — completed 2 months later
  11. learn to soar
  12. be inspired — completed 2 months later
  13. get over writer's block — completed 2 months later
  14. complete Netvibes page
  15. give up Red Bull — completed 8 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. write a book — Worth doing!
  2. be happy with who I am — Worth doing!
  3. write a novel — Worth doing!
  4. see the aurora borealis — Worth doing!
  5. fly in a helicopter — Worth doing!
  6. go soaring — Worth doing!
  7. get a six pack — Worth doing!
  8. Graduate from university — Worth doing!
  9. bungee jump — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. write a #1 Bestseller
  2. Ride in an air balloon
  3. meet Richard Matheson
  4. see people abandon the word "like."
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Bulgaria
  2. Isles of Scilly
  3. Grenada — visited 4 months later
  4. South Korea
  5. Djibouti
  6. Antarctica
  7. Denali Mountain
  8. Bhutan
  9. Saipan
  10. Isla de Pascua
  11. Yr Wyddfa
  12. Falkland Islands
  13. Mongolia
  14. Taiwan
  15. Samoa
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. British Columbia — Worth visiting!
  2. Ottawa — Worth visiting!
  3. Montreal — Not worth visiting
  4. Nebraska — Worth visiting!
  5. Cheb
  6. Kailua — Worth visiting!
  7. Dinbych y Pysgod — Worth visiting!
  8. York — Worth visiting!
  9. Greenham Common — Worth visiting!
  10. Bath — Worth visiting!
  11. Nespelem
  12. Rhodes — Worth visiting!
  13. Stavanger — Worth visiting!
  14. Panama — Not worth visiting
  15. Carlsbad Caverns
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Bill Murray
  2. John Cleese
  3. Morgan Freeman
  4. M. Night Shyamalan
  5. Aretha Franklin
  6. Hugh Laurie
  7. Ray Bradbury
  8. Jesus Christ
  9. Ben Elton
  10. Buzz Aldrin
  11. Nicole Kidman
  12. Richard Matheson
  13. Sarah Brightman
  14. Sidney Poitier
  15. meliflower
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. Captain Kangaroo
  2. Bruce Willis
Read:
  1. The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action — Worth consuming!
  2. Time and Again — Worth consuming!
  3. From Time to Time — Worth consuming!
  4. The Woodrow Wilson dime — Worth consuming!
  5. Good Neighbor Sam — Worth consuming!
  6. 1000 places to see before you die — Worth consuming!
  7. A Different Time of Christmas
  8. About Time — Worth consuming!
  9. Usable Justice — Worth consuming!
  10. The Devil's Dictionary — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. Adrenalize — Worth consuming!
  2. Pachelbel's Greatest Hit — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Flight of the Phoenix (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  2. A Sound of Thunder (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  3. The Omen (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  4. Futureworld — Worth consuming!
  5. Zitra To Roztocime Drahousku — Worth consuming!
  6. Jak Vytrhnout Velrybe Stolicku — Worth consuming!
  7. Planet of the Apes (newest version) — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Any malt shake — Worth consuming!
  2. chocolate — Worth consuming!

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September

Added to 43 Things:
  1. go horseback riding — completed 3 months later
  2. get a massage — completed 6 months later
  3. fly on the QSST
  4. live in the UK again
  5. list the sexiest voices on the planet — completed 10 months later
  6. Hike Mt. Mansfield — completed 10 months later
  7. finish my bathroom — completed about 1 year later
  8. Be Understood — completed about 1 year later
  9. Learn to play the guitar
  10. inspire someone — completed about 1 year later
  11. share quotes — completed about 1 year later
  12. say goodbye to UPS
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Always be a kid at heart — Worth doing!
  2. apply for an internship — Worth doing!
  3. 2006-09-11: join at least 43 other 43Ters in posting reflections on the anniversary this coming Monday — Worth doing!
  4. go on a drunken camping trip — Worth doing!
  5. dream lucidly — Worth doing!
  6. create exercise schedule — Worth doing!
  7. Walk on a tropical beach with the one I love — Not worth doing
  8. Take a vacation by myself. — Not worth doing
  9. live in Hawaii — Worth doing!
  10. go skinny dipping — Worth doing!
  11. Skydive — Worth doing!
  12. improve my skin — Worth doing!
  13. try accupuncture — Not worth doing
  14. ride on a motorcycle — Worth doing!
  15. run the 40 in 4.5 — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. gain weight
  2. do a radio talk show
  3. tell others about 43things.com
  4. go to the beach
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Nürnberg — visited 2 months later
  2. San Francisco International Airport — visited 3 months later
  3. Wenatchee — visited 8 months later
  4. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport — visited 9 months later
  5. The Nazca Lines
  6. Tiahuanacu
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Los Camperos — Worth visiting!
  2. Donnington Castle — Worth visiting!
  3. Wien — Not worth visiting
  4. Great Salt Lake — Worth visiting!
  5. Salt Lake City International Airport — Worth visiting!
  6. Denver International Airport — Worth visiting!
  7. Tegel International Airport — Worth visiting!
  8. Spokane International Airport — Worth visiting!
  9. Logan International Airport — Not worth visiting
  10. Pittsburgh International Airport — Worth visiting!
  11. Albuquerque International Sunport — Worth visiting!
  12. Lubbock Airport — Worth visiting!
  13. Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport — Not worth visiting
  14. Ontario International Airport — Worth visiting!
  15. Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Ty Pennington
  2. Wendy Northcutt
Read:
  1. Chariots of the Gods? — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael — Worth consuming!
  2. Lost In Translation — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Somewhere in Time — Worth consuming!
  2. Bringing Up Baby
Consumed:
  1. crab cakes
  2. thai peanut noodles — Worth consuming!
  3. Molson XXX — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Axe Snake Peel — Worth consuming!

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October

Added to 43 Things:
  1. forgive myself for not being perfect — completed about 1 year later
  2. make new real friends — completed about 1 year later
  3. go canoeing on an isolated mountain lake
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. kiss the blarney stone — Worth doing!
  2. See a moose in the wild. — Worth doing!
  3. run 10 miles — Worth doing!
  4. witness a birth — Worth doing!
  5. encourage everyone to post a picture of him/herself as a kid, to remind us of all the places we've been and all the places we've yet to be — Worth doing!
  6. stick up for myself — Worth doing!
  7. wing it! — Worth doing!
  8. run a half marathon — Worth doing!
  9. swim in the Atlantic — Worth doing!
  10. swim in the pacific ocean — Worth doing!
  11. swim in the caribbean — Worth doing!
  12. swim in the Mediterranean — Worth doing!
  13. read the whole Bible — Worth doing!
  14. Run a 5k in 20 minutes — Worth doing!
  15. Run a sub-40 Minute 10K — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. learn to soar
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. House On The Rock — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Erich von Däniken
  2. Alaa Al Aswany
Listened to:
  1. Keep the Faith — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Seinfeld - Season 4 — Worth consuming!
  2. Monty Python's Flying Circus, Disc 8 — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Grand Marnier
  2. Becherovka — Not worth consuming

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November

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Want And Need less from Life
  2. skate the canals in Ottawa — completed 2 months later
  3. list 43 women i wouldn't kick outta bed — completed 5 months later
  4. get a telescope
  5. get a dog
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. be inspired — Worth doing!
  2. join the air force — Worth doing!
  3. Stop eating McDonalds — Worth doing!
  4. get over writer's block — Worth doing!
  5. never, EVER grow up — Worth doing!
  6. Raise awareness to fight female circumcision — Worth doing!
  7. see a laser light show — Worth doing!
  8. make an entire crowd of people fall over in laughter — Worth doing!
  9. paint the stairwell — Worth doing!
  10. Step out of my comfort zone — Worth doing!
  11. kiss a stranger on New Year's Eve — Worth doing!
  12. Give blood — Worth doing!
  13. Take the Colorgenics profile test — Worth doing!
  14. jump off a cliff — Worth doing!
  15. Date an English Girl — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Want And Need less from Life
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Ben & Jerry's Factory — Worth visiting!
  2. Boucherville — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. Planet of the Apes — Worth consuming!
  2. Gods From Outer Space (originally Published as Return to the Stars) — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. Don't Fear the Reaper — Worth consuming!
  2. Live From The Have A Nice Day Tour — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Apocalypse Now — Worth consuming!
  2. The Legend of 1900 — Not worth consuming
  3. The Right Stuff (Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  4. Ponette — Worth consuming!
  5. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. fish & chips — Worth consuming!
  2. chocolate lava cake — Worth consuming!
  3. SOJO Shiraz — Worth consuming!

→ See more from November

December

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Give 1000 cheers — completed 20 days later
  2. find the perfect beer — completed about 1 year later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. cheerbomb "haikus are easy" ( TheGreenLime ) because she inspires more people than she probably even knows — Worth doing!
  2. scare people — Worth doing!
  3. get a laptop — Worth doing!
  4. Stop stuttering — Worth doing!
  5. Invite others to share the one thing they would change in their life if they could go back in time (feel free to join in) — Worth doing!
  6. get a pedicure — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. complete Netvibes page
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Nürnberg — Worth visiting!
  2. San Francisco International Airport — Worth visiting!
  3. European Delicatessen — Worth visiting!
  4. Three Needs Brewery & Taproom — Worth visiting!
  5. Grenada — Worth visiting!
  6. Pasayten Wilderness — Worth visiting!
  7. Statue Of Liberty National Monument — Worth visiting!
  8. Conconully — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. Decision for Disaster: Betrayal at the Bay of Pigs — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. The Mission: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture — Worth consuming!
  2. Love Actually — Worth consuming!
  3. The Way It Is — Worth consuming!
  4. The Complete Limelight Sessions — Worth consuming!
  5. Your Filthy Little Mouth
Watched:
  1. Primer — Worth consuming!
  2. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  3. Planet of the Apes (Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  4. The Twilight Zone - Season 1 (The Definitive Edition)
  5. Planet of the Apes — Worth consuming!
  6. Good Neighbor Sam (1964) — Worth consuming!
  7. Joyeux Noel (Widescreen) — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Riesling Spatlese — Worth consuming!
  2. Griotka — Worth consuming!
  3. Božkov Vajecný likér — Worth consuming!
  4. Santa Julia Tardio — Worth consuming!

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