For every thing
Turn, turn, turn
There is a season
Turn, turn, turn
There is a time
For every purpose under heaven
There are ten days left in this year, and oh, what a year has two thousand six been for this little lucid elusion. I have seen many things, gone many places and undertaken many activities. Here's a short list:
- rode in a schoolbus to
- got over $100 in free diesel
- fed homeless people
- photographed a couple of my friends riding a polar bear
- took a class that I shouldn't have been able to take
- partook in a professional theatre production as the second assistant stage manager
- learned to operate a double-purchase fly system
- received university training on how to mop
- acted in a semi-professional theatre production
- Created and executed a sophisticated lighting design project for the same semi-pro production
- worked full-time as a professional cook
- graduated from university
- moved to the
- towed a large chunk of floating dock across a stretch of
- learned to read Mercator coordinates on Canadian topo maps
- climbed a dozen trees
- climbed a dozen rock-faces
- climbed a dozen mountains (peaking two)
- slept in puddles
- slept in snow
- slept on buried foamies
- slept & woke up with frost on my sleeping bag
- tore a ligament
- touched a 2,000 year old tree
- pushed a tree 3 feet in diameter into a stream
- floated down a river
- forded half a dozen streams
- tried to cross a river in spring flood stage alone
- tried to cross a river in flood stage with 5 other people behind me
- drank from melting glaciers
- drank from mountain streams
- explored two caves
- got lost in a cave filled with ice
- saw two guys crawl into a cave behind a waterfall
- saw bears from 20 feet away
- saw moose from 8 feet away
- saw deer graze 5 feet away from me
- ran around in a field filled with wind turbines
- got stopped by cops for driving 40 over the speed limit, and ending up not having to pay a dime for it.
- ate barbequed eel
- ate silk worms
- ate Utah honeysuckle, wild strawberries, huckleberries, Saskatoons, dandelions, elderberries, mountain sorrel, spruce buds, thimble berries, raspberries & other wilderness delights.
- grew a beard
- shaved my head
- saw a friend accidentally melt chocolate all over someone else's digital camera
- saw God provide water for a group of 20 kids
- learned to ascend ropes
- instructed over 100 kids in rock climbing
- led over 100 kids on over 80 km of mountain hikes.
- climbed a communications tower
- got into a weather-proofed mountaintop radio station
- peed off the top of a mountain
- sat in a hot spring that felt as warm as pee
- bought a car
- drove to the States for gas
- drove almost 300 km just to eat a hamburger
- drove to a farmer's field just to take a picture of a tractor
- drove 500 km to drink tea with friends
- got a new pair of hiking boots for free
- rode on a motorcycle for 500 km
- rode on a dirtbike up a mountain trail
- rode over a mountain pass on a quad
- went 4x4ing in a bus
- stepped in cow poo
- covered myself in ashes
- ate a roast from a hole in the ground
- made a shield & used it to defend myself
- captured a woman
- insulated a building
- shot people with my watergun from a rooftop
- shot people with my watergun from a bench
- saw waterbombers "shoot" a forest fire with water
- saw a natural gas plant get caught in a forest fire (it smelled a lot like sulphur)
- managed a restaurant kitchen that sold over $100,000 in food each week
- helped transplant a church
- switched churches
- researched prayer
- wrote a script
- quit my job
- remained unemployed for 8 weeks
- talked to a friend in the middle of the African jungle
- became addicted to iced capps
- catered a weekend for about 100 people
- got hired by the only company who would give me the time of day: McDonald's
Quite a list, no? From missions work to school to mountain wonderland experiences to work to unemployment to writing to McDonald's. Did I ever expect such events to happen as of January 1, 2006? Not on your life.
I wonder what will happen next year? The countdown is beginning. T minus ten days and counting...
1 comment:
Good year. I applaud you, sir.
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