Epic Nonsense

In my previous post, My Bucket List - 50 Things to Do I had listed the 50 things I wanted to do before I was 30 years old. Let's see how many of those I have accomplished so far. I've decided that some of the items on my bucket list may be a tad too expensive (like #46 diving to see the Titanic).

1. Set foot on each of the seven continents

~~2. Learn how to say “thank you” in ten languages~~ I have learned it in Ukranian, German, Gaelic, Russian, Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Japanese, Polish and Swedish.

~~3. Take dance lessons for belly dance~~

4. Go on a ghost tour
~~5. Stay out late and watch the stars all night~~
6. Be in a movie, whether as an extra or as the star
~~7. Watch the sun rise and set in the same day~~
8. Take the tour of Disney World’s underground tunnel system
9. Camp at the bottom of the Grand Canyon
10. Have a credit on IMDB.com (like my cousin Stan)
11. Be in a talk show audience (Oprah? ooh wait...)
~~12. Adopt a pet from a shelter or rescue group.~~
13. Inner tube down a river
~~14. Make an oil painting (It's coming, it's coming!)~~
15. Confront at least one of your big fears (this one is bugs and creepy crawlies) This is my next task I'm working on.
16. At least attempt to tackle every dream and goal you’ve ever had. (This is continuous)
~~17. Take one day to just watch the clouds and take one night just to watch the stars.~~
18. Travel for a full year. (Oh my!)
19. Vacation on a house boat
20. Live without email, IM, or cell phone for a week (I've tried this, it hasn't been successful so far)
21. Be on a TV news program for something positive
22. Stomp grapes at a vineyard
23. Create an invention
~~24. Learn how to drive a tractor~~
25. Send a message in a bottle
26. See the pyramids in Egypt
27. Learn to juggle
~~28. See a solar eclipse~~
29. Visit the rain forest
~~30. Create a family tree~~
~~31. Find more about my ancestry~~
32. Walk the Great Wall of China
33. Visit the Taj Mahal
34. Visit Dubai
35. Sing and perform in public.
36. Fly a helicopter
37. Ride a roller coaster
38. Start a social movement
39. Go vegetarian for a month
40. Learn martial arts
41. Win a draw
42. Plant a tree and watch it grow
43. Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef
44. Be on the same stage as Green Day, and play guitar for one of their songs
45. Meet Billie Joe and Adrienne Armstrong
~~46. Dive to see the Titanic in a submarine~~ NOT ENOUGH COIN.
47. Take an African safari
48. Spend a summer in Paris
49. Own a store/business
50. Own a little house on the prairie

Dear Epic Nonsense Blog,

So yes, I've neglected blogging again, like many things I have neglected (read my previous post, I love you guitar). What used to be so easy to me writing everything, and anything down in my journal...now has become something like a chore. You don't want to do it, but yet it must be done.

Why must I blog, you may ask? Well, ever since getting a job in the communications industry it seems I have spent more time on my employers social media platforms, that I feel like I am missing out on my own social media time. I use to go on Facebook maybe, every hour reading my friend's posts or playing Farmville. Now? My crops are dying and not harvested! Oh, well.

The reason being, having spent the majority of my day doing social media for my employer, I really just don't want to do my own anymore. As for blogging? It presents me with a different platform than having to face Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.

It's funny, because before I had enjoyed doing Facebook and Twitter a lot more than blogging. Now that I have too much Facebook and Twitter time. I like to switch back to blogging. Hmm, is there such thing as too much Facebook and Twitter?

However, I'm going to say "Hello Blog! You will be loved again! Don't worry Facebook and Twitter, I'll still visit you too."

With love,

Sharon

It's been two years! I am finally a graduate of the Creative Communications program from Red River College. Well, school is done. Now it's job hunting time. However, before that I'd just like to take the time and wind down and pick up my guitar and start playing once again (my guitar feels a little neglected, not to mentioned it was collecting dust just sitting there).

I've even had time to give my blog a new layout. I'm liking it so far.

So guys? what are your hobbies that you stopped doing or neglected because of education?

In goes the eggs!

One of the few things I like to do to ease the 'post-job-interview-jitters' is to make something yummy. When it came down to it last Friday, simply put, I was nervous, my hands were clammy and cold. I realized right after that it was all in my head, so what do girls normally do when they need to relieve stress? They meet up with their girl friends and talk about it. Needless to say, that's what I did and I immediately felt better. However, my mind kept playing over what I should have done, and what I could have done. I'm still kicking myself in the face for not remembering to show my portfolio that I had brought, but that's how you learn - you'll know better next time to have it in hand!

It was also my dad's birthday that day, and that night I decided to bake a cake for my dad. When it comes to baking it helps me not think about the past and dwell about the little things that I should have, or could have done, and I go into a new world - now I'm focused on making that cake. My mom kept coming to check up on me, to make sure I did everything right, (it is her recipe and apparently 'her' kitchen) but the thing I like to feel most about is: independence. I wanted to do it myself. So after a bit of a quarrel in the kitchen. The cake turned out okay, I'm not a huge baking person though - that's my sister.

I'm more of a stir-fry 'throw-everything-in-a-wok' type girl. This morning, I made scrambled eggs using chopsticks (that's my Asian-ness talking) and I'd like to say I'm a pretty good breakfast maker. If you want pancakes? you got 'em and they're good (according to my parents and boyfriend). Eggs - scrambled, fried, sunny-side? I'm right on it. Making food and eating is another one of this ninja's forte. Along with many other activities like drawing, painting, photography, and playing guitar. Now also picking up a new hobby racing RC cars and flying RC helicopters (and fixing them after I crash them). Then I also want to fix up old cars. For me, I want to be constantly learning new things. I want to be constantly being able to improve myself and learn.

Pictures of my eggy goodness <3