UtterlyBoring.com is produced by Jake Ortman (e-mail, resume), a 31-year-old dad, percussionist, freelance Web designer, consultant and jack-of-all-trades computer geek, living in Bend, Oregon. He created this so that his expensive journalism and technology degree isn't getting totally wasted. In addition to editing this site in his free time, he is the IT Director and Ad Designer at both Sunray and Discover Sunriver. He has LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook profiles if you're trying to stalk him.
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If you're reading this, you have too much time on your hands.
I never usually participate in memes at all, but since all it requires me is to quickly copy and paste and mark stuff as bold or not, I'll play along since I was already working in my HTML editor anyway.
Dave, Jen, and Keeneye have all done it, so what the heck. Everything below that's in bold is something I've done. If you have questions or are curious about any of them, comment below.
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins 03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone 08. Said "I love you" and meant it 09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris 12. Watched a lightning storm at sea 13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights 15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa 17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg 19. Slept under the stars 20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon 22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne 24. Given more than you can afford to charity 25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope 26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment 27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger 30. Had a snowball fight 31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can 32. Held a lamb 33. Seen a total eclipse 34. Ridden a roller coaster 35. Hit a home run 36. Danced like a fool and didn't care who was looking 37. Adopted an accent for an entire day 38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment 39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states 41. Taken care of someone who was drunk 42. Had amazing friends 43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country 44. Watched whales 45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip 48. Gone rock climbing 49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan 55. Milked a cow 56. Alphabetized your CDs 57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke 59. Lounged around in bed all day 60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving 62. Kissed in the rain 63. Played in the mud 64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business 68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken 69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight 72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days 77. Made cookies from scratch 78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
83. Gotten flowers for no reason 84. Performed on stage 85. Been to Las Vegas 86. Recorded music 87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand 90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents 93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror 96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge 102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane 109. Touched a stingray 110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears 116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild 118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon 122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat 127. Eaten sushi 128. Had your picture in the newspaper 129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed 132. Touched a cockroach 133. Eaten fried green tomatoes 134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care 143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident 150. Saved someone's life
Paul Lammertsma said on 12/13/07 @ 03:11 PM: Interesting read; you learn a lot about somebody like this, really. Out of curiosity: who's life did you save, and how?
Jake said on 12/13/07 @ 03:37 PM: A couple times, one being more life threatening than another:
1) When I was in high school at a running camp in the Steens Mountains, we were all sitting down at a nice waterfall, taking a break during a long hike. A friend of mine slipped and started sliding down towards a cliff that dropped off down the waterfall towards a crapload of rocks. Right before his legs slipped over the edge, I dove and grabbed his arm and in a shot of pure adrenaline, threw him back up on the ground. It all happened so fast, that nobody there -- minus the guy I grabbed and I -- really knew what was happening.
2) When I was in college, I was at a staff party at the Oregon Daily Emerald. I was sitting there at the bar, waiting for my soda, and one of the ad sales reps at the table next to me started choking, face turning purple, the whole thing. I performed the heimlich on him, knocked his food loose, sat him back down, made sure he could breathe and that his airway was clear, got my soda and walked off, as I didn't want to make a big deal about it, and I'm sure the guy didn't, either. He thanked me privately later, and I said it was no big deal -- I didn't want it to be a big deal, I just was happy all the years I took Red Cross First Aid and CPR training growing up paid off.
Lisa said on 12/15/07 @ 02:59 PM: I was told that kissing in the rain is something everyone should do. True?
Jake said on 12/16/07 @ 09:34 AM: Absolutely true, Lisa. :)
Jo-Anne said on 12/18/07 @ 08:30 PM: Ok, curious about #31 ( was it non work related?) [non blog related too?]
and #132 WHAT?!?!?!!!!
Jake said on 12/18/07 @ 09:50 PM: #31: I've screamed like that more than once -- I was really loud at sporting events through school :-)
#132: That was truly an accident. When I was in college I was visiting a friend and sleeping on the floor her apartment down in S. Central Los Angeles (right across from the USC campus). I woke up in the morning to a coakroach about two inches away from my face (it looked about 50 feet tall). I swatted at it, smacked it across the room. It was a brief touch, but was a touch. And it was enough.
Jo-Anne said on 12/19/07 @ 02:14 PM: Jake..Laughing my a$$ off at your reply!!!! I know it must have been horrible for you but...
it just has this hilarous ring to it.. HAHAHAHA! ( sorry)..I would have done the exact same thing!)
