Play a prank on someone

Okay, so today is not April Fool's Day, but I already had something planned for tomorrow, so I decided to celebrate early today! I have never actually done any pranks before, so this is a new one for me.

Play a prank on someone (April Fool's)
So I suck at pranks. I tried 3 mild ones in hopes that 3 lame pranks = 1 good one. Here is what I did:

1. My boyfriend hates stuff on his laptop desktop. Hates it. So I decided to take random stuff and put it all over in a messy, disorderly fashion.

He sure enough didn't know how to get rid of them, thinking that dragging the images to the trash would delete them forever.

2. Wrapped up some toilet paper and put it in his shoes. Made sure to also saran wrap it to avoid any fluffy tissue feels.

3. The best one of all. My boyfriend loves his honey roasted peanut butter. He eats at least a spoonful everyday. So I added a little bit of salt! Not too much, don't want to ruin a whole jar of peanut butter. Then I covered up the little salt crystals for a surprise when he goes to get a spoonful.

We will see how these pranks play out!

Play Obsessed with Star Trek until I earn 15 points

Seeing as how I am still sick and I spend a lot of my time in a coma, I decided to spend quality time with my boyfriend today and do something that interests him. What did we do?

Play Obsessed with Star Trek until I earn 15 points
I was expecting this to take me all day, because I am awful at this game and my Star Trek knowledge limited, but it actually went pretty smoothly and I think I did the best I've ever done today. Granted, some of it was guess work, but I actually knew some of the questions or had remembered them from previous games. Amazingly, I also think that for the first time ever, I did better than my boyfriend.

The book works in multiple choice. The little screen at the bottom shows you which question to answer and you pick from options A, B, C and D.

These are the questions I got right, in order answered:

1) The Next Generation crew's second film outing was more successful than anyone could have hoped. It's $30 million opening box office made First Contact the best opening among the first ten films. Featuring time travel, the Borg, and a new ship, the sophomore film pleased almost everyone.
Picking up plot threads from Picard's assimilation in the third-season cliff-hanger, this film also had what The Wrath of Khan brought: a strong villain. But giving a "face" to a race of hive-mind cybernetic drones required a different approach. Thus the Borg queen was born. Inexplicably separate and yet still connected to the Borg communal mind, she tempted Data to join her in her quest to achieve perfection.
How long did Data think about her offer?

2) Though Commander Shelby clearly wanted Riker's job, what did she end up doing after the battle of Wolf 359?

3) How did the Duras sisters discover the Enterprise's shield modulation frequency?

4) What type of radiation stranded the Galileo 7 shuttlecraft on the planet Taurus?

5) What did the temporal core of a Krenim ship do?

6) Once assimilated, what colour did a Borg drone's skin become?

7) Who seemed best able to keep Miles and Keiko's infant son from crying?

8) Which former Enterprise cre member had died while in Exile with Khan?

9) What top speed could Danube-class ship runabouts reach?

10) In Star Trek: Next Generation, what division did a red suit signify?

11)  How did Kirk explain Spock's odd behavior to Dr. Taylor?

12) For centuries, governmental power on Cardassia had been shared between the military's Central Command and its secret intelligence agency. The official name of the governing body was the Cardassian Union, and the civilian Detapa Council served as a bridge between its two branches. However, it was little more than a figure head for the true governmental authorities.
After the battle of the Omarion Nebula, the first major engagement in the war between the Dominion and the Alpha Quadrant, the Detapa Council and a Cardassian dissident movement briefly took control of the government.
One Cardassian military commander secretly negotiated for the Cardassian Union to become part of the Dominion. In the episode "By Inferno's Light", he became the ruler of Cardassia. Who was this officer?

13) While infected by the energy cloud in "The Practical Joker", what does the U.S.S. Enterprise computer send out to decoy the Romulan vessel?

14) What punk rock legend guest-starred as Yelgrun in "The Magnificent Ferrengi"?

15) In 2373, the U.S.S. Defiant was equipped with what type of new communications technology?

And that's all for today. Tomorrow, I have decided to give my boyfriend a pre-April Fool's day prank! My energy is starting to pick up again, so that should be fun!

Arrange all of my drawings in a scrapbook

Today I am sick. Already off to a great start with my 365 days of activities! But fear not, for knowing how weak and sickly I am, I have prepared for such an event. As you will notice on my list, I have low-key activities, as well as some creative ideas that don't require a lot of energy.

Arrange all of my drawings in a scrapbook
So today I decided to go out and get a scrapbook to arrange all of the drawings I have taking up space on my already cluttered desk. In hindsight, this wasn't the best move for my current condition. Neither was eating too much flavorless food at lunch. But, despite sweating and stinking up the poor store, I found a scrapbook I loved and decided to go with it.

Unfortunately, we were stuck waiting in line because the one I found was the only one they had like it and it was unwrapped and had no bar code or price sticker. Eventually they sold it to us with a 40% discount, because apparently we happened to go on scrapbook sale day, which is always fun. So I am very happy with how things turned out!

Here is what it looks like:

Very plain, but classy, so it can still focus on my artwork. Another plus is that the center black paper can be removed for drawing in which I had used both sides of the paper, so I can show off the drawings on each side.

Then I took my favorite drawings to date and added them in there!

This is some of my earlier work:

And then I added some of my more recent drawings:

And there we have it. I filled up about 15 pages, those are just some examples. It does feel nice having them all organized and easy to access in one binder.

Two things down, 363 to go!

365 things in 365 days

Over the next 365 days, I will be attempting to complete 365 of the things on a list I made. This is to help motivate me to try and experience new things, do things that I find enjoyable, learn new things, and to overall not feel like I'm in such a rut.

In this blog I will document my progress, success, and failures as I attempt to do one of these things everyday. Every day I will pick one thing and focus on it. On these days, I may accomplish some of the other things on my list, but I will still reserve a day specifically for those. 

I won't update the blog every single day, sometimes I will be out of town for a week or more, but I will post the progress when I come back. Usually, this will be updated upon completing the task. I'll try to include pictures as often as possible!

Here is my list of 365 things, sorted in to certain categories. They are in no particular order. I hope you have fun during this adventure with me!

Finalize and organize a list of 365 things to do and start a blog to document it

This is today's challenge!

Art/Creativity
Arrange all of my drawings in a scrapbook
Draw 10 things in one day
Write 10 pages in one day

Try a new craft

Make a Pinata

Paint a picture

Attempt to draw the characters from my book

Draw a comic strip

Take scenic photos
Create a scrapbook/photo album

Have a for fun photo shoot

Draw with charcoal

Write a song and sing it
Complete an art series
Draw with something other than a pencil

Draw the characters from my story in different Disney style getup's, a la "Kingdom Hearts"

Draw Pokemon as humans

Draw Final Fantasy characters as the opposite gender

Frame and hang up one of my drawings
Draw Monica from Dark Cloud 2 in all of her outfits

Food/Drink related

Go to a new restaurant

Try a dish I've never tried before

Bake something new

Cook a dish I've never cooked before

Make a gingerbread house

Go to a restaurant at midnight

Try a new kind of juice

Try a new kind of fresh bread from the bakery

Make candy apples
Make rice crispy squares


Make a smoothie

Drink a root beer float
Have someone else order me a surprise dish at a restaurant
Try a new fruit
Buy a special kind of tea

Have chocolate fondue
Eat at a buffet
Have breakfast in bed

Try a new popcorn flavor
Try a new cereal

Eat a spoonful of honey

Make a dish from a different culture

Eat a nice, rich sundae

Have a cheese platter

Make my own hot chocolate

Try a new kind of pancake
Try a new alcoholic beverage
Try a new flavored water

Drink hot chocolate on a cold night
Make cracker snacks

Dip my bread in creamy tomato soup

Make my own waffles

Have a tea hour with cucumber sandwiches and cookies

Find 5 vegan recipes for Michael
Make a soup

Try a new chili

Cook a weeks worth of meals and freeze them
Eat a chip stand pogo (corn dog for the non-Canadians)

Try a new Chinese buffet

Have a taco night

Invite someone over for dinner

Add 20 new recipes to my recipe book
Give sushi another try
Open my cookbook at a random page, close my eyes and point, and make whatever dish I point at
Try a new ice cream flavor

Attempt to make a souffle
Make dandelion tea
Get an ice cream cake
Make my own icing/frosting

Make peanut butter cookies

Make banana bread

Make raisin bread

Make a milkshake

Make shish kabobs

Have a barbecue

Have a candlelit dinner

Make a pizza

Make my own juice

Make my own popsicles

Field Trip - Requiring me to get out of the house
Go for a hike
Go swimming

Have a picnic somewhere new

Go to an open house

Go to a fair

Swing in a park
Walk around the park for 2 hours
Feed the ducks
Go to a store I've never been to and window shop

Go to a lake

Go camping

Fly a kite

Pick flowers

Identify animal tracks
Go for a long walk in the woods

Watch the sunset
Watch the sunrise

Pick up a new book I've never heard of

Throw money in a fountain

Go to the library

Donate clothes

Go for an early morning walk
Go bird watching

Go to a pier and watch boats
Bring a book and read it in the park

Go to a bake sale/fundraiser

Climb a tree

Go for a mountain drive

Go for a bike ride
Appreciate a flowers beauty without picking it

Skip down the street

Yell I'm Captain Basch in public

Visit a cave
Order a pizza and eat it somewhere while watching the sun go down
Stargaze from the hood of my car

Go skinny dipping
Go to thrift stores/garage sales and don't purchase anything over $5
Roll down a hill
Set off fireworks
Watch a street show

Window shop for furniture
See a play
Visit a Church
Put my clothes in the dryer and then wear them and go out on a cold day
Build a sandcastle

Involving other people
Approach a stranger at a book store and attempt to make conversation

Message an old friend I haven't talked to in a long time
Message someone I don't get along with and try to get to know them better

Tell someone how special they are

Make someone a present for no reason
Give something to a stranger

Give food to a homeless person

High five a stranger

Read some good news and spread it around

Smile at every stranger who looks at me

Compliment someone I appreciate
Find a joke and tell it to people

Full day projects
Volunteer on an abuse counseling line
Volunteer at an animal shelter
Go 24 hours without Internet

Go 24 hours without TV

Buy a funny hat and wear it all day

Spend a whole day naked
Look up an inspirational quote and keep it in mind all day (and in the future)
Wear only my boyfriends clothes for a day
Drink only water and no other beverage all day

Noticeable funds needed
Donate to an animal shelter
Watch a movie in theaters

Visit a museum
Visit an art gallery

Try roller skating

Go bowling

Go to a zoo

Go to a concert

Go to an arcade

Order something online

Donate food to a foodbank

Buy a painting
Go to a flea market
Pick up some figurines to start my collection again

Buy a new stuffed animal

Buy interior decorating magazines, cut out and make a scrapbook of my favorite designs and ideas

Order foods from canadianfavourites.com

Try a few new chocolate bars and rate them

Buy new clothes

Go ice skating

Get my tattoo touched up

Buy new earrings

Buy a couch pillow

Things to do with my boyfriend

Work on a car

Spend a day in bed with boyfriend, watching movies, snuggling

Go on a special date night

Come up with a romantic gesture for my boyfriend

Give boyfriend a home massage for 30 minutes

Ask a stranger to take a picture of my boyfriend and I

Tell ghost stories
Ride around a race track in a race car
Play charades
Learn how to tie different knots
Take silly couple pictures
Have a dinner/movie/ice cream date
Learn how to tie a tie

Low key days
Learn something new

Try a video game I've never tried
Play a board game I've never tried
Play a card game I've never tried
Sing a song and record it

Finish a puzzle

Try a new hairstyle
Write a letter and mail it

Find some dresses online and add to a wish list

Make a tie-dye t-shirt

Pull an all-nighter
Spend all day sleeping

Give myself a homemade spa day
Plan a fake vacation

Sing and dance in the rain

Make a paper boat

Try a new show

Educate myself on an opinion I disagree with

Watch a movie marathon

Spend all day playing FFIX

Play Bingo
Play Cards Against Humanity
Spend a whole day talking in a poorly imitated accent

Listen to classical music

Watch all of the LOTR movies


Watch the first 3 Star Wars
Watch the next 3 Star Wars

Spin around until I get dizzy

Complete a video game
Build a blanket and pillow fort

Teach myself constellations

Pretend I am mute for a day

Watch a non stop marathon of a TV show I enjoy
Read an entire Calvin and Hobbes collection

Play through Pokemon Snap

Listen to sad music and cry unashamed

Try a new visual novel

Play a new Final Fantasy game

Learn a card trick

Solve a block puzzle

Spend all day reading

Play a classic game on a classic system

Make sock puppets

Try a small science experiment

Take a "Which character are you quiz" for all of my favorite games

Have a Pokemon day where I play/watch/read things only related to Pokemon

Learn one Japanese character (writing)

Take a bubble bath

Meditate

Read up on a religion different from my own

Read up on a country I know little to nothing about

Read "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff..."

Read "God Never Blinks"

Put bells in my hair

Put ribbon in my hair

Make a list of 10 things I am happy about in my life

Write a letter to myself in 10 years

Play poker

Play Egyptian War

Play Obsessed with Star Trek until I earn 15 points

Read "Unlikely Friendships"

Watch Watership Down

Watch "The Nightmare Before Christmas"

Make a list of every Pokemon I would catch if I could

Design a house on the Sims 3

Cut out paper snowflakes

Learn about physical a disease or illness and what support and prevention there is

Learn about mental a disease or illness and what support and prevention there is

Learn about an animal

Write an episode for a show I enjoy

Paint my toenails

Watch a kids show I haven't seen since I was little

Watch a kids movie I haven't seen since I was little

Play Life

Watch a bunch of chick flicks

Play are you smarter than a 5th grader

Play National Geographic animal trivia game

Read some For Better or Worse comics

Read some Baby Blues comics

Read some Garfield comics

Make shadow puppets

Read Fahrenheit 451

Watch a kids movie I've never seen

Lay out a plot for RPG Maker 3

Read 1984

Spend a few hours reading short stories

Play We <3 Katamari

Read about dinosaurs

Play a new Scribblenauts game

Take silly online personality quizzes

Stay up all night watching horror movies

Take a nice long relaxing shower

Make Crystals

Draw a map for my story

Watch Inuyasha movies

Read a new Terry Pratchett Discworld book

Languages
Have a conversation in Spanish
Speak French for a whole day

Speak Spanish for a whole day

Only watch Spanish TV for a whole day
Learn a new word and use it in conversation

Translate sentences in to many languages and back to English to see the end results

Play hangman in Spanish

Holiday activities
Decorate a Christmas tree
Paint Easter eggs
Watch a holiday movie I've never seen before
Go to a haunted house

Play a prank on someone (April Fool's)

Make special Halloween candies

Go to Midnight Mass
Send out Christmas cards

Go to a corn maze

Go pumpkin picking

Carve a pumpkin

Dress up for Halloween

Play only Christmas songs for a day

Watch a Christmas movie marathon

Travel required
Go to the Atlanta Aquarium
Go on a road trip
Play a car game
Buy a souvenir

Drive to a random town and sightsee

Visit a new state

Spend a night in a hotel
Visit the Coke museum

Things to do with my son

Do arts and crafts with my son
Throw my son a fun birthday party
Take my son on a trip to the park and spend as long as he wants there

Have a tickle fight with Michael

Play with toys

Have a pillow fight
Finger paint
Colour in a colouring book

Blow bubbles

Play with Play-Doh

Play with chalk

Feeling motivated
Organize my closet
Make a shelf 

Redecorate
Attempt to play an instrument
Send out 20 resumes
Make a children's book for Michael

Organize my desk
Do a giant house cleaning
Make a bracelet
Sew up the loose ends in Sneezer Bear (stuffed bear I made)
Make a birdhouse

Get a haircut

Make a candle

Forum specific

Submit a drawing to the Fan Art showcase or monthly contest
Come up with an art prompt
Join a forum specializing in depression

Write a top 50 games list

Print off and organize all of my articles

Finish a walkthrough

Join a Suikoden forum
Post a thread in each of the Final Fantasy forums
Make a top 20 list of my favorite video game songs
Get an article published to the frontsite
Participate in an EoFF event
Message a member I don't know well and attempt to get to know them better
Host an EoFF event
Change forum sets

Exercise/Sports

Go jogging for 30 minutes straight

Go jogging for 45 minutes straight
Go jogging for an hour straight
Spend 2 hours at the gym
Play tennis

Try frisbee golf (disc golf)
Play mini-put
Try archery

Go to a yoga class

Lift weights for 10 minutes straight
Lift weights for 20 minutes straight
Dance to 6 songs in a row

Try belly dancing

Play badminton

Do 100 squats
Do 200 squats
Do 300 squats
Jump rope