Does anyone out there have an exciting life? If so, what do you do so your life doesn’t seem boring? My life is very boring and I’m running out of ideas on how to make it seem interesting.
While “exciting” is often a little too strong a word, my life is certainly “interesting” – and I don’t mean that in the Chinese sense.
First, I have a stressful but also rewarding job.
Second, I have a lot of areas of interest that keep my brain busy - history, linguistics, literature, philosophy and writing fiction and poetry being some of them.
Third, I have a small group of very close friends who have different interests, thereby challenging me to learn new things to maintain context in our conversations.
Fourth, I have a beautiful wife and a wonderful girlfriend, both of whom are simply magical women
Fifth, I involve myself in a lot of activities that require focus, practice and attention to be good at and avoid getting hurt: Rock climbing, combat simulation shooting (kill houses and situation-based competitions), sky diving and roller blading, to name a few. Recently I’ve decided to take up skateboarding too.
I think the trick is to find things that interest you and also scare you a little bit. If you’re not uncomfortable and taking regular (controlled) risks, you can’t be excited.
My $0.02. Happy hunting.
I fly helicopters (when I have the money). There are a couple of photos on my homepage.
I work on no-budget films. Also on my homepage.
I like to tool around in my ‘46 Willys Jeep. It’s the first link under 1946 on the "owners’ pages" of The CJ2A Page (http://www.thecj2apage.com). On a related note, I work on the web page.
I ride a Yamaha that I got new in 1994, and I have over 68,000 miles on it.
I like to visit friends in Washington state, and I’m thinking of going to Alaska this year.
I like my job, and people respect me – which is always a nice thing.
Other than that, I lie on the floor and watch teevee. 
In order to get some excitement in my life, I recently started taking motor bike lessons. I can recommend them: I love it!
Other than that, be sure to travel whenever you can afford it. There’s no bigger thrill than visiting a new country!
Well for REAL excitement, we order a pizza while sitting at the computer. Or we’ll watch taped episodes of Voyager back to back.
I don’t know what your financial situation is, and it’s none of my business. I will therefore offer some suggestions for a limited as well as a juicy budget.
Exciting Things To Do If You Have No Money
[li] Go to the Dollar Store. Take like ten bucks with you and go nutz. I’m sure they have something like that where you live; Dollar Stores seem to be cropping up everywhere these days. They have everything from cool holiday decorations to silk flowers to toiletries to brand-name candy (and lots of other food) to kitchen gadgets to… well, you name it. I even buy my underwear there! It’s good silly fun.[/li]
[li] Make cool decoupage from old magazine cutouts and a glue-water mix. You can make old Tupperware-type containers, mint tins and other non-attractive boxes works of small kitschy art in about 20 minutes with the magic of decoupage. Seriously, the stuff can look really cool. Use a small pastry or paintbrush to stick a collage of the magazine cutouts to the containers and there you go! Crafts for everyone![/li]
[li] Go to a mall or shopping center outside of your town and pretend to be from a foreign country. Make all of your purchases (or just ask for directions) using fractured English, funky “native” colloquialisms, and an “exotic” accent. My friends and I used to do that in college and it was hilarious. Just remember to keep the accent going and DON’T make a date with anyone you meet.[/li]
[li] Try out for a play at your local community theater. Just try out! It’s fun, and who cares if you get the part? Even if the idea is a little scary, it might be a good (exciting!) adrenaline rush to give it a shot. And if you end up getting a part in the production, you’ll make a lot of fun new friends.[/li]
[li] Go through your local residence telephone directory (White Pages) and look for people with weird or funny names. We actually found a guy named P.P. Turdo in our area, as well as a Harry Butts. Don’t call them, however, no matter how much you may be tempted. Remember, most people have Caller ID these days.[/li]
Exciting Things To Do When You Have Money
[li] Take up amateur photography. It can get expensive, because you’ll want to have an in-house dark room if you really want to go to town. You’ll also want additional camera equipment, film and chemicals as well.[/li]
[li] Start collecting antiques (actually, I like antiquities, specifically, Roman jewelry; and it doesn’t have to be super expensive to start collecting. Try an initial online search for “Antiquities”, and see what you get.) Or pick a type of antique thing or things you’d like to have a lot of and go for it![/li]
[li] Give money to a small local non-profit and get them to name something after you, like maybe an annual event or a community center. Good for your ego, and for a good cause too! You’ll get invited to lots of fundraising events and maybe even get your picture in the paper. (Well, it’s exciting for some people…)[/li]
[li] Rent co-op studio space and start sculpting; something really cool, like metalwork with an acetalyne torch. Seriously, this fascinates me. I have always wanted to do this, but I’d probably end up immolating myself.[/li]
Whatever you end up doing, have fun!
I went to “quilting night” tonight. That is about as much excitement as I"ve gotten in 4 months…
I take a razor sharp blade to my scrotum.
I ride a motorcycle in Miami.
Not at the same time, mind you.
Sad, isn’t it?
Girls Night Out…every Friday and it never gets boring (BTW-thanks for the support and understanding Girls-took y’all long enough to come around but I still love you guys-especially you Robin:) )
Saturday night I make my singing debut with my friend’s band…
My job is pretty interesting…get to crack fraud cases and talk to celebrities on occasion.
And all my email fun with that certain someone 
Well, last weekend, I drove off several attackers with throwing daggers while hanging upside down from a rope bridge, and I traded some acid for some herbs. I also chased an assassin, but swifter feet than mine caught him.
A couple of weekends ago, I spent some time picking a lock while fending off two swordsmen.
A month before that, I stormed a castle…literally.
That’s right, I’m a LARPer, one of the kooks who takes roleplaying games off the tabletops and into the parks. It’s reasonable cheap, fun, and you meet lots of interesting people, then quote Monty Python at them. I also make special effects widgets, go white-water canoeing, practice martial arts, and attend Dopefests. Generally speaking, if I can move normally when I come back from a vacation, then I didn’t have enough fun.
Okay, maybe not exciting, but…
Flea Markets and Yard Sales
I wrestle my Dad.
I try to not drown anyone.
I play with High Voltage and ask red headed women on dates.
I place my life in my friends hands and I saved a friends life.
I drive fast with only one eye.
I only break one law at a time.
I’m good to my friends and I abuse beer snobs.
I owe my sister a ton of money and got into a fight for her(at my age!!).
I was blind once and didn’t know if I would get better.
My life is pretty exciting.
Well, I’m afraid that Tuesday nights at the Lyllyan household is just too exciting for most normal folk. After dinner, we rush to clean up the kitchen, then we plop our fine wide arses in front of the the TV for Buffy/Angel. Sometimes, we get really crazy, and watch the East Coast AND the West Coast shows.
I watch the world with a jaundiced eye, consciousness wandering through levels of possibility and impossibility. I silently comment on social conditions.
Sometimes I’ll spend an entire evening raising and lowering my expectations. It’s exhausting.
Of course, it LOOKS like I’m just making miniature reproductions of the Taj Mahal and the Sistine Chapel out of my toe lint.
Oh yeah…and sometimes I gird my loins and spend a few minutes judging books by their covers.
-I make my 7-month-old son laugh. Not just giggle, mind you, but full-out belly laughs that require him to take a deep breath and laugh some more. No, I don’t tickle him to get that effect; that’d be cruel. Oh MAN! It’s like an addictive drug! I can’t get enough of it!
-I place my hand very close to SCARY sharp implements and SCARY sharp spinning blades. That is… I’m a woodworker. I’ve always got some sort of cut or splinter that requires a bandage on my hand. But there’s a real sense of excitement seeing the log that you had a few weeks ago become a beautiful drum, or that pile of scrap lumber become something that someone will treasure.
- I “Hi Opal” once in a while.
-Scuba diving. 'nuff said.
-I love my wife. Bill Hicks calls it “Love Magic”. I highly endorse it.
FallenAngel sneaked in at number four:
This may have different connotations over in the US, but the meaning over here (UK) would normally be ‘girlfriend = amorous female acquaintance’. Now. If that were true, I can tell you that if my wife found out about such an arrangement, my whole life would suddenly assume an excitement quotient which would be the envy of you all. UncleBill’s razorblade and scrotum escapades would be as a walk in the park. Really.
That said, Mr Angel, whichever connotation - good for you.
I use REAL BUTTER in my sandwiches!
FallenAngel:
The fourth item on your list would seem to fall under the category of the fifth item on your list.
FallenAngel, were you joking about having a wife and a girlfriend, or is this an “open relationship” where wife and girlfriend know about each other and are fine with the situation, or are you in a menage a trois situation?
Or are you just a lowlife two-timing creep?
Sorry, Fiver; I’m creep-free (at least in this regard). My wife and I have a wonderfully and happily open marriage.
That being said, because of the amount of communication involved in keeping all parties’ feelings properly respected and maintaining appropriate scheduling, etc., I suppose it DOES class under number 5 as well.
Luckily, there has been a lot of practice at keeping those communication lines wide open at all times, between my wife AND my girlfriend. As a result, Xerxes, no need to worry about getting “UncleBilled”. Did I join coin a new phrase there?
I think you did,(and it still brings tears to my eyes). There should be a law against using the words scrotum and razorblade in the same sentence.
All that said, if it works for you, then good for you.