100 Things #100things 1. Reading. I especially love physical books rather than an electronic book. The smell and feel of books for me are actually what keep me reading for longer periods of time. 2. Photography 3. Listening to classical music. And opera. And baroque. And I could go on explaining why I love each one, but that would take forever (maybe I'll write an opuss for that...). 4. Logic puzzles 5. MENSA puzzles (I don't have a nearly high enough IQ to be considered a MENSA person, but I try to do their puzzles for fun even though I can't figure them out 90% of the time) 6. Poetry, especially reading and analyzing famous #poems 7. Philosophising (I know that's not an actual word, but I do think it should be...). 8. Thinking 9. Playing piano 10. Watching my favorite TV shows, like Touch 11. Reading the work written by the talented people here on Opuss 12. Origami, especially three-dimensional modular origami 13. Laying down in grass and watching the sky (and photographing that) 14. Sanitizing my hands and making other people sanitize their hands 15. Digging tunnels when the snow is high enough and laying down inside them 16. Visiting historic sites and graveyards 17. Collecting things, like interesting pebbles I find while gardening 18. Sorting random things, like the pebbles I collect, and classical CD's 19. Gardening in the summer 20. Harvesting my fruits and vegetables from my garden 21. Hiking 22. Cycling in a quiet place for many kilometers and hours on end. 23. Ultimate Frisbee!!! 24. Getting into the heads of fictional characters in books to try to see precisely what they're thinking 25. Being kind of a geek/nerd, making up a random joke while having a conversation, being the only one laughing, looking at everyone else's confused look and laugh again. Then watching as people smile even though they don't get what's so funny, and finally explaining my joke. That last moment when people actually understand me and laugh along is always the best. I'm known to be a bit weird once one gets to know me in person. 26. Learning and speaking in Spanish. I've been learning Spanish for literally more than two thirds of my #life and I've enjoyed every minute of it! I really hope to be fluent soon. 27. Writing in Dwarvish, Elvish, and Uruk runes. Again, I'm kind of a nerd. I have memorized Dwarvish (at least one of the forms) and I'm working on teaching myself various forms of the other languages as well. These languages are from The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, etc. by Tolkien. By the way, my profile picture is the first part of Tolkien's Misty Mountains Cold #poem written in Dwarvish Runes 28. Performing the occasional card trick. I sometimes like to teach myself and present seemingly complex tricks and seeing the amazed look on people's faces. I never tell them how I do it though! 29. Watching magic tricks. The never cease to amaze me unless I know how the trick works, or the magician is terrible and completely (but unintentionally) gives the entire trick away in front of a large audience. I've seen it happen before. 30. Making soap from scratch. I did this for a school project last year and it was amazing! 31. Drinking tea. My perfect cup is Irish breakfast, steeped for at least ten minutes, no sugar, honey, or sweetener, and occasionally I like a splash of milk. That's all for now. I'll gradually be adding to this whenever I think of something

How To Never Be Bored Again Hello everyone! It has been a while since I've written anything; I haven't had many ideas lately, but I have some for #poems and a part two of my story. In the meantime, I thought it would be interesting to challenge my fellow Opussians at a game called, "How to never be bored again". Basically, what you do is list all of the things that you like to do - they can be anything, from something incredibly small to something so large it takes days to complete. They can also be things that you prefer do alone or with a group of people. However, the only rule is that you have to have done those things prior to writing them down. So my challenge for anyone who wants to participate is to list 100 or more things, and tag it to #100things so we can see what we all wrote down. Maybe from this game we'll find others who share common interests. Or maybe some ideas may act as an inspiration for a story or poetry. There won't be a winner for this. It's all for fun! Also, don't worry if you can't come up with 100 things in one sitting. Feel free to take your time and add on to it whenever something comes to mind. You're welcome to go over 100 things if you come up with that many items. Have fun! I hope you all enjoy!

A Tale Of Two Cities #poem #2 I may One day Repay My love, She is Golden, My sweet White dove. The time Now comes When one Succumbs To ease The pain Of her, My love. I heard The fall Of blade In one Swift sound. ***** Based on the novel by Charles Dickens, written by myself.

A Tale Of Two Cities #poem #1 I've spent my days Trapped in a cell Until one day When all veils fell But not for long As night vanished Our lives were changed Not for the worst But for the best New bonds were formed And these won't break For love is as strong As an iron gate But secrets kept By those we trust Change lives once more He may be sent Straight to his death By fall of blade In one swift sound. ***** Based on the novel by Charles Dickens, written by myself

#riddlechallenge I'm so honored that my #haiku was chosen as the winner for the #riddlechallenge! Thanks so much to @AprilMayJune for picking me. As the new judge of the #riddlechallenge, I've decide that this weeks #poem is going to be a #limerick! For those who don't know, a #limerick is a five line #poem where lines 1, 2, and 5 end in rhyming words, and lines 3 and 4 end in a different pair of rhyming words. The rhythm goes something like this: da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da DUM da da DUM da DUM da da DUM da DUM da da DUM da da DUM The deadline is January 28. Also, please remember to tag your #poems to #riddlechallenge and mention me in the comments so I can see it. Thanks and good luck to everyone!