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According to Mr. Horne and Ms. Szirtes , these are the one-hundred-and-one things everyone should do to keep their life fun and interesting–and to keep you from being old and boring.  Included after each category are my own thoughts on the
matter:

1)  Send a Message in a Bottle:

Did this once but it was in the river instead of the see; never got a response.

2)  Run up an Escalator the Wrong Way:

Did it and am still doing it , quite often that is ...

3)  Make an Origami Crane:

Have not done this . But will do it as soon as I found out what an Origami Crane is...

4)  Learn How to Tell When Someone Has a Crush on You (and When They Don’t):

 Am I am not so sure that I have learned that ...yet

5)  Keep a Dream Diary:

Done that - but I am not good at it. Always forget to keep up to it. My record is an year....but this doesn't include  my blogs

6)  Touch These Creatures:

Spiders , Snakes - done that ...but brrr

7)  Prepare Yourself for Fame:

 I am ready ! I am ready ( :

 Learn to Play an Instrument:

Wish I'd done this! I have been into drums  - but oh well...

9)  Play a Computer Game to the End:

Done this - but I am not that found of Computer games

10) Have an Embarrassing Moment and Get Over It:

Happens all the time - well sometimes anyway

11) Get Your School Involved in a World Record Attempt:

 Damn ....never though of it.

12) Paint a Picture Good Enough to Hang on the Wall:

I was into manga drawing once ...but did not get the drawing skills of my dad - but yea there were such pictures

13) Learn to Whistle (and Make Other Noises):

I can .I can

14) See a Ghost:

I am not sure if it has happened to me. When its dark I usually ran fast to get somewhere safe...you never know.

15) Fart and Burp:

 Ah who has not....( :

16) Make a Swear Box:

Don`t know what does it. But will find out

17) Act in a Play:

Several times ...nothing major...but has some quite embarasing roles as well

1 Win Something:

 I tent to win various staff rather often than not - mobile phones , free RPG books for a whole year...etc

19) Make a T-Shirt:

This goes on my todo list

20) Stay Up All Night:

 I am pro at that - which makes me a bit of a night bird I guess

21) Sleep All Day:

Done that. Usually when I don`t feel right about something or am being that ...it helps me calm down a bit ( and waste a good day)

22) Invent a Secret Code:

 Done that....for various things. Games...and alike

23)  Learn to Do a Card Trick:

 Can do a simple ones 

24) Grow Something from a Seed:

 A big, big plant of....well of something ( :

25) Start a Collection:

I collect movies, software, music, flayers, photos, books ...should I go on ?!?  

26) Help Save the Planet:

Do recycling counts? And I don`t throw my trash on the streets too

27) Turn Back Time:

Been trying to do this  - no luck so far

2 Learn to Do a Party Trick:

A party trick - like what ? 

29) Climb to the Top of a Mountain:

 Done that - and I have climbed several mountains. I was obsessed with that once 

30) Make a One-Minute Movie:

 Done that with a friend. It was 1 minute horror movie

31) Host a Party:

Yes - done that!

32) Visit…:

Have been to quite a few countries - US, Spain, France

33) Learn to Bake a Cake:

 I can`t cook - well my mom does it for me or dad 

34) Hide a Treasure and Leave a Map for Friends to Find:

Done this - last time bout an year ago. Was playing  a game with a friend hiding movies in the city and giving him a map to find them 

35) Learn How to Ask Someone out (and How to Dump Them):

Sometimes I am successful at that - but most often I am the one asked out ...( :

36) Start Your Own Blog:

You are at it now. And also skykid.org. I have done this like 4-5 times 

37) Write Lyrics for a Song:

Did that even sang it - but it did not become a hit

3 Make a Time Capsule:

No, but I want to.

39) Be a Genius:

Am I not ( :

40) Take Care of an Animal:

2 cats , several dogs , 2 parrots , a turtle , hamster...etc 

41) Learn to Like These Foods:

I would try just about anything.

42) April Fool Someone:

Always on 1st of April - I can`t resist

43) Do Something Charitable:

  Done that

44) Teach Your Grandparents Something New:

My grandma is now chatting and surfing the net thanks to me. I shall tell her how to be a blogger too ( :

45) Invent a New Game:

 All the time.

46) Go as Fast as You Can:

 With bike ---so many times !!!

47) Make your Own Badges:

 Like I am cute , ain`t I . ( :

4 Watch These Films:

Most of them!

49) Read These Books:

Most of them!

50) Pretend to Be Sick Convincingly:

Many...many times at school.

51) Save Your Pocket Money for a Month and Spend it All at Once:

Done that quite a few time. But my pockets money for a month ain`t that much

52) Learn to Swim:

I love swimming 

53) Succeed at Something You’re Bad At:

It really feels great when this happens . My math exams are in this category 

54) Be a Daredevil:

I'm  into being wild and crazy.

55) Invent a New Trend:

Not sure about that one

56) Know Who Your Friends Are:

 Sometimes I do know , sometimes I don`t 

57) Plant a Tree (and Climb it When You’re Older):

Never planted a tree - a must do now !

5 Start a Band:

Tried to. Me and two girls - but it did not really happen - we only had ideas about it - being inspired by Hanson

59) Camp Out in the Backyard:

Several times and not only in the backyard

60) Learn to Live Without Something You Love for a Week:

Had to do it  - but never learning to do it seams insane 

61) Join a Club:

 I belong to several of them (mostly online ones)

62) Cook a Meal: ]

 I have tried do - I suck at cooking 

63) List the Things Your Parents Say They’ll Tell You When You’re Older:

Ahhh....that`s called  blackmailing !

64) Make Your Bike or Skateboard Look Cool:

They are mostly dusty. That`s cool ain`t it 

65) Learn to Juggle:

I am not good at that

66) Have a Snowball Fight and Fun in the Snow:

Every winter.

67) Build the Ultimate Sandcastle and Have Fun in the Sun:

 Every summer.

6 Take Part in a TV Show:

Did that . Tried to win - but ...well one can`t know everything 

69) Make a Scene in a Public Place:

It has happened - not something I am proud of 

70) Spend Christmas in Another Country:

Done that in US ( my best XMAS ever )

71) Do Something Nice Without Being Asked:

Sometimes I do nice thingies 

72) See Your Music Idol Perform Live:

Amm... he is dead so it would be hard to accomplish - but I have seen quite a few famous bands

73) Have a Sleepover:

 Done that like a zillion times 

74) Become a Spy:

I'd tell you about it, but then I'd have to kill you.

75) Watch a Tadpole Grow into a Frog:

 Do people really do this?

76) Learn to Say Useful Phrases in Other Languages:

 Can do it in about 6 languages

77) Make Your Own Greeting Cards:

With photos I have made - yes !

7 Hold a Yard Sale:

Not mine own - but helped at several. Oh and sold my bike while in the US

79) Build an Igloo:

From snow ---yes I have done that.

80) Start Your Own Secret Society:

Did that - was called the white wolfs  

81) Research Your Family Tree:

Tried once - but did not keep to it.

82) Learn to Skip Stones:

 Yep; just watch out for water fowl.

83) Dye Your Hair:

Yes made it blond , red - soon may do it again

84) Lobby Your Local Congressman:

Local Congressman?!?

85) Write a Story and Get it Published:

A poem once and in the school paper too

86) Sing in Front of an Audience:

Done that

87) Learn to Use Long Words (and Drop Them Into Conversation):

How did you think I got A's in school?

8 Blame Someone Else:

Done that quite a few times ...not a good thing ...or is it ?!?

89) Learn to Stick Up for Yourself:

Did this 

90) Get from A to B Using a Map:

Yes I did that - across Europe even helped my dad - he was driving - I was navigating ( :

91) Send a Valentine Card:

Did that before. Now don`t have who to send one to

92) Have Your Own Plot in the Garden:

Don`t really know what this means

93) Build Your Own Web Site:

Several times;I am into blogging now

94) See Your Name in Print:

Many times; not all of which I'm proud of.

95) Make a Unique Milkshake:

Yea baby . done that!

96) Glue Coins to the Floor:

Done that

97) Learn to Take Great Photos:

I am trying to ...few friends said that sometimes I do

9 Drive Something:  Car, Limo, and does “driving people crazy” also count?

Done all of that including driving people crazy ( :

99) Be Vegetarian for a Week:

Was even for more than a week - but its not really my thing

100)Meet Someone Famous:

I have met quite a few famous people

101)Decide What You Want to Be When You Grow Up:

 Still working on this.

So I have done most thing - and there is plenty of time to do the rest. What about you ?

I could not resist posting about all those wonderful experiences I had today . If you have read my post titled Exploring the Island and My Biking Route - by now you know that I am spending my summer vacation on an Island in the Mediterranean Sea . I am getting around it on a bike - which a friend of my Mom lend me for the duration of the Summer. I am biking almost everyday to the nearest beaches - but so far have made two longer trips ( 40 km ) exploring the Island. What I am looking for are nice views , beaches ,adventures and yes friends - as I am yet to make some . Not knowing anyone here I am setting off to the trips by myself - but so far can not say that felt bored even for a single moment. Today I set off at 10 am - and all I had in my backpack was a towel , my digital camera with a small tripod , sandwich and swimming goggles. I head to the German Zone - called that was because the majority tourist there are from Germany - but can`t say that I liked it much there - its just that commercial beaches - with road on their edges do not attract me. However as soon as I left that zone I kept biking into a rual area and soon discovered amazing beaches . By that time I met 2 other tourists ( like me hehe) - biking on that round - there are quite a few but these two were really nice - a couple from Germany and we chatted for a while.

Will not bother you with more details of my day - but I do want to show you some of the pictures I took :

The beach I discovered:

Another great place for diving :

And :

For more photos - click here

On 11th of May I posted a short note about reaching 200 000 hits . Less than a month later there are 26,734 new hits. That`s quite an achievement - I would like to thank Bestpi for helping me keep the blog updated while I was away. Also thanks fly to michalangelo for being with me almost from the very begining and commenting on my posts. And of course Ikarus for his comments and incredible blog ( which is one of main main sources of inspiration).

Last but not least thanks for all of you being here and reading this !

I love biking . And I love swimming too - which I guess explains why the place I am going to spend the next three months is a perfect one for a summer vacation. I had some troubles to find a bike - and if you have followed my Twitter updates you would know that today a friend of my mother lent me one of his . Its a great bike and I enjoy riding it - but you know the boss of my Mom told her that he is going to buy a new bike for me as a present ( :

Took only few photos today - and they are not that special , but you still can get some idea of my biking route.

During the recent trip across Europe I spent a day in Andorra. Most of you may have never heard of this small West European country situated high in the Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain. The landscape there is breath taking and the ski tracks seemed huge and well developed. Actually that was one of the things I know about Andorra before going there myself - there are no taxes there, the most amazing ski tracks are located there and there are no patent laws or anything remotely similar to them. Few months ago when I went skiing in one East European country I met a boy from Ireland who highly recommended Andorra to me - saying that he had a blast skiing there with his family .

Road sign on the road to Andorra ( click here for more photos)

Andorra is not a big country - information about it is available in Wikipedia and according to it its current population is only about 71,822 people. If you plan to head to Andorra for your next winter vacation - check out the travel guide of WikiTravel and be aware that you have to be an experienced driver to get to the country

Did you know about Andorra before reading this post ? Have you been there yourself ?

At the end of this week I am going to travel with my dad and a friend of ours across Europe. We are going to be driving through at least 6 countries amongst which France, Italy , Hungary , Austria and Spain. This trip will happen in the course of one week and during that time I will be off line. Two day ago following the advice of an American friend of mine I got a Power inverter which would allow me to use my notebook while on the road. I intend to use if for charging my batteries for the digital camera and the video camera - which means that if everything goes as expected I will have a bunch of photos to share. In any case - even without internet I will keep a log of the journey on my computer and its likely that this log in going to appear in my blog as soon as I am able to get a decent Internet connection. We don`t own a GPS receiver - but I have installed a copy of Microsoft Autoroute Euro 2007 and hopefully it will turn to be useful  - my dad is very skeptical about it trough.

I am very excited about this trip ….hopefully it will go as smooth as I want it to be. Wish me bon voyage !

Hello and thank you for visiting my post here on Skykid’s Blog.

I have been informed that as a guest writer here, I have been remiss in making an introduction. Be it far from me to be the least bit mysterious so let me straighten things out now, for those that are indeed interested.

I live in the Grand state of Virginia in the US. My current occupation is doing corporate theater all over the world. I love my job even after nearly 20 years doing it. I am a well rounded technician who can do most any part of the show from Audio to Graphics to Video. I started my career in theater and at first worked both sides of the curtain. Although I loved acting and was fairly good at it, the pay was steadier backstage. From there I moved into a Hotel and stayed there learning the audio visual industry for the next nine years.

After eight years in the hotel I had an opportunity to learn something completely new. I was offered a job learning to be a Private Detective. I worked my apprenticeship and learned from an old gumshoe who taught me the ways of the street detective, as opposed to the modern day PI who parks their posteriors behind a computer and then complains that they can’t find anything.

After nearly twenty years of doing both AV and PI work I closed my agency and moved back to snow country.

The one constant in my life the entire time was my love for treble music. I was a treble singer for a very short time when I was a child and unfortunately had to give it up because my mother raised the four of us by her self. She worked a menial job at minimum wage without a raise for eighteen years. My singing, for all the joy it gave me, took too much time and too much money to continue.

For the short time I enjoyed it, I remember it as one of the most enjoyable times of my childhood. Once a treble, always a fan.

So I have been very fortunate to have been in on Youtube since it’s early stages and have followed the careers of many trebles. I mentor new trebles on Stage behavior, lens technique and maintaining a fanbase. Many of the trebles I have had the pleasure of associating with have gone on to reach wonderful goals. I am certainly not taking credit for any part of their successes, I will say that it has been wonderful to see them grow and exceed their dreams. If I can delude myself into thinking that I did something, wrote something or said has helped them to be or exhibit their talents better, then so be it. And as I accept no fees for anything I do then I will claim my delusions as payment in happiness.

One of the things that I do with a small group of others is to document, preserve and sometimes restore treble recordings. We archive videos, audio tracks and even artwork so that it will be available for decades to come in the original quality in which it was recorded. The talent has been most co-operative in making this happen and a by product of this relationship is that I get to meet a lot of trebles and their families.

Most of my mentoring is done through the parents or in conjunction with a vocal coach. Parents are pivotal in a treble’s success in any setting outside a cathedral. In the cathedral setting the choirmasters are the parents. And yes, although they know a great deal about voice, they know little about the technical end of it and even less about internet marketing. And make no mistake, Choir sites are popping up all over the internet as this treble explosion takes off and they find another source for funds in an ever and always struggling music department.

So this advantage of having access to trebles and their families has worked well to fulfill another passion of mine. Writing. I have been asked to write articles about trebles so that we can see a little bit more into the lives of the new or contemporary trebles. They aren’t always in a cassock anymore. They come in all genre’s of music and every walk of life. They are also popping up so fast that they can be a star and no one even saw them walk up to a microphone until stardom propelled them into our homes. Then we wonder where the little tyke with the great lungs came from.

My job is to try and stay on top of it and give you an insight into their lives.
Many of my trebles come from referrals from people just like you. If you come across one who is new and has a nice sound to his voice I invite you to email me with a link to them. Even if they don’t sing but they have that crisp sweetness to their voice and might be a treble if nudged that way. Send me a link. I have a couple of video bloggers that are thinking about the possibility of taking up voice because of leads given to me and a letter or email to the parents.

A great resource for information on trebles is The BCSD (Boys Choir Soloist DIrector) I halp out there by adding my kids to their database. (And yes, they all become my kids when we start an association.) I operate on the golden rule. Encourage, praise or shut up. If you are a parent and want to know more about your youngster becoming a treble just drop me a note.

Thanks to skykid for this guest spot. I am truly humbled to have been invited here.
Cheers,

Send your treble leads to: bagofrats1414@yahoo.com