Archived Weblog Entry - 07/20/2003: "Time will tell"

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07/20/2003 Archived Entry: "Time will tell"

A good long time ago, I wrote a list of "things I want to accomplish in my lifetime". Now seems as good a time as any to rewrite it:

Build a house - Recently I've been rethinking how to do this. A few places say building a geodesic dome home is 30% cheaper than other homes, but then I've got reasonably knowledgable friend who've said the opposite. Then there are complexities in plumbing, kitchen and bathroom building, etc. Though I think those can be overcome. As well, Rich has scared me with the ridiculousness of the home building permit structure in his area. I don't know where I can build without having to worry about permits, but considering he is on an island and the building inspectors come over from the closest town, I suspect not many places.
Travel - Travelling is expensive, especially when you are saving for a house/retirement. I'd like to see Scotland and Ireland, perhaps Japan, Australia, some parts of Africa. Maybe later in life.
Build a large air-visible artwork - I've been thinking about finding a large public field with a lot of reasonable-sized rocks, and created a large spiral shape.
Run a small business (successfully) - Recently I've been more pushed on this...the computer industry is sucking wind very much right now. I'm working, but it's a constant struggle to stay so. While we were looking at places to live outside Vancouver I came across a house/deli/laundromat combo for $200,000 in Yahk BC. I've never been to Yahk, but the pics look nice. That sort of thing (perhaps in a few years) would make Jen and I happy, I think.
Be artistic more often - Maybe take a few classes, and find a place to relax and paint. I've also considered learning to weld and making artistic iron gates.
...more to come, I'm sure.

Replies: 3 comments

Remember that house where the deck collapsed near Nanaimo a few weeks back? It didn't have to be inspected since it's out of town -- maybe you could build some place like that.

Posted by Chuk @ 07/21/2003 09:12 AM PST

Heh...I don't know if you are being sarcastic or helpful :)
Posted by Greg @ 07/21/2003 11:25 AM PST

Some of both, of course. :-)
But if they didn't need inspectors there, there must be other places that don't (it's not gonna just be the one lot). Presumably you'll actually have the stuff built safely and just avoid the expense/hassle of actual inspection, if that's what you were worried about....
Posted by Chuk @ 07/22/2003 08:50 AM PST