So, Dad called me yesterday, and told me to gather up a few ideas for my 21st birthday, and then to pitch them to him in a few days. Well, I am not having much luck coming up with much. This is what I have so far: 

1. Go to the bar and have a few drinks with friends and family. 
2. Go Go Karting with the friends and family. 


I already know a few beers with the friends and family will be involved, but I want to do something that is not boring. So that means no movies, putt putt, or doing nothing at all. 

I was hoping you guys might have some ideas, or tell me what you want to do for your 21st birthday, or what you actually did for your 21st birthday, that way I might be able to get a few more ideas. 

So, what do you guys got for me?

Hi thing1. Well, a birthday party at a bar and go karting sounds like a fun day. You could always go to a club with a friend or look for a friend at the club.

BtotheH : I have a girlfriend, and family will be there.  

I just went out drinking with a friend really.

I don't think you need to do anything special. It's just a birthday.

Try some high adventure stuff or go see events you normally don't see.

For my bachelor party, my friends and I went paint-balling and we followed it with watching some boxing matches live, and finished with chasing girls at a bar.  I was a little older so my tastes were refined.

My 21st birthday had two parts.  I deployed when it hit and we were overseas so I simply marked it by drinking some stuff a guy made in his bath tub.  He called it gin but he was a liar.  It was anti-freeze, basically.  When I saw my parents in the U.S., we went out and had some beers together but that was a few months later.

Pick something you haven't done before, like skydiving.  Go do that.  That's the way to do up a 21st birthday.

warmaker : No Skydiving. I had a chance to do that while I was stationed in Hawai'i. No. Just... no. Although, Paintball does sound kind of fun. I will actually have to check that one out. Thanks. 

And remember: My girlfriends and family members will be there, so nothing too crazy. 

thing1 : Where did you go sky diving?  The only place I knew and trusted was up by the Polo airfield where they drop you out over the water and you float back in.

It's awesome, isn't it?

You can also do multiple parties.  One is with families and that and it's all very civilized and enjoyable.  The other is with younger friends and you get a little outrageous. 

How trusting is your girlfriend and what has she come up with?  She can take you to adult entertainment and go do grown-up things if she's down.  That's always fun.  Or you go with some guys from work or whatever and shoot pool, go bowling, shoot some darts and talk to girls.  That's my idea of a good time when you're 21.

warmaker : I said I had a chance, not that I did go. And I don't know where it would have been, honestly. From what I remember, a friend was going to set it up, but you had to do 10 dives with an instructor before you could get a license to solo dive. All I remember is that is was on Oahu. 

I don't have any friends from this area because I live in a desert full of pot head high school drop outs. I don't have a job because Mexicans will take minimum wage out here, and nobody likes Veterans where I am at ( just being descriptive. No offense to anybody reading this was intended ) . 
Most of my friends that are going to come is going to be 
Cyro Xero :  
And maybe 
geoogree: If he just so happens to be in town at the time. 

Right now, what the plan seems like it will be is family and friends will go go karting and then after that, we might go to a bar. I wonder if I convince my Dad to be open to inviting friends and legal family over for a grill out? Maybe everybody has to bring a 6 pack or a pack of hamburgers to the party. You wouldn't be allowed to leave until 2 hours after your last drink, or whatever. But that is depending on if they are still in the house by then or not. They should be moving soon, since Dad is finally retiring from the Army after 27 years. 

thing1 : Those ideas look fun. I don't have any other ideas though, just gonna wish you a very early birthday~
I hope those plans go as planned and they are fun

Simple! Add one word to "beer". And that word is "root"! Root beer = best beer...maybe.

I agree with warmaker, paint ball Is pretty active and fun to do. Also If you dont trust skydiving,places that have those big fans wheir you get to float around and stuff sounds like fun.