Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Life List

I've been working on this for a while and was waiting to hit a major number. I originally was shooting for 100, but when i got stuck around 32, I decided 50 might be easier. My problem is a good one... I've already done a lot of things people normally have on these lists. So here ya go! If anyone wants to help, let me know! :)

Note: Since starting the list, I've been able to cross off a couple things

  1. Meet a seated or former President.

  2. Learn to ski

  3. Perform on stage with a band

  4. Skydive solo

  5. Bungee jump solo

  6. Visit Ireland

  7. Travel by train

  8. Travel by bus

  9. Visit the Grand Canyon

  10. Go on an Alaskan cruise.

  11. Be thanked on an inside album cover by a signed band

  12. Visit New Zealand

  13. Take a city bus to the “end of the line”

  14. Visit Antarctica or somewhere north of the Arctic Circle

  15. Climb Everest (it doesn’t have to be to the top, I just want to be on it)

  16. See a game at Fenway Park

  17. Times Square New Year

  18. Vegas New Year

  19. Get married

  20. Have kids

  21. Visit my Grandpa Waggoner’s grave

  22. Participate in a major charity/fundraising event

  23. Meet Bono

  24. Cliff dive/jump into a Hawaiian lagoon

  25. Start a snow cone business

  26. Go to Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH.

  27. Camp out to win/buy something.

  28. Ride the rides at Stratosphere

  29. See every Bond movie. (Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Man With the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights, License to Kill, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace)

  30. See Ben Folds in concert

  31. See U2 in concert

  32. Attend a black tie/benefit award show

  33. Step foot in all 50 states (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
  34. Step foot on all 7 continents (North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antartica)

  35. Camp in Yellowstone Nat’l Park

  36. Ride in a hot air balloon

  37. Ride in a helicopter (not a medi-copter)

  38. Ice Skate at Rockefeller Plaza

  39. See Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)

  40. Visit Washington D.C.

  41. See a live FĂștbol game

  42. See Mt. Rushmore

  43. Visit Rome

  44. See the Great Pyramid at Giza

  45. See the Taj Mahal

  46. Visit Japan

  47. Lick the Liberty Bell

  48. Attend the Olympics

  49. Watch a shuttle launch

  50. Travel on the “streets” of Venice

Friday, January 2, 2009

Viva Las Vegas (Part 2)

It took me a bit to get this posted, but here's some pics and video of my night out last Saturday. I'll post some NYE pics soon too.


My friend Katie happened to be in Vegas with her family and since she was staying off-strip with her grandparents, i figured she could use a fun night out :). We literally walked all over the strip. Without including any of what we walked inside the hotels, I figured out we walked about 20 miles just up and down the Strip. Phew! We were a little tired the next day. Had a great time though and it was all worth it. So here's my pics and videos from that night.


The Gondola inside the Venetian Hotel


Hotel Paris


Excalibur


MGM Grand Hotel


A lion's paw at the habitat inside MGM


the Eiffel Tower


A little show at Magaritaville. She slid down a "volcano" into a giant margarita


She got pulled out on a hook and began twirling really fast


Me and Katie


The fountains at the Bellagio Hotel


The fountains again, but from atop the Eiffel Tower


About Me

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I grew up in the country with my nearest neighbor being almost a mile away. I was also the youngest in the family and the only boy. Growing up, I didn't have a lot of "playmates" so I found ways of entertaining myself. I could go outside on a nice fall Saturday (or frigid Iowa winter) and not come in until dark. My childhood is what cultivated my active imagination, or "specialness" as my mom always called it.