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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 Fútbol 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
    

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

Viva Las Vegas

Greetings from Vegas! I'm walking through a crowded casino so i'll keep this short but I just wanted to share some things from my journey. I'll blog more and again soon!

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Is Rusty Still in the Navy?

Yes, its Christmas Vacation time. And not just the movie, although I still haven't watched that this season... But also for me! I head out bright and early tomorrow morning and fly to Kansas City where some friends will be picking me up and whisking me away, eventually back to Omaha. I'm rather excited to be back and see some friends. I've been down here for a week shy of 9 months now and have only been back to Omaha twice, and neither time really got to spend any time with people.

I'll get some good quality time with my friends and family, including the traditional Christmas at Grandma's where we will more than likely eat dinner in the cold, dark basement, and open gifts, followed by the annual decorating of the Christmas Jeff.

Then Friday afternoon, I fly out to Las Vegas to help watch my niece and nephew. I'll have a Vegas New Year, before flying back to Tulsa on January 4th. Yep. Really looking forward to the next 2 weeks!

I'll try to do some mobile blogging while I'm gone, and who knows, maybe even another Vidcast?

i love you,

dw

Top 10 Things I've Learned in Oklahoma

I arrived in Tulsa on April 29th, 2008 which means at the end of the month, I'll have been here for 9 months. With this celebration, I present to you:

The Top 10 Thing I've Learned While Living in Oklahoma

10. How to throw change left-handed. Turnpikes! I remember pulling up to it the first time and awkwardly throwing my change in the catch like Scotty Smalls on his first attempt to throw a baseball and wondering how the person in front of me did it so effortlessly. It's second nature now and I can, like a true Tulsan, do it on the fly.

9. "Boomer Sooner":

Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner,

Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner,

Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner,

Boomer Sooner, O-K-U!

Oklahoma, Oklahoma,

Oklahoma, Oklahoma,

Oklahoma, Oklahoma,

Oklahoma, O-K-U!

I'm a Sooner born

And a Sooner bred,

And when I die

I'll be Sooner dead.

Rah, Oklahoma! Rah, Oklahoma!

Rah, Oklahoma! O-K-U!

Thpbpbpbpbpbpb!!!! {said with tongue flailing and thumb pointed in a downward direction}. "Boomer Sooner" is all I ever hear. I never hear people yelling Giddy'up or whatever it is the OSU Cowboy fans yell. THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA!!!!

8. There are 2 kinds of Oklahoman accents on women. One annoys the crap out of you, the other is kinda hot. Oh, and no guy sounds intelligent with an Oklahoma accent.

7. No one in Tulsa is from Tulsa. I kid you not, I've met 2... two people in 9 months originally from this town.

6. I'm organized. Who knew?

5. 50 degrees and sunny is cold and it "could snow any minute" as one fine upstanding gent put it. And yes, he said it with an Oklahoman accent

4. Never throw away a contact. In this business, its all about who you know

3. Working at Quick Trip is a completely respectable job. People in Iowa drop out of school and end up working for a gas station. In Tulsa, its considered a career. And a good one at that.

2. Turn signals aren't important, you must either go 20 above or 20 below the speed limit, a yellow light means speed up, and a red light means you only have 5 more seconds to get through the intersection unless its a turning lane, in which case you have 10.

1. No one is a good driver {see above} including Cops. If you turn on your signal and slow down you'd better turn or (nearly) get rear ended. And for the trouble he'll pull you over for an "unsafe lane-change". "But officer, I didn't change lanes" will not get you out of a ticket. "I'm sorry officer, I'm from Iowa. See-my license and tags clearly show that"; will, in fact, get you off with only a warning.