I am sure many of you have been waiting anxiously by your computers to see when I was actually going to complete one of my goals. Well it finally happened yesterday evening I completed number 54, which was to hit a home run in c0-ed softball. To explain this story it is important to highlight an important fact to be noted. An interesting thing with co-ed softball is that there are two different balls that are used. There is a ball that is used for guy and ball that is used for girls. The main difference is that the guys ball is bigger and not as hard as opposed to the girls ball which is harder and smaller.
Ok now on with the story.
It started in the bottom of the sixth inning, we come up to bat down by one run. I am the lead of hitter for the inning. I grap a new bat, the name of the Bat was Crush (like Orange Crush, that is why the font color is orange) Then with the first pitch the ball goes back, back, back, and still back, and then it is out of the park. As I am making my way around the bases, I was like wow I really hit that good and that came off the bat really good. It sored over the left field fence. This tied the game. We then went on to win the game.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Goal 32
Sing a Solo in Church:
This goal is probably going to become a reality. Thanks to a brilliant move by one Jason D. who arranged with Julie R. to give me a solo the next time the ward choir sings in sacrament meeting. This may be the goal that I am most terrified to complete. I am OK with giving a talk in church and anywhere else for that fact. I think I am OK with it because I am confident that I can do it, but to sing is another issue all together. I know I can't sing and am fearful that is experiement will fail, much like the Shaq trade to the Phoenix Sun. Even thinking about the propisiton to sing in a church sacrament scares me to death. It might be because of my insecruites or just fear of the unknown but this may be the most difficult thing I have ever thought about trying.
I am hoping that the support of my friends will allow me to accomplish this goal (I belive this is the hardest of my goals), I know I have many accomplished singing friends who have a great talent to sing, and admittedly I am jealous of this talent. I know I usually make fun of those people and call them music elitistists (there may be some truth to that) but I do have a great apprecation for what they do know. It may this sudden realization that fear is about wack me aross the face with a flying nerf ball of death and destruction. I would now like to reach out to my musically gifted friends and ask for your support and help. Any tips you can give me would be greatly appreciated and I hope that with all of your support I can accomplish this.
This goal is probably going to become a reality. Thanks to a brilliant move by one Jason D. who arranged with Julie R. to give me a solo the next time the ward choir sings in sacrament meeting. This may be the goal that I am most terrified to complete. I am OK with giving a talk in church and anywhere else for that fact. I think I am OK with it because I am confident that I can do it, but to sing is another issue all together. I know I can't sing and am fearful that is experiement will fail, much like the Shaq trade to the Phoenix Sun. Even thinking about the propisiton to sing in a church sacrament scares me to death. It might be because of my insecruites or just fear of the unknown but this may be the most difficult thing I have ever thought about trying.
I am hoping that the support of my friends will allow me to accomplish this goal (I belive this is the hardest of my goals), I know I have many accomplished singing friends who have a great talent to sing, and admittedly I am jealous of this talent. I know I usually make fun of those people and call them music elitistists (there may be some truth to that) but I do have a great apprecation for what they do know. It may this sudden realization that fear is about wack me aross the face with a flying nerf ball of death and destruction. I would now like to reach out to my musically gifted friends and ask for your support and help. Any tips you can give me would be greatly appreciated and I hope that with all of your support I can accomplish this.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
LOTR
I am not sure if anybody can find the Lord of The Rings reference, but if you do you get a pirize!
76-100, The End of All Things.
76. Beat Super Mario Brothers on the NES in under 12 minutes
77. Learn to surf
78. Attend an Olympic Event
79. Travel to all 7 continents
80. Visit all 50 states
81. On a windy day, go fly a kite.
82. Kiss a lovely lady (hopefully the wife) on the Eifel Tower
83. Marry in the Temple
84. Build a boat.
85. For some reason, I think it would be really interesting to see the Grand Canyon
86. Decorate my condo
87. Pay for my parents to go to Disneyland
88. Learn to play Rock Band on Hard Level
89. Visit the 8 wonders of the world
90. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
91. Attend the Park City Jazz Festival
92. Own a vacation home in San Diego
93. Actually complete the NY Time Crossword puzzle (why must they make that so gosh darn hard)
94. Produce a card for Hallmark
95. Write a childerns book
96. Vote in every general election
97. Put in your own goal here (this is the place where you get to make up your own goal for me)
98. Watch a sunset and just be at peace
99. Rescue a cat from a tree.
100. Die a Peacefull happy death
Well I finally did it, I wrote down 100 goals. It was not easy but I think that it will give me something to start doing. Every so often there are going to be updates on this blog so you the reader can find out how I am doing with all these goals. I also encourage you to help me if you can.
77. Learn to surf
78. Attend an Olympic Event
79. Travel to all 7 continents
80. Visit all 50 states
81. On a windy day, go fly a kite.
82. Kiss a lovely lady (hopefully the wife) on the Eifel Tower
83. Marry in the Temple
84. Build a boat.
85. For some reason, I think it would be really interesting to see the Grand Canyon
86. Decorate my condo
87. Pay for my parents to go to Disneyland
88. Learn to play Rock Band on Hard Level
89. Visit the 8 wonders of the world
90. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
91. Attend the Park City Jazz Festival
92. Own a vacation home in San Diego
93. Actually complete the NY Time Crossword puzzle (why must they make that so gosh darn hard)
94. Produce a card for Hallmark
95. Write a childerns book
96. Vote in every general election
97. Put in your own goal here (this is the place where you get to make up your own goal for me)
98. Watch a sunset and just be at peace
99. Rescue a cat from a tree.
100. Die a Peacefull happy death
Well I finally did it, I wrote down 100 goals. It was not easy but I think that it will give me something to start doing. Every so often there are going to be updates on this blog so you the reader can find out how I am doing with all these goals. I also encourage you to help me if you can.
Monday, May 5, 2008
51-75, the list just keeps going!
51. Beat Super Mario Brothers 1 in under 10 minutes
52. Participate in a Hot Dog eating contest (I don't think I will do well, but hey it will be fun)
53. Order donuts from Stan's Donuts in California. You have to be impressed with a donut shop that is so good that they will ship their donuts overnight.
54. Hit a home run in co-ed softball.
55. Learn to play the guitar
56. Actually take piano lessons seriously.
57. Travel to Antarctica, and see Penguins in their natural habitat.
58. Walk the Great Wall of China
59. Work at Disneyland for at least one day.
60. Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef
61. Attend the US Open
62. Golf St. Andrews the old course.
63. Attend the Masters
64. Play the TPC and Sawgrass
65. Hit a Hole in one (OK sorry for all the golf goals, I just love the sport)
67. Play Pebble Beach Golf Club
68. Fly in a Glider
69. Try Snowboarding
70. One day Serve a Mission with my future wife.
71. Attend a driving school for race cars.
72. Create the video to be shown at my funeral (this will involve pictures, really cheesy music, and other tactics to make a person cry)
73. Visit Alaska preferably on an Alaskan cruise.
74. Watch all the Star Wars movies in a row.
75. Get a pedicure.
52. Participate in a Hot Dog eating contest (I don't think I will do well, but hey it will be fun)
53. Order donuts from Stan's Donuts in California. You have to be impressed with a donut shop that is so good that they will ship their donuts overnight.
54. Hit a home run in co-ed softball.
55. Learn to play the guitar
56. Actually take piano lessons seriously.
57. Travel to Antarctica, and see Penguins in their natural habitat.
58. Walk the Great Wall of China
59. Work at Disneyland for at least one day.
60. Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef
61. Attend the US Open
62. Golf St. Andrews the old course.
63. Attend the Masters
64. Play the TPC and Sawgrass
65. Hit a Hole in one (OK sorry for all the golf goals, I just love the sport)
67. Play Pebble Beach Golf Club
68. Fly in a Glider
69. Try Snowboarding
70. One day Serve a Mission with my future wife.
71. Attend a driving school for race cars.
72. Create the video to be shown at my funeral (this will involve pictures, really cheesy music, and other tactics to make a person cry)
73. Visit Alaska preferably on an Alaskan cruise.
74. Watch all the Star Wars movies in a row.
75. Get a pedicure.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
26-50 Goals and More Goals.
Here are my next set of goals that I have created.
26. Run a Marathon ( I am reading the book now about how to train, and motivate myself)
27. Attend an Atlanta Braves Baseball game, in the playoffs
28. Become an extra in a film.
29. Decorate my house for Christmas like Clark Griswald
30. Watch all the episodes, of Pride and Prejudice the mini-series
31. Hanglide
32. Sing a solo in Church, proving once and for all that it is not required that you need a great voice to do this.
33. Learn photography
34. Read the Bible from cover to cover.
35. Be a contestant on the Price is Right
36. Learn to surf
37. Walk across hot coals.
38. Get called to do the Brighton Breakfast two time ( hold on that happened)
39. Read each conference talk at least once for each conference.
40. Volunteer for an I can Read program.
41. Hit a home run in slow pitch softball.
42. Continue to Read the Book of Mormon for 30 mintues a day
43. Learn to Sail, it is truly the only honorable boat in the world, a sail boat.
44. Help a strandard motorist (I know this might be dangerous, but I still want to do it)
45. Get a receipe of my creation in a the awesome checkered Betty Crocker Receipe book (that way I can be in every home in America)
46. Learn more about great artistist like Monet, or any other great artist
47. Film a Documentary
48. Preform a stand up comedy routine
49. Keep continuing until goal number 100
50. Build a Deck.
Well this is getting fun, I hope you all enjoy it.
26. Run a Marathon ( I am reading the book now about how to train, and motivate myself)
27. Attend an Atlanta Braves Baseball game, in the playoffs
28. Become an extra in a film.
29. Decorate my house for Christmas like Clark Griswald
30. Watch all the episodes, of Pride and Prejudice the mini-series
31. Hanglide
32. Sing a solo in Church, proving once and for all that it is not required that you need a great voice to do this.
33. Learn photography
34. Read the Bible from cover to cover.
35. Be a contestant on the Price is Right
36. Learn to surf
37. Walk across hot coals.
38. Get called to do the Brighton Breakfast two time ( hold on that happened)
39. Read each conference talk at least once for each conference.
40. Volunteer for an I can Read program.
41. Hit a home run in slow pitch softball.
42. Continue to Read the Book of Mormon for 30 mintues a day
43. Learn to Sail, it is truly the only honorable boat in the world, a sail boat.
44. Help a strandard motorist (I know this might be dangerous, but I still want to do it)
45. Get a receipe of my creation in a the awesome checkered Betty Crocker Receipe book (that way I can be in every home in America)
46. Learn more about great artistist like Monet, or any other great artist
47. Film a Documentary
48. Preform a stand up comedy routine
49. Keep continuing until goal number 100
50. Build a Deck.
Well this is getting fun, I hope you all enjoy it.
Monday, April 28, 2008
The Official Start Date of My Blog.
Monday April 28, 2008
I realize this not the first post of this blog site, but it is going to be the start of regular posts. I am hoping this will be a complete representation of some of my thoughts. The first part of this post is inspired my a friend of mine E. Vincent who awhile ago mentioned creating a list of 100 goals. This list has no particular oder and mostly are just ideas I put down on a peice of paper. It was really almost just like free style writing. This list contains both short term and long term goals. It also has goals that are very serious and goals that are just random and make no sense to most of you. So with out further hesitaion here is my goal list. I will break it down into 4 different blogs the first will be 1-25:
1. Go Vist all the Baseball Staduims in the US and Canada in a whirl wind road trip or over my lifetime.
2. Purchase a house or condo ( in the process of doing this actually)
3. Go Skydiving
4. Complete a Masters Degree (first want to decide what in, so it is not a waste)
5. When I retire open a Donut Shop in Salt Lake
6. Learn to Scuba Dive
7. Attend the Temple 2 times a month.
8. Take an improv Class
9. Actually create a 100 goals (which I am doing)
10. Go to New Zealand and walk the path to Mordor
11. Obtain a handicap of 10 or lower in golf.
12. Learn to tie a bow tie.
13. Learn Arabic
14. Perfect my French and learn to write better
15. Hike Mt. Olympus
16. Travel across the US by train.
17. Get an editorial published. ( I have tried, but not successfull yet)
19. Learn to Fly Flish
20. Go to Montanta and help exacvate a Dinosauar
21. Relearn how to solve the Rubix cube.
22. Vote in every general election.
23. Memorize a Poem
24. Learn to Cook
25. Write A screen play.
Well there you have it, the first 25 goals from my list.
I realize this not the first post of this blog site, but it is going to be the start of regular posts. I am hoping this will be a complete representation of some of my thoughts. The first part of this post is inspired my a friend of mine E. Vincent who awhile ago mentioned creating a list of 100 goals. This list has no particular oder and mostly are just ideas I put down on a peice of paper. It was really almost just like free style writing. This list contains both short term and long term goals. It also has goals that are very serious and goals that are just random and make no sense to most of you. So with out further hesitaion here is my goal list. I will break it down into 4 different blogs the first will be 1-25:
1. Go Vist all the Baseball Staduims in the US and Canada in a whirl wind road trip or over my lifetime.
2. Purchase a house or condo ( in the process of doing this actually)
3. Go Skydiving
4. Complete a Masters Degree (first want to decide what in, so it is not a waste)
5. When I retire open a Donut Shop in Salt Lake
6. Learn to Scuba Dive
7. Attend the Temple 2 times a month.
8. Take an improv Class
9. Actually create a 100 goals (which I am doing)
10. Go to New Zealand and walk the path to Mordor
11. Obtain a handicap of 10 or lower in golf.
12. Learn to tie a bow tie.
13. Learn Arabic
14. Perfect my French and learn to write better
15. Hike Mt. Olympus
16. Travel across the US by train.
17. Get an editorial published. ( I have tried, but not successfull yet)
19. Learn to Fly Flish
20. Go to Montanta and help exacvate a Dinosauar
21. Relearn how to solve the Rubix cube.
22. Vote in every general election.
23. Memorize a Poem
24. Learn to Cook
25. Write A screen play.
Well there you have it, the first 25 goals from my list.
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