I’m hating being at work right now, so I’m blog surfing. I found this list on a friend’s blog. The stuff I have done is higlighted:

01. Sang the National Anthem at a public event
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula (my jr. high friend’s sister had one)
07. Won a pie eating contest, or any eating contest
08. Said “I love you’ and meant it
09. Hugged a tree (there is a picture of me and my brother, boyd, hugging a tree when we were little)
10. Bungee jumped - never want to
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm
13. . Seen the Northern Lights
14.Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise (nate and i did this recently in mexico when sam was sick and couldn’t sleep)
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables (the squirrels also thought they were yummy)
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on slurpees
24. Given more than you can afford to charity (those darn scouts and their popcorn!!)
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope (thanks astronomy class)
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (at a funeral in high school - it was the worst!)
27. Had a food fight
28. Overcome a fear (dating, marriage, having kids, talking to strangers in a foreign language, etc..)
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run (it would have been cool if it was for my high school team, but no…it was church softball!)
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day (does SYL at the MTC count?)
38. Actually felt happy about your life
39. Had two hard drives for your computer (it’s more nate’s thing, but technically, they’re mine too)
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Can recite something over 100 words long
42. Have amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them (does house of japan count?  they force you to sit with strangers)
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Slept in a castle
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played some sort of game for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Eaten food you had no clue what it was but did it out of respect for your host
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Been skinny dipping
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Stood up for something against the crowd
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Asked someone for forgiveness and received it
96. Raised children (raising)
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country (does self guided count?  i saw lots of exotic things on a bike while on the mish!)
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over (thank you, provo!)
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication (by “large” do you mean The Russet?)
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Been afraid for your life
111. Helped an animal give birth (probably didn’t “help” but definitely watched my fair share)
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
115. Lived longer than a year in another country
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild (although, after reading my friend Rachel’s blog, i realize again that this is not a good idea)
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet (NEVER!!)
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours (of course…with the flu, wisdom teeth, tonsils)
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper (several times…there’s just not much news to put in The Pioneer!)
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school (i’m getting my Master’s right now…tell me why!?)
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach (stepped on plenty, but never petted)
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (i’m not big on killing, but i’ve watched a million times on the farm…i have killed and eaten fish, though.)
137. Skipped all your school reunions (went to 5 year, missed 10 year)

138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (uh, every day for the first month of my mission!!)
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream (and sometimes nightmare! )
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you (do bracelets count?  i promised myself i would never enter another craft fair!)
145. Had a booth at a fair (see above)
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head (I did have a companion on the mish that shaved her head regularly, though)
149. Caused a car accident (i’ve been in several, but i like to think they were all the other person’s fault)
150. Saved someone’s life (no, but gave life to two kids!  that should count.)

so tell me…what have you done?

Some of you might not know that laura and I are big fans of the amazing race.   For the past few years we have been participating in a “fantasy” amazing race.   It is loads of fun and adds a little extra fun to the show.  Gives you a reason to jump up and down for certain people to win.  Anyway, although it’s two episodes into season 12, it’s not too late to join in on the fun.  Here’s the link: amazingracers.com.

So some of you may recall that back in July of 2005 Laura and I stomped the competition at the Borgia family reunion Foosball Tournament.  If you weren’t aware of our victory or just forgot, here’s a photo to refresh your memory:

Well, the other night I was on my way back from a haircut and heard on the radio about a foosball tournament where you could go on to compete for $1,000.

So naturally I called my buddy and he agreed that we could not pass up the opportunity to be there.  We felt very out of place hanging out at a bar, but the spirit of foosball gave us encouragement.  We got a little nervous though as we noticed some other 40+ year old guys showing unusual amounts of interest in the table.  We quickly realized these guys were the real thing…actual foosball players.  We smoked our first two competitors, but just barely lost to one of the “old timer” teams.  The problem was that each game was just 5 minutes, which didn’t give us enough time to come back.  Final score was 3 to 4.  Dang 5 minutes!!!

The pinnacle of the evening was when this one competitor busts out handle grips.  You know you’re in trouble when some 50 year old man pulls foosball grips from his pocket.  These guys came to win…and they did.  We’re thinking about trying again next week at another location.

here is tennille on halloween…i THINK she is supposed to be shirly temple on the sunken good ship lolly pop.  i think the dress is adorable.  in fact, i would totally wear it to church.  hey, t-bird…how long did it take you to curl all that hair!!??