Sunday, December 5, 2010
a few updates to the original list
Monday, June 1, 2009
been workin' towards that list completion...
been awhile since i've posted here... i update the list from time to time. 
two new developments:
-1- I finally got my carry permit in about six weeks ago...
-2- I finally got my Bonnaroo ticket in last weekend!
so, that's one to mark off and one step closer to marking off another.
Monday, February 16, 2009
addendum
just a kind-of update on the last couple of posts. carry permit still pending. they said 6 weeks to 90 days, so i'm unconcerned. it's only been a week or two since i filed the paperwork.
however - yesterday, i did buy my very own, very first gun!! i bought a Glock 26, which is a .9mm and it is a
mazing how different it feels to own something like that.
powerful. and frightening. and amazingly, incredibly independant.
my very good friend Patrick and i went to the gun show in Franklin and strolled and inspected and searched until we found what i wanted. it's not a sig sauer, but it also didn't cost me any appendages, limbs or first-born children. so - i handed the guy my driver's license and my large stack of $20 bills fresh from the ATM and he handed me my gun.
wanna meet me at On*Target later for some target practice? 'cause now i'm anxious actually fire it!!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
permit pending...
the fingerprinting, the application, the fees - it's all done. TBI is running some crazy-intensive background check on yours truly and once that clears, they'll mail my handgun carry permit to me.
well, how cool is that? i've (nearly) done something that i never really thought i could. with a very minimal effort at that.
now, on to the rest of the list!!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
well, it wasn't specifically on the list, but i did something new this weekend - took the handgun safety class; the pre-requisite for getting your carry permit in the state of tennessee (which is on the list). it was pretty interesting, actually, and i did well - scored 100% on the range portion. that means every round i fired from 3, 7, and 15 yards went just where i intended it to go. for someone that had never even touched, let alone fired, a gun before a couple of months ago - not too bad at all...
now for the background check, the finger-printing, the application, the fee, the waiting period, yaddah-yaddah-yaddah... in 4 weeks to 90 days, i will be a legally-licensed, permit-holding, carrier of handguns in the state of tennessee and its reciprocals.
not to long ago, i didn't even know i wanted to do that. but it's pretty cool to know i can.
Friday, January 23, 2009
the List - keeps growing
- travel through Europe with someone that I love
- sky dive
- snorkel at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia
- see R.E.M. live
- see the pyramids in Egypt
- go to Israel
- Ireland
- Scotland
- see the Eiffel tower and the Arc de Triomph (Paris)
- London
- ride in a gondola (Venice)
- travel to South America; specifically Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, and the Galapagos Islands
- own a house in Seaside
- open a rock climbing gym
- learn to speak another language - fluently
- spend a week in DC and see everything
- go to Bonnaroo
- live in San Diego
- visit NYC
- hang-glide
- see Alaska
- get my carry permit
- buy my own gun
- learn how to surf
- climb something amazing
- run a 1/2 marathon
- run a full marathon
- run a full marathon in under 4 hours
- publish something that matters
- publish something everyone wants to read -- [BESTSELLER]
- write something i'm truly proud of
- learn to do something i never thought i could do
- see the redwood forest
- ski in Colorado
- get a brick from Wood-Felder Hall on MTSU's campus
- write a song
- play at least one live gig
- help someone that truly needs it
- make a difference (???)
- get married
- get my Master's degree
- see a show at 'the Gorge' in Washington (state)
- see a show at 'Red Rocks' in Colorado
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