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. 

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