I'm doing 35 things
Because...
2 months ago
This one… pretty much a mandatory. At least, considering my platoon sergeant decided to put my name on the October board list, and give me three whole weeks notice. Could be a rough month of September.
Mr. Siegfried's Life List
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1. Spend the night hanging off a rock face
1 cheer1 person -
2. Ride all the rides at the top of Stratosphere
2 people -
3. Visit Tokyo
501 people -
4. Visit Australia
2,454 people -
5. Keep Heirloom Quality Travel Journals
1 person -
6. Wear a kilt to the Highland Games
2 people -
7. Lead 5.11
2 people -
8. deep water solo in mallorca spain
2 people -
9. live in a foreign country
2,451 people -
10. play all the final fantasy games
1 cheer41 people -
11. sell a photograph
53 people -
12. write a novel... a GOOD novel.
70 people -
13. Take 3 Months. Dissappear. Have true solitude.
1 person -
14. Do the A-Z author challenge
2 entries146 people -
15. have a slimmer waist
1 entry . 1 cheer7 people -
16. Climb 5.10
1 entry9 people -
17. Hike the Narrows of Zion N.P.
1 entry10 people -
18. hike the Grand Canyon
325 people -
19. own my own home
1 cheer1,371 people -
20. Climb Mt. Ranier
15 people -
21. sky dive
2,128 people -
22. Climb El Capitan
50 people -
23. walk the appalachian trail
2 entries . 2 cheers54 people -
24. trek through the Himalayas
24 people -
25. get my motorcycle license...and a motorcycle
1 entry92 people -
26. Drink a Guinness in Ireland
1 cheer6 people -
27. become a pilot
340 people -
28. BASE jump
365 people -
29. Run the Gauley
2 people -
30. Play blackjack in Las Vegas
3 people -
31. surf
885 people -
32. learn bass
104 people -
33. climb a volcano
34 people -
34. Have Kids
2,999 people -
35. Pass my E5 Promotion Board
1 entry1 person
How I did it
It made me
Dedicated 
How I did it: Didn't buy any meat for two weeks prior to my designated "month," so I could eat through what meat was left in my fridge. I wanted to eliminate any temptation, so in the event I came home from a party buzzed I wouldn't be able to go strait for the chicken fingers in the freezer or a Dagwood sandwich. Aside from that, it was fairly easy. My wife joined in with me, so we took a lot of pasta recipes that we would normally p… Read how I did it…
It made me
Evolved
How I did it: Applied some pretty commonplace Rubik's cube manuevers, fiddled with some alterations of the 4x4 algorithms. Overall, it felt like playing the next level in a video game. Just the right amount of difficulty upgrade. Read how I did it…
It made me
Worthwhile
How I did it: I applied the "4x4 like a 3x3 method" where you solve the 2x2 squares in the center, then match the edge pairs and solve like a 3x3. It was fairly easy, only requiring the memorization of 3 algorithms past the 3x3 solve, but overall, it worth it. shallow, i know, but people look at you like you're a genious when you solve over a 3x3 cube. only took a few minutes of playing with it to figure it out, if you can solv… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Tickets
2 months ago
For Nashville in September. Nashville is making me hella proud lately. Death Cab, the Decemberists, Slipknot, Metallica, Les Claypool, Alice in Chains, and a recently announced KISS show in October? Music city indeed.
Need to beat myself back into shape
2 months ago
In the vast irony of life, I spent the entire last year (deployed in afghanistan) at the gym lifting and doing pull ups, paranoid that without being able to climb i was going to have to work my way back up to climbing strength. I even carried around a small arsenal of Gripmasters to keep my fingers vice-like. Then, after returning in December, I became so enamored with relaxing and having TV and a sofa readily available that I didn’t climb much after the first month.
So I showed up back in the states in the best shape of my life (better than when i left actually) and now I’m worthless and 30 pounds heavier. There is clearly work that needs to be done to get back to 10 level, I’m having issues with 5.9- lately.
