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Have I really not written here in almost 2 months?

A Man Reborn — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:09:24 +0000

Hello blog – been a while! I haven’t written in here since about halfway through September, which coincidentally is right about when I started really getting into the full swing of the Halloween season.

The last few weeks have been pretty damn fun and full of all kinds of random good times. Spent many fun times with lots of good friends and basically just had a blast and was too busy to really do much writing!

Had one last Halloween party on the weekend, but now that the season is pretty much over it’s back to the norm for me. I’ve been thinking a lot about everything that’s happened in 2010 and I’m really stoked about how my year has gone so far. I’ve made some progress in almost every area of my life that I wanted to improve with the exception of one – my fitness.

I’ve had a hard time keeping a consistent workout schedule in 2010 and I’ve gained some weight back. Anyway, thanks to some inspiration from my girl and another buddy of mine, I’ve decided that enough is enough and it’s time to reclaim the progress I’ve made earlier. It took some sacrifice before and it’s going to take that again and I’m ready for that and I want this in the way that I am willing to commit myself to making it happen.

I know that once I get started I will keep going for a while, so I’m going to try giving myself a bigger push at the start and challenging myself more. So for the rest of 2010, I’m going to work out a minimum of 30 minutes a day with no exceptions. I’ll be logging all my work outs and my weight every Monday – starting today at 258.

2010 has been an awesome year so far and it’s time to finish strong.

100 Things I Will Do In 2010 – September Update

A Man Reborn — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:41:41 +0000

I had a pretty intensely busy August with my big work project and I didn’t have too much free time, so I only got a couple of things done. I did make progress on a bunch of the others so it’s all good and I now that I have some more free time I’ll be making good use of it in September!

Finished since last update:

68 – Become a triathlete – done on August 8th at the Niagara tri
73 – Give a speech - did a best man speech at Anthony and Ashley’s wedding

2010 List – as of July 15th, 2010

DONE - Create a new set of 1 year and 5 year goals - done in March after an eye-opening February
Get a new tattoo - gonna do this soon!
Get my advanced-green ranking in Muay Thai - working on it!
Go skydiving
DONE – Explore an abandoned building – explored Michigan Central Station and a ton of others in Detroit with Myla and Nix
Climb the CN Tower in under 30 minutes - will do this at the United Way climb in October
DONE - Snowboard at Whistler - went during the Olympics in Feb!
DONE - Stomp a FS 180 off a kicker - did it at Beaver Valley in March
Do a proper FS/BS boardslide - never got the hang of BS boardslides… sometime this month!
DONE – Spend a weekend camping with my dog - going June 11-13 @ Rockwood
Beat last years record of 30 snow days - tied currently at 30 days… gonna break it with a day at snow park in the summer
Get down under 200 pounds - aiming for a 5 pounds a month pace which is somewhat conservative
Take my Mom to the Art Gallery – sometime this month!
Get rid of clutter from my room - have donated/given away/thrown away 7 large boxes and 9 garbage bags of clutter… feels awesome, more to go!
DONE – Ride 50 km on my bike in one go - June 6, 2010 – signed up for the 2010 Ride for Heart 50km ride
Build 5 Halloween props - got all my materials gathered and starting this month!
Build a fake disemboweled torso out of latex/foam – got some ideas from a bud who does excellent fx work
Take my Dad to a football game
Learn to rollerblade - I think I’m going to replace this… not very psyched about it
Make 95% of the food I eat from scratch - this is an easy one for me as I shy away from processed foods
Get 5 new freelance clients - 3 down and 1 more potential being worked on
Do a 48 hour weekend fast – will do this in the fall sometime
Learn 5 magic tricks - got a wicked teacher for this! Thanks Anastasia!
Go to the Science Centre
Go to the ROM – going this Sunday!
Deadlift 315 pounds - progress is underway
Squat 225 pounds - progress is underway
Read 25 books - 17 down
DONE - Spend a weekend snowboarding with my little brothers - went for 3 different weekends
DONE – Grow a herb garden
DONE – Climb a tree
Ride the entire single-track trail at Albion Hills - started biking again in March
Ride the entire single-track trail at Glen Eden - started biking again in March
DONE - Walk in the rain - a Squamish necessity!
Become proficient at AJAX – starting to get the hang of it
Do a 22 km run - Sunday October 17, 2010 – Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon
Launch the zombiepedia website
Go to the carnival – going this Saturday!
DONE – Bake a cake
DONE – Volunteer my time for a good cause – worked at the milton charity haunt
DONE - Try being vegetarian again for 21 days - was much easier than I thought and I’ll be reducing the amount of meat in my regular diet
Try being vegan for 21 days – tried doing a raw diet for a month… made it 2 weeks – not for me! will try this again in the fall
DONE - Get a raise
Revise and stick to a new budget - budget done and have been sticking to it
Have a 100% TV-free month - I tried this in March… didn’t watch any TV at home… but still had a few hours at other people’s houses / bars… tough to avoid!
Build a Facebook application - working on an idea for a small app this month
Take a night class
Paint a giant painting – sketching ideas now
Go to the shooting range - after boarding at snow park!
DONE – Learn 5 new effects in After Effects - learned 2 so far
Teach the dog to not be scared of the nail clipper - making progress
DONE – Make a new snowboarding video - editing is underway
Create 10 website layouts - 5 down, working on 3 more
Build my portfolio website
Try indoor rock-climbing
Learn to Salsa
DONE – Donate blood
DONE – Make a gift for someone by hand
DONE – Visit a Renaissance fair- went to the pirate festival
Snowboard in the summer - http://www.snowparkniagara.com/ – aww yeah!
DONE - Be part of a zombie movie - I got to shoot with George A. Romero… one of my favourite directors and the king of Zombies!
DONE – Start a new business venture – initial planning is well underway
DONE - Start a conversation with 50 strangers - probably did close to double this # during Feb alone :D
Learn to make a Paella
DONE – Decorate a Munny! - got it in the mail and did it today!
Go on a random and pointless roadtrip
Write a children’s book - started to write
DONE – Become a triathlete - changed to August 8, 2010 – Niagara Try-a-tri Triathlon – 375m swim / 10km bike / 2.5km run – started swim training
Try wakeboarding
Train with a champion – October 30th, seminar with Andy Souwer
DONE - Zombie around with my ghouly friends! - done at the Romero shoot!
DONE – Sculpt something out of clay
DONE – Give a speech - got asked to be my buddy’s best man at his wedding!
DONE - Re-pierce my labret - it didn’t close up as much as I thought
Eat chicken wings in Buffalo - gonna go with MicHELLe!
Spend an entire day at the beach
Go on a brewery tour - gonna go with MicHELLe!
DONE - Ride through the glades - rode the glades at Blue Mountain and then at Whistler and loved it!
DONE - Surprise someone
DONE – Work at a haunt – worked at the Milton haunted house in August
Do 10 pull ups - currently training – at 2 consecutive right now, but will get much easier as the weight comes off
Do 100 push ups - currently training – at 25 consecutive right now
DONE – Go to a big music festival - Went to Heavy MTL 2010 with Greg, Derek and Jenn!
Learn Yoga
DONE - Watch the clouds drift by - sat and watched the clouds drift through the mountains every chance I got out west
DONE - Watch a sunrise - watched it come up behind the mountains in Squamish
Go kayaking – missed a good chance to do this, but will still for sure!
DONE - Watch a sunset - watched it on the bus ride back from Whistler
Hike part of the Bruce trail - going to do this on a weekend in October
Do a handstand pushup
Eat a tasting menu
DONE - Eat 5 things I’ve never tried before - way over 5 now… should have set a bigger number, I love trying new foods
DONE - Ride on a powder day - got to do this twice at Whistler… best 2 days of riding in my entire life
Build a haunted gingerbread house - found a sweet blueprint
DONE – Explore a cave - will do at Blue Mountain or at Sauble
Make a Turducken!
DONE – Finish 3 major projects at work - 4 down!
DONE - Reformat my laptop - nice and clean
DONE - Backup all my important files - bought a spindle of DVDs and finally did this.. have them on a hard drive too – took forever
DONE – Eat at a White Castle – did this while on a trip to Detroit with Myla and Nix – it was gross!

Back to Muay Thai / 5 habit changes over the next 3 weeks

A Man Reborn — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:54:36 +0000

So, first off – I went to Muay Thai class for the first time in a long while. Today was nice and humid and the warm up nearly killed me (sprints!), but hey – this is my punishment for having neglected my cardio for so long. I will suck it up and deal, because I know it will get better shortly.

It’s kind of strange to see what knowledge / technique I retained from when I used to go often. Keeping my hands high at all times is no problem for me even when my shoulders burn with fiery pain. Getting tagged more than enough times because my hands were low will do that. But, it was good to come back and it felt great to do a really intense workout.

Moving on… I’ve always had issues with motivation. Sometimes it seems like my motivation comes and goes like the wind. I am going to spend some time trying to figure out exactly what triggers these motivation state changes for me so I can use them to my advantage instead of the other way around. What I do know is that when I am in a good state, there is little to nothing that can stop me. So I’m going to ride this wave and make some changes. Gonna pick up some new habits and reclaim some others that I’ve let slip. My immediate focus is to be super-strict on these for the rest of the month – I started yesterday, so that’s 21 days – in my own experience 3 solid weeks is enough time to make a lasting change.

So, here goes:

1. Stop complaining without doing anything to remedy the situation

This came from an article on Tim Ferriss’s blog. I’m a big fan of his book, The Four Hour Workweek and I’ve implemented some of his basic ideas with positive effects. I’m also working on an even bigger change, but that’s a whole other post for later. Anyway, the idea is to not describe a person or event negatively without indicating some steps to fix the problem that prompted the reaction in the first place. To remind me, I’ve got a blue rubber band on my left wrist. If I slip up, it goes to the other wrist. I’m big on the idea that thoughts become actions, so this makes sense to me.

Source: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/09/18/real-mind-control-the-21-day-no-complaint-experiment/

2. Cut back my meat consumption by 25%

For a number of reasons I am going to cut back on the amount of meat I consume. I’m going to start by cutting it down by 25%. I’m not going to do any set plan ala Meatless Mondays – just going to make sure that at least 25% of my weekly meals don’t contain meat. Which leads right into my next change.

3. Keep a food journal

In the past my best results at getting in shape have been when I kept a detailed food journal. I’ve got an iPhone coming in the mail soon which will make this a cinch.

4. Follow a morning ritual

Another belief I’m big on is that your mental state controls your outcome. Starting the day off in a negative state can quickly spiral into a bad day overall. The morning ritual is designed to put me in a positive state of mind where I’m ready to take on the day properly.

Wake up – don’t snooze, don’t toss – when the alarm goes I’ll pop out of bed like a bat out of hell and open my blackout curtains to get some sunshine in the room.
Drink a big glass of water – morning = dehydration.
Move and get the blood flowing – anything really, just 5-15 minutes of quick exercise.
Listen to a motivating song.
Read my goal list and feel and envision how I will feel when I achieve them.
Think about things in my life I am grateful for.
Clean myself up – groom, dress, etc. – self explanatory – but with a little more attention to detail.
Cook breakfast and prepare my lunch.

5. Intense exercise at least 4 times a week

Another habit that I’ve fallen out of with a negative result on my body and my mind. Intense exercise does amazing things for me. I think clearer, feel better and just plain feel great. I’m writing this hours after a hard Muay Thai class today and I’m completely awake, full of energy and super focused. The next 3 weeks are also going to be ridiculously busy at work. One of my problems has been that I allow myself to make work an excuse to not workout. This is just bullshit – there’s always time and the net result is that I have more energy and am more focused so if I am super busy it’s to my benefit to fit in a workout.

21 days (20 now, as I started yesterday technically) to go. It might look like a lot, but each is a small change when broken down. I know myself and I know that right now I’m in a hyper-motivated state so it’s a good time to tackle these. When I make these into established habits then it will be easier to keep my momentum going when this state of motivation wears off – and it will.

100 Things I Will Do In 2010 – August Update

A Man Reborn — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:19:24 +0000

Another month and more stuff crossed off the list… doing the Triathlon in a few days and I’m nowhere close to ready for it. Workouts have been pretty shlack lately because I’ve chosen to use my time for other things, but now I’m choosing to re-balance that.

I’ve also been giving some thought to things I want to do next year – lots to tackle!

Finished since last update:

40 – Volunteer my time for a good cause – worked at the milton charity haunt
59 – Go to a renaissance fair – went to the Pirate Festival
80 – Work at a haunt – worked at the Milton haunted house in August
83 – Go to a big music festival – Went to Heavy MTL 2010 with Greg, Derek and Jenn

2010 List – as of July 15th, 2010

DONE - Create a new set of 1 year and 5 year goals - done in March after an eye-opening February
Get a new tattoo - my planned reward for when I get down to 200 pounds
Get my advanced-green ranking in Muay Thai - working on it!
Go skydiving – might go in August… gah… scheduling issues
DONE – Explore an abandoned building – explored Michigan Central Station and a ton of others in Detroit with Myla and Nix
Climb the CN Tower in under 30 minutes - will do this at the United Way climb in October
DONE - Snowboard at Whistler - went during the Olympics in Feb!
DONE - Stomp a FS 180 off a kicker - did it at Beaver Valley in March
Do a proper FS/BS boardslide - never got the hang of BS boardslides… gonna try this summer at snow park though!
DONE – Spend a weekend camping with my dog - going June 11-13 @ Rockwood
Beat last years record of 30 snow days - tied currently at 30 days… gonna break it with a day at snow park in the summer
Get down under 200 pounds - aiming for a 5 pounds a month pace which is somewhat conservative
Take my Mom to the Art Gallery
Get rid of clutter from my room - have donated/given away/thrown away 7 large boxes and 9 garbage bags of clutter… feels awesome, more to go!
DONE – Ride 50 km on my bike in one go - June 6, 2010 – signed up for the 2010 Ride for Heart 50km ride
Build 5 Halloween props - got all my materials gathered
Build a fake disemboweled torso out of latex/foam – got some ideas from a bud who does excellent fx work
Take my Dad to a football game
Learn to rollerblade - I think I’m going to replace this… not very psyched about it
Make 95% of the food I eat from scratch - this is an easy one for me as I shy away from processed foods
Get 5 new freelance clients - 1 down and 2 more potentials being worked on
Do a 48 hour weekend fast – will do this in the fall sometime
Learn 5 magic tricks - got a wicked teacher for this! Thanks Anastasia!
Go to the Science Centre
Go to the ROM
Deadlift 315 pounds - progress is underway
Squat 225 pounds - progress is underway
Read 25 books - 12 down
DONE - Spend a weekend snowboarding with my little brothers - went for 3 different weekends
DONE – Grow a herb garden
DONE – Climb a tree
Ride the entire single-track trail at Albion Hills - started biking again in March
Ride the entire single-track trail at Glen Eden - started biking again in March
DONE - Walk in the rain - a Squamish necessity!
Become proficient at AJAX
Do a 22 km run - Sunday October 17, 2010 – Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon
Launch the zombiepedia website
Go to the carnival
DONE – Bake a cake
DONE – Volunteer my time for a good cause – worked at the milton charity haunt
DONE - Try being vegetarian again for 21 days - was much easier than I thought and I’ll be reducing the amount of meat in my regular diet
Try being vegan for 21 days – tried doing a raw diet for a month… made it 2 weeks – not for me! will try this again in the fall
DONE - Get a raise
Revise and stick to a new budget - budget done and have been sticking to it
Have a 100% TV-free month - I tried this in March… didn’t watch any TV at home… but still had a few hours at other people’s houses / bars… tough to avoid!
Build a Facebook application - working on an idea for a small app this month
Take a night class
Paint a giant painting
Go to the shooting range - sometime this summer
DONE – Learn 5 new effects in After Effects - learned 2 so far
Teach the dog to not be scared of the nail clipper - making progress
DONE – Make a new snowboarding video - editing is underway
Create 10 website layouts - 3 down, working on 2
Build my portfolio website
Try indoor rock-climbing
Learn to Salsa
DONE – Donate blood
DONE – Make a gift for someone by hand
DONE – Visit a Renaissance fair- went to the pirate festival
Snowboard in the summer - http://www.snowparkniagara.com/ – aww yeah!
DONE - Be part of a zombie movie - I got to shoot with George A. Romero… one of my favourite directors and the king of Zombies!
DONE – Start a new business venture – initial planning is well underway
DONE - Start a conversation with 50 strangers - probably did close to double this # during Feb alone :D
Learn to make a Paella
DONE – Decorate a Munny! - got it in the mail and did it today!
Go on a random and pointless roadtrip
Write a children’s book - started to write
Become a triathlete - changed to August 8, 2010 – Niagara Try-a-tri Triathlon – 375m swim / 10km bike / 2.5km run – started swim training
Try wakeboarding
Train with a champion
DONE - Zombie around with my ghouly friends! - done at the Romero shoot!
DONE – Sculpt something out of clay
Give a speech - got asked to be my buddy’s best man at his wedding!
DONE - Re-pierce my labret - it didn’t close up as much as I thought
Eat chicken wings in Buffalo - gonna go with MicHELLe!
Spend an entire day at the beach - will do at Sauble in the summer
Go on a brewery tour - gonna go with MicHELLe!
DONE - Ride through the glades - rode the glades at Blue Mountain and then at Whistler and loved it!
DONE - Surprise someone
DONE – Work at a haunt – worked at the Milton haunted house in August
Do 10 pull ups - currently training – at 2 consecutive right now, but will get much easier as the weight comes off
Do 100 push ups - currently training – at 25 consecutive right now
DONE – Go to a big music festival - Went to Heavy MTL 2010 with Greg, Derek and Jenn!
Learn Yoga
DONE - Watch the clouds drift by - sat and watched the clouds drift through the mountains every chance I got out west
DONE - Watch a sunrise - watched it come up behind the mountains in Squamish
Go kayaking – missed a good chance to do this, but will still for sure!
DONE - Watch a sunset - watched it on the bus ride back from Whistler
Hike part of the Bruce trail - will do at Sauble in the summer
Do a handstand pushup
Eat a tasting menu
DONE - Eat 5 things I’ve never tried before - way over 5 now… should have set a bigger number, I love trying new foods
DONE - Ride on a powder day - got to do this twice at Whistler… best 2 days of riding in my entire life
Build a haunted gingerbread house - found a sweet blueprint
DONE – Explore a cave - will do at Blue Mountain or at Sauble
Make a Turducken!
DONE – Finish 3 major projects at work - 4 down!
DONE - Reformat my laptop - nice and clean
DONE - Backup all my important files - bought a spindle of DVDs and finally did this.. have them on a hard drive too – took forever
DONE – Eat at a White Castle – did this while on a trip to Detroit with Myla and Nix – it was gross!

100 Things I Will Do In 2010 – July Update

A Man Reborn — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:21:38 +0000

I haven’t been keeping this list updated monthly like I said I would… mostly because I’ve been busy doing the stuff on it :D

I have no idea if I’ll finish the list – at this point it’s halfway through the year and I’m just over a third done. No matter what, I’m having a blast and expanding my horizons and that’s all that matters as far as I’m concerned. Having this list around has given me something to shoot for, something to push me a little more and something to branch off into other fun things to do. I’ve got an Evernote document with a increasingly massive list of things I want to try / accomplish now. Some of them are simple and some of them are outlandish and I know that every year I’m going to repeat this process and pick out a bunch of things that I want to take a shot at.

As my good friend Carolina told me tonight – “why lead a boring life, do EVERYTHING”. I want to do everything. There’s so much to see, smell, hear, taste, touch and experience in the world and I want to do all of it or at least give it my best shot. I want to create more – I am often most content when I am working on a craft or project of some kind.

“I say never be complete. I say stop being perfect. I say let’s evolve.” – Tyler Durden – Fight Club by: Chuck Palahniuk

I am happy and content with my life, yet I am not content at all. I’m really not sure how to articulate that feeling. All I know is the spark I feel and the smile on my face when I’m trying something new. Anyway, on to the list!

Finished since last update:

10 – Spend a weekend camping with my dog - going June 11-13 @ Rockwood
15 – Ride 50 km on my bike in one go - June 6, 2010 – signed up for the 2010 Ride for Heart 50km ride
30 – Grow a herb garden - going to start planting soon
31 – Climb a Tree
39 – Bake a cake
50 – Learn 5 new effects in After Effects - learned 2 so far
52 – Make a new snowboarding video - editing is underway
57 – Donate blood
58 – Make a gift for someone by hand
65 – Decorate a Munny! - got it in the mail and did it today!
72 – Sculpt something out of clay
95 – Explore a cave - will do at Blue Mountain or at Sauble
97 – Finish 3 major projects at work - 4 down!

2010 List – as of July 15th, 2010

DONE - Create a new set of 1 year and 5 year goals - done in March after an eye-opening February
Get a new tattoo - my planned reward for when I get down to 200 pounds
Get my advanced-green ranking in Muay Thai - working on it!
Go skydiving – might go in August… gah… scheduling issues
DONE – Explore an abandoned building – explored Michigan Central Station and a ton of others in Detroit with Myla and Nix
Climb the CN Tower in under 30 minutes - will do this at the United Way climb in October
DONE - Snowboard at Whistler - went during the Olympics in Feb!
DONE - Stomp a FS 180 off a kicker - did it at Beaver Valley in March
Do a proper FS/BS boardslide - never got the hang of BS boardslides… gonna try this summer at snow park though!
DONE – Spend a weekend camping with my dog - going June 11-13 @ Rockwood
Beat last years record of 30 snow days - tied currently at 30 days… gonna break it with a day at snow park in the summer
Get down under 200 pounds - aiming for a 5 pounds a month pace which is somewhat conservative
Take my Mom to the Art Gallery
Get rid of clutter from my room - have donated/given away/thrown away 7 large boxes and 9 garbage bags of clutter… feels awesome, more to go!
DONE – Ride 50 km on my bike in one go - June 6, 2010 – signed up for the 2010 Ride for Heart 50km ride
Build 5 Halloween props - got all my materials gathered
Build a fake disemboweled torso out of latex/foam – got some ideas from a bud who does excellent fx work
Take my Dad to a football game
Learn to rollerblade - I think I’m going to replace this… not very psyched about it
Make 95% of the food I eat from scratch - this is an easy one for me as I shy away from processed foods
Get 5 new freelance clients - 1 down and 2 more potentials being worked on
Do a 48 hour weekend fast – will do this in the fall sometime
Learn 5 magic tricks - got a wicked teacher for this! Thanks Anastasia!
Go to the Science Centre
Go to the ROM
Deadlift 315 pounds - progress is underway
Squat 225 pounds - progress is underway
Read 25 books - 12 down
DONE - Spend a weekend snowboarding with my little brothers - went for 3 different weekends
DONE – Grow a herb garden
DONE – Climb a tree
Ride the entire single-track trail at Albion Hills - started biking again in March
Ride the entire single-track trail at Glen Eden - started biking again in March
DONE - Walk in the rain - a Squamish necessity!
Become proficient at AJAX
Do a 22 km run - Sunday October 17, 2010 – Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon
Launch the zombiepedia website
Go to the carnival
DONE – Bake a cake
Volunteer my time for a good cause – in August!
DONE - Try being vegetarian again for 21 days - was much easier than I thought and I’ll be reducing the amount of meat in my regular diet
Try being vegan for 21 days – tried doing a raw diet for a month… made it 2 weeks – not for me! will try this again in the fall
DONE - Get a raise
Revise and stick to a new budget - budget done and have been sticking to it
Have a 100% TV-free month - I tried this in March… didn’t watch any TV at home… but still had a few hours at other people’s houses / bars… tough to avoid!
Build a Facebook application - working on an idea for a small app this month
Take a night class
Paint a giant painting
Go to the shooting range - sometime this summer
DONE – Learn 5 new effects in After Effects - learned 2 so far
Teach the dog to not be scared of the nail clipper - making progress
DONE – Make a new snowboarding video - editing is underway
Create 10 website layouts - 3 down, working on 2
Build my portfolio website
Try indoor rock-climbing
Learn to Salsa
DONE – Donate blood
DONE – Make a gift for someone by hand
Visit a Renaissance fair- in August!
Snowboard in the summer - http://www.snowparkniagara.com/ – aww yeah!
DONE - Be part of a zombie movie - I got to shoot with George A. Romero… one of my favourite directors and the king of Zombies!
DONE – Start a new business venture – initial planning is well underway
DONE - Start a conversation with 50 strangers - probably did close to double this # during Feb alone :D
Learn to make a Paella
DONE – Decorate a Munny! - got it in the mail and did it today!
Go on a random and pointless roadtrip
Write a children’s book - started to write
Become a triathlete - changed to August 8, 2010 – Niagara Try-a-tri Triathlon – 375m swim / 10km bike / 2.5km run – started swim training
Try wakeboarding
Train with a champion
DONE - Zombie around with my ghouly friends! - done at the Romero shoot!
DONE – Sculpt something out of clay
Give a speech - got asked to be my buddy’s best man at his wedding!
DONE - Re-pierce my labret - it didn’t close up as much as I thought
Eat chicken wings in Buffalo - gonna go with MicHELLe!
Spend an entire day at the beach - will do at Sauble in the summer
Go on a brewery tour - gonna go with MicHELLe!
DONE - Ride through the glades - rode the glades at Blue Mountain and then at Whistler and loved it!
DONE - Surprise someone
Work at a haunt – - in August!
Do 10 pull ups - currently training – at 2 consecutive right now, but will get much easier as the weight comes off
Do 100 push ups - currently training – at 25 consecutive right now
Go to a big music festival - got my ticket for Heavy MTL 2010 – going with Greg and some others!
Learn Yoga
DONE - Watch the clouds drift by - sat and watched the clouds drift through the mountains every chance I got out west
DONE - Watch a sunrise - watched it come up behind the mountains in Squamish
Go kayaking – missed a good chance to do this, but will still for sure!
DONE - Watch a sunset - watched it on the bus ride back from Whistler
Hike part of the Bruce trail - will do at Sauble in the summer
Do a handstand pushup
Eat a tasting menu
DONE - Eat 5 things I’ve never tried before - way over 5 now… should have set a bigger number, I love trying new foods
DONE - Ride on a powder day - got to do this twice at Whistler… best 2 days of riding in my entire life
Build a haunted gingerbread house - found a sweet blueprint
DONE – Explore a cave - will do at Blue Mountain or at Sauble
Make a Turducken!
DONE – Finish 3 major projects at work - 4 down!
DONE - Reformat my laptop - nice and clean
DONE - Backup all my important files - bought a spindle of DVDs and finally did this.. have them on a hard drive too – took forever
DONE – Eat at a White Castle – did this while on a trip to Detroit with Myla and Nix – it was gross!

Other memorable fun stuff from 2010 not on the list:

Went to the Olympics!
Started a chant at a Hockey game in a bar
Officially shelved my shy side
Did a 600m vertical hike up the Stawamus Chief
Learned to love side hits
Discovered my Canadian pride
Did a wicked overnight road trip to Mont Tremblant
Had a zombie board game night
Made lobsters for the first time ever
Learned to slow things down a bit
Went rafting
Jumped off a cliff