New Year's (and Life) Resoluation

Since it is the beginning of a new year and fat people around the country are making their new years resolutions I have decided to post a list of all the things that I want to do (mostly sports related, but scattered with other awesome ideas as well.) I do not intend for this to be things I plan to accomplish in the next year, but more like things I think everyone should do before they die.

1. Attend the Super Bowl
-I had it all worked out to do this in 2008, but Marvin Lewis decided to end that run by week 3). But I will make it to one regardless of whether my team is in it or not.

2. Attend a OSU National Championship Game (victory style)
I went to the game last year and everything up to and including Ted Ginn's opening kickoff return was awesome...the rest was horrible, and while I cannot go this year, I am hoping that I will again get to see my team go to the National Championship Game and watch them win it in person.

3. Go to all 16 (and hopefully 19 (see #1)) Bengals Games.
Since I am a season ticket holder I have secured at least 8 games, and clearly this is down the road sometime because it will not be cheap to go to all the stadiums, buy tickets, hotels, booze etc. But hopefully it will be an awesome experience to share with a friend (see Nashville 2005) for a small taste of the potential.

4. Go to a Final Four
I had the chance last year but tax season ruined it, so clearly I will have to change professions in order to accomplish this, but no worries it would be fun, and for the record I could care less who makes it to the Final Four

5. Go to a World Series Game
Preferrably a deciding game so I can jump around with the Fans, but since the Reds are no good I will have to settle for any World Series (but if the Reds make one I would do everything in my power to get there).

6. Go to Lambeau Field
Now this one is more just for the history of it, but I could accomplish it if I picked the right season for #3

7. Ski a mountain in Colorado I have no business being on
This one should prolly be done last so I can accomplish the others before my fateful death on the ski slopes, but if I wait too long I will likley be too old to risk it, so I am planning on doing this ASAP.

8. Go to as many beaches as possible.
Now this is rather intangible because of the number of beaches in the world, but I enjoy counting the number I have been too, and along these lines think it would be a fun way to travel which leads me to...

9. Go to all 50 states
I'm sure lots of people have this goal, and since I don't travel much for work at this point it could be rough, but I think it would be great fun to have one of those trailer that double as a house things with the maps of the US on the side and all the state you have been to colored in.

10. Go to Europe
I have never been and may have missed my best opportunity to go with time off this summer, and a friend being there, but I figure that I will go at some point, and simply couldn't have afforded it up until this point, but I will definitely go when I get the chance.

11. Go to Australia, New Zealand
They just seem like awesome places and I have never traveled or studied abroad and therefore plan to go to both at some point before I die

12. Go to the NFL draft
I like to thing that I am one of the originators of the NFL draft party/drinking game, but I can only imagine how awesome it would be if I was actually there. I would yell at bad picks and cheer for good ones like it was my team making them all

13. Attend the Kentucky Derby classy like
Now I have been to the Derby 3 times before and each time was an amazing (and expensive) experience, but at some point I would love to score a box for the races and not be in the infield just to see what its like. I have an uncle who might be able to do this but for now I am content to stay in the slums and wear my searsucker suit!

14. Indy 500
I haven't been but have heard its an awesome time, and figure at some point I can be a total redneck and go party like a nut for a memorial day weekend.

15. Go to as many concerts as I possibly can
This is another intangible, but have never gone to a concert I haven't enjoyed so it would be awesome to continue to make this a goal.


ESPN could help me out with about 10 of these if they would just hire me away to write about sports and whatever else I think is awesome (page 2 kinda work). Pass this on if you know people at ESPN!!! I'm sure there are more that I will come up with, but for now this is my starting list, and I will add more as I think of them...Suggestions are welcome too, as I likely forgot a few awesome ones. With that I'm going to go join the thousands of fat people at the gym (I figure they will be gone by Jan 7th)