Analog-Theater 2.0

            As I have mentioned before, I have written some fiction stories because it was a way to escape my undesired reality.  In those stories, the hero got to have all sort of incredible adventures that included doing things I wanted to do.  I’ve always wanted to actually live out some of those adventures.  I worked out a list of things that I would like to do to be like my characters.

45) Go skydiving – This is an easy goal.  All I need to do is go take lessons.

            I think that there is something liberating about jumping out of an airplane.  There is just you, the air, the ground coming up to greet you, and hopefully a parachute.  A friend of mine, Kent, has done it several times and he enjoyed it.  If I get out to Texas and he’s free, I’ll see if he wants to take me.

46) Spar with Jet Lee

47) Drive a Ferrari – I mean, who doesn’t want to drive one?

48) Bungee jump a car – Speaking of cars, I saw this in a movie once and thought, that would be fun.  Of course, the car did not survive any of the three times they did it.

49) Fly a jet

50) Ride in the space shuttle – all I need is a couple million dollars to buy myself a ticket.

51) Be in a Hollywood movie – not necessarily star in a movie, I understand that you have to start at the bottom and work your way up, so I don’t mind being a bit part.

52) Work at a Japanese restaurant making sushi – every time I go to a sushi place, I see an oriental person making it.  I always thought that it would be fun to be a white guy making sushi.

53) Walk the red carpet at some major event with tons of celebrities.

54) Get interviewed on the Daily Show with Jon Stewert – The Daily Show is one of my favorite shows.  I like how he has different people on the show each night talking about various books or movies that they are promoting.  When I finally get a book published, it would probably help plugging the book on his show.

55) Go on a date with Summer Glau – Every action hero needs an action girl to pair up with.  I think Summer Glau is mine.

56) Go on a date with Kerli – Just in case things fall through with Summer Glau, I will keep the Estonian singer Kerli as my back up plan.  Just don’t tell her that.

57) Meet the prophet – several years ago, I went to a conference in New York and had a chance to see Gordon B. Hinkley in person, however he had a busy schedule that day and left immediately after the conference. Since that day I have wanted to shake his hand.  However, he has passed away.  Now that Thomas S. Monson is the new prophet, I will hope for a chance to meet him in person.

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