List #749: 5 Wishes for My Mom on her Birthday

List #749: 5 Wishes for My Mom on her Birthday

1. That she likes the presents I got her

2. That she is out to dinner somewhere fun

3. That the rest of her month goes good at her job

4. That someone buys her a lottery ticket and she wins $500,000

5. That the rest of her year is super great

List #667:3 Interdisciplinary Courses I'd Like To Teach if I Had the Knowledge and Skills

List #667:3 Interdisciplinary Courses I'd Like To Teach if I Had the Knowledge and Skills

1. A class on "Games and Creative Play" that would involve everything from equipmentless games, initiatives, word games, math/logic games, board games and video games and discuss the history and psychology of games, game theory, and end with designing/programming our own games.

2. A class on "The Book" that would combine creative writing, book binding, creative commons, copyright and the history and future of publication (with liberal cribbing from LIS508)

3. A version of my Comic Class with a greater tie to the historical context of 20th century America and a greater focus on illustration

4. A survey course on the history and cultures of the African continent using music/dance and art as the lens through which to view it

5. A Class on the History, Chemistry, Art and Culture of Food.

List #347: If I had a Million Dollars

List #347: If I had a Million Dollars (and I had to spend it, not save it)

1. 300,000 - Downpayment on house in Duluth (OR a larger amount to buy a house on Pike Lake)
2. 20,000 - Pay off all debts (car, grad school, undergrad)
3. 100,000 - Carleton College
4. 30,000 - iSchool
5. 50,000 - American Cancer Society
6. 50,000 - Multiple Sclerosis research
7. 50,000 - A Washer and Dryer for my Mom (and the rest at her discretion)
8. 50,000 - A corvette for my Dad (Because I owe him one)
9. 20,000 - PBS
10. 20,000 - Howard County Public Library
11. 20,000 - Duluth Zoo
12. 20,000 - Duluth Public Library
13. 20,000 - Pike Lake Presbyterian Church
14. 10,000 - Building a personal Comic and Graphic Novel collection
15. 10,000 - Guitars, Basses and Amplifiers
16. 30,000 - Suits and accessories(ridiculously nice ones)
17. 20,000 - My current place of employment
18. 10,000 - Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
19. 20,000 - Electronics: Computer, Stereo, TV, LCD Projector etc.
20. 10,000 - Super nice bed and mattress and sheets
21. 30,000 - Commissioned Artwork from some of my favorite artists
22. 100,000 - A super awesome party with a favorite band playing the music, and awesome food, as a charity fundrasiser.
23. 10,000 - A trip to somewhere cold like Lapland, or Alaska, or Antarctica(TBD)
25. 2,000 - Expensive Dinners at a few really nice restaurants
26. 2,000 - Towards completing my Heroclix collection
27. 2,000 - Car Maintenance
28. 2,000 - Kitchen supplies (incl. appliances, ingredients and beverages)
29. 1,000 - In an envelope, hidden in a library book with a note to the finder saying "Use half of this to do good for the world, and half to do good for yourself"
30. 1,000 - Shiny rocks

If I had A Lot more than a Million Dollars, I'd buy Camp Miller. The Y always wants money..

List #249: 3 Wishes

List #249: 3 Wishes (if I had a genie in a bottle right this minute, other stipulations: can't benefit only me, but no lame super-broad "end to hunger/disease/world peace" stuff)

1. Joe Mauer signs a lifetime contract with the Twins
2. GCS's Field Hockey Teams win the rest of their games this season/playoffs
3. Pushing Daisies didn't get cancelled

List #126: moments you would go back in time to fix

List #126: moments you would go back in time to fix (as requested by Jason Zieger) with occasional examples of how life would've changed

1. Andruko Wedding: would have stipulated that I would only play guitar if Andrew used his connections via Casey Wilson's dad to get Anne Hathaway to come to the wedding. Outcome: I would now be engaged to Anne Hathaway.

2. The GAME V: would've run just a bit harder at the 10 yard line on the near-to-last play of the game. Outcome: touchdown, and potential 2-pt kick to win the game

3.Would've prevented, somehow, Travis from being fir... "resigned" from being Camp Miller Director. Outcome: my life would be happy and normal

4. State Geography Bee, 7th grade: Would've answered "Sugarcane" instead of "Tobacco" in the 5th sudden-death overtime question in the qualifying round. Outcome: make final round (I knew the answers to the questions, including the one he got wrong, the kid who beat me got in the finals)

5. Field Hockey vs. Twin Cities Club team, senior year: Would've taken a quarter second to control the ball in the overtime so as not to miss an empty net from 5 yards out. Outcome: our first victory over the club team.

6. NFC Championship 1998: Make Gary Anderson hit the field goal. Outcome: Vikings lose 5th superbowl.

7. Spring Concert 2001: Make the rain start later in the day so that GU could play outside on the Hill instead of at Buntrock. Outcome: Schiller, a Helicopter, groupies

8. State Hockey Semifinals, 1996. East vs. Apple Valley: Make the overtime "goal" count. Outcome: a decrease in complaining about this minor, trivial issue by me.

9. Would've said something just a bit faster that one time before an event occurred that caused the Code to kick in. Outcome: unknown

10. Jason Alexander's Birth: would prevent it from happening. Outcome: He couldn't play George on Seinfeld. (okay, maybe that's extreme...)

11. Would've been more assertive, in general, about telling girls that I liked them (on a variety of occasions). Outcome: I'd get rejected with greater frequency.

12. So many minor things, but on those I'm of the mind that I'm better off in the company of the dog I know than a man whose language I do not understand.

List #122: "Now I Don't"

List #122: what I used to want/wish for that I no longer want/wish for (as requested by Hannah D)

1. To be the Lift Bridge operator (because I found out it's not just one person all the time)
2. To never wear a suit to work (because then I saw Barney)
3. To play Saxophone (they gave me trumpet instead! :) )
4. To not go to college other than Hamburger University (but then I learned that college was like camp but with cool academic education)
5. To not drive or have a car
6. To not eat pickles or mustard (but then I was obligated to eat them both simultaneously, and it was good!)
7. To have 14 freeze-rays, in a variety of colors, but especially maroon (but then I realized, much later, that freeze-rays, as I envisioned them, weren't real)
8. To never live south of the Mason Dixon line (but then I needed money)
9. To own an ambulance (but then I learned about gas mileage)
10. To Teach 5th grade
11. To just be a Hermit (but then I decided maybe human interaction was good)...
12. To not be a Hermit (but then I remembered that you can't really count on anyone but yourself (and maybe your family))