I have driven over 250,000 miles across 48 states from the George Washington to the Golden Gate.
I have traveled to 12 other countries.
I have eaten at least 5,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
I have played over 2,000 songs and recorded several hundred hours of music.
I have fallen in love.
I have touched remnants of the Berlin wall.
I have swum in the Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean.
I have earned a Bachelors degree.
I have fallen out of love.
I have written, directed and performed in a hit one act play (take that Max Fisher).
I have gazed up at the Eiffel Tower and Seattle Space Needle.
I have been to the top of Mt. Washington, the Empire State Building and St. Louis Arch.
I have looked into my mother’s eyes 30 seconds before she died.
I have seen Old Faithful erupt.
I have looked out on the Grand Canyon and Yosemite valley at sunset.
I have cooked and delivered thousands of pizzas.
I have stood in 4 states at once.
I have watched my grandfather uncontrollably lose his grasp on reality.
I have completed a few dozen jigsaw puzzles.
I have been to a few hundred concerts including 9 Bonnaroo’s, 3 Phish Festivals, and Dead (post-Garcia) shows at Red Rocks and Madison Square Garden.
I have read thousands of newspapers and magazines, hundreds of textbooks, and roughly 500 novels.
I have seen people act with hatred and disrespect towards each other.
I have watched every episode of Cheers, M*A*S*H, Star Trek: TNG & DS9, Pre-2000s Simpsons, Seinfeld, Arrested Development & Strangers with Candy.
I have performed at talent shows, birthdays, graduations, battles of bands, musicals, etc.
I have stunt fought on the roof of a building dressed as an alien against Don King, a professional stunt man who gave me about 45 minutes of training beforehand (including how to safely fall off the roof).
I have written or helped write about 50 songs.
I have seen people act with love and kindness towards each other.
I have kissed the blarney stone.
I have spent roughly 750 nights sleeping outside, in tents, in my car or on planes and trains.
I have answered roughly 10,000 calls from people with questions about using their computer.
I have only just begun…
