50 things about Brian
And here's 50 things about Brian. I see a theme here. Um, can we say sports fanatic. Yeah. Brian is the walking talking definition of a sport fanatic.
(AS COMPILED BY BRIAN)
1. I am a sports fanatic
2. My first love was hockey
3. I scored the championship-winning goal in a shootout when I was 14 or 15 years old … my hockey career was all downhill from there!
4. My next love was golf
5. I shot my best round ever, a 73, during club championship and it is one of my proudest sporting accomplishments
6. I didn’t get good at golf until I learned to control my emotions on the course
7. I still have work to do with controlling my emotions on the course
8. I got to live out a dream to walk around Augusta National at the Masters in 2004
9. I started training for triathlons because I was newly single and bored … both times
10. Who would have thought that would lead me to the woman of my dreams?!
11. I’m not nearly as mentally tough as I should be, and triathlon has proven that to me
12. I love school
13. I’m great with numbers
14. I did extremely well in 7 advanced university level calculus courses, yet I often make simple arithmetic mistakes because I get too lazy to pay attention to what I’m doing
15. I’m strong with anything that utilizes the left side of my brain
16. I’m not so great with arts or anything that requires the right side of my brain
17. I wish I had more artistic talent
18. I played six different instruments growing up (guitar, piano, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, trombone, bass trombone)
19. I played none of them artistically … it was more of a science … don’t ask me to improvise
20. I love business and Amy says that I see the world in black and red
21. For the most part, she’s right
22. With my current job, I’m beginning to see a little bit more green as well … though it’s in the search for more black
23. I really wanted to go to the
24. I wasn’t patient enough to get the extra work experience I needed to get in
25. While I sometimes wonder what might have been if I had gotten accepted, I’m really happy with how it played out because of the people I’ve met and the experiences I’ve had in
26. I still cheer for the
27. I am a die-hard Detroit Red Wings fan
28. Steve Yzerman will always be the greatest hockey player in my eyes
29. It meant a lot to me to be able to go back home to see the team retire Stevie’s jersey
30. One of my happiest memories is seeing the Wings win the Cup in 1997 with my dad
31. I am also a die-hard Detroit Lions fan … hey, at least I have something to cheer for with the Red Wings
32. While I’m not a big basketball fan, I think the most compelling annual sporting event is March Madness
33. I don’t get nearly enough time to spend with my friends who are too far away
34. My best friend hasn’t lived in the same city as me for more than two months in the last ten years, yet I’ll never have a friend more important to me
35. My favourite TV show was The West Wing
36. I really like Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, but the ratings say that I’m the only one
37. I love movie popcorn … too bad you can’t get it without paying $25 to go see a movie!
38. My favourite food is Roladen
39. I have an unusual affinity for the colour pink, all stemming from randomly being placed in the pink frosh group during my first week at university
40. My good friend and I have affectionately called each other “Dickhead” for the last nine years since meeting in the pink frosh group
41. Dickhead convinced me to do my first triathlon
42. My favourite games are Jeopardy and Trivial Pursuit
43. I wish that all the categories in both games were sports related, because that’s what I seem to know
44. Amy often wonders how such useless crap is stored in my head about sports
45. I also really like Wheel of Fortune
46. As such, I have tried popular sports such as Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, and Football, as well as more obscure (locally) sports such as Curling, Aussie Rules Football, and Cricket
47. I like the comic Dilbert. I can relate to it.
48. I was, very briefly, a member of Mensa
49. I didn’t so much want to be a member, I just wanted to see if I could get in
50. My mom beat me by a couple of points on the entry test and makes fun of me for it … in good humour, of course
1 comments:
"Dickhead" here,
I just read your list of 50 Things About Brian and I nearly fell off my chair lauging when I read, first, the one about calling your good friend "Dickhead" and then the next line reads.. "Dickhead convinced me to my first triathlon". I think this is only funny for the two of us.
Nic and I are in Corner Brook right now, just did the 70.3. We are looking forward to seeing you at the end of August. Cheers!!!
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