10 places to visit before I die.

I am getting ready to take a little road trip up to Maryland to visit some family up there which got me thinking, what are the top ten places I'd like to visit in my lifetime. These are in no particular order has it is hard for me to choose between some of them. This list also includes special events I would love to be able to attend someday.

1) Teotihuacan, Mexico. Capital and cultural center for the Aztec nation. Climb the Temple of the Sun, visit the sites, speak some Spanish.
2) Machu Picchu, Peru. Climb the Andes, visit this ancient vacationing sit of the Incas/
3) San Diego Comic Con. A.K.A. Nerd Mecca, nerdvana..... The celebrities, the costumes, the advanced screenings, the sneak peaks, the comic books.
4) New Zealand. Filming location for LOTR, Hercules and Xena. Home of Peter Jackson.
5) Japan. Visit Tokyo, see Mt. Fuji, tour feudal Japanese sights, buy a sword. Hello Kitty for Tracy and some cheap anime for me.
6) Egypt. Sail the Nile, see pyramids and the valley of the kings, raise a mummy from the dead start an apocalypse.
7) African Safari, Lions and Tigers and Elephants oh my!
8) The Holy Land. Walk where Christ walked, visit the garden and the hill Golgotha. Pray
9) Athens, Greece. See the Parthenon and the Acropolis and maybe reenact scenes from 300. "This is Sparta!" errr Athens
10)Olympics. Where ever they may be. Summer would be preferred but winter would be nice too. (figure skating for Tracy, Speed Skating for me). Track and Field, Gymnastics, B-ball, skiing, ......

How about you gentle viewers? What are some of the places you would like to visit in your lifetime?

Quick Grade Report

I am very happy to report a great semester. I got 4 A's and 1 B, that's a 3.795 GPA for the semester. That gives me about a 3.5 GPA for my major and............ a 2.375 overall. I have two semesters that I am paying the price for; spring 04 and spring 05, plus my less than stellar first year.

Hopes, Dreams, Tests, and Mediocrity

As many know I want to go into to counseling and the easiest way to do that is to get into grad school and earn a Master's in that field. So today I took a step toward realizing that goal, I took the GRE. However the question is did I REALLY take a step toward it? Thanks to modern technology I was able to take a computer based test which means that the verbal and quantitative portions were instantly scored and given (the analytical writing section still has to be reviewed and graded). I did just about as well as I did on my SATs which I am afraid isn't going to be good enough. I scored 570 verbal, and 600 quantitative. Not horrible, but not what I was hoping for.
I was counting on my GRE to held make up for; let us say, a less than perfect GPA. A GPA I am working hard to improve, but could prove too little to late. Now I haven't given up hope, I will still apply because you never know what might happen.
I feel like I am smarter than what my test scores say but maybe I just have to resign myself to mediocrity. Maybe I just got unlucky with the questions, maybe I just wasn't prepared. There are many possible reasons for scoring how I did, but for now I will just have to see what happens.

A really rough month

The last month has been a hard one for the Fisher family and for me especially. We've had to suffer through a lot of loss. The old saying that deaths come in threes held true. First I lost my unborn child. After five months of pregnancy we suffered another miscarriage. It was hard having to watch my wife go through the pains of delivery and feeling completely unable to do anything to help. Once the child was "birthed" it was easy for the doctor and nurses to see that the child had gastronesis which caused the miscarriage.
Then I lost my grandfather, my mom's step dad, in Florida. That was hard but he'd been sick for a while. Then just last week I lost my other grandfather, my dad's dad, in Oregon. That one came more unexpectedly. The majority of my Family were able to fly out for the funeral but I was unable to do so because of Finals. This also meant I missed seeing the aunts and uncles I haven't seen in 23 years ('85). To top it all off I had to deal with these during the Holidays while trying to finish the semester including papers, projects and finals.
All I can say is that I am grateful for the knowledge I have of the gospel., it really helps deal with everything. Just the testimony I have of eternal marriage and the literal resurrection of the body gives me comfort and hope. I know my child will live one day and that my grandfathers will live again and that I can be with them for ever in eternity.

My Christmas List

For any who care, and for any who might actually be shopping for me (and who happen to read this blog), and for the universe in general, (read The Gift) this is my Christmas wish list for this year. This year it's actually pretty simple and cheap.

First I would like a mouse for my lap top, preferably optical and wireless.

Second a Radford University sweatshirt, hoodie (preferable) or fleece.

Third R.A. Salvatore's The Pirate King) which is book two of the Transitions series. (If you order from his website I think you may be able to get a signed copy)

Fourth, movies/DVDs, any of the following: The Dark Knight, Indiana Jones (4th one), The Incredible Hulk, Hellboy 2, Prince Caspian, Hancock, Star Wars The Clone Wars, Seasons of Angel (any but 5), Seasons of Stargate Atlantis (3 and above), any season of The Simpsons (except 8)

Fifth, Wii Games: Mario Kart, Mario Party 8, Tomb Raider Underworld, New Rayman Game.

Sixth, comic book subscriptions: Uncanny X-men, Invincible Iron Man, X-Force.....

Also straight A's and a Raise would be nice.