#21. Paint my face for a professoinal sporting event.

Hey all! I will be turning 28 in just a couple hours, so I figured I'd get this out to all of you while I still have a full 2 years left to finish the list!

I think I'm getting out to a good start with my list as I've already completed number 21: paint my face for a professional sporting event.  I did this on Friday, August 20th as the Pittsburgh Pirates took on the New York Mets at PNC Park.  Check out the photographic evidence below.  And a big THANK YOU goes out to Shay for being seen with me and for bringing me to the game for my 28th Birthday!

That is obviously me on the right.  My right cheek, which you can't see very well has a P for "Pirates."  Most of you probably understand why I did that just fine.  "But why the 18 on your other cheek?" you might ask.  No, it is not for number 18, Neil Walker.  No no no.  It is because this glorious game also happened to be a part of Pittsburgh sports history.  This game solidified the Pirates's 18th straight losing season.  This game strengthened their hold on being the most losing-est professional sports team of all time.  CONGRATS PIRATES!

And now here are a few more pictures from the game.

I don't know if you can tell from this photo, but it felt like there were more Mets fans in the stands than Pirates fans.

The field sometime during the game.

and a lovely view of the city.

The List

while at tera's wedding with sam drew on 8/07/2010, one of us (i think it was sam) came up with the idea to make a list of things to do before we turn 30.  it is coming up pretty quickly, as i will be turning 28 one week from today.  some of these items are things i want to do, while a lot of them are things i don't really want to do (see numbers 2 and 29), but think are important rites of passage.   so if you'd be so kind, i would love some help accomplishing these things. 

1. see the godfather trilogy. (i'm probably the only italian-american who has never seen these)

2. go camping. (like, in a tent... really... stop laughing!)

3. step foot in 30 states/ provinces in the u.s./canada. (i have 15 down)

4. go to a protest.

5. go to a (regular season or playoff) steelers game.

6. see the pacific ocean.

7. go to a drive-in movie.

8. get my own dog.

9. keep a plant alive for more than one year.

10. feed dinner to the homeless. (i've done this before, but feel like i should do it again soon).

11. go one month without eating sugar. (this will be the crankiest month of my life)

12. give more than i can afford to charity.

13. sing karaoke.

14. make a really complicated jack o lantern.

15. learn to drive a stick shift.

16. make gram's pizza from scratch on my own.

17. break something on purpose.

18. go on a pub crawl.

19. read a friend's favorite book.

20. put money in stranger's parking meter.

21. paint my face for a sporting event.

22. have my tarot read.

23. adopt a foreign accent for a day.

24. learn all the words to "end of the world as we know it." by REM

25. go to a (nerdy) convention.

26. have "high tea."

27. do a 5k run/walk.

28. ask a stranger to dance. (this is likely to require alcohol and lots of it).

29. milk a cow. (this will require your help, hollie).

30.  go to a movie by myself on a Friday or Saturday night.