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<header>

	<author>Tim Church</author>

	<date_created>

		<day>12</day>

		<month>01</month>

		<year>2006</year>

	</date_created>

	<date_updated>

		<day>27</day>

		<month>08</month>

		<year>2009</year>

	</date_updated>

</header>

	

	<category name="Travel">

		<item id="1">

			<name>Go somewhere new every year</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>Ongoing...</description>

				<list id="Year-by-Year Travels" type="unordered">

					<li>2009 - Switzerland; Lichtenstein; Norway; Czech Republic; Ireland</li>

					<li>2008 - Argentina &amp; Uruguay; Peru</li>

					<li>2007 - UK; New Orleans; Memphis</li>

					<li>2006 - Hawaii (Oahu and Maui); Los Cabos, Mexico</li>					

					<li>2005 - Backpacked through Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, China); Around-the-World (Brazil, Portugal, Turkey, U.A.E., India, Cambodia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand)</li>

					<li>2004 - Dominican Republic; 2 Caribbean Cruises</li>

					<li>2003 - Seattle, WA; Caribbean Cruise (Cayman, St. John, ...); Birmingham, AL (work); Atlanta (work)</li>

					<li>2002 - Jamaica (Spring Break)</li>

					<li>2001 - Italy (Study Abroad); France; Germany</li>

					<li>2000 - </li>

					<li>1999 - Turks &amp; Caicos; Grand Cayman (Interact)</li>

					<li>1998 - Grand Cayman (Spring Break); British Virgin Islands (ActionQuest)</li>

				</list>

			</details>

		</item>



		<item id="2">

			<name>Step foot in all 7 continents</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>5 down, 2 to go (Africa and Antarctica)</description>

				<list id="Continents Visited" type="unordered">

					<li>North America</li>

					<li>South America</li>

					<li>Europe</li>

					<li>Asia</li>

					<li>Oceania</li>

				</list>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="3">

			<name>Visit at least 50 Different Countries</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>34 countries visited so far...</description>

				<list id="Been There, Done That" type="ordered">

					<li>United States</li>

					<li>Canada</li>

					<li>Mexico</li>

					<li>Cayman Islands</li>

					<li>British Virgin Islands</li>

					<li>Turks and Caicos</li>

					<li>Aruba</li>

					<li>Dominican Republic</li>

					<li>Brazil</li>

					<li>Spain</li>

					<li>Italy</li>

					<li>Portugal</li>

					<li>France</li>

					<li>Germany</li>

					<li>Turkey</li>

					<li>United Arab Emirates</li>

					<li>India</li>

					<li>Thailand</li>

					<li>Cambodia</li>

					<li>Vietnam</li>

					<li>China</li>

					<li>Singapore</li>

					<li>Australia</li>

					<li>New Zealand</li>

					<li>United Kingdom</li>

					<li>Argentina</li>

					<li>Uruguay</li>

					<li>Jamaica</li>

                    <li>Peru</li>

					<li>Switzerland</li>

					<li>Liechtenstein</li>
					<li>Norway</li>
					<li>Czech Republic</li>
					<li>Ireland</li>

				</list>

				<list id="Wishlist" type="ordered">

					<li>Costa Rica</li>

					<li>Egypt</li>

					<li>South Africa</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Argentina</li>

					<li>Greece</li>

					<li>Chile</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">U.K.</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Switzerland</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Prague</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Peru</li>
					<li>Croatia</li>

					<li>Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)</li>

					<li>Sweden</li>

					<li>Russia</li>

					<li>Laos</li>

					<li>Japan</li>

					<li>Morocco</li>

					<li>Fiji</li>

					<li>Palau</li>

					<li>Bora Bora/Tahiti</li>

					<li>Bonaire</li>

					<li>Belize</li>

					<li>Hong Kong</li>

					<li>Barcelona, Spain</li>
					<li>Petra, Jordan</li>
					<li>Amsterdam, Netherlands</li>
					<li>Belgium</li>
					<li>Denmark</li>
					<li>Budapest</li>

				</list>

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					<location>images/whereivebeen.png</location>

					<text></text>

				</map>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="4">

			<name>Visit all 50 U.S. States</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description></description>

				<list>

				</list>

				<map><location>images/US_States_Visited_Map.gif</location>

				</map>

			</details>

		</item>



		<item id="5">

			<name>Travel Around the World</name>

			<status>COMPLETE</status>

			<date_completed>

				<day>20</day>

				<month>12</month>

				<year>2005</year>

			</date_completed>

			<details>

				<description>Backpacked around the world for 5 months with Emily Brady (June 14 - December 20, 2005).  Visited 10 countries - Brazil, Portugal, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, India, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand.</description>

				<link id="RTW Blog">http://www.timstravelog.com/rtw/</link>

				<map><location>images/RTW_Route.jpg</location></map>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="6">

			<name>World Sightseeing List</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>This is my list of the most famous and awe-inspiring sights around the world.  I imagine this list will grow over time.</description>

				<list id="World Monuments" type="checklist">

					<li>Pyramids and Sphinx (Egypt)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Taj Mahal (Agra, India)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Eiffel Tower (Paris, France)</li>

					<li>Great Wall of China (China)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Big Ben (London, UK)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Stonehenge (UK)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Angkor Wat (Cambodia)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Christ the Redeemer Statue (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Macchu Picchu (Peru)</li>

					<li>Panama Canal (Panama)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Roman Colesseum (Rome, Italy)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Il Duomo (Florence, Italy)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Canals of Venice (Venice, Italy)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Leaning Tower of Pisa (Pisa, Italy)</li>

					<li>Acropolis (Athens, Greece)</li>

					<li>Float in Dead Sea (Israel)</li>

					<li>Disney Castle (Germany)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Burj al Arab Hotel (Dubai, UAE)</li>

					<li>Easter Island (Chile)</li>

				</list>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="7">

			<name>USA Sightseeing List</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>This is a list of the greatest sights within the United States.  This list will also probably grow over time.</description>

				<list id="US Monuments" type="checklist">

					<li status="COMPLETE">Statue of Liberty (New York, NY)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, CA)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Washington Monument (DC)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Lincoln Monument (DC)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Jefferson Monument (DC)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Franklin D. Roosevelt Monument (DC)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Vietnam Memorial (DC)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">WWII Memorial (DC)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Mount Rushmore (South Dakota)</li>

					<li>St. Louis Arch (St. Loius, MO)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Space Needle (Seattle, WA)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Bourbon Street (New Orleans, LA)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Grand Canyon (Arizona)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Duke Univeristy Chapel (Durham, NC)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Corn Palace (Mitchell, South Dakota)</li>

					<li>Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles, CA)</li>

					<li>Greenbrier (West Virginia)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Old Faithful (Yellowstone Nat. Park?)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Disney World (Orlando, FL)</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Redwood Forest (California)</li>

				</list>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="8">

			<name>Live Abroad for at Least 1 Year</name>

			<status>IN PROGRESS</status>

			<details>

				<description>I would like to spend a sufficient amount of time in another country to get to know another culture, learn a foreign language fluently, and become more than just a tourist somewhere.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="9">

			<name>Throw a Dart in a Map and Go Wherever it Lands</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>Just once, I'd like to do a spontaneous trip like this to some random place that I would never otherwise visit.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="10">

			<name>See the Green Flash</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description></description>

			</details>

		</item>

	</category>



	<category name="Personal Accomplishments">

		<item id="1">

			<name>Learn a Foreign Language</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>I want to be able to speak a foreign language fluently - probably Spanish because I have already studied it in school and because it is useful both within the USA and throughout Central and South America.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="2">

			<name>Write a Movie Script</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>This is something I have always wanted to do.  I don't really care if it becomes a Hollywood blockbuster, but I just want to write a complete script that I am proud of.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="3">

			<name>Graduate Degree</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>I want to get some type of graduate degree.  Right now I am leaning toward either a MS or PHD in Computer Science or maybe an MBA.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="4">

			<name>CLSC</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>This is a family tradition.  I want to graduate from the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (CLSC), which is the oldest book club in America (I think).</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="5">

			<name>Write a Book</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description></description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="6">

			<name>Get Published</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>This could mean many things - getting a book published, an article published in a magazine/newspaper, or getting a movie script made into a movie.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="7">

			<name>Become an Entrepreneur</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>Live out the American Dream by starting my own business and working for myself.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="8">

			<name>Design my own House</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>I've never studied architecture but this is something I've always wanted to do.  I also found out that my dad actually designed our old house.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="9">

			<name>Learn Photography</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>This might mean taking a course or just getting more into it and teaching myself.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="10">

			<name>Learn to Meditate</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>I attended a 10 day Meditation course in Chennai, India in 2005, but dropped out after the first day....so I'm not sure if that counts or not.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="11">

			<name>Invent something/Get a Patent</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="12">

			<name>Read Top 100 Books</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description></description>

				<link id=""></link>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="13">

			<name>Design and Build a Useful Website</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>This could be either business or pleasure, but it has to be something that is worthwhile, that people actually use.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="14">

			<name>Learn to Play Guitar</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="15">

			<name>Learn to Fly</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>Fly an airplane that is...</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="16">

			<name>Personal Trainer Certification?</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="17">

			<name>Make a Million $$</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="18">

			<name>Get Married and Have Kids</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

	</category>



	<category name="Activities">

		<item id="1">

			<name>Photo Safari</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="2">

			<name>Skydive</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="3">

			<name>Bungy Jump</name>

			<status>COMPLETE</status>

			<date_completed>

				<day>06</day>

				<month>12</month>

				<year>2005</year>

			</date_completed>

			<details>

				<description>Queenstown, New Zealand - Kawarau Bridge, the first bungy jump site in the world.  43 meters.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="4">

			<name>White-water Rafting</name>

			<status>COMPLETE</status>

			<date_completed>

				<day>6</day>

				<month>12</month>

				<year>2005</year>

			</date_completed>

			<details>

				<description>I've gone white-water rafting 2 times now.  First time in Asheville, North Carolina with Derman, Emily Grey, Jeremy, Drew, and Elisabeth.  Second time with Jon and Emily Brady in Queenstown, New Zealand on the Shotover River.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="5">

			<name>Catch a Big Game Fish</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>Marlin or tuna or something like that</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="6">

			<name>Ride a bike across the USA</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="7">

			<name>Sail Around the World</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="8">

			<name>Ride an Elephant</name>

			<status>COMPLETE</status>

			<date_completed>

				<day>24</day>

				<month>01</month>

				<year>2005</year>

			</date_completed>

			<details>

				<description>Chiang Mai, Thailand - Rode an elephant with Cheney on the first day of our three day trek through the jungles of Northern Thailand.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="9">

			<name>Ride a Camel</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>Preferably in Egypt but anywhere will do.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="10">

			<name>Climb a Mountain</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description></description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="11">

			<name>Learn to Surf</name>

			<status>COMPLETE</status>

			<date_completed>

				<day>26</day>

				<month>11</month>

				<year>2005</year>

			</date_completed>

			<details>

				<description>Byron Bay, Australia - Took 2 surfing lessons with Black Dog Surf School and got up on my first try!</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="12">

			<name>Best Scuba Dives in the World</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description></description>

				<list id="Top World Dive Sites" type="checklist">

					<li>Great Barrier Reef</li>

					<li>Red Sea</li>

					<li>Palau</li>

					<li status="COMPLETE">Thailand</li>

					<li>Bonaire</li>

				</list>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="13">

			<name>See 20+ Exotic Animals (Outside of a Zoo)</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description></description>

				<li></li>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="14">

			<name>Learn to Sail</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>Got a basic sailing certification with ActionQuest summer camp in 1998, but I would like to learn more in order to feel comfortable enough to take out a boat on my own.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="15">

			<name>Hike Appalachian Trail?</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description></description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="16">

			<name>Hang Gliding?</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description></description>

			</details>

		</item>

	</category>



	<category name="Festivals/Events">

		<item id="1">

			<name>World Cup</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="2">

			<name>Olympics</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description>Preferably Summer Olympics</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="3">

			<name>Oktoberfest (Munich, Germany)</name>

			<status>COMPLETE</status>

			<date_completed>

				<day>30</day>

				<month>09</month>

				<year>2001</year>

			</date_completed>

			<details>

				<description>Attended Oktoberfest with Dalton Cox while studying abroad in Italy.</description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="4">

			<name>Carnivale (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="5">

			<name>Mardi Gras (New Orleans, Louisiana)</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="6">

			<name>Running of the Bulls (Pamplona, Spain)</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="7">

			<name>Full Moon Party (Koh Phangan, Thailand)</name>

			<status>COMPLETE</status>

			<date_completed>

				<day>18</day>

				<month>09</month>

				<year>2005</year>

			</date_completed>

			<details>

				<description></description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="8">

			<name>New Years in NYC</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

			<details>

				<description></description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="9">

			<name>Tet</name>

			<status>COMPLETE</status>

			<date_completed>

				<day>09</day>

				<month>02</month>

				<year>2005</year>

			</date_completed>

			<details>

				<description></description>

			</details>

		</item>

	</category>



	<category name="Physical Goals">

		<item id="1">

			<name>Compete in a Triathlon</name>

			<status>COMPLETE</status>

			<date_completed>

				<day>16</day>

				<month>09</month>

				<year>2007</year>

			</date_completed>

			<details>

				<description></description>

			</details>

		</item>

		<item id="2">

			<name>Run a Marathon</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="3">

			<name>10% Body Fat</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="4">

			<name>Get a Six-Pack</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

		<item id="5">

			<name>Bench Body Weight 10+ Times</name>

			<status>OPEN</status>

		</item>

	</category>



</lifelist>