Quarter Century

In lieu of my 25th birthday this Sunday, I have decided to make a list of the Top 25 moments in my life. To keep this non-gay, I will exclude any moments that I have ever had involving my girlfriend, pets or family moments that do not involve sports or boozing.

Without further ado, here are the top 25 moments of my life.

#25. The first time I used the word "Lieu" in a sentence. (4/16/05)

#24. Finding out that my crush on the lead singer of Hanson was "unnatural". (4/12/05)

#23. Drafting Brian Roberts in the 15th round and Dontrell Willis in the 19th in this past years baseball draft.

#22. Scoring my first double-eagle on Tiger Woods "02...3-wood from 276 yards out.

#21. Watching that one really smart guy win a million bucks on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire".

#20. Vaguely remembering the Chicago Bears 85-86 season when they became World Champs and created the Super Bowl Shuffle. I wore a McMahon headband for the next 2 years of my life.

#19. Throwing for a career-high 12 TDs in the classic Allen-Arras Thanksgiving Bowl '03 only to blow the final drive giving the Arras family its first victory in 17 years. I re-live that last drive every time my eyes close, it stings.

#18. Losing approximately 835 bucks on the Yankees four straight loses in the ALCS in 2004.

#17. Correctly calling Bill Ranzick as the winner of "The Apprenice" after only 4 weeks of shows.

#16. Wearing a wool-cap in my apartment at college for a Guiness Book record 39 straight hours.

#15. Throwing a one-hitter in the Little League All-star game prompting apt comparisons to a young Dave Righetti.

#14. Starting an "open-bar" atmosphere at the family Thanksgiving party back in 94 causing every single one of the underaged relatives to get obliterated off Whiskey and Wine, then unsuccessfully blaming it on Operation Desert Storm.

#13. Catching a home-run ball during the pre-game Diamondbacks batting practice last summer
in Chicago.

#12. Solving Contra without dying once. That Spread is lethal.

#11. Watching Craig Forth get subbed out for the final time at the Dome...we'll miss you Craig (sigh...followed by quiet sobbing).

#10. MXC....the best show about Asians performing wild stunts. The first time I saw this show, I pissed myself.

#9. Speaking of pissing myself, the 9th greatest moment of my life was when my older bro,Mark pissed himself on the Paris train leading to a three hour quest to find an apartment we have never been to due to the fact that we had to get off one stop early.

#8. Watching Chris Webber call time-out, looking to my buddy and asking him if 'we' had any timeouts left, him telling me that he was pretty sure we did not have any, me watching the ref call a technical foul on C-Webb, me weeping openly.

#7. Watching Ken Jennings dominate the Jeopardy Circuit ala Charles Van Dorn in the "Game Show".

#6. Getting visably upset over whether the host from the "Amazing Race" has an American accent or an Austrailan accent.

#5. Watching UNC beat Illinois to win the National Championship this year.

#4. Getting 7th row, center seats for a Dave Matthews concert, then gettng really drunk, blacking out and not remembering any part of the show.

#3. Winning 1241 bucks in a three hour span online playing poker.

#2. Getting drunk, tearing my calf muscle on the first of a seven-day cruise. Spring Break! YEAH!

#1 Making the "triple-cup" beer pong shot, resting a beer pong shot in the middle of three cups, causing the opponents to drink all three of the aforementioned cups.