Reason #2 - Unfinished Business

When I was about 8 years old living in Greenbelt Maryland, I was always on a mission of some kind. I was always setting out to make something great, and by great I mean something that no one has ever done, or something that someone would never do. The earliest thing i can think of is when I tried to build a Jet-pack out of one of those squirt-guns with a water backpack on it. I was completely convinced that it was very possible and that I could make it out of household items. Just stuff i would find in the shed and in my kitchen. I moved on from this idea and went on to building a hover-board that was completely air powered. I absolutely knew that I was going to make this and be the first person to do so. That's what made it so appealing, it was almost impossible.

My friend Graham and I started work on the hover board and much like this Iceland trip I told him "sshhhhhh keep quiet about it" as if it was something that would actually happen. We gave up on it, realizing that computer cooling fans could not lift a skateboard deck and there was no real good way to power it. We were also like 8 so we had no idea what we were doing.

I moved on to movie making. We were going to make a full length feature film about our very original fighting force known as the "Mini Rangers". No no no not like the Power Rangers at all :) I was very much into learning all about producing, directing, set design, exec.. A truly huge undertaking for someone of my age, but then, That's what made it so fun, I knew I was young So I figured that's what would make movie and inventions more popular in the end.

Throughout the years I have always done the same thing. Anything extremely out there or near impossible, I have been all about it. The problem I think, is the fact that nothing that I have attempted has actually been completed. If I had to complete all my unfinished projects all at once I would have to quit my job and my bands, and somehow win the lottery or rob a bank.

Now. With Iceland, I feel like it can actually happen. Its not completely impossible. But just close enough to it that its all I think about. I feel like a kid again. I have something to shoot for that can actually happen. I feel like I can finally grow up. Something has been holding me back for 21 years, and I think I can finally move on.