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I'll bet that I'm the only person on the faculty to have ridden in a rodeo. And I made my first scuba dive at the age of six off an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

Serving as "tour officer" for U.S.S. Boston

That question assumes that I have done something interesting, fun or offbeat, and I'm not sure that's true. I'm a pretty dull guy. However, I have snorkeled in Jellyfish Lake in the Rock Islands of the Republic of Palau with tens of thousands of stingless jellyfish. I like unplanned road trips, and my 2002 unplanned road trip ended up with me in the middle of the Harley-Davidson Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, and that resulted in certain other adventures that cannot be placed on a public web site. I spent six weeks on the road with one of my sisters and two of my nieces in the Mother Of All Road Trips.

I worked in an orphanage in India for six months and then traveled around Asia, including a visit to Tibet just as it was opening up to Westerners (my visit was cut short, however, after I was bitten by a rabid dog and had to hitchhike 500 miles to Katmandu to get rabies shots).

Worked as a firefighter in Grand Teton National Park, where I fought small forest fires and went on mountain rescue missions carrying supplies up and wounded climbers down.

I jumped out of an airplane with the Czechoslovakian National Parachuting Team.

In 2001, I explored Namibia, which is in Southern Africa, with a friend who was writing a book about water rights along the Namibia-Angola border. In 1995, I traveled solo through Eastern Europe. I guess that?s more than one thing, but I love offbeat travel, so I could go on and on.

Working as a volunteer firefighter.

There are quite a few. In terms of jobs, I had a job when I was 15 dressing up as Raggedly Anne to host children?s birthday parties at Hardees? fast food restaurant in Appleton, WI.

I acted in community and high school theater and took a college course in oral interpretation. Favorite productions: Alice in Wonderland, Up the Down Staircase, A Thousand Clowns, I Never Saw Another Butterfly, and Barefoot in the Park.

Took a driving tour of the baseball parks in the Midwest.

I ride a dirtbike

I climbed Wainapichu Mountain in Peru

I traveled around Turkey and helped film a documentary.

Scout, Kansas City Royals, 1993-1996 (Region including Indiana to Chicago and Illinois to Danville)

In 2001, I won the 35th annual Miss Colorado Fiesta Queen pageant to represent the Hispanic people of Colorado! I competed with fifteen young Hispanic women from across the state and was graded on speech, talent, interview, evening gown, and an overall score. I had the opportunity to travel the state making various appearances, including; spoke to the Colorado legislature regarding issues that affect Hispanics, appeared on Spanish radio and television stations, and participated in community service activities to promote education. Best of all, I won a large sum of scholarship money to assist me with my studies!

As mentioned above, I love to dance! Throughout high school and college I was part of Ballet Folklorico de Colorado, a professional Latin dance company! My favorite performance was in 2002, when I performed with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra! Also, there is a photograph of my old dance group at Denver International Airport!

Met my wife, Jen, the June before I started law school--we were married after I completed my second year.

I used to walk by the Rose Garden every day. It's an experience I will never forget.

I camped at San Elijo State Beach in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California (San Diego area) for eight weeks. I had nothing but a surfboard, bike, tent, and lots of quarters for hot water showers.

I rodeo, so I went on a huge rodeo trip for the summer.

My wife and I spent 5 months backpacking around South America traveling, camping, and studying Spanish.

Probably taking improvisational comedy classes at the Second City in Chicago. http://www.secondcity.com. (The Second City is the leading improv acting/comedy writing school in the nation. Reople like Tina Fey, Chris Farley, Jim Belushi, Bill Murray & Rachel Dratch all trained there).

I volunteered at two international children's camps -- one in Ukraine and the other in Turkey.

I spent time being a full-time mom.

I have my pilots license

Right out of undergrad, I worked in London doing theatre for a time- ah, that was the life!.