I love statistics. Not the numbers kind... although Functions, Statistics, and Trigonometry was the one math class I did well in and kind of understood (besides Excursions in Mathematics).
Point is, I have an unhealthy fascination with keeping track of trends (statistics). I just finished making a list of which states have the most basketball teams in this year's NCAA basketball tournament (Ohio with a surprising 5). This led to a list of which campuses I have been to (11 - USC, Michigan State, BYU, Washington, Missouri, Cornell, Cal, CSUN, UCLA, ASU, and Michigan), which then led to a list of all the campuses I have been to (22). Interestingly enough, only one of those universities was visited for the first time while making my decision of where to attend college (Bowling Green State University).
Other lists I keep regularly or have done in the past:
--Oscar nominees that I have seen (111 out of 464 - earliest year seen: 1939 - Gone With the Wind, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz)
--imdb Top 250 movies seen (86)
--Top grossing all-time domestic movies seen: (89 out of 100)
--I have kept a yearly list of every movie I have seen in the theater starting in 2003
--Movies/TV shows I own (around 250)
--Last/first names, cities, and street names that I find funny/odd
--Countries I have been to (14)
--States I have been to (36)
--Olympic cities I have been to (13)
--Olympic villages I have been to (4 - Atlanta, Innsbruck, Barcelona, and Turin - attended event)
--Which states have multiple pro sports franchises (California has the most)
--Which states have no pro sports franchises (a lot)
--Which clubs have the most players in the World Baseball Classic (Red Sox)
--Baseball stadiums I have been to (8)
The list goes on and on. Once I get something in my head, I want to know more about it. I like writing down all the information and then sorting it into categories. I am big into observing, and perhaps this is a way for me to control a little of what I am observing. Or it's just a bunch of fun.
Just because... the campuses I have been to:
Michigan State University, East Lansing MI
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI
Michigan Tech University, Houghton MI
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
South Dakota State University, Brookings SD
Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI
Penn State University, State College PA
University of Washington, Seattle WA
Cornell University, Ithaca NY
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH
University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI
University of Westminster, London England
University of Bologna, Bologna Italy
University of Missouri, Columbia MO
University of Iowa, Iowa City IA
Brigham Young University, Provo UT
California State University Northridge, Northridge CA
UCLA, Los Angeles CA
USC, Los Angeles CA
Arizona State University, Tucson AZ
San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA
