TASKS 49 SO FAR...

About to knock out Volleyball this Thursday in their home opener. You should, too.

TASK 41: PARTICIPATE IN AN IN-GAME PROMOTION

We had one at the Orientation Soccer Game. A little beat down on the Twilight Saga stars. We didn't care if you were Team Edward or Team Jacob - we just wanted to see them get crushed. And they did. Tucker Jensen, a baseball player for Embry-Riddle, shows great swing technique here.

COUPLE IN THE BOOKS

Over 650 students came to the first game for Embry-Riddle Athletics last night. While the men's soccer team put it to NCAA Division I University of North Florida 2-1, those 650 students were able to cross of TASK 29 from their EMBRY-RIDDLE BUCKET LIST. That wasn't all that was crossed off. Our intrepid Taskmaster, Mike Farrell was present at the game, and also participated in the halftime promotion. So long TASK 41. That makes two down, and fourty-eight to go.

There is a women's soccer game tonight at 6 pm. Immediately following is the hypnotist CJ Johnson. Lots more to accomplish tonight. Maybe Mike will lead the crowd in a chant (TASK 13).

BUSY

We've been busy, but that's no excuse to leave you all out there in cyber-world hanging. Last night was the first opportunity to knock off a TASK. It was Task 29 - Attend the Orientation Soccer Game. We'll have some photos and a recap later on today. Quickly though, it went smashingly well. The rain stayed away, and the Eagles won the game 2-1 over NCAA Division I University of North Florida. More later...

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED

Tennant Printing, our illustrious partner in printing crime, came through in the clutch today. All 2,000 copies of the 50 Tasks Book - aka THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR COLLEGE LIFE - were delivered to our doorstep at the ICI Center at approximately 10:30 am. They will soon be in your hands, as will the promise of a more interesting life.

CHALLENGER FOUND

That's right, we've got one roped in. The Sports Marketing Department at Embry-Riddle has our 50 Tasks book printing right now so that the incoming freshman will have a hard copy of at least 16 of the tasks. The others can all be found at http://embryriddlesports.com/flock, or previous incantations of this blog.

Who's the sap? Our Assistant Director of Sports Marketing - Mike Farrell - is planning on accomplishing all 50 Tasks in the next two semesters. The kicker? He'll be posting video of himself doing most of the events on this blog. So stay tuned. And get excited. It's going to be a crazy year.

Be sure to show up on August 29th in order to knock off the Orientation Soccer Game (Task 29). We'll have a DJ from the Spandex Superheroes spinning great tunes and a BBQ starting at 5 pm.

50 TASKS

Here's the digital version of the 50 Tasks book. We'll have this version up on the Flock site soon enough. It's a Flash file, so you just need to click on the bottom right hand corner to turn the page. You'll see the hand icon come up, and click away to see all 50 Tasks (plus two Extra Credit tasks!).

HELLO

Hello internet. Let's do a quick introduction. We are the Sports Marketing Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. We've got (what we think is) a great idea for the upcoming school year(s). In order to create more tradition at the school, we've put together a bucket list for the students. Fifty different tasks that have all been done at Embry-Riddle before, and that we feel can add to school spirit.

We'll have a Facebook page, we'll have the list as part of our Flock website, and you will be able to follow along with one of us (TBD) as we set out to accomplish all fifty this year.

We hope you'll join us. Some of the tasks are incredibly easy - starting the wave - others get to be a bit trickier. We want to see some hard evidence that you've accomplished all the tasks. So be the next Ansel Adams and have a camera on you at all times. Video you and your friends doing some of the more ridiculous things in the book.

Here are some of the basics:

Use this as a guide to help you navigate the intense 4-6 years of your undergraduate schooling at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. If you have accomplished all the tasks listed by the time you graduate you will be able to inundate future business partners, lovers & grandchildren with stories of your collegiate successes. In order to do all this you will need a FACEBOOK account. Friend JOE FLOCKER, and then quickly join the EMBRY RIDDLE 50 TASKS group. Upload photos of yourself doing the outrageous tasks into each of the different photo albums. There will be an upload button on each task of the online book that will take you directly to the corresponding Facebook page. It’s that easy.

The future is yours for the taking!