Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" was delivered on September 18, 2007, at Carnegie Mellon University's McConomy Auditorium. Over 450 Carnegie Mellon students, staff members, and friends of Pausch attended the lecture, leaving only standing room as this was more than the auditorium could hold. Pausch later commented about this in an interview, saying "A couple of hundred people in a room, looking and listening and laughing and applauding – hopefully at the appropriate times – that gives a lot of validation to my kids that a lot of people believe in this, and a lot of people who knew me believe that I did my best to try to live this way." The first introduction of the speech as well as the series of lectures was given by Indira Nair, the Vice Provost for Education at Carnegie Mellon. Nair first explained the university's aforementioned lecture series called "Journeys", in which eight more professors from Carnegie Mellon would share their insights on their professional and personal experiences over the years.
House of Hardcore
House of Hardcore VI (also known as House of Hardcore VI: The West Coast Invasion) was a professional wrestling event featuring of an attendance of 750 people. The event saw the founder of House of Hardcore Tommy Dreamer taking on Matt Hardy and Carlito in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match. The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) took on The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) in the main event. The show also included special appearances by The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs) and The Sandman. Before the show American Icon Autographs held a convection that featured Ric Flair, Bill Goldberg, Dennis Rodman, Roddy Piper, Lita, Zeus and others. After the show, Piper held a live edition of Piper's Pit podcast. This show was broadcast on Twitch.tv on December 23rd, 2018.