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50 Things

So, this list originally started out as the “Ten Things I’m Thankful For” post, part of the smattering of standard blog pages like About Me and Contact. I found out that I have too many favorite things, and ten was cutting into my list, so it’s been modified to “50 things about me,” in easy-to-read list form. Unless I can’t come up with 50 things, at which point it will be relegated to “some junk about me” post.

Chew on this:

1. I’ve never been to jail. At least, not as a resident. Not yet
2. I’ve caused one car accident in my life, when I was in high school. I have been the victim of three hit-and-runs though, so I’m feeling pretty good about that.
3. I drink beer for the taste.
4. I drink coffee for the taste too, and only a little for the caffeine.
5. I drink espresso for the caffeine – not for the taste.
6. Although I’m a fan of fine cuisine, I’m of the opinion that everything’s better with Bar-B-Q sauce.
7. I’m enough of a graphic design geek that I pay more attention to the typefaces used in the menu than the actual choices for food. As a result, I usually end up with something that I wasn’t all that interested in eating.
8. I drive too fast. But I like it.
9. I eat too much. But I like it.
10. I once ate a baked potato (with the works, thank you very much) and side salad with a fork while driving down the freeway. And yeah, it was a stick. The truck, I mean. Not the potato.
11. I think a lot about going into the Air Force. I’ve only got a few years left when they’d even take me, and I think that’s why it’s important to me.
12. Although moderately successful, I’m not really all that good at running my own business.
13. I appreciate old cars. Except for some of the safety features and the advances in air conditioning technology, I’d probably never drive a new car.
14. I’m pretty sure I have some Obsessive-Complusive tendencies.
15. I think I’m mildly dyslexic when it comes to numbers.
16. I hate working out. Which is why most of the images of me on this site are drawn.
17. I’m a practicing Anglican, as in Church of England. Someday maybe I’ll get it right.
18. I love Law & Order. Unfortunately, it’s on four times a night, every night. With lots of spin-offs.
19. I don’t get enough sleep. Ever.
20. I’ve been in 41 of the 50 states. It’s Alaska and those freaking little ones at the end that keep evading me.
21. When we were little, I taught my little sister to jump her purple banana-seated bicycle over a person in a chair at the end of a ramp. Yes – she is a rock star.
22. I shattered my kneecap when I was young and never had it fixed. It’s still not intact.
23. I’m not a big fan of heights. Not terrified, just get a little of the vertigo sometimes.
24. The first movie I saw in a theater was Back to the Future I, in 1985. It’s still one of my favorites.
25. Braveheart is my favorite movie, because it has a message I can get behind. I still like Mel Gibson and his movies, even though in the public eye he’s fallen from grace as of late. But my real favorite movie is Shaun of the Dead. It just doesn’t get any better than dry humour and British swearing. Oh, and zombies.
26. I like dogs, although I have a sneaking suspicion I’m more of a cat person. Their self-reliant indifference appeals to me.
27. I bought my first music CD in college, the Jurassic Park soundtrack. It was stolen from me before I ever listened to it. It is still one of my favorite movies though. Which reminds me:
28. I like dinosaurs, more than most adults, I think. I couldn’t tell you why.
29. Calvin and Hobbes is the comic strip I can relate to most. After that it would have to be Dilbert.
30. I’ve never been in a real fight.
31. I don’t like going to parties. Which is God’s little joke on me:
32. I married a crazy extrovert. Not technically crazy, but maybe.
33. I’ve lived in Arizona my entire life. And no, I don’t ride a horse to work.
34. I have a mean streak, but I also have a healthy sense of humor. Sarcasm is the satisfying result.
35. I can’t stand hip hop music. Cue giant cosmic joke number two:
36. My wife loves hip hop and dance music.
37. I’ll eat just about any food once. I’ve ended up with some interesting things on my plate. One time I just ordered “The Special” because I wasn’t paying attention to the menu – it was a full orange roughy fish, face, tail and everything in between, served in flames. It tasted great and eventually my eyebrows grew back.
38. I’m allergic to melons and tomatoes. This sucks, because I do like the way they taste.
39. I spend entirely too much time in coffee shops.
40. I’m actually related to someone (by marriage only) whose favorite song is “Tiny Dancer” by Elton John. Holy crap, man!
41. I have few friends, although the ones I have are very important to me.
42. I’ve had a full-time job since junior high. My first job was as a baseball card sorter.
43. I’ve never done drugs.
44. I didn’t drink when I was underage. Except for the time I mistook a pitcher of dark beer as Coke. Poured myself a tall glass and took a big swig in a pizza place after a softball game. After that, it was years before I would even try beer again.
45. I’m jealous of a lot of people.
46. I listen to alternative music, and like a good monster rock band tune now and then.
47. I waste a lot of time.
48. I keep my job at “The Company” solely for the benefits.
49. I tend to let my imagination run away with me. And last but not least:
50. I was born on New Year’s Eve.